April 4, 2012

100 years ago
1912

Died on this date
Charles Aycock, 52. U.S. politician. Mr. Aycock, a Democrat, was Governor of North Carolina from 1901-1905. He supported white supremacy, and was a participant in the 1898 Wilmington insurrection, in which white supremacists overthrew the duly-elected government of Wilmington, North Carolina. Mr. Aycock was a strong proponent of public education, including education of Negroes, likely as a way of preventing federal incursion into state affairs. When U.S. Senator Furnifold Simmons ran for re-election in 1912, Mr. Aycock decide to challenge him for the Democratic Party nomination, but died of a heart attack while making a speech in Birmingham, Alabama on education.

75 years ago
1937

Golf
Byron Nelson made up 6 strokes on the 12th and 13th holes to defeat Ralph Guldahl by 2 strokes at the Masters in Augusta, Georgia.

70 years ago
1942

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Moonlight Cocktail--Glenn Miller and his Orchestra (6th week at #1)

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Finals
Detroit 3 @ Toronto 2 (Detroit led best-of-seven series 1-0)

60 years ago
1952

On television tonight
Tales of Tomorrow, on ABC
Tonight's episode: And a Little Child, starring Adelaide Bean, Parker Fennelly, and Iris Mann

40 years ago
1972

Died on this date
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., 63. U.S. clergyman and politician. A man of mixed racial ancestry, Mr. Powell followed his father into the clergy as a Baptist minister in Harlem, New York. A Democrat, he was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1945-1971. A prominent civil rights activist, Mr. Powell's later years in Congress were dogged by allegations of corruption.

Diplomacy
U.S. Secretary of State William Rogers announced that the United States had granted formal diplomatic recognition to Bangladesh.

Politics and government
U.S. Senator George McGovern of South Dakota won the Wisconsin primary for the 1972 Democratic Party nomination for President of the United States, capturing 30% of the vote and 54 of the 67 delegates to the party’s national convention. Alabama Governor George Wallace finished second with 22% of the vote, followed by U.S. Senator Hubert Humphrey with 21%. Mr. Humphrey took the remaining 13 delegates. U.S. Senator Edmund Muskie (Maine) was next with 10%, followed by U.S. Senator Henry Jackson (Washington), 8%; New York Mayor John Lindsay, 7%; former U.S. Senator Eugene McCarthy (Minnesota), 1%; and Rep. Shirley Chisholm (New York), 1%. Mr. Lindsay promptly announced his withdrawal from the race. President Richard Nixon easily won the Republican primary, taking 97% of the vote.

30 years ago
1982

Environment
Mount St. Helens in western Washington erupted for the first time since 1980.

25 years ago
1987

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy: Si può dare di più--Gianni Morandi, Enrico Ruggeri, Umberto Tozzi (8th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): The Final Countdown--Europe (10th week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Respectable--Mel and Kim (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Respectable--Mel and Kim (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): With or Without You--U2

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Respectable--Mel and Kim (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Let it Be--Ferry Aid

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now--Starship

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now--Starship
2 Lean on Me--Club Nouveau
3 Tonight, Tonight, Tonight--Genesis
4 Let's Wait Awhile--Janet Jackson
5 Mandolin Rain--Bruce Hornsby and the Range
6 Come Go with Me--Expose
7 I Knew You were Waiting (For Me)--Aretha Franklin and George Michael
8 Somewhere Out There--Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram
9 Don't Dream it's Over--Crowded House
10 The Final Countdown--Europe

Singles entering the chart were I Know What I Like by Huey Lewis and the News (#62); Day-In Day-Out by David Bowie (#65); Lessons in Love by Level 42 (#79); Living in a Dream by Pseudo Echo (#84); Don't Give Up by Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush (#85); and Just to See Her by Smokey Robinson (#86).

Canada’s top 10 (RPM)
1 Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now--Starship (2nd week at #1)
2 Somewhere Out There--Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram
3 Livin' on a Prayer--Bon Jovi
4 Touch Me (I Want Your Body)--Samantha Fox
5 The Final Countdown--Europe
6 Montego Bay--Amazulu
7 (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)--Beastie Boys
8 Lean on Me--Club Nouveau
9 At this Moment--Billy Vera and the Beaters
10 Will You Still Love Me?--Chicago

Singles entering the chart were La Isla Bonita by Madonna (#74); Day-In Day-Out by David Bowie (#81); Big Love by Fleetwood Mac (#83); First We Take Manhattan by Jennifer Warnes (#92); Stone Love by Kool & The Gang (#94); How Many Lies by Spandau Ballet (#96); and As We Lay by Shirley Murdock (#97). Big Love was the first single to be released from the album Tango in the Night; the B-side, You and I Part 1, didn't appear on the album, but was one of the group's catchiest tunes.

20 years ago
1992

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (ARIA): Marvellous!--The Twelfth Man featuring MC Hammer

#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Kanashimi hayuki no yoni--Shogo Hamada (8th week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Human Touch---Bruce Springsteen (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Human Touch---Bruce Springsteen (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): I Can't Dance--Genesis

#1 single in France (SNEP): Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me--George Michael/Elton John (7th week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Under the Bridge--Red Hot Chili Peppers

#1 single in the U.K. (Chart Information Network): Stay--Shakespears Sister (7th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Save the Best for Last--Vanessa Williams (3rd week at #1)

U.S. top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Save the Best for Last--Vanessa Williams
2 Remember the Time--Michael Jackson
3 I Can't Dance--Genesis
4 Masterpiece--Atlantic Starr
5 Tears in Heaven--Eric Clapton
6 To Be with You--Mr. Big
7 Make it Happen--Mariah Carey
8 Justified & Ancient--The KLF (featuring Tammy Wynette)
9 Thinkin' Back--Color Me Badd
10 Good for Me--Amy Grant

Singles entering the chart included Will You Marry Me? by Paula Abdul (#80) and Just Another Day by Jon Secada (#85).

Canada's top 10 (RPM)
1 To Be with You--Mr. Big (5th week at #1)
2 Tears in Heaven--Eric Clapton
3 Hazard--Richard Marx
4 Thought I'd Died and Gone to Heaven--Bryan Adams
5 Remember the Time--Michael Jackson
6 I Can't Dance--Genesis
7 Good for Me--Amy Grant
8 Justified & Ancient--The KLF (featuring Tammy Wynette)
9 Human Touch--Bruce Springsteen
10 Again Tonight--John Mellencamp

Singles entering the chart included Help Me Up by Eric Clapton (#74); Will You Marry Me by Paula Abdul (#84); Makin' Some Noise by Tom Petty (#88); Find the Wall by Kim Mitchell (#92); Hail Hail Rock 'N Roll by Garland Jeffreys (#93); Wishes by the Boomers (#94); and Jesus He Knows Me by Genesis (#95).

Died on this date
Samuel Reshevsky, 80. Polish-born U.S. chess player. Mr. Reshevsky, a Grandmaster, won the United States championship seven times and was a leading contender for the world championship from the 1930s to the 1960s.

War
1,200 United Nations peacekeeping troops arrived in Croatia.

10 years ago
2002

War
The Israeli army completed its takeover of the West Bank when its tanks rolled into Hebron. U.S. President George W. Bush demanded that Israel withdraw from the West Bank.

Military leaders of the government of Angola and the rebel force UNITA signed a cease-fire agreement.

Terrorism
A synagogue in the Paris suburb of Le Kremlin-Bicetre was fire-bombed.

Business
The disgraced accounting firm of Arthur Andersen announced that it had reached an agreement to sell most of its tax business to Deloitte & Touche.