December 21, 2021

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Maria de los Milagros!

660 years ago
1361

War
The Battle of Linuesa was fought in the context of the Spanish Reconquista between the forces of the Emirate of Granada and the combined army of the Kingdom of Castile and of Jaén, resulting in a Castilian victory.

170 years ago
1851

Born on this date
Thomas Chipman McRae. U.S. politician. Mr. McRae, a Democrat, was a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives (1877-1879), and represented Arkansas' 3rd District in the U.S. House of Representatives (1885-1903). He was Governor of Arkansas (1921-1925), and was briefly special Chief Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court (1925). Mr. McRae practiced law when he wasn't engaging in political activities, and died on June 2, 1929 at the age of 77.

160 years ago
1861

Defense
Public Resolution 82, containing a provision for a U.S. Navy Medal of Valor, was signed into law by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.

130 years ago
1891

Born on this date
John W. McCormack. U.S. politician. Mr. McCormack, a Democrat, represented Massachusetts in the United States House of Representatives from 1928-1971. He was majority leader from 1939-1947, 1951-1953, and 1955-1961, minority leader from 1947-1949 and 1953-1955, and Speaker of the House from 1962-1971. Mr. McCormack opposed Communism and supported farm bills. He died on November 22, 1980 at the age of 88.

Politics and government
Charles Boucher de Boucherville, a Conservative, was sworn in as Premier of Québec for the second time, five days after Honoré Mercie had been removed from office by Lieutenant Governor Auguste-Réal Angers on corruption charges. Mr. Boucherville had previously been Premier from 1874-1878.

Basketball
The first game of basketball was played at International Young Men's Christian Association Training School (today known as Springfield College) in Springfield, Massachusetts. A soccer ball was used, and peach baskets (with the bottoms intact) were nailed onto a 10-foot elevated track.

125 years ago
1896

Born on this date
Leroy Robertson. U.S. composer. Dr. Robertson taught at Brigham Young University (1925-1948) and the University of Utah (1948-1962). He wrote piano, organ, and string works, as well as Mormon hymns, and was best known for Oratorio from the Book of Mormon (1953). Mr. Robertson died on July 25, 1971 at the age of 74.

110 years ago
1911

Born on this date
Josh Gibson. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Gibson was a catcher in the Negro Leagues with the Homestead Grays (1930-1931, 1937-1939, 1942-1946) and Pittsburgh Crawfords (1932-1936), as well as the Dragones de Ciudad Trujillo (1937) in the Dominican League, and Azules de Veracruz (1940-1941) in the Mexican League. He has been credited with approximately 800 career home runs, although Negro League statistics are difficult to quantify. Whatever his official statistics, Mr. Gibson was one of the best power hitters--if not the best--in baseball history. He was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 1943, and died of a stroke on January 20, 1947, 31 days after his 35th birthday. Baseball lore has it that Mr. Gibson died of a broken heart because he was passed over in favour of Jackie Robinson when the major leagues finally decided to abandon the prohibition on signing Negro players. Mr. Gibson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972; he and Buck Leonard were the second and third Negro League players so honoured, one year after the induction of pitcher Satchel Paige.

Politics and government
U.S. President William Howard Taft delivered the final part of his four-part annual State of the Union message to Congress. Part IV dealt with the financial condition of the treasury, needed banking and currency reform, and departmental questions.

100 years ago
1921

Born on this date
William Reid. U.K. military aviator. Flight Lieutenant Reid, a native of Scotland, was a flying instructor and bomber pilot in World War II who was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions on the night of November 3, 1943, when he completed a bombing run to Düsseldorf and returned to Syerston, Nottinghamshire despite heavy loss of blood from serious wounds, the death of his navigator, and serious wounds to his wireless engineer from attacks by Luftwaffe planes. After recovering from his wounds, Fl. Lt. Reid returned to action, but was taken prisoner in 1944 after bailing out over France when his plane was accidentally hit by a bomb dropped from above. He was demobilized in 1946, and worked as an agricultural adviser until his retirement in 1981. Fl. Lt. Reid died on November 28, 2001, 23 days before his 80th birthday.

90 years ago
1931

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Juliette Richard!

80 years ago
1941

On the radio
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, on NBC
Tonight's episode: Donald's Death

Died on this date
David Howard, 45. U.S. film director. Mr. Howard directed 46 movies, mainly low-budget Westerns, from 1930 until his death.

Movies
The U.S. National Board of Review of Motion Pictures chose Citizen Kane as the best Hollywood picture of 1941.

War
Thai Prime Minister Luang Bipul Songgram and Japanese Ambassador Teiji Tsubogami signed a 10-year military alliance pledging each country not to make a separate peace. The treaty was signed in the presence of the Emerald Buddha in Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand. The U.S. War Department reported that U.S. planes had bombed the Philippine islands of Luzon, Cebu, and Mindanao in the past 24 hours. U.S. Navy Secretary Frank Knox claimed that U.S. Navy ships "have to the present time probably sunk or damaged at least 14 enemy submarines" in the Atlantic Ocean.

Education
The American Council of Education recommended that the high school and college education of talented students be sped up to permit them to graduate from college at age 20 in order to meet the new military draft requirements.

Health
Reports from Stockholm stated that an epidemic of typhus had broken out in Lithuania and other German-occupied territory in eastern Europe.

Football
NFL
Championship @ Wrigley Field, Chicago
New York Giants 9 @ Chicago Bears 37

The game was played just two weeks after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and only 13,341 fans showed up to see the Bears defeat the Giants to win their second straight NFL title. Field goals of 14, 39, and 37 yards by Chicago's Bob Snyder offset an unconverted New York touchdown on a 31-yard pass from Tuffy Leemans to George Franck, and the Bears led 9-6 at halftime. The Giants tied the game in the 3rd quarter on a 16-yard field goal by Ward Cuff, but the Bears put the game away with touchdown rushes of 2 and 7 yards by Norm Standlee--the first converted by Mr. Snyder, the second by Joe Maniaci--to lead 23-9 after 3 quarters. In the 4th quarter, George McAfee rushed 5 yards for a touchdown, and Lee Artoe's convert made the score 30-9. The final touchdown came on a 42-yard fumble return by Ken Kavanaugh. Ray "Scooter" McLean drop-kicked the convert for the game's final point. Mr. McLean's convert was the last successful drop kick in the NFL until a point after touchdown by Doug Flutie of the New England Patriots in January 2006.



75 years ago
1946

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Ole Buttermilk Sky--Kay Kyser and his Orchestra (vocal chorus by Michael Douglas and the Campus Kids) (Best Seller--2nd week at #1); Rumors are Flying--Frankie Carle and his Orchestra with Marjorie Hughes (Airplay--9th week at #1); The Old Lamp-Lighter by Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye (Vocal refrain by Billy Williams and Choir) (Juke Box--1st week at #1; Honor Roll of Hits--1st week at #1)

On the radio
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Tom Conway and Nigel Bruce, on ABC
Tonight's episode: The Grand Old Man

Died on this date
Eugene Talmadge, 62. U.S. politician. Mr. Talmadge, a Democrat, was Governor of Georgia from 1933-1937 and 1941-1943; he was elected to a fourth term in November 1946, but died of hepatitis and cirrhosis of the liver, caused by heavy drinking, before the January 1947 inauguration. Mr. Talmadge was known for his opposition to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal economic policies, and for civil rights for Negroes; his third term included the dismissal of University of Georgia Dean Walter Cocking and others at the university who supported bringing white and Negro students together in the classroom. Mr. Talmadge was succeeded after his death by his son Herman, who served for just two months before yielding to a court ruling in favour of Melvin Thompson, who had been elected Lieutenant Governor in November 1946.

Diplomacy
In accordance with the December 9 United Nations decision on Spain, the United Kingdom recalled her Amabassador to Spain, Sir Victor Mallet.

The Arab Higher Executive Committee announced that Palestinian Arabs would refuse to pay taxes if the money was used to support Jewish immigration.

Politics and government
The Bavarian State Assembly elected Christian Social Unionist Hans Ehard as Minister President of Bavaria.

Law
The U.S. War Department Advisory Committee on Military Justice issued a report detailing seven basic defects in the Army court martial system, including domination of courts by commanders, and excessive sentences. Among the changes recommended was inclusion of enlisted men on courts martial.

Economics and finance
The government of Quebec reorganized the province's Dairy Industry Commission, following the resignation of its president, Jules Côté. The commission, created in 1934, was used to set the price of milk in the cities.

Labour
Mexican President Miguel Aleman supported the state oil agency in dismissing 50 leaders of the national oil workers' union for a December 19 strike.

Disasters
An 8.1 Mw earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Nankaidō, Japan killed over 1,300 people and destroyed over 38,000 homes.

70 years ago
1951

Died on this date
Elma Wischmeier, 52. U.S. accident victim. Miss Wischmeier was struck in Cleveland by a tractor-trailer, becoming the U.S.A.'s one millionth automobile fatality.

War
British authorities imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew in the Suez Canal trouble centre of Ismalia.

Defense
The U.S.A., U.K., France, Netherlands, Belgium, Greece, New Zealand, China, Brazil, and South Africa repudiated World War II peace treaty limitations on the size and type of Italian armed forces.

Diplomacy
The United Nations General Assembly's Political and Security Committee rejected a Soviet-sponsored resolution asking the United States to revoke its Mutual Security Act for allegedly providing aid to anti-Communist movements in Eastern Europe.

Politics and government
U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy (Republican--Wisconsin) demanded that all federal employees in "sensitive" positions, as well as applicants for federal employment, be requied to take lie detector tests to determine their loyalty.

Education
The New York State Board of Regents voted to establish a three-man commission to check for subversive material in public school textbooks.

Economics and finance
Michigan appealed for federal aid to help ease unemployment, particularly in the Detroit area.

Disasters
119 miners were killed in an explosion in the New Orient No. 2 mine in West Frankfort, Illinois, one of the world's largest coal mines.

Football
NFL
A United Press panel selected Cleveland Browns' quarterback Otto Graham as the National Football League's best player for 1951. He completed 147 of 265 passes for 2,205 yards with 17 touchdowns and 16 interceptions in leading the Browns to an 11-1 record and their second straight American Conference title.

60 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (Lever Hit Parade): Moon River--Jerry Butler

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Retailer): Tower of Strength--Frankie Vaughan (3rd week at #1)

On television tonight
The Untouchables, starring Robert Stack, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Hammerlock

50 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Kvällstoppen): Mamy Blue--Pop-Tops (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland (Swiss Hitparade): Akropolis adieu--Mireille Mathieu

Died on this date
Charlie Fuqua, 61. U.S. singer. Mr. Fuqua was a founding member of the singing group the Ink Spots in 1934. In 1952, he left the group and formed the first of several spinoff groups performing and recording under the Ink Spots name. As a member of the original group, he was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1999.

Diplomacy
The United Nations Security Council chose Kurt Waldheim to succeed U Thant as UN Secretary-General.

Transportation
New Zealand Railways (NZR) launched the twice-daily Kingston Flyer, a new tourist-oriented steam passenger venture in the South Island.

40 years ago
1981

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Down Under--Men at Work

#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Sailor Fuku to Kikanjū--Hiroko Yakushimaru

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Ma Quale Idea--Pino D'Angio (13th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Polonäse Blankenese--Gottlieb Wendehals (a.k.a. Werner Böhm) (3rd week at #1)

30 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Australian Music Report): Black or White--Michael Jackson (4th week at #1)

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

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Black or White--Michael Jackson (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Denmark (Nielsen Music Control & IFPI): Black or White--Michael Jackson (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Black or White--Michael Jackson (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in France (SNEP): Qui a le droit...--Patrick Bruel (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (CIN): Bohemian Rhapsody/These Are the Days of Our Lives--Queen

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 Kon Ik Maar Even Bij Je Zijn--Gordon (4th week at #1)
2 I Love Your Smile--Shanice
3 Black or White--Michael Jackson
4 Smells Like Teen Spirit--Nirvana
5 Roodkapje--Pater Moeskroen
6 Go--Moby
7 The Show Must Go On--Queen
8 Mysterious Ways--U2
9 Over and Over Again--Robby Valentine
10 Let's Talk About Sex!--Salt-N-Pepa

Singles entering the chart were When a Man Loves a Woman by Michael Bolton (#28); Keepin' the Faith by De La Soul (#30); The Unforgiven by Metallica (#34); and 2 Legit 2 Quit by Hammer (#39).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Black or White--Michael Jackson (3rd week at #1)
2 It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday--Boyz II Men
3 All 4 Love--Color Me Badd
4 Set Adrift on Memory Bliss--P.M. Dawn
5 When a Man Loves a Woman--Michael Bolton
6 Can't Let Go--Mariah Carey
7 Blowing Kisses in the Wind--Paula Abdul
8 Finally--CeCe Peniston
9 2 Legit 2 Quit--MC Hammer
10 Wildside--Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch

Singles entering the chart were I'm Too Sexy by Right Said Fred (#67); To Be with You by Mr. Big (#82); I'll Get By by Eddie Money (#85); Every Road Leads Back to You by Bette Midler (#86); There Will Never be Another Tonight by Bryan Adams (#87); Give it Away by Red Hot Chili Peppers (#93); and Live and Let Die by Guns N' Roses (#95).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday--Boyz II Men (2nd week at #1)
2 Black or White--Michael Jackson
3 All 4 Love--Color Me Badd
4 Can't Let Go--Mariah Carey
5 Set Adrift on Memory Bliss--P.M. Dawn
6 Keep Coming Back--Richard Marx
7 No Son of Mine--Genesis
8 Blowing Kisses in the Wind--Paula Abdul
9 Street of Dreams--Nia Peeples
10 Broken Arrow--Rod Stewart

Singles entering the chart were There Will Never be Another Tonight by Bryan Adams (#64); Live and Let Die by Guns N' Roses (#77); I'm Too Sexy by Right Said Fred (#78); Keep it Comin' by Keith Sweat (#79); I Wanna Be Your Girl by Icy Blu (#86); She Ain't Pretty by the Northern Pikes (#87); Stars by Simply Red (#88); and Move Any Mountain (Progen 91) by Shamen (#89).

Canada’s Top 10 (RPM)
1 No Son of Mine--Genesis (2nd week at #1)
2 Black or White--Michael Jackson
3 Broken Arrow--Rod Stewart
4 When a Man Loves a Woman--Michael Bolton
5 Keep Coming Back--Richard Marx
6 Life is a Highway--Tom Cochrane
7 Blowing Kisses in the Wind--Paula Abdul
8 That's What Love is For--Amy Grant
9 Mysterious Ways--U2
10 Set Adrift on Memory Bliss--P.M. Dawn

Singles entering the chart were Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me by George Michael/Elton John (#49); Daniel by Wilson Phillips (#87); Diamonds & Pearls by the Police (#89); Dreams to Dream by Linda Ronstadt (#90); Celebrate by Infidels (#91); and Caribbean Blue by Enya (#94). Dreams to Dream was from the movie An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991).

World events
The Commonwealth of Independent States was formed, consisting of Russia; Belarus; Ukraine; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Kazakhstan; Kyrgystan; Moldova; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; and Uzbekistan. The parliament of Azerbaijan didn't ratify the treaty creating the CIS until 1993.

25 years ago
1996

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (ARIA): Wannabe--Spice Girls (8th week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (Hit Parade Italia): One & One--Robert Miles featuring Maria Nayler (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (VRT): One & One--Robert Miles featuring Maria Nayler (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Wallonia (Ultratop 40): Aïcha--Khaled (8th week at #1)

#1 single in France (SNEP): Freed from Desire--Gala (9th week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Gabbertje--Hakkûhbar (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): A Different Beat--Boyzone

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Un-Break My Heart--Toni Braxton (3rd week at #1)
2 I Believe I Can Fly--R. Kelly
3 No Diggity--BLACKstreet (featuring Dr. Dre)
4 Don't Let Go (Love)--En Vogue
5 Nobody--Keith Sweat featuring Athena Cage
6 Mouth--Merril Bainbridge
7 It's All Coming Back to Me Now--Celine Dion
8 I Finally Found Someone--Barbra Streisand/Bryan Adams
9 Pony--Ginuwine
10 I'm Still in Love with You--New Edition

Singles entering the chart were Fly Like an Eagle by Seal (#17); Space Jam by Quad City DJ's (#67); Desperately Wanting by Better than Ezra (#70); Macarena Christmas by Los Del Rio (#83); I Can Make it Better by Luther Vandross (#90); and Naked Eye by Luscious Jackson (#96). Fly Like an Eagle and Space Jam were from the movie Space Jam (1996).

Scandal
After two years of denials, U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Newt Gingrich (Republican--Georgia) admitted violating House ethics rules.

20 years ago
2001

Politics and government
Ramon Puerta was installed as acting President of Argentina, the day after the resignation of Fernando de la Rua.

Diplomacy
India recalled its ambassador to Pakistan and cut off transportation ties to Pakistan, eight days after a five-man terrorist attack on India's Parliament House in New Delhi had left 12 people dead.

Transportation
The world's fastest roller coaster, the Dodonpa, with speeds up to 100 miles per hour, opened in Japan.

December 18, 2021

750 years ago
1271

Asiatica
Kublai Khan renamed his empire "Yuan" (元 yuán), officially marking the start of the Yuan dynasty of Mongolia and China.

160 years ago
1861

Born on this date
Lionel Monckton. U.K. composer. Mr. Monckton was Britain's leading composer for musical theatre during the Edwardian era, composing music for shows such as A Country Girl (1902); The Arcadians (1909); and The Boy (1917). He died on February 15, 1924 at the age of 62.

120 years ago
1901

Agriculture
William Motherwell founded the Territorial Grain Growers' Association (later the Saskatchewan Grain Growers' Association) at a meeting in the Indian Head Planing Mill in Indian Head, Northwest Territories; the TGGA adopted resolutions dealing with such important matters as the appointment of a warehouse commissioner, loading platforms and car shortages.

110 years ago
1911

Born on this date
Jules Dassin. U.S.-born film director. Mr. Dassin was known for film noir dramas such as Brute Force (1947); The Naked City (1948); and Night and the City (1950), but went to Europe in the early 1950s after being blacklisted in Hollywood. He achieved success in France and Greece, directing movies such as Rififi (1955) and Never on Sunday (1960). Mr. Dassin died on March 31, 2008 at the age of 96.

100 years ago
1921

Football
APFA
Chicago Cardinals (3-3-2) 0 @ Chicago Staleys (9-1-1) 0
Canton (5-2-3) 28 @ Washington (1-2) 14

The season ended with the Staleys, playing their last game under that name, claiming the American Professional Football Association championship over the Buffalo All-Americans, who had finished their season two weeks earlier with a record of 9-1-2.

70 years ago
1941

War
Japanese troops crossed the Lye Mun Passage after dark, in assault boats, landing craft and small boats towed by ferry steamers, to attack Hong Kong. Two platoons of the Winnipeg Grenadiers were deployed to seize the hills known as Jardine's Lookout and Mount Butler, where they engaged in intense fighting; heavily outnumbered, they were cut to pieces, and both platoon commanders were killed. British authorities in Malaya conceded that Imperial troops had fallen back about 100 miles in northern Malaya during the past 11 days. The Netherlands government-in-exile announced in London that Dutch and Australian forces had occupied the Portuguese section of the island of Timor. The British command announced that Axis forces in Libya "are now in full retreat." The U.S. Senate voted 79-2 in favour of its own draft bill making men aged 19-44 subject to military service. 100 enemy aliens seized in the San Francisco area were sent to a concentration camp in Montana. Noted American aviatrix Laura Ingalls was arraigned in Washington on a charge of failing to register as a paid agent of the German government.

Diplomacy
The U.S. State Department reported that an agreement had been reached for neutralizing the French possessions in the Caribbean area, including Martinique, Guadeloupe, and French Guiana.

Politics and government
The U.S. Senate Elections Committee voted 13-3 to recommend that the Senate bar William Langer (Republican--North Dakota) from taking his seat, on the grounds of moral turpitude. Sen. Langer had repeatedly been accused of attempting to bribe a federal judge.

Academia
Dr. Willard C. Rappleye of the Association of American Medical Colleges announced that 76 medical schools were planning to reduce their present four-year courses to three years by operating on a year-round basis because of war needs because of war needs for doctors.

75 years ago
1946

Movies
The U.S. National Board of Review of Motion Pictures listed the best films of 1946 as: Henry V; Open City; The Best Years of Our Lives; and Brief Encounter.

British Kinematograph Weekly reported that James Mason was the most popular British movie star of 1946.

Diplomacy
Sir William Fitzgerald, U.K. chief justice of Palestine, recommended the division of Jerusalem into Jewish and Arab sectors.

Crime
Four German prisoners of war were hanged at the Lethbridge Provincial Jail in Alberta for the murder of fellow prisoner Corporal Karl Lehmann at the Medicine Hat POW camp in September, 1944.

Politics and government
Union Nationale candidate Daniel Johnson was elected to the Quebec Legislative Assembly in a provincial by-election in Bagot; he received 4,725 votes to 3,585 for Liberal candidate Roland Bailly and 40 for independente Unionist Georges de Grandpré. The by-election was necessitated by the death of Liberal MLA Cyril Dumaine.

Science
Carl Anderson and Robert Brode reported the discovery of new high-energy cosmic rays.

Defense
The father of Henry Stewart, a Negro who had allegedly been refused enlistment in the United States Army on racial grounds, filed suit in Pittsburgh to stop further enlistment until segregation was banned.

Economics and finance
The Allied Far Eastern Commission in Washington eased Japan's reparations schedule to help the Japanese government combat inflation.

U.S. military authorities in Berlin banned the use of cigarettes for trading in the officially approved barter markets.

A bill to nationalize all of Britain's transport was approved by the House of Commons on its second reading.

70 years ago
1951

On television tonight
Suspense, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Pier 17, starring Lawrence Fletcher, Paul Langton, and Joe Mantell



War
Communist and American truce teams exchanged lists of Korean War prisoners in Panmunjom. Among prisoners listed by the Communists was General William Dean, U.S. Army 24th Infantry Division commander, and Colonel James Carne, commander of Britain's Gloucestershire Regiment.

World events
The Bolivian government announced the suppression of a revolutionary plot with the arrest of 30-40 members of the external National Revolutionary Movement.

Diplomacy
The International Court of Justice in The Hague ruled in favour of Norway's four-mile territorial water limit.

U.K. Prime Minister Winston Churchill and French Prime Minister René Pleven ended a two-day conference in Paris by announcing that Britain would work "as closely as possible" with the Western European army and the European Coal and Steel Community without joining either institution.

U.K. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohammed Salah el-Din Bey conferred in Paris, but made "no decisive progress" toward settlement of the Sudan-Suez dispute.

Agriculture
The U.S.A. announced that it would send Jordan 9,650 tons of wheat to help relieve "a serious food shortage."

Economics and finance
Leading New York commercial banks raised their prime lending rates from 2.75% to 3%, the highest since 1923.

The U.S. National Production Authority banned the issuance of new automobile license plates for 1953 as a conservation measure.

60 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Moliendo Café--Lucho Gatica (5th week at #1)

#1 single in France (IFOP): L'Auto-circulation--Henri Tisot (7th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 The Lion Sleeps Tonight--The Tokens
2 Please Mr. Postman--The Marvelettes
3 Run to Him--Bobby Vee
4 The Twist--Chubby Checker
5 Walk on By--Leroy Van Dyke
6 Goodbye Cruel World--James Darren
7 Let There Be Drums--Sandy Nelson
8 Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen--Neil Sedaka
9 Big Bad John--Jimmy Dean
10 Peppermint Twist - Part I--Joey Dee & the Starliters

Singles entering the chart were Baby it's You by the Shirelles (#65); A Little Bitty Tear by Burl Ives (#73); Twist-Her by Bill Black's Combo (#76); Do-Re-Mi by Lee Dorsey (#82); Room Full of Tears by the Drifters (#83); Multiplication by Bobby Darin (#86); Pocketful of Miracles by Frank Sinatra (#87); Seven Day Fool by Etta James (#95); Lost Someone by James Brown and the Famous Flames (#96); Pushin' Your Luck by Sleepy King (#98); I Could Have Loved You So Well by Ray Peterson (#99); and You Don't Have to Be a Tower of Strength by Gloria Lynne (#100). Pocketful of Miracles was a version of the title song of the movie.

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

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Carleton Hobbs and Norman Shelley, on BBC
Tonight's episode: Charles Augustus Milverton

On television tonight
Thriller, hosted by Boris Karloff, on NBC
Tonight's episode: The Remarkable Mrs. Hawk, starring Jo Van Fleet, John Carradine, Paul Newlan, and Bruce Dern



At the movies
Pocketful of Miracles, directed by Frank Capra, and starring Glenn Ford, Bette Davis, Hope Lange, and Arthur O'Connell, received its premiere screening in New York City.





Died on this date
Leo Reisman, 64. U.S. musician. Mr. Reisman was a popular violinist and bandleader who recorded more than 80 charted singles in a career spanning more than 40 years. Eddy Duchin and Mitch Miller were among the musicians who were members of his orchestra.

50 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in Rhodesia (Lyons Maid): Mammy Blue--Charisma (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Pensiero--Pooh (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)--Benny Hill (2nd week at #1)

Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 Maggie May/Reason to Believe--Rod Stewart (2nd week at #1)
2 Banks of the Ohio--Olivia Newton-John
3 Mammy Blue--Joel Dayde
4 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves--Cher
5 Love is a Beautiful Song--Dave Mills
6 Peace Train--Cat Stevens
7 Speak to the Sky--Ricky Springfield
8 Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey--Paul & Linda McCartney
9 Imagine--John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
10 A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall--Leon Russell

Singles entering the chart were Day by Day by Colleen Hewitt (#32); Sweet City Woman by the Stampeders (#36); Military Madness by Graham Nash (#37); and Wedding Song (There is Love) by Paul Stookey (#39).

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 How Do You Do--Mouth & MacNeal
2 Non, Non, Rien N'a Changé--Poppys
3 Pappie Loop Toch Niet Zo Snel--Herman Van Keeken
4 I Will Return--Springwater
5 Without a Worry in the World--Rod McKuen
6 Schön ist es auf der Welt zu sein--Roy Black + Anita
7 Soley Soley--The Middle of the Road
8 Out of Sight, Out of Mind--Shocking Blue
9 Coz I Luv You--Slade
10 Reason to Believe/Maggie May--Rod Stewart

Singles entering the chart were (Is This the Way to) Amarillo by Tony Christie (#23); No Matter How I Try by Gilbert O'Sullivan (#31); 'k Heb Niks Gezien by Sjakie Schram (#35); Maxigold - Twéé-In-Één-Single by the Spencer Davis Group (#37); and Vrede by Ben Cramer (#39).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Family Affair--Sly & the Family Stone (3rd week at #1)
2 Brand New Key--Melanie
3 Have You Seen Her--Chi-Lites
4 An Old Fashioned Love Song--Three Dog Night
5 Got to Be There--Michael Jackson
6 Theme from Shaft--Isaac Hayes
7 Baby I'm-A Want You--Bread
8 All I Ever Need is You--Sonny & Cher
9 American Pie - Parts I and II--Don McLean
10 Cherish--David Cassidy

Singles entering the chart were It's One of Those Nights (Yes Love) by the Partridge Family (#57); Levon by Elton John (#80); Make Me the Woman that You Go Home To by Gladys Knight & the Pips (#83); You Make Your Own Heaven and Hell Right Here on Earth by the Undisputed Truth (#87); So Many People by Chase (#88); She's All I Got by Johnny Paycheck (#91); Keep on Keeping On by N.F. Porter (#94); Open the Door (Song for Judith) by Judy Collins (#96); Don't Say You Don't Remember by Beverly Bremers (#98); Without You by Nilsson (#99); and Keep Playin' that Rock 'n' Roll by Edgar Winter's White Trash (#100).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Family Affair--Sly & the Family Stone (4th week at #1)
2 Brand New Key-Melanie
3 Got to Be There--Michael Jackson
4 An Old Fashioned Love Song--Three Dog Night
5 Theme from Shaft--Isaac Hayes
6 Cherish--David Cassidy
7 Rock Steady--Aretha Franklin
8 All I Ever Need is You--Sonny & Cher
9 Have You Seen Her--Chi-Lites
10 Scorpio--Dennis Coffey and the Detroit Guitar Band

Singles entering the chart were Happy Xmas (War is Over) by John Lennon/Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band with the Harlem Community Choir (#63); Levon by Elton John (#73); Everybody Knows About My Good Thing Pt 1 by Little Johnny Taylor (#81); Black Dog by Led Zeppelin (#83); Keep on Keeping On by N.F. Porter (#95); What's Going On by Quincy Jones (#96); Scratch My Back (And Mumble in My Ear) by Clarence Carter (#97); Bang a Gong (Get it On) by T. Rex (#98); and Do the Funky Penguin Part I by Rufus Thomas (#100).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Record World)
1 Have You Seen Her--Chi-Lites (2nd week at #1)
2 Family Affair--Sly and the Family Stone
3 Brand New Key-Melanie
4 Got to Be There--Michael Jackson
5 An Old Fashioned Love Song--Three Dog Night
6 Baby I'm-A Want You--Bread
7 Cherish--David Cassidy
8 All I Ever Need is You--Sonny & Cher
9 American Pie--Don McLean
10 Respect Yourself--The Staple Singers

Singles entering the chart were Sugar Daddy by the Jackson 5 (#48); Happy Xmas (War is Over) by John Lennon/Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band with the Harlem Community Choir (#55); Those were the Days by Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton (as the Bunkers) (#70); Carolyn by Merle Haggard and the Strangers (#79); Black Dog by Led Zeppelin (#80); Love Gonna Pack Up (And Walk Out) by the Persuaders (#83); Space Captain by Barbra Streisand (#84); Without You by Nilsson (#85); Once You Understand by Think (#87); Love Potion Number Nine by the Coasters (#89); Five Hundred Miles by Heaven Bound with Tony Scotti (#90); No Good to Cry by the Poppy Family (#91); The Harder I Try (The Bluer I Get) by Free Movement (#9); Fire and Water by Wilson Pickett (#99); and Scratch My Back by Clarence Carter (#100).

Canada’s Top 10 (RPM)
1 Family Affair--Sly and the Family Stone
2 Theme from Shaft--Isaac Hayes
3 Got to Be There--Michael Jackson
4 The Desiderata--Les Crane
5 Baby I'm-A Want You--Bread
6 An Old Fashioned Love Song--Three Dog Night
7 Cherish--David Cassidy
8 Devil You--Stampeders
9 Brand New Key--Melanie
10 Lonesome Mary--Chilliwack

Singles entering the chart were Sugar Daddy by the Jackson 5 (#88); Too True Mama by Crowbar (#90); Uncle Jed by Perth County Conspiracy (#93); Devil Song by Aarons and Ackley (#94); Black Dog by Led Zeppelin (#96); I Turn to You by Spring (#97); No Sad Songs by Helen Reddy (#98); Whiskey Fire by Magic Bubble (#99); and The Witch Queen of New Orleans by Redbone (#100).

Calgary's Top 10 (Glenn's Music)
1 Lonesome Mary--Chilliwack (2nd week at #1)
2 Baby I'm-A Want You--Bread
3 Do I Love You--Paul Anka
4 The Desiderata--Les Crane
5 Take it Slow--Lighthouse
6 I Don't Need No Doctor--Humble Pie
7 Got to Be There--Michael Jackson
8 Everybody's Everything--Santana
9 Sour Suite--The Guess Who
10 Questions 67 and 68--Chicago
Pick hit of the week: (I Know) I'm Losing You--Rod Stewart with Faces

Died on this date
Bobby Jones, 69. U.S. golfer. Mr. Jones, one of the greatest golfers in history, won the Grand Slam (U.S. and British amateur championships, U.S. and British Opens) in 1930. He played in 31 major tournaments, winning 13. Mr. Jones retired from competitive golf in 1930 and appeared as himself in two series of instructional films that were released in 1931 and 1933, with several episodes featuring Hollywood stars in guest roles. Mr. Jones co-founded the Augusta National Invitation Tournament in 1934, and renamed it the Masters in 1938. He practiced law in Atlanta after his retirement from golf, but in 1948 was diagnosed with syringomyelia; his mobility gradually declined, and he was using a wheelchair when he died from a chest aneurysm.

Diana Lynn, 45. U.S. musician and actress. Miss Lynn, born Dolores Loehr, was a child prodigy as a concert pianist before turning to acting, appearing in almost 70 movies and television programs from the early 1940s through the mid-1960s. She was best known for appearing in comedy films such as The Major and the Minor (1942); The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944); and Bedtime for Bonzo (1951), as well as three movies starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. Miss Lynn died nine days after suffering a stroke.

Crime
Thieves stole over $1 million from a Windsor, Ontario branch of the Royal Bank of Canada. Six people were arrested several days later.

Economics and finance
The International Monetary Fund approved the new pattern of exchange rates among the world's leading currencies. The decision made legal an agreement reached the day before by a group of 10 leading industrial countries, who had recommended that currencies be permitted to fluctuate 2.25% above and below the new par values.

Football
NFL
St. Louis (4-9-1) 12 @ Dallas (11-3) 31

40 years ago
1981

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Ooa hela natten--Attack (5th week at #1)

#1 single in France (IFOP): Bensonhurst Blues--Oscar Benton

Bensonhurst Blues was from the movie Pour la peau d'un flic (For a Cop's Hide) (1981).

South Africa's Top 10 (Springbok Radio)
1 Endless Love--Diana Ross & Lionel Richie (4th week at #1)
2 Going Back to My Roots--Odyssey
3 It's My Party--Dave Stewart with Barbara Gaskin
4 It's You, It's You, It's You--Joe Dolan
5 Urgent--Foreigner
6 Dancing on the Floor (Hooked on Love)--Third World
7 Prince Charming--Adam & the Ants
8 Start Me Up--Rolling Stones
9 Wired for Sound--Cliff Richard
10 Under Pressure--Queen & David Bowie

Singles entering the chart were Die Royal Hotel by David Kramer (#14); and Tainted Love by Soft Cell (#18).

Defense
The Soviet heavy strategic bomber Tupolev Tu-160, the world's largest combat aircraft, largest supersonic aircraft, and largest variable-sweep wing aircraft, made its first flight, with test pilot B.I. Veremey at the controls.

30 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Black or White-- Michael Jackson (5th week at #1)

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

Law
Québec completed a major overhaul of the Civil Code, governing all non-criminal law, after 35 years of reform.

Education
Daniel Johnson, president of Quebec's Permanent Ministerial Committee for Montreal Development, announced, during the presentation of Montreal's recovery plan, the creation of a graphic communications technology resource centre. The institution would provide businesses with services as well as training for their workforce; it was post-college training but not university.

25 years ago
1996

Died on this date
Irving Caesar, 101. U.S. songwriter. Mr. Caesar, born Isidor Keiser, wrote lyrics for such songs as Swanee; Crazy Rhythm; and Tea for Two. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972.

Television
U.S. television industry executives agreed to adopt a content ratings system, which remains in effect to this day.

20 years ago
2001

Died on this date
Marcel Mule, 100. French musician and educator. Mr. Mule was perhaps the greatest classical saxophonist in history, playing in quartets and as a featured soloist from the 1920s until his retirement in 1967. He taught at the Paris Conservatoire for more than 20 years, and wrote several instructional books.

Dimitris Dragatakis, 87. Greek musician and composer. Mr. Dragatakis began his career in classical music as a violinist, but switched to viola and played with the Greek National Opera for 20 years. He incorporated Greek musical traditions into his own works, which included six symphonies, concertos, orchestral, choral, and chamber works.

Gilbert Bécaud, 74. French musician and actor. Mr. Bécaud, born François Gilbert Léopold Silly, was a popular pianist, singer, and songwriter who had a career spanning 50 years and was known as "Monsieur 100,000 Volts" for his energetic performances. His best known song was Et maintenant (1961), which was covered by many artists as an instrumental, and with English lyrics, as What Now, My Love?. Mr. Bécaud appeared in several movies and television programs, and died of lung cancer.

Politics and government
The Parliament of France approved a bill giving slightly more autonomy to Corsica.

Terrorism
The Canadian Senate passed Bill C-36, the federal government's anti-terrorist legislation; police were given new powers of surveillance, arrest, and detention.

Economics and finance
The Canadian federal and provincial governments unanimously rejected American proposals regarding softwood lumber. While the Americans imposed customs sanctions on Canadian softwood lumber, Canada was demanding full access to the American market, without any limits.

10 years ago
2011

Died on this date
Václav Havel, 75. President of Czechoslovakia, 1989-1992; President of the Czech Republic, 1993-2003. Mr. Havel was a playwright who used an absurdist style to criticize the Communist system in plays such as The Garden Party (1963) and The Memorandum (1965). He participated in the Prague Spring liberalization in 1968 and was a prominent dissident until the Velvet Revolution toppled Czechoslovakia's Communist regime in 1989. Mr. Havel served as the last President of Czechoslovakia and the first President of the Czech Republic after Slovakia became independent in 1993. He was instrumental in dismantling the Warsaw Pact, and supported direct democracy and civil activism, and supported the Czech Green Party from 2004 until his death from circulatory failure after a period of declining health.

November 21, 2021

1,010 years ago
1011

Died on this date
Reizei, 61. Emperor of Japan, 967-969. Reizei, born Norihira-shinnō, acceded to the throne shortly after the death of his father Murakami. He abdicated in favour of his younger brother En'yū, and lived in retirement until his death.

160 years ago
1861

Politics and government
Confederate President Jefferson Davis appointed Judah Benjamin as Secretary of War.

150 years ago
1871

Diplomacy
Grand Duke Alexei, a son of Czar Aleksandr II of Russia, arrived in New York Harbor as the head of a delegation of the Imperial Russian Navy. The Grand Duke spent three months in the United States, with a six-day visit to Canada in December.

130 years ago
1891

Football
Dominion Final
Osgoode Hall 21 @ Montreal 10

125 years ago
1896

Football
CRU
Dominion Final
Ottawa College 12 @ University of Toronto 8

100 years ago
1921

Born on this date
Donald Sheldon. U.S. aviator. Mr. Sheldon, a native of Colorado, grew up in Wyoming and flew 26 missions as a gunner aboard a B-17 Flying Fortress with the U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross and four other decorations. He settled in Talkeetna, Alaska, from where he operated Talkeetna Air Service as a bush pilot, pioneering the technique of glacier landings on Mount McKinley. Mr. Sheldon died of cancer on January 26, 1975 at the age of 53.

Canadiana
King George V proclaimed Canada's Coat of Arms: he designated white and red as the official Canadian colours; on the crest, a red maple leaf was added in the right paw of the lion and three maple leaves joined by one stem in the crest.

90 years ago
1931

Football
CRU
Eastern Semi-Final
University of Western Ontario 7 @ Sarnia (ORFU) 1

The Mustangs punted for 5 singles and added a safety touch as they upset the Imperials before 4,500 fans at Davis Field. Bummer Stirling's single gave the Imperials a 1-0 lead, but that was all the scoring Sarnia managed.

IRFU
Exhibition
Montreal 7 @ Toronto 0

NFL
Cleveland (2-6) 7 @ Providence (4-3-2) 13

NCAA
Southern California 16 @ Notre Dame 14

Johnny Baker's last-minute field goal gave the Trojans the victory over the Ramblers before 52,000 fans in South Bend, Indiana. It was Notre Dame's first loss in three years and their first in their new stadium, which had been dedicated the previous year to their late coach, Knute Rockne.

80 years ago
1941

Died on this date
Henrietta Vinton Davis, 81. U.S. actress and social activist. Miss Davis was the most prominent Negro actress of the 19th century before becoming the first international organizer for the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL), an organization founded by Marcus Garvey promoting the interests of Negroes and their return to Africa. She broke with Mr. Garvey in 1932 and became first Assistant President General of the rival UNIA, Inc., becoming its president in 1934.

War
German forces captured Rostov, at the mouth of the Don River.

Defense
U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull and Icelandic Minister to the United States Thor Thors signed a Lend-Lease agreement, with the United States assuming the United Kingdom's financial obligations to Iceland, amounting to $20 million per year. The 35,000-ton battleship Indiana, the third to be launched in 1941 and 20th in the United States Navy, was launched six months ahead of schedule at Newport News, Virginia.

Oil
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey President W.S. Farish announced that the American oil companies whose properties had been expropriated by the Mexican government in 1938 had rejected the U.S.-Mexican oil pact.

Labour
11 pickets were wounded when non-strikers opened fire on 150 strikers at a coal mine in Edenborn, Pennsylvania.

Philip Murray was unanimously re-elected President of the U.S. Congress of Industrial Organizations, and declared that labour would fight any legislative attempt to bar strikes or freeze wages.

75 years ago
1946

At the movies
The Best Years of Our Lives, directed by William Wyler and starring Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Harold Russell, Myrna Loy, Teresa Wright, and Virginia Mayo, opened in theatres.



War
23 German doctors pled not guilty before an American court in Nuremberg to charges of torturing thousands of concentration camp inmates in medical "experiments" during World War II.

The Greek government announced that Communist guerrillas had been defeated in a nine-day battle at Skra near the Yugoslavian border.

Politics and government
General Nuri Pasha took office as Prime Minister of Iraq.

Muslim League leader Mohammed Ali Jinnah revealed in New Delhi that the League would not participate in the Indian Constituent Assembly meeting scheduled for December 9, 1946 due to continued killing of Indian Muslims in clashes with Hindus.

Religion
The North Carolina Baptist Convention in Asheville defeated a resolution banning racial segregation in churches.

Labour
A strike of 400,000 coal miners in the United States began when Congress of Industrial Organizations United Mine Workers of America President John L. Lewis refused to obey a court order for postponement of the contract termination date. Mr. Lewis was ordered to appear at federal district court in Washington, D.C. and "show cause" why he should not be prosecuted for contempt of court.

70 years ago
1951

War
U.S. Air Force General Hoyt Vandenberg told a Pentagon press conference that the Communists were making a "massive effort" to challenge U.S. air superiority in Korea and had about 1,400 planes (including 700 MiG jets) in the area.

The Palestine Conciliation Commission reported that it had given up its present effort to promote a permanent peace between Israel and the Arab states since neither side would "substantially" compromise on its peace demands.

Diplomacy
The U.S.S.R. protested the inclusion of funds for anti-Communist underground movements in the latest U.S. Mutual Security Act, charging that this was a violation of the 1933 Litvinov agreement under which Soviet-American relations were established.

Law
The Ohio State Supreme Court upheld a loyalty oath program in the Cleveland public schools.

Energy
The U.S. Atomic Energy Commission's Patent Compensation Board made its first award to Cyril McClellan, who received $7,500 for developing a method of separating isotopes used at Brookhaven Natonal Laboratory.

Disasters
A typhoon swept the central Philippines, causing 60 deaths.

Football
CRU
Eastern Final
Sarnia (ORFU) 17 @ Ottawa (IRFU) 43

Only 4,361 fans showed up at Lansdowne Park on a Wednesday afternoon to see the Rough Riders rout the Imperials to advance to the Grey Cup. Pete Karpuk and Matt Anthony scored 2 touchdowns each for Ottawa. Steve Hatfield of the Rough Riders scored the game's first major, and other Ottawa touchdowns were scored by Bob Simpson and Howie Turner. Bob Gain converted all 7 and added a field goal. Jack "Corky" Duchene rushed for 3 touchdowns for Sarnia; Johnny Chorostecki converted one of them, and added a single.

60 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in Norway (VG-lista): When the Girl in Your Arms is the Girl in Your Heart--Cliff Richard and the Norrie Paramor Orchestra

When the Girl in Your Arms is the Girl in Your Heart was from the movie The Young Ones (1961).

On television tonight
Alfred Hitchcock Presents, on NBC
Tonight's episode: You Can't Be a Little Girl All Your Life, starring Dick York and Carolyn Kearney

Americana
The Ala Moana Office Building opened in Honolulu; La Ronde, the first revolving restaurant in the United States, was on the 23rd floor.

40 years ago
1971

War
Indian troops, partly aided by Mukti Bahini (Bengali guerrillas), defeated the Pakistan army in the Battle of Garibpur in Bangladesh.

Hockey
NHL
Toronto 4 @ Buffalo 3

This was the Sunday broadcast on CBC radio.

Football
NFL
San Diego (4-6) 33 @ Oakland (7-1-2) 34
San Francisco (6-4) 6 @ Los Angeles (6-3-1) 17
Dallas (8-2) 13 @ Washington (6-3-1) 0
Denver (1-8-1) 10 @ Kansas City (7-2-1) 28
New York Jets (4-6) 20 @ Buffalo (0-10) 7
Minnesota (8-2) 23 @ New Orleans (3-5-2) 10
New York Giants (4-6) 13 @ Pittsburgh (5-5) 17
Philadelphia (3-6-1) 37 @ St. Louis (3-7) 20
Houston (1-8-1) 13 @ Cincinnati (3-7) 28
New England (4-6) 7 @ Cleveland (5-5) 27
Detroit (6-3-1) 28 @ Chicago (6-4) 3
Baltimore (7-3) 14 @ Miami (8-1-1) 17

40 years ago
1981

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy (Hit Parade Italia): Bette Davis Eyes--Kim Carnes

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Tainted Love--Soft Cell (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland: Every Little Thing She Does is Magic--The Police

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Every Little Thing She Does is Magic--The Police (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Under Pressure--Queen & David Bowie

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 Every Little Thing She Does is Magic--The Police (3rd week at #1)
2 Pretend--Alvin Stardust
3 R.R. Express--Rose Royce
4 Physical--Olivia Newton-John
5 Super Freak--Rick James
6 Let's Groove--Earth Wind & Fire
7 Ain't No Mountain High Enough/Remember Me--Boys Town Gang
8 Love Games--Level 42
9 O Superman--Laurie Anderson
10 Your Love Still Brings Me To My Knees--Marcia Hines

Singles entering the chart were Should I Do It by the Pointer Sisters (#30); Comin' in and Out of Your Life by Barbra Streisand (#31); Good Year for the Roses by Elvis Costello (#33); Teenage Queenie by Pussycat (#36); and Jantje Beton by Willeke Alberte (#39).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Physical--Olivia Newton-John
2 Private Eyes--Daryl Hall & John Oates
3 Waiting for a Girl Like You--Foreigner
4 Start Me Up--Rolling Stones
5 Here I Am (Just When I Thought I was Over You)--Air Supply
6 Tryin' to Live My Life Without You--Bob Seger
7 The Night Owls--Little River Band
8 Every Little Thing She Does is Magic--The Police
9 Arthur's Theme (Best that You Can Do)--Christopher Cross
10 The Theme from Hill Street Blues--Mike Post featuring Larry Carlton

Singles entering the chart were Shake it Up by the Cars (#76); She's Got a Way by Billy Joel (#79); Let Me Love You Once by Greg Lake (#83); If I Were You by Lulu (#85); Blaze of Glory by Kenny Rogers (#86); WKRP in Cincinnati by Steve Carlisle (#87); Come Go with Me by the Beach Boys (#89); and Falling in Love by Balance (#90). WKRP in Cincinnati was the title song from the television comedy series that had been running on CBS since 1978.

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Physical--Olivia Newton-John
2 Private Eyes--Daryl Hall & John Oates
3 Arthur's Theme--Christopher Cross
4 Waiting for a Girl Like You--Foreigner
5 Start Me Up--Rolling Stones
6 Endless Love--Diana Ross and Lionel Richie
7 Here I Am--Air Supply
8 Oh No--Commodores
9 Every Little Thing She Does is Magic--The Police
10 The Night Owls--Little River Band

Singles entering the chart were Shake it Up by the Cars (#77); She's Got a Way by Billy Joel (#82); Let Me Love You Once by Greg Lake (#83); If I Were You by Lulu (#84); Come Go with Me by the Beach Boys (#86); My Kinda Lover by Billy Squier (#88); Blaze of Glory by Kenny Rogers (#89); and WKRP in Cincinnati by Steve Carlisle (#93).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Record World)
1 Physical--Olivia Newton-John
2 Private Eyes--Daryl Hall & John Oates
3 Waiting for a Girl Like You--Foreigner
4 Here I Am (Just When I Thought I was Over You)--Air Supply
5 Arthur's Theme (Best that You Can Do)--Christopher Cross
6 Start Me Up--Rolling Stones
7 I've Done Everything for You--Rick Springfield
8 The Night Owls--Little River Band
9 Every Little Thing She Does is Magic--The Police
10 Oh No--Commodores

Singles entering the chart included Shake it Up by the Cars (#78); and Let Me Love You Once by Greg Lake (#89).

Canada’s Top 10 (RPM)
1 The Friends of Mr. Cairo--Jon and Vangelis (2nd week at #1)
2 Every Little Thing She Does is Magic--The Police
3 Arthur's Theme--Christopher Cross
4 Endless Love--Diana Ross and Lionel Richie
5 Start Me Up--Rolling Stones
6 Private Eyes--Daryl Hall & John Oates
7 No Reply at All--Genesis
8 My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)--Chilliwack
9 Waiting for a Girl Like You--Foreigner
10 Physical--Olivia Newton-John

Singles entering the chart were More Stars on 45 by Stars on 45 (#39); Leather and Lace by Stevie Nicks with Don Henley (#41); I've Done Everything for You by Rick Springfield (#42); Why Do Fools Fall in Love by Diana Ross (#44); The Love of a Woman by Klaatu (#45); Desire by Roni Griffith (#46); Lovin', Kissin' and Huggin' by Powder Blues (#47); and Don't Let Him Know by Prism (#49).

Died on this date
Harry von Zell, 75. U.S. announcer and actor. Mr. von Zell was an announcer for various radio programs, including The March of Time and the shows of comedians such as Eddie Cantor and George Burns in a career spanning more than 40 years. He worked in television in its early years, and starred in his own series of comedy short films for Columbia Pictures (1946-1950). Mr. von Zell died of cancer.

Football
CIAU
Atlantic Bowl
Queen's 14 Acadia 40 @ Halifax

Larry Priestnall rushed for 220 yards and 2 touchdowns to lead the Axemen to an easy win over the Golden Gaels at Huskies Stadium. Acadia scored 17 points in the first 10 minutes of the game and led 40-0 until Queen's scored 2 converted touchdowns late in the 4th quarter.

Western Bowl
Western Ontario 31 @ Alberta 32

Reg Gilmour's 32-yard field goal with 3 seconds remaining in regulation time enabled the defending national champion Golden Bears to advance to the College Bowl again. Mr. Gilmour's kick came on a second-down play, immediately after quarterback Jaimie Crawford had thrown a short sideline pass into the arms of UWO defensive back Bill Harshaw, who dropped it. Mr. Crawford completed 21 of 40 passes for 320 yards and touchdowns of 53 and 55 yards to Troy Ciochetti, and another touchdown to Peter Eshenko. Mr. Gilmour converted all 3 touchdowns and added 2 more field goals and 2 singles. Western running back Greg Marshall rushed for 206 yards and 1 touchdown and was voted the game's most valuable player. Mike Kirkley also rushed for a Mustang touchdown. Western quarterback Andy Rossit completed just 4 of 15 passes for 48 yards, but was able to connect for touchdowns to Craig Board and Ryan Potter. Kevin Rydeard added 4 converts and a field goal. Western scored 21 of its points in the 2nd quarter and 10 in the 3rd. 1,317 fans, including this blogger, were in attendance at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton. The Golden Bears haven't won such an important game since that cloudy Saturday afternoon. For Mr. Marshall, it turned out to be his last complete game.

NCAA
Utah 28 @ Brigham Young 56

Brigham Young quarterback Jim McMahon passed for 565 yards and 4 touchdowns to lead the Cougars to victory.

30 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Zigzagging--Zig and Zag (2nd week at #1)

Died on this date
Sonny Werblin, 81. U.S. entertainment and sports executive. David Abraham Werblin began working as an agent with the Music Corporation of America in 1932, and led MCA's television division in the 1950s and '60s. He and partners bought the American Football League's New York Titans in 1963 and renamed them the Jets. In 1965, the Jets signed rookie quarterback Joe Namath to a then-unheard of salary of $427,000 over three years, paving the way for modern highly-paid athletes. Mr. Werblin was bought out by his partners before the 1968 season, just before the Jets went on to win their only (so far) Super Bowl championship. Mr. Werblin built the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey and ran it from 1971-1977, and headed Madison Square Garden and its properties--including the New York Rangers and New York Knickerbockers--from 1978-1984. He died of a heart attack just a few days after the death of his third and youngest son Hubbard, 46.

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

Football
CFL
Thanks to the generosity of Mike "Pinball" Clemons of the Toronto Argonauts, this blogger was in attendance at the Manitoba Cenennial Concert Hall in downtown Winnipeg as the outstanding player awards were handed out. Dan Gallagher was the emcee, and Argonauts' co-owner John Candy made a cameo appearance. Burton Cummings performed, as did Maestro Fresh Wes. British Columbia Lions' quarterback Doug Flutie was named the league's Most Outstanding Player, and Lions' running back Jon Volpe was named Most Outstanding Rookie, beating out Raghib "Rocket" Ismail of the Toronto Argonauts. Manitoba Premier Gary Filmon was among those in attendance. 25 years ago
1996

Hit parade
#1 single in Denmark (Nielsen Music Control & IFPI): Where Do You Go--No Mercy (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Breathe--The Prodigy

Died on this date
Abdus Salam, 70. Pakistani physicist. Dr. Salam, the most prominent physicist in Pakistani history, shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics with Sheldon Glashow and Steven Weinberg "for their contributions to the theory of the unified weak and electromagnetic interaction between elementary particles, including, inter alia, the prediction of the weak neutral current." He died of progressive supranuclear palsy.

Politics and government
The Canadian Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples released its report. The RCAP recommended that the federal government set up 60-80 new First Nations bodies with self-government, pegging the cost at $30 billion. The RCAP sat for five years and cost $51.2 million.

Education
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that Canadian provincial governments weren't constitutionally obliged to fund religious schools; the funding of Roman Catholic schools in Ontario was a separate matter because it was guaranteed at Confederation.

Disasters
33 people were killed and more than 80 injured in an explosion caused by a gas leak at a Humberto Vidal shoe shop in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico.

20 years ago
2001

Died on this date
Gardner McKay, 69. U.S. actor. Mr. McKay was a sculptor and photographer before taking up acting. He was best known for co-starring in the television series Boots and Saddles (1958-1959) and Adventures in Paradise (1959-1962). Mr. McKay quit acting in the late 1960s, and resumed his career as an artist, in addition to writing plays and novels, and teaching writing at several universities. He died of prostate cancer.

Abominations
U.K. singer and music producer Jonathan King was sentenced to seven years in prison for a series of sexual assaults on teenage boys between 1982 and 1987.

10 years ago
2011

Died on this date
Anne McCaffrey, 85. U.S.-born authoress. Miss McCaffrey was a science fiction and fantasy writer who was best known for the Dragonriders of Pern, a series of novellas and novels that she began in 1967, and was contined with and by her son Todd McCaffrey. She moved to Ireland in 1970, and became an Irish citizen.

November 16, 2021

530 years ago
1491

Abominations
An auto-da-fé, held in the Brasero de la Dehesa outside of Ávila, Spain, concluded the case of the Holy Child of La Guardia with the public execution of several Jewish and converso suspects.

210 years ago
1811

Born on this date
John Bright. U.K. politician. Mr. Bright, a Liberal, sat in the House of Commons from 1843 until his death on March 27, 1889 at the age of 77. He founded the Anti-Corn Law League, aimed at abolishing the laws that were seen as unfairly protecting the interests of landowners. Mr. Bright supported free trade, electoral reform, and religious freedom, and was opposed to England's involvement in the Crimean War.

160 years ago
1861

Born on this date
Luigi Facta. Prime Minister of Italy, 1922. Mr. Facta was a journalist before entering politics; he was a member of the Historical Right when he was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1892 representing Pinerolo, a seat he held for 30 years. Mr. Facta was a member of the Liberal Union Party when he held various offices, including Minister of Finance (1910-1914, 1920-1921), and was a Liberal when he was appointed Prime Minister in February 1922. The Fascist movement, led by Benito Mussolini, was threatening to take over Italy, and Mr. Facta wanted to invoke martial law and use the army to stop the Fasists, but he required the approval of King Vittorio Emmanuel III. The king refused to give his permission, and Mr. Facta's government resigned on October 27 in protest against the royal decision. King Vittorio Emmanuel then asked Mr. Mussolini to come to Rome to form a government. King Vittorio Emmanuel III named Mr. Facta a Senator in 1924, an office he held until his death on November 5, 1930, 11 days before his 69th birthday.

125 years ago
1896

Born on this
Lawrence Tibbett. U.S. singer. Mr. Tibbett was an operatic baritone who performed with the Metropolitan Opera in New York more than 600 times from 1923-1950, and appeared in several movies. Severe arthritis and drinking shortened his life; he died on July 15, 1960 at the age of 63 as the result of a fall in his apartment when he hit his head on a table.

Oswald Mosley. U.K. politician. Sir Oswald was a Conservative and then an independent when he represented Harrow in the House of Commons (1918-1924). He then joined the Labour Party, representing Smithwick in the House of Commons (1926-1931), and serving as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1929-1931). Sir Oswald resigned from the Labour Party on February 28, 1931, and founded the New Party the next day; it became the British Union of Fascists (BUF) in 1932. The BUF was banned in 1940, and Sir Oswald was imprisoned from 1940-1943. He was unsuccessful in later attempts at getting elected, and moved to France in 1951, and spent most of the rest of his life there. Sir Oswald died on December 3, 1980, 17 days after his 84th birthday, after a long battle with Parkinson's disease.

Joan Lindsay. Australian writer and artist. Mrs. Lindsay wrote fiction and non-fiction in various genres, and was best known for her novel Picnic at Hanging Rock (1967). She painted in her later years, and died of stomach cancer on December 23, 1984 at the age of 88.

Education
Canadian Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier and Manitoba Premier Thomas Greenway reached a compromise on the divisive Manitoba Schools Question, involving publicly-funded separate schools for Roman Catholics and Protestants.

120 years ago
1901

Football
CRU
ORFU
Toronto (5-1) 2 @ Ottawa (4-2) 1
Kingston (1-5) defaulted @ Hamilton (2-4)

110 years ago
1911

Died on this date
A.A. Ames, 69. U.S. politician. Surgeon Major Albert Alonzo Ames, the son of a physician, received his medical degree in 1862, and served with the Union Army in the American Civil War. He was a Democrat until 1900 and a Republican thereafter, and represented the 5th District in the Minnesota House of Representatives (1867-1868) and then served four terms as Mayor of Minneapolis (1876-1877, 1882-1884, 1886-1889, 1901-1902), which were increasingly characterized by accusations of corruption. Dr. Ames and the Minneapolis police department ran the municipal government as a criminal operation until he resigned and fled the state in 1902 after being indicted for corruption. He was arrested in New Hampshire in 1903 and extradited to Minneapolis, where a conviction, resulting in a prison sentence, was overturned on appeal, and two subsequent trials resulted in mistrials. Dr. Ames practiced medicine in Minneapolis until his sudden death.

Lawrence Feuerbach, 32. U.S. athlete. Mr. Feuerbach won a bronze medal in the men's shot put competition and was a member of the team that finished fourth in tug-of-war at the 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis. He died from tuberculosis.

80 years ago
1941

On the radio
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, on NBC
Tonight's episode: The Adventure of the Missing Papers

War
The Royal Rifles of Canada (a Québec unit) and the Winnipeg Grenadiers arrived in Hong Kong to beef up the British garrison; the 1,975 Canadian troops were sent even though they were not considered fit for action. U.S.S.R. press reported that U.S. P-40 fighter planes had gone into action on the Moscow front. The German government admitted that winter weather was bogging down the German drive on Moscow and Leningrad.

Diplomacy
The German Foreign Office refused to accept a protest by the Mexican government against the reprisal execution of French hostages.

Defense
The attacking 1st Army of 200,000 men and the defending 4th Army of 110,000 men began two weeks of U.S. Army war games in North and South Carolina.

Politics and government
Emperor Hirohito of Japan opened the extraordinary session of the Diet in Tokyo with a message urging cooperation with the government of Prime Minister General Hideki Tojo.

Labour
The coal conference in Washington between Congress of Industrial Organizations United Mine Workers of America officials and three steel company executives failed to reach an agreement on the union's demand for a union shop in coal mines owned by steel firms.

Football
NFL
Cleveland (2-8) 14 @ New York (7-2) 49
Chicago Cardinals (2-5-1) 9 @ Green Bay (8-1) 17
Brooklyn (5-4) 7 @ Pittsburgh (1-7-1) 14
Philadelphia (2-6-1) 17 @ Detroit (3-5-1) 21
Washington (5-3) 21 @ Chicago Bears (7-1) 35

75 years ago
1946

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Rumors are Flying--Frankie Carle and his Orchestra with Marjorie Hughes (Best Seller--5th week at #1; Juke Box--4th week at #1; Airplay--4th week at #1; Honor Roll of Hits--3rd week at #1)

On the radio
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Tom Conway and Nigel Bruce, on ABC
Tonight's episode: The Genuine Guarnarius

Diplomacy
The United Nations Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural Commission unanimously adopted a Danish resolution urging all UN members to grant equal political rights to women.

Politics and government
Chinese Communist leader Chou En-lai said in Nanking that the Nationalist government's unilateral action in convening the Constitutional Assembly meant the complete termination of peace negotiations.

The U.S.A. and U.K. warned Romania that they expected upcoming parliamentary elections to be "free and fair."

The U.S. Senate Campaign Investigating Committee voted to investigate the fitness of Sen. Theodore Bilbo (Democrat--Mississippi) to hold his Senate seat; he had been in the Senate since 1935, after serving two four-year terms as Governor of Mississippi.

Education
The U.S. Veterans Administration announced that 1,958,033 veterans had enrolled in college or on-the-job training courses under the GI bill.

Labour
Eight Communist leaders in South Africa were arrested in Cape Town on charges of inciting the gold mine strike the previous August.

Trans World Airways flights resumed after the Air Line Pilots Association called off its strike and agreed to submit the wage dispute to an arbitration board.

Football
CRU
IRFU
Final
Toronto 12 @ Montreal 6

ORFU
Final
Toronto Balmy Beach 13 @ Hamilton 6

IRFU-ORFU
Exhibition
Hamilton Tigers (IRFU) 9 @ Toronto Indians (ORFU) 13

Joe Krol rushed for a touchdown, passed to Royal Copeland for a touchdown, and kicked 2 converts to lead the Argonauts over the Alouettes before 23,000 fans at Delorimier Stadium. Virgil Wagner scored the Montreal touchdown in the 4th quarter and scored the other Montreal point with a single when he fumbled into the Toronto end zone, and the Argonaut player who recovered was rouged.

Tommy Ford and Bob Cunningham scored touchdowns for Balmy Beach in the 4th quarter as they defeated the Wildcats before 13,000 fans at Civic Stadium. Toronto led 1-0 afer the 1st quarter on a single by Bobby Porter, but Don Toms scored a converted touchdown in the 2nd quarter to give the Wildcats a 6-1 lead, which held up into the 4th quarter. Mr. Ford rushed 6 yards for the first Toronto TD, and Mr. Porter completed a pass for the convert. Balmy Beach then recovered their own kickoff, and marched downfield, with Mr. Cunningham rushing 5 yards for the touchdown. Johnny Lake kicked the convert to close the scoring.

Only 500 fans were in attendance at Oakwood Stadium to see the Indians defeat the Tigers.

70 years ago
1951

Diplomacy
Egypt proposed that the United Kingdom withdraw temporarily from Anglo-Egyptian Sudan pending a United Nations-supervised plebiscite on the territory's status.

Defense
U.S.S.R. Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky proposed a four-point disarmament plan to the United Nations General Assembly, including provisions to ban production of new atomic weapons and to endorse a one-third reduction of Big Five armed forces within a year.

Politics and government
Pakistani Prime Minister Khawaja Nazimuddin was elected President of the Pakistani Muslim League, succeeding his predecessor as Prime Minister, the late Liaquat Ali Khan.

The Massachusetts Leglislature outlawed the Communist Party.

Scandal
U.S. Assistant Attorney General Theron Caudie, head of the Justice Department's Tax Division, who had drawn congressional criticism for alleged personal tax irregularities and failure to prosecute tax fraud cases, resigned at the request of President Harry Truman.

60 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (Lever Hit Parade): Big Bad John--Jimmy Dean

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Retailer): (Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame/Little Sister--Elvis Presley (2nd week at #1)

On television tonight
The Untouchables, starring Robert Stack, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Loophole

Died on this date
Sam Rayburn, 79. U.S. politician. "Mr. Sam," a Democrat, represented the 34th District in the Texas House of Representatives (1907-1913), and Texas' 4th District in the United States House of Representatives from 1913 until his death from pancreatic cancer. He served as Speaker of the House from 1940-1947, 1949-1953, and from 1955 until his death; his 17 yers as Speaker remains the record. Mr. Rayburn preferred to work in the background to get things done; he was known for integrity and fairness, and his ability to work with both Democrats and Repubicans. Mr. Rayburn was succeeded as Speaker of the House by John W. McCormack (Democrat--Massachusetts).

Art
A Rembrandt painting, Aristotle Contemplating a Bust of Homer, sold for $2.3 million, the highest price yet paid for a painting at puclic auction or private sale. The winning bid came from James Rorimer, director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The painting was one of 24 from the collection of the late Alfred Erickson, an advertising executive. The auction took place at Parke-Bernet Galleries in New York City.

Basketball
New York playground legend Connie Hawkins, expelled from the University of Iowa and barred from the National Basketball Association as a result of false accusations of involvement with gamblers, played his first game as a professional, with the Pittsburgh Rens of the fledgling American Basketball League.

50 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in Switzerland (Swiss Hitparade): Mamy Blue--Pop-Tops (6th week at #1)

Died on this date
Edie Sedgwick, 28. U.S. model and actress. Miss Sedgwick, a member of a socially prominent family, was one of the "superstars" who appeared in the various projects of pop artist Andy Warhol in New York City in the mid-1960s. She experienced mental problems from early adolecence, exacerbated by drug abuse during her brief period of fame. Miss Sedgwick's best-known film was the semi-biographical Ciao! Manhattan (1972), which took several years to film, and was released after her death. Miss Sedgwick gave up drug and alchohol use in 1971 after marrying Michael Post, whom she had met as a fellow hospital patient. She suffered a relapse after being given prescription medicine, and died of a fatal mixture of the prescription with alcohol, several hours after attending a fashion show at the Santa Barbara Museum. Miss Sedgwick has inspired numerous pop culture tributes.

Defense
The first working session of the sixth round of U.S.A.-U.S.S.R. Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) resumed in Vienna.

Boxing
Jerry Quarry (40-5-4) knocked out British, Commonwealth, and European heavyweight champion Jack Bodell (58-11) at 1:04 of the 1st round at Empire Pool, Wembley, London.



40 years ago
1981

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Physical--Olivia Newton-John

#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Gingiragin ni Sarigenaku--Masahiko Kondō (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Ma Quale Idea--Pino D'Angio (8th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Ja, wenn wir alle Englein wären--Fred Sonnenschein und seine Freunde (4th week at #1)

Died on this date
William Holden, 63. U.S. actor. Mr. Holden, born William Beedle, was one of the most popular leading men in movies in the 1950s, starring in films such as Sunset Blvd (1950); Stalag 17 (1953); The Country Girl (1954); Picnic (1955); The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957); The Wild Bunch (1969); and Network (1976). He won the Academy Award for his performance in Stalag 17, and was nominated for Best Actor for Sunset Blvd and Network. Mr. Holden won an Emmy Award for his starring performance in the made-for-television film The Blue Knight (1973). Mr. Holden devoted much effort in his last 20 years to conservation of African wildlife. He was alone and drunk in his apartment when he fell, cut his head on a bedside table, and bled to death.

30 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Australian Music Report): I'm Too Sexy--Right Said Fred (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): The Fly--U2 (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Black or White--Michael Jackson

#1 single in Denmark (Nielsen Music Control & IFPI): (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams (16th week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Crucified--Army of Lovers (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in France (SNEP): (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams (6th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (CIN): Dizzy--Vic Reeves and the Wonder Stuff (2nd week at #1)

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 Let's Talk About Sex!--Salt-N-Pepa (2nd week at #1)
2 Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)--Rozalla
3 James Brown is Dead--L.A. Style
4 Kon Ik Maar Even Bij Je Zijn--Gordon
5 Hail Hail Rock 'n Roll--Garland Jeffreys
6 The Fly--U2
7 35 Koeien--André Van Duin
8 Change--Lisa Stansfield
9 No Son of Mine--Genesis
10 Roodkapje--Pater Moeskroen

Singles entering the chart were Heavy Fuel by Dire Straits (#31); Hitmedley by Corry Konings (#32); Gimme Some (Swing it Baby) by Tony Scott (#33); Obsession by Army of Lovers (#34); Under Pressure by Boyz II Men (#35); and Spending My Time by Roxette (#38).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Cream--Prince and the New Power Generation (2nd week at #1)
2 Can't Stop this Thing We Started--Bryan Adams
3 When a Man Loves a Woman--Michael Bolton
4 It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday--Boyz II Men
5 Set Adrift on Memory Bliss--P.M. Dawn
6 Set the Night to Music--Roberta Flack with Maxi Priest
7 O.P.P.--Naughty by Nature
8 That's What Love is For--Amy Grant
9 Romantic--Karyn White
10 Don't Cry--Guns N' Roses

Singles entering the chart were Can't Let Go by Mariah Carey (#42); Kiss You Back by Digital Underground (#79); Too Blind to See It by Kym Sims (#84); All She Wrote by Firehouse (#88); Ain't Gonna Hurt Nobody by Kid 'n Play (#89); In My Dreams by the Party (#92); Love Me All Up by Stacy Earl (#96); and Into the Great Wide Open by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (#99).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Cream--Prince and the New Power Generation
2 Can't Stop this Thing We Started--Bryan Adams
3 When a Man Loves a Woman--Michael Bolton
4 Romantic--Karyn White
5 That's What Love is For--Amy Grant
6 Set the Night to Music--Roberta Flack with Maxi Priest
7 Don't Cry--Guns N' Roses
8 Real, Real, Real--Jesus Jones
9 Emotions--Mariah Carey
10 Blowing Kisses in the Wind--Paula Abdul

Singles entering the chart were Can't Let Go by Mariah Carey (#43); All She Wrote by Firehouse (#80); Tell Me What You Want Me to Do by Tevin Campbell (#82); Just a Touch of Love by C+C Music Factory (#87); Into the Great Wide Open by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (#88); and Finally by Ce Ce Peniston (#89).

Canada’s Top 10 (RPM)
1 Can't Stop this Thing We Started--Bryan Adams (3rd week at #1)
2 Life is a Highway--Tom Cochrane
3 Emotions--Mariah Carey
4 Get a Leg Up--John Mellencamp
5 Cream--Prince and the New Power Generation
6 What About Now--Robbie Robertson
7 Broken Arrow--Rod Stewart
8 Calling Elvis--Dire Straits
9 Set the Night to Music--Roberta Flack with Maxi Priest
10 That's What Love is For--Amy Grant

Singles entering the chart were I Can't Make You Love Me by Bonnie Raitt (#56); Shining Star by INXS (#62); It's Been a Long Time by Surfside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes (#76); Roll the Bones by Rush (#77); Another Rainy Night (Without You) by Queensryche (#92); I Fall All Over Again by Dan Hill (#94); You're No Good by Sons of Freedom (#95); Say You'll Be Mine by West End Girls (#96) and 2 Legit 2 Quit by Hammer (#99).

Football
NCAA
Miami (Florida) 17 Florida State 16
The University of Miami Hurricanes, ranked #2 in the U.S.A., emerged victorious over the #1-ranked Seminoles when Florida State kicker Gerry Thomas missed a 34-yard field goal attempt in the game's final seconds.

25 years ago
1996

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (ARIA): Wannabe--Spice Girls (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (Hit Parade Italia): Born Slippy--Underworld (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (VRT): It's All Coming Back to Me Now--Céline Dion (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Wallonia (Ultratop 40): Aïcha--Khaled (4th week at #1)

#1 single in France (SNEP): Freed from Desire--Gala (4th week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): I Can't Help Myself--The Kelly Family (4th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): What Becomes of the Brokenhearted/Saturday Night at the Movies/ You'll Never Walk Alone--Robson & Jerome (2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 No Diggity--BLACKstreet (featuring Dr. Dre) (2nd week at #1)
2 It's All Coming Back to Me Now--Celine Dion
3 Un-Break My Heart--Toni Braxton
4 Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)--Los Del Rio
5 I Love You Always Forever--Donna Lewis
6 Mouth--Merril Bainbridge
7 Nobody--Keith Sweat featuring Athena Cage
8 Pony--Ginuwine
9 Where Do You Go--No Mercy
10 This is for the Lover in You--Babyface featuring LL Cool J, Howard Hewett, Jody Watley & Jeffrey Daniels

Singles entering the chart were You Must Love Me by Madonna (#22); Between You and Me by dc Talk (#39); Bittersweet Me by R.E.M. (#53); How Could You by K-Ci & JoJo (#58); If We Fall in Love Tonight by Rod Stewart (#78); Little Bitty by Alan Jackson (#83); and The Moment by Kenny G (#84). You Must Love Me was from the movie Evita (1996). How Could You was from the movie Bulletproof (1996).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 No Diggity--BLACKstreet (featuring Dr. Dre)
2 It's All Coming Back to Me Now--Celine Dion
3 Don't Let Go--En Vogue
4 Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)--Los Del Rio
5 Mouth--Merril Bainbridge
6 Un-Break My Heart--Toni Braxton
7 This is for the Lover in You--Babyface featuring LL Cool J, Howard Hewett, Jody Watley & Jeffrey Daniels
8 Pony--Ginuwine
9 Nobody--Keith Sweat featuring Athena Cage
10 If it Makes You Happy--Sheryl Crow

Singles entering the chart were Don't Let Go; I'm Still in Love with You by New Edition (#13); Street Dreams by Nas (#32); You Must Love Me by Madonna (#36); No Time by Lil’ Kim featuring Puff Daddy (#38); Never Leave Me Alone by Nate Dogg featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg (#55); Bittersweet Me by R.E.M. (#70); Knocks Me Off My Feet by Donell Jones (#79); Come See Me by 112 (#81); Hero of the Day by Metallica (#84); and Devil's Haircut by Beck (#88).

This was the final chart published by Cash Box, as the original version of the magazine ceased publication with this issue.

Football
CIAU
Yates Cup
Guelph 23 @ Waterloo 13



20 years ago
2001

Died on this date
Tommy Flanagan, 71. U.S. musician. Mr. Flanagan was a jazz pianist and composer who recorded more than 200 albums as a sideman and more than three dozen albums as a bandleader, usually in a trio, in a career spanning 45 years. He worked with artist such as Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, and John Coltrane, and was the full-time accompanist and musical director for Ella Fitzgerald (1962-1965, 1968-1978). Mr. Flanagan left the latter position after suffering a heart attack, and made lifestyle changes that resulted in an improvement in his health. He died of complications from a decade-old aneurysm.

Law
The U.S. Congress passed a law mandating that airport screeners be federal employees.

10 years ago
2011

Law
Bob Paulson was named Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, succeeding William Elliott.

Baseball
Nippon Series
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 2 @ Chunichi Dragons 1 (Best-of-seven series tied 2-2)