Monday 23 July 2018

July 24, 2018

870 years ago
1148


War
King Louis VII of France laid siege to Damascus during the Second Crusade.

90 years ago
1928


Died on this date
Leo Boice
. U.S. longshoreman. Mr. Boice was shot and killed by a U.S. Prohibition agent on a U.S. government pier at Hoboken, New Jersey when he allegedly refused to be searched for liquor.

Defense
The U.S. Navy ordered the withdrawal of 1,350 Marines from China.

Politics and government
The New Jersey legislature passed, over Governor Harry Moore's veto, a bill authorizing the removal of any officer of an election bureau without charges or a hearing. The legislature then summarily removed Thomas A. McDonald as Superintendent of the Hudson County Election Bureau, and, in joint session, appointed as his successor John Ferguson, ex-chairman of the Republican City Committee.

Scandal
In Paris, before 118 magistrates of the Civil Court of the Seine, a registrar was tried and suspended for expediting "for recompense" papers in American divorce cases through the courts. His was the last of the hearings in which seven solicitors and one bailiff had already been suspended or reprimanded. The accused blamed the false information as to length of residence on American lawyers in Paris.

75 years ago
1943


Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): You'll Never Know--Dick Haymes and the Song Spinners

War
U.K. Bomber Command launched the week-long Operation Gomorrah on the German port of Hamburg, using a new device called "Window" to counter Nazi radar; concentrated heavy bombing by the Royal Air Force and Royal Canadian Air Force in daytime and U.S. Army Air Forces at night left 20,000 dead. U.S. forces mopped up in western Sicily and pursued retreating Axis troops toward their new defense line south and west of Mount Etna. The Turkish government reported that Yugoslavian partisans and Greek patriots were battling Axis troops in the Ibar River district of Macedonia and that General Draja Mikhailovich's troops were in control of large parts of the Vardar and Morava Valleys.

Literature
Police in Buenos Aires burned copies of former U.S. Ambassador to the U.S.S.R. Joseph E. Davies' memoir Mission to Moscow as "objectionable propaganda."

Track and field
Gunder Haegg set an American record in the mile, running the distance in 4:05.3 in Cambridge, Masachusetts, beating Gil Dodds by 8 yards.

70 years ago
1948


Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard) (Best Seller): Woody Wood-Pecker--Kay Kyser and his Orchestra (4th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Woody Wood-Pecker--Kay Kyser and his Orchestra
--The Sportsmen and Mel Blanc
--Danny Kaye and the Andrews Sisters
2 You Can't Be True, Dear--Ken Griffin
--Dick Haymes with the Song Spinners
--The Sportsmen
--Vera Lynn
--The Marlin Sisters with Eddie Fisher
3 My Happiness--Jon and Sondra Steele
--The Pied Pipers
--Ella Fitzgerald
4 Little White Lies--Dick Haymes
5 William Tell Overture--Spike Jones and his City Slickers
6 Nature Boy--King Cole
7 Love Somebody--Doris Day and Buddy Clark
8 Toolie Oolie Doolie (The Yodel Polka)--The Andrews Sisters
--The Sportsmen
9 Haunted Heart--Perry Como
--Jo Stafford
10 Twelfth Street Rag--Pee Wee Hunt and his Orchestra

Singles entering the chart were A Tree in the Meadow by Margaret Whiting (#32); Rambling Rose by Perry Como and the Satisfiers (#36); Cool Water by Vaughn Monroe and the Sons of the Pioneers (#37); and Who? Me? by Tex Williams and his Western Caravan (#38).

At the movies
Blonde Ice, directed by Jack Bernhard, and starring Leslie Brooks, Robert Paige, and Michael Whalen, opened in thetres.



Died on this date
Eleanor "Cissy" Patterson, 63
. U.S. journalist. Miss Patterson, who married Austro-Hungarian Count Josef Gizycki in 1904, was editor of the Washington Times and Washington Herald from 1930-1939, at which time she bought both papers from William Randolph Hearst and merged them as the Washington Times-Herald. Under Countess Gizycki, the papers took an isolationist, anti-President Franklin D. Roosevelt position. Countess Gizycki died of a heart attack, possibly the result of years of heavy drinking.

Politics and government
The U.S. Progressive National Convention at Municipal Auditorium in Philadelphia nominated former U.S. Vice President Henry Wallace as its 1948 U.S. presidential candidate and Senator Glen Taylor (Democrat--Idaho) as its vice presidential candidate.

Leading southern U.S. Democrats, including presidential candidate Strom Thurmond, who were opposed to President Harry Truman, met in Atlanta and adopted the name "States' Rights Democrats" for their party.

60 years ago
1958


Politics and government
The U.S. Senate adopted a resolution establishing a Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences.

Iranian Deputy Prime Minister and internal security director General Timur Bakhtian invited Kurdish minorities of Iraq and Syria to discuss union with Iran.

Crime
Frankie Carbo, an American underworld figure who was known for his association with boxing, was indicted on 10 charges of conspiracy and acting as an illegal matchmaker and undercover manager.

50 years ago
1968


Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (Record Retailer): I Pretend--Des O'Connor

Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 This Guy's in Love with You--Herb Alpert (2nd week at #1)
2 Jumpin' Jack Flash--The Rolling Stones
3 Angel of the Morning--Merrilee Rush
4 Lady Willpower--Gary Puckett and the Union Gap
5 Lazy Sunday--Small Faces
6 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly--Hugo Montenegro, his Orchestra and Chorus
7 The Unicorn--The Irish Rovers
8 Yummy Yummy Yummy--Ohio Express
9 The Orange and the Green/(The Puppet Song) Whiskey on a Sunday--The Irish Rovers
10 Mrs. Robinson--Simon and Garfunkel

Singles entering the chart were D.W. Washburn/It's Nice to Be with You by the Monkees (#19); Boy by Lulu (#28); Let Yourself Go/Your Time Hasn't Come Yet, Baby by Elvis Presley (#30); The Days of Pearly Spencer/Harlem Lady by David McWilliams (#32); I Don't Want to Love You/Jamie by Johnny Farnham (#36); and I'll Be Your Baby Tonight/Maria by Burl Ives (#40).

War
Communist forces shelled several cities in the South Vietnamese province of Quangngai.

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Ottawa (2-1-1) 13 @ Saskatchewan (3-1) 29
Toronto (2-2) 7 @ British Columbia (1-3) 46

40 years ago
1978


Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Rivers of Babylon--Boney M. (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Monster--Pink Lady (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Cara de Gitana--Daniel Magal (3rd week at #1)

30 years ago
1988


Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Sweet Lovers--Holidaymakers (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: Im Nin'Alu--Ofra Haza (5th week at #1)

Edmontonia
A group of Edmontonians whipped up the world's largest milk shake ever, weighing 54,914 pounds, 13 ounces. The shake used 44,689 lb. 8 oz. of ice cream, 9,688 lb. 2 oz. of syrup, and 537 lb. 3 oz. of topping.

Aviation
Emma Houlston landed a single-engine plane at St. John's, Newfoundland, becoming the youngest person to fly across Canada. The 9-year-old from Medicine Hat, Alberta took off from Victoria July 10, with her father the navigator and official pilot-in-command.

25 years ago
1993


Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (ARIA): (I Can't Help) Falling in Love With You--UB40 (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy: All that She Wants--Ace of Base (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Encores--Dire Straits (7th week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (VRT): (I Can't Help) Falling in Love With You--UB40

#1 single in France (SNEP): What is Love?--Haddaway (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): (I Can't Help) Falling in Love With You--UB40 (5th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Chart Information Network): Pray--Take That (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): (I Can't Help) Falling in Love With You--UB40

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Weak--SWV (2nd week at #1)
2 (I Can't Help) Falling in Love with You--UB40
3 Whoomp! (There it Is)--Tag Team
4 That's the Way Love Goes--Janet Jackson
5 I'm Gonna be (500 Miles)--The Proclaimers
6 I'll Never Get Over You (Getting Over Me)--Exposé
7 Show Me Love--Robin S
8 Have I Told You Lately--Rod Stewart
9 Knockin' Da Boots--H-Town
10 Lately--Jodeci

Singles entering the chart were If by Janet Jackson (#41); Right Here/Human Nature by SWV (#51); Will You Be There by Michael Jackson (#54); Stay Forever by Joey Lawrence (#73); Ruffneck by MC Lyte (#82); When I Fall in Love by Celine Dion and Clive Griffin (#84); and It's for You by Shanice (#88). When I Fall in Love was from the movie Sleepless in Seattle.

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 I Don't Wanna Fight--Tina Turner
2 Have I Told You Lately--Rod Stewart
3 That's the Way Love Goes--Janet Jackson
4 Fields of Gold--Sting
5 (I Can't Help) Falling in Love with You--UB40
6 By the Time This Night is Over--Kenny G with Peabo Bryson
7 Regret--New Order
8 Come Undone--Duran Duran
9 Break it Down--Tears for Fears
10 Love Don't Live Here Anymore--Sven Gali

Singles entering the chart were If by Janet Jackson (#92); Secret World by Peter Gabriel (#93); Sweat (A La La La La Long) by Inner Circle (#95); Get a Haircut by George Thorogood and the Destroyers (#96); If I Had Loot by Tony Toni Tone (#97); Above the Rim by Bell Biv Devoe (#98); and Changes by Ozzy Osbourne (#100).

Economics and finance
Russia cancelled a currency revision and her central bank moved to reassert control over the money supply, withdrawing, with government support, all bank notes issued before the beginning of the year. The announcement set off panic.

Football
CFL
Calgary (3-0) 34 @ British Columbia (2-2) 20
Saskatchewan (1-3) 26 @ Sacramento (1-3) 37

Doug Flutie completed 25 of 40 passes for 413 yards and 3 touchdowns--2 to Dave Sapunjis--as the Stampeders beat the Lions before 31,199 fans at B.C. Place Stadium in Vancouver. B.C. quarterback Danny Barrett threw 2 touchdown passes to Mike Trevathan.

David Archer completed 25 of 41 passes for 394 yards and 3 touchdowns to lead the Gold Miners to their first win ever as they beat the Roughriders before 17,319 fans at Hornet Field.

20 years ago
1998


At the movies
Saving Private Ryan, directed and co-produced by Steven Spielberg, and starring Tom Hanks, opened in theatres.

Crime
Russell Eugene Weston, Jr. burst into the United States Capitol in Washington and opened fire, killing two police officers. He was later ruled to be incompetent to stand trial.

Football
CFL
Calgary (3-1) 44 @ Winnipeg (0-4) 25



British Columbia (1-3) 25 @ Saskatchewan (2-2) 20

10 years ago
2008


Died on this date
Norman Dello Joio, 95
. U.S. composer. Mr. Dello Joio, born Nicodemo DeGioio, had a career that spanned more than 50 years, and was best known for his choral works. He won the 1957 Pulitzer Prize for Music for his Meditations on Ecclesiastes, and an Emmy Award in 1965 for his score to the 1964 NBC documentary special The Louvre.

Football
CFL
Calgary (3-2) 28 @ Winnipeg (1-4) 32

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