December 29, 2021

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Christine Gotaas!

1,300 years ago
721

Died on this date
Genmei, 61. Empress of Japan, 707-715. Genmei, born Abe-hime, acceded to the Chrysanthemum Throne upon the death of her son Monmu. She moved the seat of government to Nara, and abdicated in favour of her daughter Genshō.

175 years ago
1846

Died on this date
Alexander Barrow, 45. U.S. politician. Mr. Barrow, a Whig, spent several years in the Louisiana House of Representatives before representing the state from 1841 until his death. He was the older half-brother of Washington Barrow, who represented Tennessee in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate.

170 years ago
1851

Americana
The first Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) in the United States opened in Boston.

140 years ago
1881

Born on this date
Jess Willard. U.S. boxer. Mr. Willard, nicknamed the Pottawatomie Giant, stood 6' 6 1⁄2" and didn't start boxing professionally until he was 29. He knocked out Jack Johnson in the 26th round in Havana on April 5, 1915 to win the world heavyweight title, thereby accomplishing what a host of "White Hopes" had failed to achieve since Mr. Johnson had won the title more than six years earlier. Mr. Willard fought just one title bout after that (a 10-round newspaper decision over Frank Moran in 1916) before being knocked out in 3 rounds by Jack Dempsey in Toledo, Ohio on July 4, 1919. Mr. Willard came out of retirement for two fights in 1923, and then retired permanently after compiling a professional record of 25-7-2. He died on December 15, 1968, two weeks before his 87th birthday.

120 years ago
1901

Politics and government
Arthur Peters was sworn in as Premier of Prince Edward Island, succeeding Donald Farquharson as head of the province's Liberal government. Lieutenant Governor Peter McIntyre had asked Mr. Peters to take office as Premier after Mr. Farquharson resigned to enter federal politics.

110 years ago
1911

Born on this date
Klaus Fuchs. German physicist. Dr. Fuchs was a socialist who became a Communist while still a student in Germany. He fled to the United Kingdom shortly after the Nazis came to power in Germany in 1933, and went to the United States during World War II, where he worked on the Manhattan Project, which produced the first atomic bombs. Dr. Fuchs worked as a spy with the U.S.S.R., and illegally transferred nuclear information to the Soviets. In January 1950 he confessed to being a spy, and was sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment for espionage. Dr. Fuchs was released in 1959 after serving 9 1/3 years, and emigrated to East Germany, where he spent the rest of his life. He died on January 28, 1988, 30 days after his 76th birthday.

Asiatica
Mongolia gained its independence from China's Qing dynasty, enthroning the 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia.

Politics and government
In Nanking, Sun Yat-sen was elected provisional President of the Republic of China.

Canadiana
A proclamation restored the words Dei Gratia to Canada's coins; the Latins phrase means King (or Queen) by the grace of God.

100 years ago
1921

Born on this date
Dobrica Ćosić. 1st President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, 1992-1993. Mr. Ćosić, a Serb, joined the Communist Party in 1939, and had a successful career as a novelist. He increasingly expressed concern for the Serbian population of Yugoslavia, and supported the Serbian cause in the Yugoslavian Civil War. Mr. Ćosić became the president of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, consisting of Serbia and Montenegro, but was removed from office after turning against Serbian nationalist leader Slobodan Milošević. He died on May 18, 2014 at the age of 92.

Politics and government
Canada's new Liberal government, under Prime Minister Mackenzie King, took office, 23 days after winning a plurality in the federal election. For Mr. King, it was the beginning of more than two decades as Canada's Prime Minister, and he eventually became the longest-serving prime minister in the history of the British Commonwealth.

90 years ago
1931

Transportation
The new Jubilee Dock was moored in Wellington Harbour in Wellington, New Zealand.

80 years ago
1941

War
A London communique reported a successful six-hour raid on December 27 on the German-occupied islands of Vaagsoe and Maaloy off the Norwegaian coast. Tokyo reports claimed that Japanese troops the previous day had captured Ipoh, the tin mining centre 290 miles north of Singapore. Japanese planes bombed the island fortress of Corregidor, about 30 miles south of Manila guarding the entrance to Manila Bay.

Diplomacy
Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King returned to Ottawa from Washington with U.K. Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who was beginning a visit to the Canadian capital.

The Argentine Foreign Ministry announced that it was recalling the country's Ambassador to Germany.

Politics and government
Mohandas Gandhi resigned as leader of the All-India Congress Party because, he said, the party's working committee had abandoned his principles of civil disobedience and non-violence.

Business
The U.S. Army formally returned the Bendix, New Jersey plant of Air Associates, Inc. to private management after operating it since October 31.

Labour
American Federation of Labor boilermakers routed picketing welders at the California Ship Building Corporation in Los Angeles.

Disasters
Portland, Oregon was shaken by a short, sharp earthquake at 10:30 A.M.

Sport
New York University miler Leslie MacMitchell was named the 1941 winner of the Amateur Athletic Union's James E. Sullivan Memorial Trophy as the outstanding amateur athlete in the United States.

Auto racing
Indianapolis Motor Speedway President Eddie Rickenbacker announced the cancellation of the Indianapolis 500 for 1942 because of American involvement in World War II. The speedway wasn't reopened, and the Indianapolis 500 wasn't held again, until 1946, the year after the war ended.

75 years ago
1946

At the movies
Duel in the Sun, directed by King Vidor, and starring Gregory Peck, Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, and many others, received its premiere screening in Van Nuys, California.





Terrorism
Irgun Zvai Leumi members kidnapped and flogged four British soldiers in retaliation for the British flogging of an imprisoned Zionist arrested for bank robbery.

Diplomacy
The U.S.S.R. returned to Finland Helsinki's Malm Airport, occupied since the 1944 armistice.

Defense
The U.S. Navy announced the development of the Mark 3 Toss Director, a new bombsight that permitted dive-bombers to project bombs after they had pulled out of their dives.

Politics and government
Delegates from 10 liberal political action groups voted in New York to merge into a new organization, Progressive Citizens of America, with Frank Kingdon and Jo Davidson as co-chairmen.

Labour
The Italian Confederation of Labour called off a general strike in the southern Italian city of Bari after the government agreed to a 3,000-lira weekly subsidy for the unemployed.

70 years ago
1951

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Sweet Violets--Dinah Shore; Jane Turzy (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Cry--Johnnie Ray and the Four Lads (Best Seller--1st week at #1); It's No Sin--Eddy Howard and his Orchestra (Disc Jockey--7th week at #1; Jukebox--1st week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 (It's No) Sin--The Four Aces (8th week at #1)
--Eddy Howard
2 Cold, Cold Heart--Tony Bennett
3 Down Yonder--Del Wood
--Joe "Fingers" Carr
--Champ Butler
4 Undecided--The Ames Brothers and Les Brown and his Band of Renown
5 Because of You--Tony Bennett
--Les Baxter and his Orchestra
6 Charmaine--Mantovani and his Orchestra
7 Shrimp Boats--Jo Stafford
8 Jealousy (Jalousie)--Frankie Laine
9 Slow Poke--Pee Wee King and his Golden West Cowboys
10 Cry--Johnnie Ray and the Four Lads

There were no singles entering the chart.

World events
At a news conference in Erding, West Germany, four American fliers released the previous day by Hungary claimed that they had flown off course on November 19 in murky skies while transporting a diplomatic cargo from Munich to Belgrade.

Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion denounced U.S. Zionist leaders for not moving to Israel.

War
In an effort to rescue stalled armistice talks, U.S. negotiators at Panmunjom offered to forego aerial inspection of Communist positions during a cease-fire. Disagreement remained over construction of new military airports, which the Americans wanted banned.

Defense
The $44-million, 540-foot U.S. Navy destroyer leader USS Norfolk, the largest destroyer in the world, was launched in Camden, New Jersey.

Politics and government
Colombian opposition leader Carlos Augusto Noriega, President of the House of Representatives, was removed from office and physically ejected from the chamber for trying to block debate.

The U.S. House of Representatives Un-American Activities Committee urged the adoption of the death penalty for peacetime espionage in the United States.

Energy
The U.S. Atomic Energy Commission announced the first use of an atomic reactor to generate electric power in the United States, near Arco, Idaho.

Health
U.S. President Harry Truman created a 15-member President's Commission on the Health Needs of the Nation, with Dr. Paul Magnuson as chairman.

Football
NCAA
Blue-Gray Game @ Cramton Bowl, Montgomery, Alabama
Gray 20 Blue 14

Baseball
New York baseball writers named New York Yankees' pitcher Allie Reynolds as the 1951 winner of the Sid Mercer Memorial Award as "player of the year." He was 17-8 with an earned run average of 3.05 in 40 games, leading the American League with 7 shutouts, batting .184 with no home runs and 11 runs batted in in 43 games. Mr. Reynolds was 1-1 with a 4.20 ERA in 2 World Series games as the Yankees defeated the New York Giants in 6 games for their third straight World Series championship.

60 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Take Good Care of My Baby--Bobby Vee (2nd week at #1)

Los Angeles's Top 40 (KFWB)
21 Your Ma Said You Cried in Your Sleep Last Night--Kenny Dino
22 Town Without Pity--Gene Pitney
23 Unchain My Heart--Ray Charles and his Orchestra
24 Moments to Remember--Jennell Hawkins
25 Jingle Bell Rock--Bobby Rydell/Chubby Checker
26 I Don't Know Why--Linda Scott
27 Surfer Stomp--The Marketts
28 When the Boy in Your Arms (Is the Boy in Your Heart)--Connie Francis
29 Small Sad Sam--Phil McLean
30 Pocketful of Miracles--Frank Sinatra
31 Just Out of Reach--Solomon Burke
32 Big Bad John--Jimmy Dean
33 Surfin'--The Beach Boys
34 And Then Came Love--Ed Townsend
35 Jambalaya (On the Bayou)--Fats Domino
36 Tonight--Ferrante & Teicher
37 The Wanderer--Dion
38 Crazy--Patsy Cline
39 Revenge--Brook Benton
40 Dear Ivan--Jimmy Dean

Surfer Stomp,Surfin', Jambalaya (On the Bayou), The Wanderer, and Dear Ivan were entering the chart. Surfin' was the Beach Boys' first single, and this was their first entry on any chart.

On television tonight
The Twilight Zone, on CBS
Tonight's episode: A Quality of Mercy, starring Dean Stockwell, Albert Salmi, and Jerry Fujikawa

Boxing
Alejandro Lavorante (19-2) knocked out Von Clay (16-6-2) at 1:10 of the 2nd round of a heavyweight bout at Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles. It proved to be the last win for Mr. Lavorante.

50 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)--Benny Hill (5th week at #1)

On television tonight
Rod Serling's Night Gallery, on NBC
Tonight's episode: The Different Ones, starring Dana Andrews and Jon Korkes; Tell David..., starring Sandra Dee and Jared Martin; Logoda's Heads, starring Patrick Macnee, Brock Peters, Denise Nicholas, and Tim Matheson

War
U.S. Air Force and Navy planes concluded three days of heavy bombing raids on military installations in North Vietnam; it was the first time since 1968 that a series of attacks against North Vietnam had lasted more than two days.

30 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Black or White--Michael Jackson (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Austria (Ö3): Let's Talk About Sex--Salt-N-Pepa (7th week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: Black or White--Michael Jackson (5th week at #1)

Died on this date
Susan Wright, 44. Miss Wright, a native of Calgary, grew up in Saskatoon, where she began her career. She was best known as a stage actress, appearing frequently at the Stratford Festival in Stratford, Ontario, and winning two Dora Mavor Moore Awards and an ACTRA Award. Miss Wright appeared in several films and television programs. She and her parents were staying in a house in Stratford owned by actor Brent Carver, who was absent when the others died in a fire.

Football
NFL
NFC Wild Card Playoff
Dallas 17 @ Chicago 13



AFC Wild Card Playoff
New York Jets 10 @ Houston 17



25 years ago
1996

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Thug Devotion--Mo Thugs (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Austria (Ö3): Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)--Backstreet Boys (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: Verpiss' dich--Tic Tac Toe (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Scotland (OCC): 2 Become 1--Spice Girls (2nd week at #1)

War
The Guatemalan government and leaders of the Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity signed a peace accord, ending a 36-year civil war.

Football
NFL
AFC Wild Card Playoff
Indianapolis 14 @ Pittsburgh 42



NFC Wild Card Playoff
Philadelphia 0 @ San Francisco 14

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20 years ago
2001

Died on this date
Takashi Asahina, 93. Japanese orchestra conductor. Mr. Asahina founded the Kansai Symphonic Orchestra (today the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra) in 1947, and was its principal conductor until his death. He specialized in the music of Anton Bruckner.

Crime
Magloire Poissant murdered his ex-wife Colette Harnois, her two sons Mathieu MacDonald, 18, and Michael MacDonald, 15, and their friend Francis Mongrain, age 17, at Ms. Harnois' home in Lavaltrie, Quebec.

Weather
Five days of snow in Buffalo, New York ended with a record total of 6 feet 9 inches.

Disasters
Nearly 300 people were killed when a firecracker ignited fireworks stands lining narrow streets in Lima, Peru.

10 years ago
2011

Died on this date
Robert Lee Dickey, 72. U.S. singer. Mr. Dickey was the original Bobby Purify in the rhythm and blues duo James & Bobby Purify, who achieved several charted singles from 1966-1969; their biggest hit was their first, I'm Your Puppet (1966), which reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart and #5 on the Rhythm and Blues chart. Mr. Dickey left the duo in 1971 for health reasons, and worked as a city maintenance supervisor in Tallahassee, Florida, and performing as an amateur singer and guitarist. James Purify performed as a solo artist until 1974, when Ben Moore joined him and took the name Bobby Purify.

Sport
Downhill skier Jennifer Heil was named the Canadian Press female athlete of the year for 2011. She ended her career with a sweep of the moguls and dual moguls gold medals at the World Championships.

November 20, 2021

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Silvia Castro and Erika de los Angeles Zamudio!

580 years ago
1441

War
The Peace of Cremona ended the war between the Republic of Venice and the Duchy of Milan, after the victorious Venetian enterprise of military engineering of the Galeas per montes.

260 years ago
1761

Born on this date
Pius VIII. Roman Catholic Pope, 1829-1830. Pius VIII, born Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni, earned a doctorate in canon law and civil law, and was ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood in 1785, rising through the ranks until he succeeded Leo XII on the papal throne. He opposed masonic secret societies and modernistic Bible translations, and addressed the issue of marriages between Catholics and Protestants, approving them only if the children were raised as Catholics. Pope Pius VIII suffered from poor health during his entire reign, and his health declined seriously in the final weeks before his death on November 30, 1830, 10 days after his 69th birthday. Some have speculated that Pope Pius VIII was poisoned, but evidence is lacking. He was succeeded by Gregory XVI.

180 years ago
1841

Born on this date
Wilfrid Laurier. Prime Minister of Canada, 1896-1911. Sir Wilfrid, a native of Saint-Lin, Canada East, was first elected to the House of Commons in 1874, and led the Liberal Party of Canada from 1887 until his death at the age of 77 on February 17, 1919. He was the first French Canadian Prime Minister and led the Liberals to four consecutive federal election victories (1896; 1900; 1904; 1908) before losing to the Conservative Party led by Robert Borden in 1911. Sir Wilfrid's time in office remains the longest consecutive reign for any Canadian Prime Minister. He was succeeded as Liberal leader by Mackenzie King, who holds the record for total time as Prime Minister (approximately 22 years). Sir Wilfrid was one of Canada's greatest Prime Ministers.

François Denys Légitime. President of Haiti, 1888-1889. General Légitime, a member of the Liberal Party, held several offices in the early 1880s and in the provisional govenment in the late 1880s. He was elected President in December 1888, but resigned in August 1889 because of the opposition of Gen. Florvil Hyppolite, and retired to Jamaica. Gen. Légitime returned to Haiti under a general amnesty in 1896, and represented Sud in the State Council (1918-1919). He died on July 29, 1935 at the age of 93.

Crime
Maketū Wharetōtara, the 17-year-old son of the Ngāpuhi chief Ruhe, murdered five people at Motuarohia in New Zealand's Bay of Islands.

170 years ago
1851

Born on this date
Margherita. Queen consort of Italy, 1878-1900. Margherita, the daughter of Prince Ferdinand of Savoy, Duke of Genoa and Princess Elisabeth of Saxon, married her first cousin, the future King Umberto I, in 1868, and became queen consort when he acceded to the throne ten years later. She engaged in social and charitable work to strengthen the popularity of the monarchy, and worked to protect the monarchy against republicans and socialists. King Umberto was assassinated in 1900, and Margherita was a dowager queen as their son Victor Emmanuel III reigned. Queen Margherita died on January 4, 1926 at the age of 74.

160 years ago
1861

Americana
A secession ordinance was filed by Kentucky's Confederate government.

150 years ago
1871

Born on this date
William Heard Kilpatrick. U.S. pedagogue. Dr. Kilpatrick was a major figure in progressive education, a colleague of and successor to John Dewey. Dr. Kilpatrick was a student (1907-1909) and professor (1909-1937) at Columbia University. He developed the Project Method for early childhood education, and believed that the role of a teacher should be that of a "guide" as opposed to an authoritarian figure, and that children should direct their own learning according to their interests and should be allowed to explore their environment, experiencing their learning through the natural senses. Dr. Kilpatrick died on February 13, 1965 at the age of 93.

Politics and government
Wilfrid Laurier was first elected to Québec Legislative Assembly, as a Liberal candidate in Arthabaska.

Communications
The first telegraph lines linking Winnipeg and eastern Canada via Chicago and St. Paul, Minnesota began operating.

130 years ago
1891

Born on this date
Reginald Denny. U.K. actor. Mr. Denny, born Richard Dugmore, appeared in numerous plays, movies, and television programs in the U.K. and U.S.A. in a career spanning almost 70 years. He manufactured a drone called the OQ-2 Radioplane, which was used by the United States Army during World War II. Mr. Denny died after a stroke on June 16, 1967 at the age of 75.

125 years ago
1896

Born on this date
Carl Mayer. Austrian-born U.K. screenwriter. Mr. Mayer, who spent his most productive years in Germany, wrote or co-wrote screenplays for such movies as The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920); Der Letzte Mann (The Last Laugh) (1924); Sunrise (1927); Berlin: Symphony of a Great City (1927); 4 Devils (1928); and Das Blaue Licht (The Blue Light) (1932). He fled for England when the Nazis came to power in Germany in 1933, and worked as an adviser to the British film industry. Mr. Mayer died of cancer on July 1, 1944 at the age of 49.

100 years ago
1921

Born on this date
Jim Garrison. U.S. attorney. Mr. Garrison was the District Attorney for New Orleans Parish from 1961-1973. He was known for investigating the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, and his efforts resulted in charges against New Orleans businessman Clay Shaw, who was acquitted. Mr. Garrison's book On the Trail of the Assassins (1988) provided some of the inspiration for the movie JFK (1991). Mr. Garrison died of cancer on October 21, 1992, 30 days before his 71st birthday.

Dan Frazer. U.S. actor. Mr. Frazer was a character actor in cinema and television in a career spanning more than 50 years. He was perhaps best known for playing Chief of Detectives Captain Frank McNeil in the television police series Kojak (1973-1978). Mr. Frazer died of cardiac arrest on December 16, 2011, 26 days after his 90th birthday.

Football
APFA
Green Bay (3-1-1) 3 @ Chicago Cardinals (3-2-1) 3
Akron (7-1-1) 0 @ Dayton (4-3-1) 3
Columbus (0-8) 13 @ Rochester (2-3) 27
Cleveland (2-4) 7 @ Chicago Staleys (6-0) 22
Canton (2-1-3) 7 @ Buffalo (6-0-2) 7

The Triangles' game-winning field goal in the 3rd quarter of their shutout of the Pros at Triangle Park marked the first points Akron had allowed all season.

80 years ago
1941

Died on this date
Helmuth Wilberg, 61. German military officer. General der Flieger (General of the Air Force) Wilberg was one of the highest-ranking officers in the Luftwaffe. He was killed in a plane crash near Dresden while on his way to the funeral of Generaloberst Ernst Udet.

War
The British command announced that the British 8th Army had driven 80 miles into Libya and captured Rezegh, 10 miles from the outer Tobruk forts. The Vichy French regime announced the "retirement" of General Maxime Weygand; American sources said that his ouster had been demanded by German Fuehrer Adolf Hitler.

Politics and government
19 members resigned from the Japanese Imperial Rule Assistance League in protest against its curb on debate of domestic policy in the Diet.

Space
Dr. Adrian van Maanen of Mount Wilson Observatory in Pasadena, California reported the discovery of 24 small stars--some of them 1,000 times as faint as the sun--in the Pleiades constellation, raising the total discovered to 211.

Americana
Lincoln Borglum announced that work on the heads of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt at Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota had been completed. Mr. Borglum had taken over the work from his father Gutzun after the elder Mr. Borglum's death six months earlier.

Journalism
The Brazilian government prohibited the circulation of German newspapers from abroad in the states of Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catharina, and Parano.

U.S. Ambassador to Chile Claude Bowers told Chilean Interior Minister Leonardo Guzman that he repudiated as an "outrage" Time magazine's derogatory article on Chilean President Pedro Aguirre Cerda.

Reader's Digest reported that its monthly circulation had reached five million, the highest ever attained by a magazine.

75 years ago
1946

At the movies
La Otra, directed by Roberto Gavaldón, and starring Dolores Del Rio, Victor Junco, and Agustín Irusta, opened in theatres in Mexico.



Theatre
Another Part of the Forest, written by Lillian Hellman as a prequel to her play The Little Foxes, opened at the Fulton Theatre on Broadway in New York. The production starred Patricia Neal, Percy Waram, Mildred Dunnock, and Leo Genn.

War
Vietnamese nationalists set up barricades in Haiphong, killing 23 French soldiers, after Vietnamese militia units opened fire on a French ship in the harbour.

Defense
The U.S. Navy Department revealed plans for the development of nuclear-powered submarines capable of carrying atomic weapons.

Journalism
Communists in the Chinese city of Yenan barred foreign newsmen as the city prepared to defend itself against an anticipated Nationalist attack.

Economics and finance
General William Draper, head of the economics division of the U.S. military government in Germany, issued his report A Year in Potsdam, stating that Germany faced economic collapse and demanding uniform application of the Potsdam agreement to revive the country.

The U.S. State Department reached an agreement with Czechoslvakia guaranteeing most-favored-nation trade status with the United States.

Labour
U.S. President Truman ordered the Justice Department to press contempt charges against Congress of Industrial Organizations President John L. Lewis if he disobeyed the November 18 court order against termination of the coal industry contract.

Football
NCAA
The Western and Pacific Coast Conferences signed an agreement eliminating outside teams from Rose Bowl competition for five years.

70 years ago
1951

On television tonight
Suspense, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Frisco Payoff, starring Harry Bellaver, Russell Collins, and Royal Dano



The Storm, on WKRC
Tonight's episode: The Sands of Tom

This was one of a number of episodes written for the local Cincinnati program by Rod Serling.

World events
More than 1,000 families of British servicemen began moving out of the Suez Canal Zone town of Ismailia, two days after five U.K. soldiers and nine Egyptians had been killed in a shooting.

War
Emperor Hirohito signed Japan's ratification of the Treaty of San Francisco and the U.S. security pact.

Commander-in-Chief of the United Nations Command General Matthew Ridgway claimed that the killing of 365 American prisoners by the Communists in Korea had been confirmed through recovery of the victims' bodies, indicating that other charges lacked conclusive proof.

Crime
In Washington, D.C., U.S. Federal Judge Matthew McGuire acquitted the Peace Information Center and five of its officers, including W.E.B. Du Bois, of violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act.

60 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Moliendo Café--Lucho Gatica

#1 single in France (IFOP): L'Auto-circulation--Henri Tisot (3rd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Big Bad John--Jimmy Dean (3rd week at #1)
2 Runaround Sue--Dion
3 Fool #1--Brenda Lee
4 Goodbye Cruel World--James Darren
5 Bristol Stomp--The Dovells
6 Tower of Strength--Gene McDaniels
7 Hit the Road Jack--Ray Charles and his Orchestra
8 Please Mr. Postman--The Marvelettes
9 This Time--Troy Shondell
10 The Fly--Chubby Checker

Singles entering the chart were Peppermint Twist - Part I by Joey Dee & the Starliters (#68); When the Boy in Your Arms (Is the Boy in Your Heart) by Connie Francis (#80); Revenge by Brook Benton (#83); When I Fall in Love by the Lettermen (#89); If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody by James Ray (#90); Love (I'm So Glad) I Found You by the Spinners (#91); There's No Other (Like My Baby) by the Crystals (#92); Greetings (This is Uncle Sam) by the Valadiers (#93); What a Walk by Bobby Lewis (#94); and You're Following Me by Perry Como (#97).

On the radio
Macabre, on USAFRS Far East Network
Tonight's episode: Weekend

On television tonight
Thriller, hosted by Boris Karloff, on NBC
Tonight's episode: A Third for Pinochle, starring Edward Andrews, Doro Merande, and June Walker



50 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in Rhodesia (Lyons Maid): Mammy Blue--Charisma

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Amore caro amore bello--Bruno Lauzi

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Coz I Luv You--Slade (2nd week at #1)

Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 Banks of the Ohio--Olivia Newton-John (2nd week at #1)
2 Maggie May/Reason to Believe--Rod Stewart
3 Mammy Blue--Joel Dayde
4 Love is a Beautiful Song--Dave Mills
5 Signs--Five Man Electrical Band
6 Butterfly--Danyel Gerard
7 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down--Joan Baez
8 Daddy Cool--Drummond
9 It's a Sin to Tell a Lie--Gerry Monroe
10 Come Back Again--Daddy Cool

Singles entering the chart were Did You Ever by Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood (#34); and Go Away Little Girl by Donny Osmond (#40).

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 Soley Soley--The Middle of the Road (4th week at #1)
2 Without a Worry in the World--Rod McKuen
3 Reason to Believe/Maggie May--Rod Stewart
4 Spanish Harlem--Aretha Franklin
5 Non, Non, Rien N'a Changé--Poppys
6 Imagine--John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
7 Only Lies--Greenfield & Cook
8 Pappie Loop Toch Niet Zo Snel--Herman Van Keeken
9 Soldiers Who Want to Be Heroes--Rod McKuen
10 Het Soldaatje (De Vier Raadsels)--De Zangeres Zonder Naam

Singles entering the chart were Mama Oh Mama by George Baker Selection (#21); Ain't No Sunshine by Bill Withers (#24); Schِn ist es auf Der Welt zu sein by Roy Black + Anita (#25); Wild Night by Van Morrison (#26); We are Goin' Down Jordan by the Les Humphries Singers (#28); Ze Zeggen... by Jan Boezeroen (#29); Blij Als Een Kind by De Makkers (#35); and Empty Words by Monica and the Voices of Freedom (#37).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Theme from Shaft--Isaac Hayes
2 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves--Cher
3 Imagine--John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
4 Baby I'm-A Want You--Bread
5 Have You Seen Her--Chi-Lites
6 Maggie May/Reason to Believe--Rod Stewart
7 Peace Train--Cat Stevens
8 Family Affair--Sly and the Family Stone
9 Got to Be There--Michael Jackson
10 Yo-Yo--The Osmonds

Singles entering the chart were One Monkey Don't Stop No Show (Part 1) by the Honey Cone (#74); Can I Get a Witness by Lee Michaels (#76); (I Know) I'm Losing You by Rod Stewart with Faces (#79); Satisfaction by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles (#84); Kiss an Angel Good Mornin' by Charley Pride (#88); My Boy by Richard Harris (#90); Turn Your Radio On by Ray Stevens (#91); You Keep Me Holding On by Tyrone Davis (#97); Lookin' Back by Bob Seger (#98); The Witch Queen of New Orleans by Redbone (#99); and Pretty as You Feel by Jefferson Airplane (#100).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Theme from Shaft--Isaac Hayes (2nd week at #1)
2 Imagine--John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
3 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves--Cher
4 Peace Train--Cat Stevens
5 Have You Seen Her--Chi-Lites
6 Family Affair--Sly and the Family Stone
7 Baby I'm-A Want You--Bread
8 Two Divided by Love--The Grass Roots
9 Got to Be There--Michael Jackson
10 Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)--Marvin Gaye

Singles entering the chart were (I Know) I'm Losing You by Rod Stewart with Faces (#61); Hey Girl (#72)/I Knew You When (#94) by Donny Osmond; One Monkey Don't Stop No Show (Part 1) by the Honey Cone (#73); Can I Get a Witness by Lee Michaels (#78); Nothing to Hide by Tommy James (#79); Hey Big Brother by Rare Earth (#86); Clean Up Woman by Betty Wright (#89); Love is Funny that Way by Jackie Wilson (#93); That's the Way I Feel About Cha by Bobby Womack and Peace (#98); Can I by Eddie Kendricks (#99); and Lookin' Back by Bob Seger (#100).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Record World)
1 Imagine--John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
2 Theme from Shaft--Isaac Hayes
3 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves--Cher
4 Have You Seen Her--Chi-Lites
5 Peace Train--Cat Stevens
6 Baby I'm-A Want You--Bread
7 Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)--Marvin Gaye
8 Maggie May/Reason to Believe--Rod Stewart
9 Trapped by a Thing Called Love--Denise LaSalle
10 Rock Steady--Aretha Franklin

Singles entering the chart were (I Know) I'm Losing You by Rod Stewart with Faces (#66); Nothing to Hide by Tommy James (#75); Get Down by Curtis Mayfield (#79); Hey Girl by Donny Osmond (#80); Hallelujah by Sweathog (#82); Can I Get a Witness by Lee Michaels (#84); Help Me Make it Through the Night by O.C. Smith (#85); Satisfaction by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles (#88); Tell Mama by Savoy Brown (#91); The Girl Who Loved Me When by Glass Bottle (#93); and Show Me How by the Emotions (#100).

Canada’s Top 10 (RPM)
1 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves--Cher (3rd week at #1)
2 Imagine--John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
3 Absolutely Right--Five Man Electrical Band
4 One Fine Morning--Lighthouse
5 Peace Train--Cat Stevens
6 Maggie May--Rod Stewart
7 Yo-Yo--The Osmonds
8 Everybody's Everything--Santana
9 Never My Love--The 5th Dimension
10 Superstar--Carpenters

Singles entering the chart were Stones by Neil Diamond (#61); Theme from "Summer of '42" by Peter Nero (#64); Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are) by the Temptations (#81); Scorpio by Dennis Coffey and the Detroit Guitar Band (#82); White Lies, Blue Eyes by Bullet (#83); No Good to Cry by the Poppy Family (#84); Hey Big Brother by Rare Earth (#85); Love Me Brother by Tapestry (#88); Long Promised Road by the Beach Boys (#89); Let it Be by Joan Baez (#91); Nothing to Hide by Tommy James (#92); You are Everything by the Stylistics (#93); (I Know) I'm Losing You by Rod Stewart with Faces (#94); I'm Still Waiting by Diana Ross (#95); Help Me Make it Through the Night by O.C. Smith (#97); Long Ago Tomorrow by B.J. Thomas (#99); and Mother by Barbra Streisand (#100).

Calgary's Top 10 (Glenn's Music)
1 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves--Cher
2 The Desiderata--Les Crane
3 Peace Train--Cat Stevens
4 Theme from Shaft--Isaac Hayes
5 Two Divided by Love--The Grass Roots
6 Lonesome Mary--Chilliwack
7 Tell Me Why--Matthews' Southern Comfort
8 What Are You Doing Sunday--Dawn
9 Mammy Blue--Pop-Tops
10 Imagine--John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
Pick hit of the week: Stones--Neil Diamond

Football
CFL
Eastern Finals
Hamilton 17 @ Toronto 17 (Toronto won 2-game total points series 40-25)

Rookie quarterback Joe Theismann played the entire game, throwing a touchdown pass to Mel Profit and handing off to Bill Symons for a 12-yard touchdown rush, as the Argonauts held off the Tiger-Cats to advance to the Grey Cup for the first time in 19 years. Ivan MacMillan converted both Toronto touchdowns and kicked a field goal. Max Anderson, who rushed 10 times for 47 yards, and Dick Wesolowski, who rushed 11 timed for 51 yards, each scored a touchdown for the Tiger-Cats on a short run. Tommy-Joe Coffey was successful on 1 of 2 convert attempts and added a single on a wide field goal attempt. Paul McKay punted for a single, and the Tiger-Cats also scored a safety touch. The game, before a capacity crowd of 33,135, was played on a muddy field, and was the last game to be played at CNE Stadium on real grass. Artificial turf was installed before the 1972 season. It was the last game for Al Dorow as Hamilton's head coach; he departed with a record of 8-8-1. It was also the last post-season game in the CFL to end in a tie.



CIAU
Canadian College Bowl @ Varsity Stadium, Toronto
Western Ontario 15 Alberta 14

Paul Knill's 17-yard field goal with 3:57 remaining in regulation time gave the Mustangs their first Vanier Cup. Mr. Knill also kicked a 38-yard field goal in the 2nd quarter and converted Western Ontario's only touchdown, a 44-yard pass from quarterback Joe Fabiani to Terry Harvey with 2:11 remaining in the 3rd quarter. UWO's other points came on a safety touch conceded by Alberta punter Percy Kosak at 5:22 of the 2nd quarter, a few plays after the Golden Bears had stopped Western running back Bruce Macrae on a third-down run from the 1-yard line. Western had started with a first down-and-goal from the Alberta 8-yard line after Mr. Fabiani had completed a pass to Mr. Harvey for 97 yards. Mr. Macrae rushed 24 times for 89 yards during the game. Bob McGregor, who won the Ted Morris Trophy as the game's most valuable player, rushed 20 times for 108 yards, including both Alberta touchdowns, in the 1st and 3rd quarters. Joe Petrone converted both touchdowns, but narrowly missed a 36-yard field goal attempt in the 3rd quarter, and the Mustangs were successful in returning the ball out of the end zone. Frank Cosentino, in his second season as head coach of the Mustangs, won the head coaching duel over Jim Donlevy, who was in his first year at the helm of the Golden Bears. Attendance was 13,041, a College Bowl record at the time. It was the only time that the Vanier Cup game was played in the same city at the same time that a CFL game was being played.



40 years ago
1981

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Ooa hela natten--Attack

#1 single in France (IFOP): Confidence Pour Confidence--Jean Schultheis

South Africa's Top 10 (Springbok Radio)
1 Urgent--Foreigner (6th week at #1)
2 Endless Love--Diana Ross & Lionel Richie
3 Wired for Sound--Cliff Richard
4 Green Door--Shakin' Stevens
5 Queen of Hearts--Juice Newton
6 Hold on Tight--Electric Light Orchestra
7 Start Me Up--Rolling Stones
8 Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through--Jim Steinman
9 Hooked on Classics--The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
10 Slow Hand--Pointer Sisters

The only single entering the chart was Arthur's Theme (Best that You Can Do) by Christopher Cross (#19).

30 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Black or White-- Michael Jackson

On television tonight
The Wonder Years, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Soccer

Died on this date
Jean Bégin, 47. Canadian hockey coach. Mr. Bégin, a native of Quebec, was head coach of five teams in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (1982-86, 1987-89), coaching in France in 1986-87. He led the Laval Voisins to the President's Cup championship in 1984, only to be fired in mid-season the following year, but was hired by the Verdun Junior Canadiens shortly befoere the end of the regular season, and led them to the President's Cup championship. Mr. Bégin was in his second season with the Drummondville Voltigeurs when an anonymous player contacted agent Gilles Lupien, and two players contacted police, accusing Mr. Bégin of inappropriate sexual behaviour. He was promptly removed as coach, and served six months in prison after being convicted on seven counts of sexual assault. Mr. Bégin was banned from sports and contact with teenagers, and was stated to be a broken man after his release from prison. Near Stoneham, Quebec, he committed suicide by using a pipe to redirect carbon monoxide into his car, which then burst into flames and burned his corpse.

War
An Azerbaijani MI-8 helicopter carrying 19 peacekeeping mission team with officials and journalists from Russia, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan was shot down by Armenian military forces in Khojavend District of Azerbaijan.

Diplomacy
The United Nations Security Council chose Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt to be the next UN Secretary-General.

Auto racing
Michael Andretti was named Indy Car Driver of the Year, following in the footsteps of his father Mario, who won the award in 1969. Earlier in the year, Jeff Andretti, Michael's brother, had won Rookie of the Year honors at the Indianapolis 500.

25 years ago
1996

Disasters
A fire in the Garley Building, a commercial building in Hong Kong, killed 41 people and injured 81; it was the worst peacetime fire in Hong Kong's history.

10 years ago
2011

Football
CFL
Eastern Final
Hamilton 3 @ Winnipeg 19



Western Final
Edmonton 23 @ British Columbia 40



Baseball
Nippon Series
Chunichi Dragons 0 @ Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 3 (Fukuoka won best-of-seven series 4-3)

October 24, 2021

1,970 years ago
51

Born on this date
Domitian. Emperor of the Roman Empire, 81-96. Domitian was the son of Vespasian and the younger brother of Titus, and was declared Emperor by the Praetorian Guard after the death of his brother. Domitian achieved economic reforms, expanded the empire's border defenses, and initiated a building program to restore the damaged city of Rome. His authoritarian rule was popular with the people and the army, but the Senate regarded him as a tyrant. Domitian was stabbed to death at the age of 44 on September 18, 96 by a freedman of Parthenius named Maximus, acting out an assassination plot by court officials. Domitian's advisor Nerva was immediately named as his successor.

420 years ago
1601

Died on this date
Tycho Brahe, 54. Danish astronomer, astrologer, and alchemist. Mr. Brahe was known for his accurate and comprehensive astronomical observations, despite not using a telescope. He believed that the Moon orbited Earth and the planets orbited the Sun, but erroneously considered the Sun to be orbiting Earth. Mr. Brahe was granted an estate by King Frederik II, and created a research institute, where his studies included supernovae and comets. He had disagreements with King Christian IV and went into exile in 1697, accepting an invitation from Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II to go to Prague, where he became the imperial astronomer. During the last year of his life, Mr. Brahe had Johannes Kepler as his research assisant, and Mr. Kepler used Mr. Brahe's data in developing his three laws of motion. Mr. Brahe died 11 days after suddenly contracting a bladder or kidney ailment after attending a banquet in Prague; his death may have been from uremia or prostate cancer, and recent research has debunked claims that he was poisoned.

380 years ago
1641

Protest
Felim O'Neill of Kinard, the leader of the Irish Rebellion, issued his Proclamation of Dungannon, justifying the uprising and declaring continued loyalty to King Charles I of England.

210 years ago
1811

Born on this date
Ferdinand Hiller. German composer and conductor. Mr. Hiller was a pianist who was a friend of Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn, and succeeded Felix as director of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in 1843. He was appointed municipal kapellmeister of Düsseldorf (1847) and Cologne (1850), founding the Cologne Conservatoire and remaining its kapellmeister until 1884. Mr. Hiller wrote four symphonies, six operas, three piano concertos, a violin concerto, and numerous chamber works; his music is largely forgotten today. Mr. Hiller died on May 11, 1885 at the age of 73.

200 years ago
1821

Died on this date
Elias Boudinot, 81. U.S. politician. Mr. Boudinot was a lawyer and landholder in New Jersey who, as a Whig, was elected to the New Jersey provincial assembly in 1775. He represented New Jersey in the Continental Congress (1778, 1781-1783), and was President of the Continental Congress (1782-1783). Mr. Boudinot represented New Jersey in the U.S. House of Representatives (1789-1795), and was Director of the United States Mint (1795-1805). He was a devout Presbyterian, supported missionary work, and became president of the American Bible Society in 1816.

170 years ago
1851

Space
William Lassell discovered the moons Umbriel and Ariel orbiting Uranus.

160 years ago
1861

Communications
Western Union completed the first transcontinental telegraph system in the United States, making it possible to transmit messages rapidly across the country.

150 years ago
1871

Abominations
An estimated 17-22 Chinese immigrants were lynched in Los Angeles.

130 years ago
1891

Born on this date
Rafael Trujillo Molina. President of the Dominican Republic, 1930-1938, 1942-1952. Generalissimo Trujillo ruled the Dominican Republic as a dictator, either as President or as military strongman through puppet presidents, from 1930 until his assassination on May 30, 1961 at the age of 69. He was responsible for the deaths of as many as 50,000 people.

Football
ORFU
Round 2
Bye: Osgoode Hall
London 0 @ Hamilton 59

125 years ago
1896

Football
CRU
ORFU
Round 2 (First games of 2-game total points series)
University of Toronto 18 @ Queen's College 16
Royal Military College 13 @ Toronto Athletic Club 8

120 years ago
1901

Born on this date
Gilda Gray. Polish-born U.S. actress and dancer. Miss Gray, born Marianna Michalska, was orphaned at an early age, and moved with her foster parents to Milwaukee in 1909. She became popular in vaudeville in the early 1920s for dancing the "shimmy," and appeared in movies such as Cabaret (1927) and Piccadilly (1929). Miss Gray suffered from poor health in later years, and died of a heart attack on December 22, 1959 at the age of 58.

Adventure
Annie Edson Taylor, a 43 year old Bay City, Michigan teacher, a widow and a non-swimmer, accompanied by her pet kitten, went over Horseshoe Falls in a wooden oak barrel and was picked up on the Canadian side, becoming the first woman to survive going over Niagara Falls in a barrel.

110 years ago
1911

Born on this date
Sonny Terry. U.S. musician. Mr. Terry, born Saunders Terrell, was a blues harmonicist who was known for his long partnership with singer and guitarist Brownie McGhee. Mr. Terry died on March 11, 1986 at the age of 74, and was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame later that year.

Aviation
Orville Wright remained in the air for 9 minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.

Baseball
World Series
New York Giants 2 @ Philadelphia Athletics 4 (Philadelphia led best-of-seven series 3-1)

After six days of rain, the series resumed before 24, 355 fans at Shibe Park, and the Giants scored 2 runs in the top of the 1st inning off Philadelphia pitcher Chief Bender (1-1). Consecutive doubles by Frank Baker, Danny Murphy, and Harry Davis led to 3 Philadelphia runs in the bottom of the 4th. The Athletics scored another in the 5th on a single by Eddie Collins and a double by Mr. Baker. The Athletics made 11 hits--7 of them doubles--off Giants' ace Christy Mathewson (1-2).

100 years ago
1921

Sport
The Nova Scotia fishing schooner Bluenose defeated the New England schooner Elsie in the second race by almost 5 kilometres to win her first International Schooner Championship.

90 years ago
1931

Politics and government
The Independent Labour Party of Saskatchewan was founded in Regina.

Transportation
The George Washington Bridge, connecting New York and New Jersey, opened to traffic.

Football
CRU
IRFU
Hamilton (2-1) 7 @ Montreal (3-0) 9
Toronto (1-2) 8 @ Ottawa (0-3) 5

80 years ago
1941

War
German troops captured Kharkov. German authorities executed 50 more French hostages in reprisal for the October 21 assasination in Bordeaux of Major Hans Gottfried Reimers.

Politics and government
The new Japanese cabinet announced that it would convoke the Diet in an extraordinary session beginning November 15 to approve war expenditures and taxation.

The Afrikaaner Party of the Union of South Africa issued a statement repudiating leader General J.B.M. Hertzog's expression of support for Nazism. The statement also reaffirmed the party's belief in democratic principles.

Defense
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt said that Congress would soon be asked for funds with which to double the present tank program because of military lessons learned from the U.K.-Axis fighting in North Africa.

Dr. Vannevar Bush, director of the U.S. Office of Scientific Research and Development, said that 2,000 scientists working under the sponsorship of the National Defense Research Committee were turning "ideas into copper and iron" three times faster than in peacetime.

Scandal
A grand jury in Washington, D.C. indicted George Hill, aide to Representative Hamilton Fish (Republican--New York) on charges of giving false testimony in its investigation of Nazi activities.

Adventure
Arthur Starns of Calumet City, Illinois jumped from a plane at an altitude of 30,800 feet near Chicago and fell 29,300 feet in 1 minute 56 seconds before opening his parachute at 1,500 feet, setting a record for the longest delayed leap.

Economics and finance
The Wartime Wage Control Act went into effect in Canada, as Prime Minister Mackenzie King's Liberal government established price and wage controls to curb the rising cost of living in times of war. In the future, surplus profits would be taxed and rationing measures put forward. Foods subject to rationing included gasoline, sugar and meat.

Business
The Dominican Republic bought the Ciudad Trujillo branch of the National City Bank of New York.

Labour
Coal mine operators and Congress of Industrial Organizations officials in Birmingham, Alabama reached an agreement to provide 15,000 striking miners with a basic daily wage of $5.25.

75 years ago
1946

Died on this date
Kurt Daluege, 49. German war criminal. SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer Daluege ruled the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia as Deputy Protector after Reinhard Heydrich's assassination in 1942. In reprisal for the assassination, SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer Daluege ordered the villages of Lidice and Ležáky razed to the ground, and ordered the murders of all the men in both villages. SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer Daluege was replaced in 1943 after suffering a serious heart attack; he was arrested by British authorities in May 1945 and extradited to Czechoslovakia in September 1946. He was convicted of war crimes and hanged in Pankrác prison in Prague.

Space
A V-2 rocket packed with scientific instruments rose to an altitude of 65 miles at White Sands, New Mexico and took the first photograph of earth from space.



War
Brigadier General Telford Taylor, new U.S. prosecutor in Germany, said that 250-500 top German industrialists and others would be tried as war criminals within three months for their actions during World War II. Pauline Vanier of Canada was awarded the Croix de Guerre de France for her work for the Red Cross during World War II.

Diplomacy
At the first business meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, Secretary-General Trygve Lie denounced the Spanish regime of Generalissimo Francisco Franco, and smaller nations criticized the Big Five (U.S.A., U.K., U.S.S.R., China, France) veto power on the Security Council. Sir Carl August Berendsen of New Zealand was elected chairman of the UN Social and Humanitarian Affairs Commission. Chinese Communists in Yenan radioed an appeal to the United Nations General Assembly to investigate U.S. involvement in Chinese affairs.

Politics and government
A joint session of the Chilean Congress chose Radical Party candidate Gabriel Gonzales Videla as President.

Protest
Manilal Gandhi, son of Indian nationalist activist Mohandas Gandhi, chose to spend 30 days in jail with 357 other passive resisters rather than pay a $12 fine after refusing to observe a housing segregation law in Pretoria, South Africa.

70 years ago
1951

Diplomacy
Guatemala protested to the United Kingdom against a plan to include British Honduras, which was claimed by Guatemala, in a proposed federation of British possessions.

Defense
The U.S. State Department expressed its continued interest in a Middle Eastern defense system involving the U.S.A., U.K., France, Turkey, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa despite Egypt's refusal to join.

Energy
Canada reported the construction of its third and largest atomic energy pile, a $30-million reactor being built at Chalk River, Ontario.

Baseball
United Press Intermational named Casey Stengel, who had led the New York Yankees to their second straight World Series championship, as the major league Manager of the Year.

60 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in Norway (VG-lista): Michael--The Highwaymen (2nd week at #1)

On television tonight
Alfred Hitchcock Presents, on NBC
Tonight's episode: Maria, starring Norman Lloyd, Nita Talbot, and Venus de Mars

Diplomacy
Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker left Canada for a six-day official visit to Japan.

Energy
Construction began on the Manic 2 power dam at Manicouagan, Québec.

Economics and finance
Quebec Premier Jean Lesage announced that Atlas Steel was beginning construction in Tracy of the province's first stainless steel plant. The $40-million plant would use ore from Lake Allard.

Baseball
Nippon Series
Yomiuri Giants 6 @ Nankai Hawks 4 (Best-of-seven series tied 1-1)

50 years ago
1971

Died on this date
Carl Ruggles, 95. U.S. composer. Mr. Ruggles was a violinist whose few compositions employed "dissonant counterpoint." He was regarded as one of the "American Five" composers with Charles Ives, John J. Becker, Wallingford Rieger, and Henry Cowell. Mr. Ruggles destroyed his early works and composed at a very slow pace, resulting in only 10 finished works, the best-known of which is Sun-Treader (1932).

Jo Siffert, 35. Swiss auto and motorcycle racing driver. Mr. Siffert raced motorcycles in the late 1950s, and then switched to auto racing, participating in 100 Formula One events (1962-1971), with 6 podium finishes, winning the 1968 British Grand Prix and the 1971 Austrian Grand Prix. He crashed on lap 15 of the non-championship World Championship Victory Race at Brands Hatch, England, suffering just a broken leg in the crash, but dying of smoke inhalation when he was unable to free himself from his burning car. Three fire extinguishers, which could have saved Mr. Sifferti in 20 seconds, failed to work.

Chuck Hughes, 28. U.S. football player. Mr. Hughes was a wide receiver at Texas Western College and then the Philadelphia Eagles (1967-1969) and Detroit Lions (1970-1971), catching 15 passes for 262 yards in 38 games. His best season was 1970 when he caught 8 passes for 162 yards. The Lions were trailing the Chicago Bears 28-23 at Tiger Stadium in Detroit with just over a minute remaining in the game when Mr. Hughes was sent into the game and made his first catch of the season for a 32-yard gain. Several plays later he ran a deep pattern on a pass intended for someone else that fell incomplete. On his way back to the huddle he collapsed face-down at the Chicago 15-yard line. Bears' middle linebacker Dick Butkus waved to the Lions' medical staff to come onto the field. They did, but efforts to revive Mr. Hughes were unsuccessful, and he was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital, although he was likely dead on the field. The Bears held on to win 28-23 before a suddenly-silent crowd.

Politics and government
The Union Nationale party voted to change its name to Unité-Québec.

Auto racing
Peter Gethin was leading the World Championship Victory Race at Brands Hatch, England after 14 of 40 laps had been completed, and was declared the winner after the race was stopped following the fatal accident of Jo Siffert on lap 15. Emerson Fittipaldi was second and Jackie Stewart third.







Football
CFL
Winnipeg (7-8-1) 19 @ Montreal (6-7) 18
British Columbia (5-9-1) 18 @ Saskatchewan (9-5-1) 50

The Blue Bombers clinched a playoff spot for the first time in five years with their win over the Alouettes at Autostade.

Bobby Thompson's 115-yard kickoff return for a touchdown was the most exciting play in the Roughriders' win over the Lions at Taylor Field in Regina as they became the only team to score 50 points in a game in 1971.

NFL
Cincinnati (1-5) 27 @ Oakland (5-1) 31
Washington (5-1) 20 @ Kansas City (5-1) 27
Denver (2-3-1) 27 @ Cleveland (4-2) 0
Miami (4-1-1) 30 @ New York Jets (2-4) 14
Green Bay (2-4) 13 @ Los Angeles (4-1-1) 30
San Francisco (4-2) 26 @ St. Louis (2-4) 14
New Orleans (2-3-1) 6 @ Atlanta (2-3-1) 28
Chicago (4-2) 28 @ Detroit (4-2) 23
Houston (0-5-1) 16 @ Pittsburgh (3-3) 23
New York Giants (2-4) 7 @ Philadelphia (1-5) 23
New England (2-4) 21 @ Dallas (4-2) 44

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40 years ago
1981

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy (Hit Parade Italia): Out Here on My Own--Nikka Costa (11th week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Why Tell Me, Why--Anita Meyer (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland: It's My Party--Dave Stewart with Barbara Gaskin

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): It's My Party--Dave Stewart with Barbara Gaskin

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): It's My Party--Dave Stewart with Barbara Gaskin (2nd week at #1)

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 Why Tell Me, Why--Anita Meyer (5th week at #1)
2 Every Little Thing She Does is Magic--The Police
3 I'm So Glad to Be a Woman--Love Unlimited
4 Super Freak--Rick James
5 'n Beetje Verliefd--André Hazes
6 Hurt (Nieuwe Versie)/Hurt (Oude Versie)--Timi Yuro
7 Tainted Love--Soft Cell
8 The Marvellous Marionettes--Doris D and the Pins
9 Mexico--The Les Humphries Singers
10 Meer Nederlandse Sterre (Holland Olé)--Rubberen Robbie

Singles entering the chart were R.R. Express by Rose Royce (#23); Superman by Vulcano (#38); Lock Up Your Daughters by Slade (#39); and Shut Up by Madness (#40).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Arthur's Theme (Best that You Can Do)--Christopher Cross (2nd week at #1)
2 Endless Love--Diana Ross and Lionel Richie
3 Start Me Up--Rolling Stones
4 For Your Eyes Only--Sheena Easton
5 Step by Step--Eddie Rabbitt
6 Private Eyes--Daryl Hall & John Oates
7 Stop Draggin' My Heart Around--Stevie Nicks (with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
8 Hard to Say--Dan Fogelberg
9 The Night Owls--Little River Band
10 I've Done Everything for You--Rick Springfield

Singles entering the chart were Leather and Lace by Stevie Nicks with Don Henley (#73); Trouble by Lindsey Buckingham (#74); Twilight by Electric Light Orchestra (#79); Mistaken Identity by Kim Carnes (#83); I Wouldn't Have Missed it for the World by Ronnie Milsap (#85); Turn Your Love Around by George Benson (#86); La La Means I Love You by Tierra (#89); Controversy by Prince (#90); and Snap Shot by Slave (#99). Trouble was this blogger's favourite song of 1981.

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Arthur's Theme (Best that You Can Do)--Christopher Cross (2nd week at #1)
2 Endless Love--Diana Ross and Lionel Richie
3 For Your Eyes Only--Sheena Easton
4 Who's Crying Now--Journey
5 Private Eyes--Daryl Hall & John Oates
6 Step by Step--Eddie Rabbitt
7 Start Me Up--Rolling Stones
8 Queen of Hearts--Juice Newton
9 Hard to Say--Dan Fogelberg
10 The Night Owls--Little River Band

Singles entering the chart were Trouble by Lindsey Buckingham (#72); Twilight by Electric Light Orchestra (#82); Turn Your Love Around by George Benson (#85); Mistaken Identity by Kim Carnes (#87); I Wouldn't Have Missed it for the World by Ronnie Milsap (#88); Castles in the Air by Don McLean (#89); La La Means I Love You by Tierra (#90); Controversy by Prince (#95); I Heard it Through the Grapevine (Part 1) by Roger (#96); and Let's Dance (Make Your Body Move) by West Street Mob (#97). Castles in the Air was a re-recorded version of a song that had originally been released by Mr. McLean in 1972 as the B-side of Vincent.

U.S.A. Top 10 (Record World)
1 Arthur's Theme (Best that You Can Do)--Christopher Cross (2nd week at #1)
2 Endless Love--Diana Ross and Lionel Richie
3 For Your Eyes Only--Sheena Easton
4 Private Eyes--Daryl Hall & John Oates
5 Queen of Hearts--Juice Newton
6 The Beach Boys Medley--The Beach Boys
7 Step by Step--Eddie Rabbitt
8 Start Me Up--Rolling Stones
9 I've Done Everything for You--Rick Springfield
10 The Night Owls--Little River Band

Singles entering the chart were Trouble by Lindsey Buckingham (#64); Leather and Lace by Stevie Nicks with Don Henley (#68); The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known) by Juice Newton (#71); Twilight by Electric Light Orchestra (#73); Turn Your Love Around by George Benson (#85); When She Dances by Joey Scarbury (#86); It's All I Can Do by Anne Murray (#87); Snake Eyes by the Alan Parsons Project (#89); La La Means I Love You by Tierra (#90); Run to Me by Savoy Brown (#97); and I Surrender by Arlan Day (#98).

Canada’s Top 10 (RPM)
1 Endless Love--Diana Ross and Lionel Richie (5th week at #1)
2 Start Me Up--Rolling Stones
3 Every Little Thing She Does is Magic--The Police
4 The Friends of Mr. Cairo--Jon and Vangelis
5 For Your Eyes Only--Sheena Easton
6 Who's Crying Now--Journey
7 Arthur's Theme (Best that You Can Do)--Christopher Cross
8 Hold on Tight--Electric Light Orchestra
9 Urgent--Foreigner
10 Private Eyes--Daryl Hall & John Oates

Singles entering the chart were Physical by Olivia Newton-John (#38); Working in the Coal Mine by Devo (#40); Promises in the Dark by Pat Benatar (#41); All Touch by Rough Trade (#44); Hooked on Classics by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (#45); and When She was My Girl by the Four Tops (#50). Hooked on Classics was the latest example of the obnoxious fad of compiling medleys played by anonymous studio bands.

Died on this date
Deborah Baltzell, 25. U.S. actress. Miss Baltzell appeared in the movies Altered States (1980) and The Devil and Max Devlin (1981), and was a member of the cast of the television comedy series I'm a Big Girl Now (1980-1981). She died of a heart attack, nine days before her 26th birthday.

Football
CFL
Winnipeg (10-5) 33 @ Montreal (2-13) 13
Toronto (2-13) 7 @ Edmonton (14-1-1) 61

Chris Walby, who had played 5 games with the Alouettes as a defensive lineman before being picked up by Winnipeg, played his first game as a Blue Bomber. While covering downfield on special teams, he recovered a fumbled punt in the Alouettes' end zone for a touchdown, and the major score at Olympic Stadium turned out to be the only touchdown Mr. Walby ever scored in his 16-year CFL career.

The Eskimos rolled up a 47-0 halftime lead and led 61-0 after 3 quarters as they became the first CFL team to amass 29 points in the standings and go through a season with just 1 loss while playing 14 or more games. Warren Moon quarterbacked the first half for the Eskimos except for one play, in which veteran Tom Wilkinson came in and threw the last touchdown pass of his 15-year CFL career. Mr. Wilkinson quarterbacked the second half and handed off to Jim Germany for 2 touchdowns. Mr. Germany finished the season with a team-record 19 touchdowns, and a CFL single season record of 18 rushing touchdowns. Marco Cyncar scored his first CFL touchdown late in the 2nd quarter on a pass from Mr. Moon. With regular quarterback Condredge Holloway out of action with injury, the Argonauts used former Buffalo Bill Dan Manucci in the 1st half and rookie Mike Williams in the 2nd half, with no success. Late in the game, Edmonton offensive tackle Hector Pothier left the game with an ankle injury, and shortly after, Mr. Wilkinson fumbled when hit from the blind side. Defensive end Jim Corrigall, playing the second-last game of his 12-year career, dribbled the ball 31 yards into the end zone and fell on it for his only CFL touchdown. Tony Lindsay of the Argonauts, playing his only CFL game, rushed 8 times for 31 yards, caught 1 pass for -1, returned 6 kickoffs for 161, and returned 2 punts for 16. It was also the first CFL game for Edmonton linebacker John Pointer, who had spent the first 15 games on the injured or reserve lists.

CIAU
British Columbia (6-1) 15 @ Manitoba (2-4) 13
Alberta (4-2) 19 @ Saskatchewan 14

Glenn Steele rushed 5 yards for a touchdown and Jay Gard passed 22 yards to Mike Washburn for another TD in the 4th quarter as the Thunderbirds rallied from an 11-1 deficit to defeat the Bisons before about 300 fans at Pan-Am Stadium in Winnipeg to clinch first place in the Western Intercollegiate Football League. Kevin Neiles scored the Manitoba touchdown in the 2nd quarter on a 66-yard pass from Duane Hysop. The game was played in snow and high winds.

Frank Cunningham rushed for 114 yards and Rick Paulitsch added 109, while the Golden Bears intercepted 8 of Saskatchewan's 16 passes as they beat the Huskies at Griffiths Stadium in Saskatoon.

Baseball
World Series
New York Yankees 7 @ Los Angeles Dodgers 8 (Best-of-seven series tied 2-2)

The Yankees failed to hold 4-0 and 6-3 leads before 56,242 fans at Dodger Stadium, and shoddy fielding contributed to their defeat in a sloppily-played game. Steve Howe (1-0) was the winning pitcher over George Frazier (0-2), who lost his second game in as many days. Los Angeles starting pitcher Bob Welch was removed after failing to retire any of the first 4 batters.



30 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): The Fly--U2

Died on this date
Gene Roddenberry, 70. U.S. television producer. Mr. Roddenberry was best known as the creator and producer of the television science fiction series Star Trek and subsequent movie series. He died after several years of declining health.

Football
CFL
Larry Ryckman acquired the Calgary Stampeders from the Stampeder Football Club Limited.

Baseball
World Series
Minnesota Twins 5 @ Atlanta Braves 14 (Atlanta led best-of-seven series 3-2)

The Braves broke a 0-0 tie with 4 runs in the bottom of the 4th inning. After the Twins had reduced the lead to 5-3, the Braves scored 6 in the 7th and 3 in the 8th. David Justice, Lonnie Smith, and Brian Hunter hit home runs for the Braves. Tom Glavine was the winning pitcher over Kevin Tapani before 50,878 fans at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium.



Nippon Series
Seibu Lions 0 @ Hiroshima Toyo Carp 3 (Hiroshima led best-of-seven series 3-2)

Rod Allen's 2-run home run in the bottom of the 3rd inning broke a 0-0 tie as the Toyo Carp shut out the Lions before 28,669 fans at Hiroshima Municipal Stadium. Kazuhisa Kawaguchi (2–0) allowed 6 hits in 8 innings to outduel Kimiyasu Kudoh (1–1), who allowed 7 hits in 7 innings.

25 years ago
1996

Hit parade
#1 single in Denmark (Nielsen Music Control & IFPI): Wannabe--Spice Girls (9th week at #1)

#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Insomnia--Faithless (7th week at #1)

Baseball
World Series
New York Yankees 1 @ Atlanta Braves 0 (New York led best-of-seven series 3-2)

An unearned run in the 4th inning accounted for all the scoring as Andy Pettitte (1-1) won the pitchers' duel over John Smoltz (1-1) before 51,881 fans in the last game ever played at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. Charlie Hayes led off with a fly ball to center field, which Marquis Grissom dropped for a 2-base error after Jermaine Dye crossed in front of him. Mr. Hayes advanced to third base on a ground out by Bernie Williams and scored on a double by Cecil Fielder.



Nippon Series
Yomiuri Giants 2 @ Orix BlueWave 5 (Orix won best-of-seven series 4-1)

The BlueWave scored all their runs in the 3rd inning as they defeated the Giants before 33,222 fans at Green Stadium Kobe to win the Nippon Series for the first time since 1977.

20 years ago
2001

Died on this date
Gorde Hunter, 75. Canadian journalist. A sportswriter, sports editor, cartoonist, and columnist, Mr. Hunter wrote for the Winnipeg Tribune (1945-1953), Calgary Herald (1953-1966), and Victoria Daily Colonist and Times-Colonist (1966-1993). He was inducted into the media section of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1983, and entered the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame in 1991.

Jaromil Jireš, 65. Czech director and screenwriter. Mr. Jireš directed more than 50 documentaries, fictional films, and made-for-television movies in a career spanning more than 40 years. He was associated with the Czechoslovak New Wave, a movement known for its dark humour, use of non-professional actors, and "art-cinema realism." Mr. Jireš' films included The Cry (1964) and The Joke (1969).

Disasters
11 people were killed after two trucks collided head-on and caught fire inside the Gotthard tunnel in Switzerland.

Baseball
Nippon Series
Yakult Swallows 2 @ Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes 1 (Yakult led best-of-seven series 3-1)

10 years ago
2011

Baseball
World Series
St. Louis Cardinals 2 @ Texas Rangers 4 (Texas led best-of-seven series 3-2)

Mike Napoli doubled home Michael Young and Nelson Cruz with 1 out and the bases loaded in the bottom of the 8th inning to break a 2-2 tie as the Rangers defeated the Cardinals before 51,459 fans at the Ballpark in Arlington.

October 20, 2021

410 years ago
1611

Exploration
Henry Hudson's mutineers on board the Discovery reached London in a half-starved condition, four months after setting Mr. Hudson, his son, and seven others adrift in Hudson Bay. The five ringleaders of the mutiny, including Robert Juet had died; Messrs. Bylot, Syms, Edward Wilson, Prickett, Matheus, Bond, Clements, and Motter were questioned, and a recommendation made that they be hanged. The trial did not take place until 1618, and the Admiralty court found the survivors not guilty.

310 years ago
1711

Born on this date
Timothy Ruggles. American politician and jurist. Mr. Ruggles represented Hardwick in the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1754, 1757, 1761-1765, 1769, 1770), serving as Speaker of the House (1762-1774). He was a Judge (1757-1762) and Chief Justice (1762-1774) of the Massachusetts Bay Court of Common Pleas. Chief Justice Ruggles was president of the Stamp Act Congress (1765), but was censured by the General Court when he refused to sign both the Declaration of Rights and Grievances sent by the Congress to King George III and the accompanying petitions sent to both British Houses of Parliament. Mr. Ruggles then became one of New England's leading Tories, and sided with the Loyalists during the American Revolution, eventually settling in Wilmot, Nova Scotia, where he died on August 4, 1795 at the age of 83 after a period of declining health.

240 years ago
1781

Religion
Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II of Austria issued the Patent of Toleration, extending limited freedom of worship to non-Roman Catholics--including Lutherans, Calvinist, and Greek Orthodox--in lands under the Habsburg monarchy. Jews were free to enter all branches of commerce, and were allowed to attend state secondary schools.

130 years ago
1891

Born on this date
Samuel Flagg Bemis. U.S. historian. Dr. Bemis, a specialist in American diplomatic history, began teaching in 1917, and taught at Yale University from 1935 until his retirement in 1960. He served as President of the American Historical Association in 1961. Dr. Bemis won the Pulitzer Prize for History for Pinckney's Treaty: America's Advantage from Europe's Distress, 1783–1800 (1926), and the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for John Quincy Adams and the Foundations of American Foreign Policy (1949), the first in a two-volume biography. He also wrote The American Secretaries of State and their Diplomacy, which appeared in 18 volumes (1927-1972). Dr. Bemis died on September 26, 1973, 24 days before his 82nd birthday.

James Chadwick. U.K. physicist. Sir James was awarded the 1935 Nobel Prize in Physics "for the discovery of the neutron." He headed the British team that worked on the Manhattan Project atomic bomb development program during World War II. Sir James died on July 24, 1974 at the age of 82.

120 years ago
1901

Born on this date
Frank Churchill. U.S. composer and songwriter. Mr. Churchill was a pianist in cinemas and on radio before joining Walt Disney studios in 1930, composing scores and songs for animated short and feature films, including Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) and Bambi (1942). He and Oliver Wallace shared the Academy Award for Scoring of a Musical Picture for Dumbo (1941). Mr. Churchill was a heavy drinker who committed suicide by shooting himself at the age of 40 on May 14, 1942.

110 years ago
1911

Baseball
World Series
New York Giants @ Philadelphia Athletics (postponed, rain) (Philadelphia led best-of-seven series 2-1)

100 years ago
1921

Born on this date
Manny Ayulo. U.S. auto racing driver. Mr. Ayulo raced in the AAA Championship Car circuit from 1948-1955, winning two races--Darlington and Milwaukee, both in 1955--and recording 20 other top 10 finishes, including the 1951 Indianapolis 500, in which he drove the last half of the race in relief of Jack McGrath and finished third, with both drivers receiving credit. Mr. Ayulo died on May 17, 1955 at the age of 33, less than 24 hours after crashing into a retaining wall while practicing for the Indianapolis 500; he wasn't wearing a seat belt, and his pockets were filled with wrenches.

90 years ago
1931

Baseball
Frankie Frisch of the St. Louis Cardinals, who had batted .313 and had led the National League in stolen bases with 28, was named the NL's Most Valuable Player for 1931.

80 years ago
1941

Died on this date
Karl Hotz, 64. German military officer. Dr. Hotz was a civil engineer who was a reserve officer in World War I, and an oberstleutnant (lieutenant colonel) as feldkommandant (field commander) of occupation forces in Nantes, known for his lenient treatment of French resisters. After Germany invaded Russia in June 1941 in violation of the 1939 non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union, the Comintern ordered the French Communist Party to form a National Front, which began carrying out assassinations of German officials. Oberstleutnant Hotz and his adjutant Dr. Wilhelm Sieger, left the Hotel Central in Nantes to go to the local command at Place St. Pierre when two assailants fired shots at them. Oberstleutnant Hotz was fatally shot, while Dr. Sieger attempted to pursue the assassins, who successfully escaped.

War
German armoured spearheads were within 40 miles of Moscow; the Soviet government set up a temporary capital at Kuibyshev on the Volga Rivber, 540 miles southeast of Moscow.

Abominations
Several thousand men and boys in Kragujevac, Serbia were massacred by Nazi German soldiers.

Defense
The new Panamanian government of President Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia revoked the decree which banned the arming of merchant ships sailing under Panamanian registry.

U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull infomed the Peruvian ambassador that Peru would be given "full and immediate compensation" for 18 Douglas bomber planes seized in New York.

Literature
The Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano urged Italians not to read "Russian, Hungarian, English, American and French novels" because they were immoral and led to sensuality and decadence.

Economics and finance
U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau announced that the government had advanced $30 million to the U.S.S.R. against future gold deliveries to help pay for war materials bought in the United States.

The U.S. Office of Production Management priorities division issued an order curtailing the use of copper in more than 100 specific civilian articles by 40% for the rest of 1941 and entirely prohibiting it after January 1, 1942.

75 years ago
1946

Diplomacy
The National Conference on China and the Far East, representing 300 foreign affairs groups, ended a meeting in San Francisco after passing resolutions urging the withdrawal of U.S. troops from China and the Philippines; termination of U.S. aid to the Nationalist Chinese government; and greater emphasis on the establishment of democratic governments in the Far East.

Defense
The U.S.S.R. newspaper Pravda charged that Turkey's rejection of a Soviet request for joint defense of the Dardanelles resulted from U.S. pressure.

Politics and government
Berlin's first post-World War II city council elections resulted in a large victory for the Social Democrats over the Christian Democrats and Socialist Unity Party.

Religion
August Cardinal Hlond of Poland issued a pastoral letter criticizing the country's Communist government and urging Catholics to support the conservative Peasant Party in coming elections.

Protest
72 U.S. war veterans ended a 23-hour sit-down strike in the New York Stae Senate chamber after unsuccessfully demanding a special legislative session to appropriate $800 million for housing.

Football
CRU
IRFU
Ottawa (4-3-2) 15 @ Montreal (5-2-2) 25

NFL
Los Angeles (1-1-1) 28 @ Chicago Bears (2-0-1) 28
Chicago Cardinals (2-2) 36 @ Detroit (0-3) 14
New York (2-1) 14 @ Washington (2-0-1) 24
Green Bay (1-2) 19 @ Philadelphia (2-1) 7
Boston (0-3) 7 @ Pittsburgh (2-1-1) 16

AAFC
Los Angeles (3-2-1) 14 @ Cleveland (7-0) 31

70 years ago
1951

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Too Young--Nat "King" Cole; Toni Arden (7th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Because of You--Tony Bennett (Best Seller--7th week at #1; Disc Jockey--5th week at #1; Jukebox--4th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Because of You--Tony Bennett (7th week at #1)
--Les Baxter and his Orchestra
2 I Get Ideas--Tony Martin
--Louis Armstrong
3 Cold, Cold Heart--Tony Bennett
4 The Loveliest Night of the Year--Mario Lanza
5 (It's No) Sin--The Four Aces
--Eddy Howard and his Orchestra
6 The World is Waiting for the Sunrise--Les Paul and Mary Ford
7 Come On-A My House--Rosemary Clooney
--Kay Starr
8 Sweet Violets--Dinah Shore
9 Whispering--Les Paul
10 And So to Sleep Again--Patti Page

Singles entering the chart were Rollin' Stone (#25)/With All My Heart and Soul (#33) by Perry Como; Bela Bimba by Patrice Munsel (#40); and Gambella (The Gamblin' Lady) by Jo Stafford and Frankie Laine (#41).

On the radio
Mr. Moto, starring James Monks, on NBC
Tonight's episode: The Dry Martini

This was the last episode of the series, which had begun airing on May 20.

On television tonight
Sherlock Holmes, starring Alan Wheatley and Raymond Francis, on BBC
Tonight's episode: The Empty House

This was the first of six episodes of the first Sherlock Holmes series ever made for television. Unfortunately, none of the half-hour episodes are known to still exist.

War
U.S. 8th Army sources in Seoul claimed that battlefield casualties had so weakened the Communists that they no longer employed "human sea" attacks.

Defense
The U.S. 43rd Infantry Division, the first National Guard unit sent to Europe in peacetime, began arriving in Bremerhaven, West Germany.

Diplomacy
U.S. President Harry Truman nominated General Mark Clark, an Episcopalian, as the first U.S. Ambassador to "the state of Vatican City."

Economics and finance
U.S. President Truman signed a $5.69-billion-per-year tax increase bill which would raise taxes for most individuals 11.75%.

Football
CRU
IRFU
Ottawa (6-4) 32 @ Hamilton (6-4) 16
Montreal (2-7) 11 @ Toronto (5-4) 35

WIFU
Saskatchewan (8-6) 13 @ Winnipeg (8-6) 19
Edmonton (8-6) 25 @ Calgary (4-10) 26

The three-way tie in points in the WIFU was settled according to the teams' records against one another. Saskatchewan was awarded first place, with a bye into the best-of-three finals. Edmonton took second place, hosting a sudden-death semi-final against Winnipeg a week later.

NCAA
Wilbanks Smith, a defensive tackle with the Oklahoma A&M University Aggies, delivered several deliberate blows to the face of Drake University Bulldogs' fullback Johnny Bright during the early minutes of a football game at Stillwater, Oklahoma. The third blow broke Mr. Bright's jaw, although he was able to complete a 61-yard touchdown pass a few plays later. He was forced to leave the game shortly after, and Oklahoma A&M won the game 27-14. The attacks, according to comments from Aggies' players in post-game interviews, were racially-motivated and encouraged by the Aggies' coaching staff; Mr. Bright was a Negro, and was the first Negro player to play for a visiting team in Stillwater. A series of photographs of the incident were published in Life magazine and won a Pulitzer Prize.





Baseball
Led by former major league star Lefty O'Doul, a team of current major league stars departed the United States for a tour of Japan. Joe DiMaggio, who had recently concluded his brilliant career with the New York Yankees, was part of the team.

60 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Walkin' Back to Happiness--Helen Shapiro (2nd week at #1)

On television tonight
The Twilight Zone, on CBS
Tonight's episode: The Mirror, starring Peter Falk

Defense
The U.S.S.R. launched an R-13 missile from a Golf class submarine; it was the first armed test of a ballistic missile launched from a submarine.

50 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Maggie May--Rod Stewart (4th week at #1)

On television tonight
Rod Serling's Night Gallery, on NBC
Tonight's episode: The Phantom Farmhouse, starring David McCallum, Linda Marsh, and David Carradine; Silent Snow, Secret Snow, starring Radames Pera and Lonny Chapman (narrated by Orson Welles)

Economics and finance
The Nepal Stock Exchange collapsed.

40 years ago
1981

Crime
Two police officers and a Brink's armoured car guard were killed during an armed robbery in Nanuet, New York carried out by members of the Black Liberation Army and Weather Underground.

Baseball
World Series
Los Angeles Dodgers 3 @ New York Yankees 5 (New York led best-of-seven series 1-0)

Bob Watson hit a 3-run home run off losing pitcher Jerry Reuss (0-1) in the bottom of the 1st inning, and the Yankees withstood a 2-run Dodger rally in the top of the 8th to win before 56,470 fans at Yankee Stadium. Ron Guidry (1-0) allowed 4 hits and 1 run--earned--in 7 innings to get the win (see video).

Nippon Series
Yomiuri Giants 2 @ Nippon-Ham Fighters 3 (Nippon-Ham led best-of-seven series 2-1)

30 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Set Adrift on Memory Bliss--PM Dawn

#1 single in Switzerland: (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams (12th week at #1)

Austria's Top 10 (Ö3)
1 (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams (4th week at #1)
2 Do the Limbo Dance--David Hasselhoff
3 Bacardi Feeling (Summer Dreamin')--Kate Yanai
4 Any Dream Will Do--Jason Donovan
5 Wind of Change--Scorpions
6 Sailing on the Seven Seas--OMD (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark)
7 Love and Understanding--Cher
8 Keep Your Love Alive--Bilgeri
9 Losing My Religion--R.E.M.
10 Pandora's Box--OMD (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark)

Singles entering the chart were Something Got Me Started by Simply Red (#16); Déjà vu by Blue System (#20); You Really Got Me by Gina T. (#23); and Ich bin müde by Boris Bukowski (#30).

Disasters
More than 1,000 people were killed when an earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale struck the Uttarkashi region of India.

A firestorm near Oakland, California killed 25 people and destroyed 3,469 homes and apartments, causing more than $2 billion in damage.

Auto racing
Ayrton Senna of Brazil clinched the Formula One world driving championship for the third time when he finished in second place at the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka Circuit. Nigel Mansell of the United Kingdom, his closest competitor in the overall standings, spun off the track after 9 laps. Gerhard Berger of Austria won the race, with Riccardo Patrese of Italy finishing third (see video).

Football
CFL
Calgary (10-6) 27 @ Toronto (11-5) 34

Rocket Ismail returned a punt 69 yards for a touchdown with less than 2 minutes remaining in regulation time to give the Argonauts their win before 33,590 fans at SkyDome, clinching first place in the East Division for Toronto. Fullback Mark Brus dressed for the Argonauts in his only game in a Toronto uniform.



Ottawa (6-10) 28 @ Saskatchewan (6-10) 41

Lucius Floyd rushed for 113 yards--including a 25-yard touchdown--and caught a 20-yard touchdown pass to help the Roughriders beat the Rough Riders before 19,478 fans at Taylor Field in Regina. The Saskatchewan defense forced 6 Ottawa turnovers and made 5 quarterback sacks.

British Columbia (10-6) 39 @ Edmonton (10-6) 38 (OT)

A poor decision by Edmonton head coach Ron Lancaster led to the Eskimos' loss to the Lions on a sunny Sunday afternoon before 30,472 fans at Commonwealth Stadium. B.C. quarterback Doug Flutie had moved the team better against the wind than with the wind during regulation time, and the game was tied 38-38 after 60 minutes, with overtime consisting of two 5-minute halves. The Eskimos won the coin toss, but Mr. Lancaster elected to have B.C. take possession against the wind in the second half. The first half of overtime was scoreless, and when the Lions took possession to begin the second half of overtime, they used up the entire clock in moving into possession for Lui Passaglia to kick a single point on the last play to win the game. The most exciting play of regulation time was a punt return for a touchdown by Henry "Gizmo" Williams of the Eskimos. It was his fifth punt return touchdown of the season, a CFL record. Edmonton fullback Blake Marshall set a club record with his 20th touchdown of the season, but later suffered a knee injury that put him out of action for the final 2 games of the regular season. Edmonton slotback Craig Ellis extended his streak of consecutive games with at least one pass reception to 100.



Baseball
World Series
Atlanta Braves 2 @ Minnesota Twins 3 (Minnesota led best-of-seven series 2-0)

Chili Davis hit a 2-run home run in the bottom of the 1st inning to give the Twins a 2-0 lead before 55,145 fans at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, but the Braves scored single runs in the 2nd and 5th to tie the game. Minnesota third baseman Scott Leius hit a home run leading off the 8th to give the Twins the lead, which they held. Kevin Tapani pitched 8 innings to get credit for the win, while Rick Aguilera got the save. Tom Glavine pitched a complete game in taking the loss.



Nippon Series
Hiroshima Toyo Carp 4 @ Seibu Lions 2 (Best-of-seven series tied 1-1)

25 years ago
1996

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): What's Love Got to Do with It--Warren G featuring Adina Howard

#1 single in Austria (Ö3): Break My Stride--Unique II (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: Salva Mea--Faithless

#1 single in Scotland (OCC): Say You'll Be There--Spice Girls

Hockey
NHL
New York Rangers 2 @ Tampa Bay 5

This was the first game at the Ice Palace in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Football
CFL
Toronto (13-3) 24 @ Edmonton (10-7) 17

Doug Flutie completed a 4-yard touchdown pass to Robert Drummond with 4:25 remaning in regulation time to break a 17-17 tie and give the Argonauts their win over the Eskimos before 27,576 fans at Commonwealth Stadium. Mr. Drummond rushed for 77 yards.



Baseball
World Series
Atlanta Braves 12 @ New York Yankees 1 (Atlanta led best-of-seven series 1-0)

Andruw Jones, 19, became the youngest player in World Series history to hit a home run, as he homered in each of the 2nd and 3rd innings to help the Braves rout the Yankees before 56,365 fans in the first World Series game at Yankee Stadium since 1981.



Nippon Series
Orix BlueWave 2 @ Yomiuri Giants 0 (Orix led best-of-seven series 2-0)

Willie Fraser (1-0) allowed 2 hits in 6+ innings and three relief pitchers held the Giants hitless over the final 3 innings as the BlueWave shut out the Giants before 45,086 fans at the Tokyo Dome. Hiromi Makihara (0–1) and four relievers allowed just 6 hits.

10 years ago
2001

Football
CFL
Montreal (9-7) 9 @ Calgary (7-9-0-1) 29



Winnipeg (14-2) 26 @ British Columbia (6-9) 18



Baseball
American League Championship Series
Seattle 14 @ New York 3 (New York led best-of-seven series 2-1)

The Mariners trailed 2-0 after the 1st inning on a 2-run home run by Bernie Williams, but scored 2 runs in the 5th, 7 in the 6th, 2 more in the 7th, 1 in the 8th, and 2 in the 9th before 56,517 fans at Yankee Stadium. Bret Boone led the Seattle attack, batting 3 for 5 with a home run and 5 runs batted in. Jamie Moyer (1-0) was the winning pitcher over Orlando Hernandez (0-1).





National League Championship Series
Arizona 11 @ Atlanta 4 (Arizona led best-of-seven series 3-1)

The Braves scored single runs in each of the first 2 innings, but the Diamondbacks scored 4 in the top of the 3rd inning and 2 more in the 4th to cruise to victory at Turner Field. Brian Anderson, the second of six Arizona pitchers, was the winning pitcher over Greg Maddux (0-2).



Nippon Series
Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes 0 @ Yakult Swallows 7 (Yakult led best-of-seven series 1-0)

Kazuhisa Ishii (1-0) allowed no hits through 6.1 innings, eventually settling for a 4-hitter, striking out 12 batters and walking 4, as the Swallows shut out the Buffaloes before 33,837 fans at the Osaka Dome.

10 years ago
2011

Died on this date
Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr, 71 (?). Libyan politician. Mr. Jabr was one of the Army officers who overthrew King Idris in 1969, and served as Minister of Defense in the government of Muammar Gaddafi and head of the Libyan Army from 1970 until his death at the end of the Battle of Sirte. Mr. Jabr was with Colonel Gaddafi seeking refuge in a drainage ditch, and was killed by an exploding grenade.

Muammar Gaddafi, 69 (?). Libyan dictator, 1969-2011. Colonel Gaddafi joined the Army in 1963, and seized power in a military coup that toppled the monarchy in 1969. He ruled as a dictator with a cult of personality, governing according to what he called the Third International Theory, drawing its inspiration from Islamic socialism, Arab nationalism, African nationalism, and direct democracy. Col. Gaddafi was regarded as an international terrorist, responsible for incidents such as the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, with the loss of 270 lives. The United States bombed his country in 1986, and the United Nations imposed sanctions on Libya. Col. Gaddafi began to seek improved relations with Western and other nations from 1999 on, while modernizing his country. A civil war erupted in northern Libya in February 2011; Col. Gaddafi and those loyal to him fled to the city of Sirte. Col. Gaddafi was captured by National Transition Council (NTC) forces, beaten, and shot several times.

Mutassim Gaddafi, 36. Libyan military officer and adviser. Lieutenant Colonel Gaddafi, the fourth son of Muammar Gaddafi, became Libya's National Security Adviser in 2008, and commanded Army units in the Brega region in the Libyan Civil War in 2011, and was commanding loyalist forces in the Battle of Sirte when he was captured, tortured, and killed by NTC forces.

War
The five-week Battle of Sirte in Libya concluded with National Liberation Army forces defeating Libyan Army forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi. In addition to Col. Gaddafi, his son Mutassim, and Mr. Jabr, 53 pro-Gaddafi fighters were executed.

Baseball
World Series
Texas Rangers 2 @ St. Louis Cardinals 1 (Best-of-seven series tied 1-1)

Josh Hamilton and Michael Young hit consecutive sacrifice flies for the Rangers as they rallied for 2 runs in the top of the 9th inning to edge the Cardinals before 47,288 fans at Busch Stadium.