August 23, 2018

750 years ago
1268

War
The army of Charles of Anjou defeated the Ghibellines, supporters of Conradin of Hohenstaufen, in the Battle of Tagliacozzo, marking the fall of the Hohenstaufen family from the Imperial and Sicilian thrones, and leading to the new chapter of Angevin domination in Southern Italy.

690 years ago
1328

War
French troops stopped an uprising of Flemish farmers in the Battle of Cassel.

175 years ago
1843

Born on this date
William Southam. Canadian journalist. Mr. Southam, a native of Montreal, began his career with the London Free Press, and eventually bought the Hamilton Spectator; Ottawa Citizen; Edmonton Journal; Calgary Herald; Winnipeg Tribune; Windsor Star; and Montreal Gazette. He died in Hamilton on February 27, 1932 at the age of 88.

150 years ago
1868

Born on this date
Edgar Lee Masters. U.S. writer. Mr. Masters, a lawyer by trade, published 21 books of poetry, 12 plays, 6 novels, and 6 biographies, with his best-known work being the poetry anthology Spoon River Anthology (1915). He died on March 5, 1950 at the age of 81.

120 years ago
1898

Exploration
The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departed from London.

90 years ago
1928

World events
Italian Consul in France Marquis di Muro and a woman servant were shot and wounded in Nice by a would-be assassin.

Crime
Five minutes after an $18,000 payroll had been delivered at 10 A.M. in an armoured car at the Surface and Transportation Company garage in the Bronx, New York, four armed thugs held up the office force and seized the money. Through a hail of bullets from a riot gun, they escaped in a sedan, but only after they had wounded one man, nearly run down another, wrecked their automobile and commandeered a second one, out of which they shoved a young man and a woman.

Communications
An airplane launched at sea from the eastbound Ile de France at 7 A.M. and delivered mail at Paris a day ahead of time.

75 years ago
1943

War
Chinese Foreign Minister T.V. Soong conferred with U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and U.K. Prime Minister Winston Churchill in Quebec. The Russian city of Kharkov was liberated as a result of the Battle of Kursk, in which Soviet forces decisively defeated the Germans. In their fourth summer offensive, Soviet troops drove into the Donets Basin south of Izyum. Japanese bombers attacked Chungking for the first time since August 31, 1941.

World events
A brief revolt by Ecuadorian sailors against President Carlos Arroyo del Rio was quelled at Puna.

Politics and government
Former Olympic hurdler Lord Burghley, 38, was named Governor of Bermuda.

70 years ago
1948

On the radio
The Casebook of Gregory Hood, starring Elliott Lewis, on MBS

Diplomacy
U.S.S.R. Premier Josef Stalin and Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov met with Western envoys in Moscow and agreed to continue talks on Berlin despite failure to reach agreement on the city's status in seven negotiating sessions.

Religion
The World Council of Churches officially came into being, the day after the opening of its first assembly in Amsterdam, attended by 450 delegates and 1,000 officials of Protestant and Orthodox churches from 42 countries. The assembly was boycotted by the Roman Catholic and Russian Orthodox Churches.

Politics and government
Syrian Prime Minister Jamil Mardam Bey formed a new cabinet, shifting Moshen el-Barazi from the Interior to the Foreign Ministry.

Rev. Archie Ware, a Negro minister in Columbia, South Carolina, charged that he was beaten by white men in the presence of two policemen after voting in the state's August 10 Democratic Party primary.

Academia
The University of Arkansas medical school announced the admission of its first Negro student, Edith Irby.

Medicine
I.G. Farben laboratories in Hamburg reported the development of Supronalum, a drug that fought diseases due to infections, including pneumonia, peritonitis, and blood poisoning.

60 years ago
1958

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): The Purple People Eater--Sheb Wooley (4th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Sail Along Silvery Moon--Billy Vaughn and his Orchestra (7th week at #1)

#1 single in France (IFOP): Hello, le soleil brille--Annie Cordy (24th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Mirror): All I Have to Do is Dream/Claudette--The Everly Brothers (9th week at #1)

U.S. top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu (Volare)--Domenico Modugno
--Dean Martin
2 Little Star--The Elegants
3 Patricia--Perez Prado and his Orchestra
4 Poor Little Fool--Ricky Nelson
5 Just a Dream--Jimmy Clanton and the Rockets
6 Everybody Loves a Lover--Doris Day
7 Fever--Peggy Lee
8 Bird Dog--The Everly Brothers
9 My True Love--Jack Scott
10 When--The Kalin Twins

Singles entering the chart were Put a Ring on My Finger by Les Paul and Mary Ford (#50); Your Cheatin' Heart by George Hamilton IV (#53); Tea for Two Cha Cha by the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra featuring Warren Covington (#55); Down the Aisle of Love by the Quin-Tones (#62); Ramrod by Duane Eddy and the Rebels (#63); Summertime, Summertime by the Jamies (#68); No One Knows by Dion and the Belmonts (#70); Summertime Lies by the Four Preps (#71); Near You by Roger Williams (#72); Why Do I by Lee Andrews and the Hearts (#73); Chariot Rock by the Champs (#74); and Cerveza by Boots Brown and the Blockbusters (#75).

At the movies
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, directed by Richard Brooks and starring Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, and Burl Ives, received its premiere screening in Boston.

War
The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis began with the People's Liberation Army's bombardment of Quemoy, Little Quemoy, Tatan, and Erhtan with 50,000 shells.

Law
A conference in Los Angeles of U.S. state and federal chief justices adopted a resolution criticizing the U.S. Supreme Court for trying to exercise "essentially legislative powers."

Education
The U.S. House of Representatives completed passage of the National Defense Education Act of 1958, a bill providing $887 million in federal aid to science education during the next four years.

Football
CFL
IRFU
Ottawa (1-1) 7 @ Hamilton (2-0) 13

WIFU
Edmonton (1-2) 7 @ Calgary (2-0) 35

ORFU
London (0-1) 13 @ Kitchener-Waterloo (1-0) 14
Detroit (0-1) 33 @ Sarnia (1-0) 35

Ron Howell scored a touchdown and Gerry McDougall added a convert, field goal, and single, with Cam Fraser punting for 2 singles to help the Tiger-Cats defeat the Rough Riders at Civic Stadium. Russ Jackson scored the Ottawa touchdown, converted by Gary Schreider.

Ernie Warlick caught 2 touchdown passes from Maury Duncan, and Dick Washington, Harvey Wylie, and Nobby Wirkowski also scored touchdowns for the Stampeders, all converted by Doug Brown, as they routed the Eskimos before a Mewata Stadium-record crowd of 17,776. Jackie Parker scored a touchdown and a single for the Eskimos.

Dave West scored 2 touchdowns to help the Dutchmen edge the Lords at Kitchener Stadium. Mr. Desimone and Ross Buckle scored the London touchdowns.

Tex Robinson, Ernie White, J.B. Smith, and Dick Dixon scored touchdowns and Gino Cappelletti added 3 converts, 2 field goals, and 2 singles for the Golden Bears as they edged the Raiders at Norm Perry park in the first game for the expansion Detroit franchise. Elbie Richmond scored 2 touchdowns for the Raiders, with Messrs. Coughlin, Crittendon, and Twitty scoring the other Detroit TDs, and Dick Lisabeth adding 2 converts and a single.

50 years ago
1968

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Angel of the Morning--Merrilee Rush

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKLG)
1 Born to Be Wild--Steppenwolf
2 Light My Fire--Jose Feliciano
3 Autumn of My Life--Bobby Goldsboro
4 People Got to Be Free--The Rascals
5 Alice Long (You're Still My Favorite Girlfriend)--Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart
6 Dreams of the Everyday Housewife--Wayne Newton
--Glen Campbell
7 Girl from the North Country--Tom Northcott
8 Hello, I Love You--The Doors
9 The Snake--Al Wilson
10 Eyes of a New York Woman--B.J. Thomas

Singles entering the chart were Harper Valley P.T.A. by Ricki Page (#26); Hush by Deep Purple (#27); Morning Dew by Lulu (#29); and The Fool on the Hill by Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 (#30).

Edmonton's Top 10 (CJCA)
1 Sunshine of Your Love--Cream (2nd week at #1)
2 Sealed with a Kiss--Gary Lewis and the Playboys
3 Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon)--The Moody Blues
4 You Keep Me Hangin' On--The Vanilla Fudge
5 Sunshine Girl--Herman's Hermits
6 Pictures of Matchstick Men--The Status Quo
7 Hello, I Love You--The Doors
8 Mr. Businessman--Ray Stevens
9 Morning Dew--Lulu
10 Indian Lake--The Cowsills
Pick hit of the Week: Six Man Band--The Association
New this week: Mystery Lady--The Mirage
Bring Back Those Rockabye Baby Days--Tiny Tim
Special Occasion--Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
Cinnamon--Derek

Personal
This blogger arrived in Yellowknife with his family for an eight-year stay.

Religion
At the International Eucharistic Congress in Bogota, Pope Paul VI denounced "the unjust economic inequalities between rich and poor, and abuses of authority and administration against you and the community" in an address to 35,000 peasants.

40 years ago
1978

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Three Times a Lady--Commodores

Swimming
Helen Vanderburg of Calgary won the gold medal for synchronized swimming at the third World Aquatic Championships in Berlin.

Football
CFL
Ottawa (5-1) 36 @ Hamilton (1-5-1) 8
Winnipeg (2-4) 8 @ Edmonton (5-1) 14

Tom Wilkinson's 15-yard pass to Waddell Smith in the 2nd quarter provided the game's only touchdown, helping the Eskimos to defeat the Blue Bombers on a muddy field on a rainy night in the last Canadian Football League game ever played at Clarke Stadium. Edmonton assistant coach Joe Faragalli suffered a heart attack during the game, but survived.

30 years ago
1988

Crime
Fire ignited thousands of litres of oil laced with PCBs at a storage dump in St-Basile-le-Grand, southeast of Montreal, forcing 3,000 residents to evacuate for 19 days. A local labourer later admitted to arson.

Economics and finance
The United States Labor Department reported that consumer prices had risen 0.4% in July.

Labour
Canada Post employees went on strike.

25 years ago
1993

Hit parade
#1 single in Germany (Media Control): What's Up?--4 Non Blondes

Space
The Galileo spacecraft discovered a moon, later named Dactyl, around 243 Ida, the first known asteroid moon.

Politics and government
Stephen W. Walker, a U.S. State Department expert on Bosnia, resigned, becoming the fourth person to quit over U.S. policy that he believed sanctioned genocide and aggression.

10 years ago
2008

Politics and government
Democratic Party U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama introduced Senator Joe Biden (Delaware) as his vice presidential running mate.

Football
CIS
British Columbia (0-1) 10 @ Simon Fraser (1-0) 24