December 27, 2021

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Marilyn Draper!

500 years ago
1521

Religion
The Zwickau prophets--Nicholas Storch, Thomas Dreschel and Markus Stübner--arrived in Wittenberg after their exile from Zwickau, continuing their radical Reformation activities.

450 years ago
1571

Born on this date
Johannes Kepler. German astronomer and mathematician. Mr. Kepler was one of the most influential astronomers in history, best known for his laws of planetary motion. He believed that God created the world according to an intelligible plan that is accessible through the natural light of reason. Mr. Kepler's books included Astronomia nova (1609); Harmonices Mundi (1619); and Epitome Astronomiae Copernicanae (three volumes, 1618-1621). He served as imperial mathematician to Holy Roman Emperors Rudolf II, Matthias, and Ferdinand II, and while often criticizing astrology, devised horoscopes in order to make a living. Mr. Kepler died after a brief illness on November 15, 1630 at the age of 58.

300 years ago
1721

Born on this date
François Hemsterhuis. Dutch philosopher. Mr. Hemsterhuis wrote on aesthetics and moral philosophy. His philosophy has been characterized as Socratic in content and Platonic in form; its foundation was the desire for self-knowledge and truth, untrammelled by the rigid bonds of any particular system. Mr. Hemsterhuis died on July 7, 1790 at the age of 68.

260 years ago
1761

Born on this date
Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, 56. Russian military officer and politician. Prince Michael was a Field Marshal in the Imperial Russian Army who was best known for his military reforms and leadership during the 1812 invasion of Russia by French forces commanded by Napoleon Bonaparte. Prince Michael was Governor-General of Finland from 1809-1810. He died while on a visit to Germany on May 26, 1818 at the age of 56.

250 years ago
1771

Died on this date
Henri Pitot, 76. French physicist and engineer. Mr. Pitot was a hydraulic engineer who invented the Pitot tube, and designed the Aqueduc de Saint-Clément near Montpellier and the extension of Pont du Gard in Nîmes.

190 years ago
1831

Exploration
English naturalist Charles Darwin began his voyage to the New World aboard the HMS Beagle.

140 years ago
1881

Born on this date
António Granjo. Prime Minister of Portugal, 1920, 1921. Mr. Granjo was a lawyer and a republican who was first elected to the National Constituent Assembly in 1911, resigning to serve in World War I. He was President of the Municipal Chamber of Chaves (February-July 1919) and was elected to the Chamber of Deputies later in 1919 as a member of the Evolutionist Party, which soon merged into the Republican Liberal Party. Mr. Granjo led coalition governments from July 19-November 20, 1920 and August 30 until his forced resignation and assassination at the age of 39 on October 19, 1921 as part of the military insurrection known as Bloody Night.

125 years ago
1896

Born on this date
Louis Bromfield. U.S. author and conservationist. Mr. Bromfield won the 1927 Pulitzer Prize for his novel Early Autumn; his other novels incuded The Rains Came (1937) and Mrs. Parkington (1943). He operated a farm in Ohio, and was one of the first modern champions of organic and self-sustaining farming. Mr. Bromfield died on March 18, 1956 at the age of 59.

120 years ago
1901

Born on this date
Irene Handl. U.K. actress. Miss Handl was a character actress who appeared in more than 100 movies, as well as numerous television programs, in a career spanning 50 years. Her films included Night Train to Munich (1940); Spellbound (1945); and Brief Encounter (1945). Miss Handl died of breast cancer on November 29, 1987, four weeks before her 86th birthday.

Marlene Dietrich. German-born U.S. actress and singer. Miss Dietrich became a star in her native land with her appearance in The Blue Angel (1930), and then moved to Hollywood, where her movies included Morocco (1930); Blonde Venus (1932); Desire (1936); Destry Rides Again (1939); A Foreign Affair (1948); Witness for the Prosecution (1957); Touch of Evil (1958); and Judgement at Nuremberg (1961). Miss Dietrich was an opponent of Germany's Nazi regime and aided the Allied effort in World War II. She narrated the documentary Black Fox: The True Story of Adolf Hitler, which won the Academy Award as best documentary feature of 1962. Miss Dietrich was known for performing the songs Falling in Love Again and Lili Marlene. She died of kidney failure on May 6, 1992 at the age of 90.

110 years ago
1911

Born on this date
Anna Russell. U.K.-born Canadian musician. Miss Russell, born Anna Russell-Brown, was a pianist and singer known for her parodies of operas, reaching the peak of her popularity in the 1960s. She died on October 18, 2006 at the age of 94.

Indianica
Jana Gana Mana, the national anthem of India, was first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.

80 years ago
1941

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Chattanooga Choo Choo--Glenn Miller and his Orchestra (Vocal refrain by Tex Beneke and the Four Modernaires) (4th week at #1)

War
Japanese planes bombed the undefended open city of Manila for 40 minutes in the morning and 3 hours 22 minutes in the afternoon, starting huge fires. The U.S.S.R. announced the capture of Likhvin, Vysokinichi, Novosil, and Tim on the front southwest of Moscow.

Diplomacy
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and U.K. Prime Minister Winston Churchill, continuing their talks in Washington, assured representatives of Axis-occupied countries that the United States and United Kingdom would do everything possible to restore their independence after World War II. Mr. Roosevelt announced that "excellent progress" had been made during the conferences of 26 Allied governments in Washington to prosecute the war on a worldwide scale.

Society
U.S. Attorney General Francis Biddle issued an order requiring all Japanese, German, and Italian aliens in seven Pacific Coast states to surrender their shortwave radio sets and cameras to local police.

Economics and finance
The U.S. Office of Production Management issued an order, effective immediately, restricting the manufacture of new farm machinery in the 12-month period beginning November 1, 1941 to 83% of 1940 production.

Labour
Federal spokesmen announced that the American Federation of Labor Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes had agreed to end the six-day strike by 1,500 Greyhound drivers and submit the dispute to arbitration.

Disasters
Lisbon was rocked by a severe earthquake at 6:25 P.M.

Football
NCAA
Blue-Gray Game @ Cramton Bowl, Montgomery, Alabama
Blue 16 Gray 0

75 years ago
1946

War
Fighting between French forces and Vietnamese nationalists spread to Cochin, China, where 24 civilians were killed.

Economics and finance
Albania and Yugoslavia ratified a pact providing for economic collaboration.

The U.S. State Department announced that it would release $19.3 million in Polish assets frozen in the United States and $27.5 million in gold to the current Polish government.

U.S. Reconstruction Finance Corporation Director George Allen resigned after urging that the agency be reduced to a lending institution for banks and small businesses.

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission authorized a 10% rate increase by Western Union Telegraph Company.

Cuba's cabinet raised the wages of all public employees $5-$10 monthly.

Tennis
With Jack Kramer and Ted Schroeder winning the men's doubles event in Melbourne, the United States won the Davis Cup for the first time since 1938.

70 years ago
1951

Movies
The New York Film Critics Circle Awards for 1951 were announced. The winners were: Picture--A Streetcar Named Desire; Director--Elia Kazan (A Streetcar Named Desire); Actor--Arthur Kennedy (Bright Victory); Actress--Vivian Leigh (A Streetcar named Desire); Foreign Language Film--Miracolo a Milano (Miracle in Milan).

War
U.S. and Communist truce teams in Panmunjom failed to conclude an armistice by midnight, thus nullifying the November 27 agreement on a Korean cease-fire line.

World events
The Romanian government announced the execution of five Romanians convicted by a military court of spying for the United States.

Politics and government
Former Minnesota Governor Harold Stassen announced in Philadelphia that he would seek the 1952 Republican Party nomination for President of the United States.

Crime
Communist Party U.S.A. official Gus Hall was sentenced in New York to an additional three years in prison for jumping bail to escape his five-year sentence for conspiracy.

Transportation
The first right-hand drive automobile for the delivery of mail in the United States was put into service in Cincinnati.

Economics and finance
Brazilian President Getulio Vargas signed a bill enabling the government to control prices and buy and sell essential goods.

Labour
The United Steel Workers of America's Wage Policy Committee cancelled a strike scheduled for January 1, 1952, leaving the strike decision up to a special convention to open January 3 in Atlantic City.

Olympics
Soviet press announced that the U.S.S.R. would enter the Summer Olympic Games in 1952 for the first time since the participation of pre-Soviet Russia in 1912.

60 years ago
1961

At the movies
The Outsider, directed by Delbert Mann, and starring Tony Curtis, James Franciscus, and Bruce Bennett, opened in theatres in Los Angeles.



50 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Imagine--John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Ame no Midōsuji--Ouyang Fei Fei (8th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Mammy Blue--Pop-Tops (10th week at #1)

Diplomacy
Delegates representing 18 Arab countries met in Cairo to discuss plans for coordinating military and economic strategy against Israel.

40 years ago
1981

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): How Great Thou Art--Howard Morrison (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: Sharazan--Al Bano & Romina Power

Died on this date
Hoagy Carmichael, 82. U.S. musician and songwriter. Mr. Carmichael, one of the best-known American songwriters of the first half of the 20th century, wrote such standards as Stardust and Georgia on My Mind. He appeared in several movies, usually as a pianist. In the last year or two of his life, Mr. Carmichael appeared in a television commercial for recordings of his greatest hits; the ad began with a clip of Ole Buttermilk Sky, followed by Mr. Carmichael saying, "Ole Buttermilk Sky; they don't make 'em like that anymore--maybe they shouldn't."

Hockey
NHL
Los Angeles (13-20-3) 3 @ Edmonton (24-8-6) 10

Wayne Gretzky scored 4 goals and 1 assist to set the league record for the fastest 100 points in a season, helping the Oilers rout the Kings at Northlands Coliseum. Mr. Gretzky was playing his 38th game of the season, breaking Phil Esposito's mark of 51 games set in 1970-71. Mr. Gretzky's goals game him 45 for the season. Steve Bozek scored all 3 Los Angeles goals.

Football
NFL
AFC Wild Card Playoff
Buffalo 31 @ New York Jets 27

See video.

NFC Wild Card Playoff
New York Giants 27 @ Philadelphia 21



25 years ago
1996

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Breathe--The Prodigy (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): 2 Become 1--Spice Girls (2nd week at #1)

War
Taliban forces in Afghanistan recaptured the strategic Bagram Airfield, which solidified their buffer zone around Kabul.

20 years ago
2001

Abominations
The United States announced plans to hold Taliban and Al-Qaeda prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

U.S. President George W. Bush permanently normalized trade relations between the U.S.A. and China.

Politics and government
Movement for Multi-Party Democracy candidate Levy Mwanawasa was elected President of Zambia, receiving 29.15% of the vote. United Party for National Development candidate Anderson Mazoka was second with 27.20% of the vote, with nine other candidates also participating. The Movement for Multi-Party Democracy won a plurality of seats in the 159-seat National Assembly, but their total of 69 seats was a decrease of 62 from before the election. Five new parties won at least one seat; the United Party for National Development, in its first election, was second with 49 seats.

10 years ago
2011

Died on this date
Johnny Wilson, 82. Canadian-born U.S. hockey player and coach. Mr. Wilson, a native of Kincardine, Ontario, played left wing with the Detyroit Red Wings (1950-55, 1957-59); Chicago Black Hawks (1955-57); Toronto Maple Leafs (1959-61); and New York Rangers (1961-62), scoring 332 points on 161 goals and 171 assists in 688 regular season games and 14 goals and 13 assists in 66 playoff games. He set a record, since broken, of 580 consecutive regular season games played (1951-60), including 8 straight complete 70-game seasons. Mr. Wilson helped the Red Wings win four Stanley Cup championships (1950, 1952, 1954-1955). He coached at Princeton University (1965-67) and then in the minor leagues, leading the Springfield Kings to the Calder Cup championship in 1971. Mr. Wilson coached the Los Angeles Kings (1969-70); Detroit Red Wings (1971-73); Colorado Rockies (1976-77); and Pittsburgh Penguins (1977-80) in the NHL, compiling a record of 187-241-89. He coached in the World Hockey Association with the Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974-75) and Cleveland Crusaders (1975-76), compiling a record of 56-93-9. Mr. Wilson coached Canada's entry in the 1977 IIHF World Championships, leading the team to a fourth-place finish in Canada's first appearance in the tournament in eight years. He settled in the Detroit area, and died of pulmonary fibrosis.

December 23, 2021

250 years ago
1771

Died on this date
Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, 70. Canadian nun. Mrs. d'Youville, a native of Varennes, Quebec, was a widow who suffered the death of her husband and four of her six children before the age of 30, but experienced a religious revival, and in 1737 with three other women founded an association that ministered to the poor in Montreal. The association became the Roman Catholic order The Sisters of Charity of Montreal--popularly known as the Grey Nuns--in 1744, and was granted an order in 1747 to operate Montreal General Hospital. Mrs. d'Youville died in Montreal, and was canonized in 1990 by Pope John Paul II.

125 years ago
1896

Born on this date
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa. Italian nobleman and author. Don Giuseppe Tomasi, the last Prince of Lampedusa, served with the Italian Army in World War I, and was an Austro-Hungarian prisoner of war; he inherited his title upon the death of his father in 1934. Don Giuseppe Tomasi died of lung cancer on July 23, 1957 at the age of 60, but didn't become widely known until the posthumous publication of his novel Il Gattopardo (The Leopard) (1958), which was made into a movie in 1963.

110 years ago
1911

Born on this date
Niels Kaj Jerne. U.K.-born Danish immunologist. Dr. Jerne, whose Danish parents moved to London the year before his birth, moved to the Netherlands with his family in 1914, and eventually settled in Denmark. He shared the 1984 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Georges J.F. Köhler and César Milstein "for theories concerning the specificity in development and control of the immune system and the discovery of the principle for production of monoclonal antibodies." Dr. Jerne died on October 7, 1994 at the age of 82.

James Gregory. U.S. actor. Mr. Gregory was a character actor on stage, screen, and television in a career spanning more than 45 years. He was known for his gravelly voice and playing detectives, and starred as New York Police Detective Barney Ruditsky in the television series The Lawless Years (1959-1961), and Inspector Frank Luger in the comedy series Barney Miller (1975-1982). Mr. Gregory's best-known movie role was probably as the Joe McCarthy-like Senator Johnny Iselin in The Manchurian Candidate (1962). He died on September 16, 2002 at the age of 90.

90 years ago
1931

Died on this date
Wilson Bentley, 66. U.S. meteorologist and photographer. "Snowflake" Bentley, a lifelong resident of Jericho, Vermont, was the first known person to take detailed photographs of snowflakes and record their features, catching flakes on black velvet in such a way that their images could be captured before they either melted or sublimated. He took the first of more than 5,000 photos of snowflakes in 1885. Mr. Bentley died of pneumonia.

80 years ago
1941

War
At a joint press conference in Washington with U.K. Prime Minister Winston Churchill, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt announced that their meetings were being devoted to the immediate question of achieving complete unanimity of action in the Pacific. The first meeting of the U.S.-U.K. War Council was held in the White House. The U.S. oil tanker SS Montebello was sunk by Japanese submarine I-21 off the coast of California; 33 survivors were rescued. After 15 days of fighting, the Imperial Japanese Army occupied Wake Island. Japanese planes carried out a heavy raid on Rangoon. The Battle of Lingayen continued "with increasing intensity" on Luzon. The British command announced that Imperial forces in Libya reached the coastal plain of the Gulf of Sidra south of Bengazi the previous day.

Politics and government
Chinese Prime Minister Chiang Kai-shek appointed T.V. Soong as Foreign Minister.

Crime
A U.S. federal grand jury in Washington indicted aviatrix Laura Ingalls on a charge of failing to register as a German agent.

Religion
Pope Pius XII authorized Roman Catholic bishops throughout the world to permit Catholics in their dioceses to eat meat on Fridays and omit certain fast days for the duration of World War II.

Labour
U.S. President Roosevelt accepted a three-point war labour peace plan agreed upon by the 24-man labour-industry conference board in Washington. The plan called for "no strikes or lockouts;" settlement of all disputes "by peaceful means;" and establishment of "a proper War Labor Board to handle these disputes."

70 years ago
1946

Hit parade
U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Ole Buttermilk Sky--Kay Kyser and his Orchestra (vocal chorus by Michael Douglas and the Campus Kids) (2nd week at #1)
--Hoagy Carmichael
--Helen Carroll and the Satisfiers
--Paul Weston and his Orchestra with Matt Dennis
2 Rumors are Flying--Frankie Carle and his Orchestra
--The Andrews Sisters with Les Paul
--Betty Rhodes
--Tony Martin
3 The Old Lamp-Lighter--Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye (Vocal refrain by Billy Williams and Choir)
--Kay Kyser and his Orchestra
--Hal Derwin
4 (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons--King Cole Trio
--Eddy Howard and his Orchestra
5 The Whole World is Singing My Song--Les Brown and his Orchestra
6 This is Always--Harry James and his Orchestra
--Jo Stafford
7 The Things We Did Last Summer--Frank Sinatra
--Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra
8 Five Minutes More--Frank Sinatra
--Tex Beneke and the Glenn Miller Orchestra
--The Three Suns
9 Huggin' and Chalkin'--Hoagy Carmichael
--Johnny Mercer
--Kay Kyser and his Orchestra
10 To Each His Own--Eddy Howard and his Orchestra with Eddy Howard and Trio
--The Ink Spots
--Freddy Martin and his Orchestra with Stuart Wade
--Tony Martin
--The Modernaires with Paula Kelly

Singles entering the chart were Years and Years Ago by Les Brown and his Orchestra (#26) and Hoodle-Addle by the Ray McKinley Quartet (#28).

On the radio
The Casebook of Gregory Hood, starring Elliott Lewis and Howard McNear, on MBS
Tonight`s episode: The Spirit of Christmas

Diplomacy
The United Kingdom rejected a Soviet request for a "further exchange of views" on control of the Dardanelles.

Defense
U.S. President Harry Truman set up a three-man board to review the cases of draft violators and make recommendations for executive clemency.

Politics and government
French Prime Minister Leon Blum reiterated France's recognition of Vietnam's independence within the French Union, but insisted that order be restored before negotiations could begin on the composition of the Vietnamese government.

Crime
Three men were indicted in Atlanta for arson in the December 7, 1946 fire at the Winecoff Hotel, in which 119 people perished.

Law
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to review a suit on the constitutionality of Tennessee's poll tax on the grounds that Congress had jurisdiction in such matters.

Religion
The U.S. Supreme Court ordered new trials for two Jehovah's Witnesses sentenced to five years in prison as conscientious objectors, stating that they were not allowed to challenge draft classifications which barred their deferment as ministers.

Health
The U.S. Office of Temporary Controls dropped distribution control of penicillin.

Agriculture
The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization reported that a food crisis still confronted the world, with food production still below pre-World War II levels.

Economics and finance
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that collection of federal social security taxes from bankrupt companies had priority over state taxes.

General Lucius Clay, deputy U.S. military governor in Germany, protested a French decision to set up a customs barrier between the Saar and the rest of Germany.

The U.K. announced that it would send a Treasury delegation to India to negotiate the settlement of India's wartime debt of $5.2 billion.

Sport
An Associated Press poll of sportswriters named Babe Didrikson Zaharias as the outstanding female athlete of 1946 in the United States.

70 years ago
1951

On television tonight
Out There, on CBS
Tonight's episode: The Man, starring Florence Anglin, Philip Bourneuf, and Stewart Bradley

World events
A Hungarian military court imposed fines totalling $120,000 on four U.S. fliers shot down in November in a C-47 transport plane.

Bolivia exiled 15 right-wing extremists arrested for participating in a recent revolutionary plot.

Labour
Hungary denied a British Broadcasting Corporation report that 80 Hungarian coal miners had been shot for organizing a work slowdown in the Tatabanya mines.

Football
NFL
Championship
Cleveland 17 @ Los Angeles 24

Just 25 seconds after Ken Carpenter's 5-yard touchdown rush, converted by Lou Groza, had brought the Browns into a 17-17 tie midway through the 4th quarter, Rams' quarterback Norm Van Brocklin completed a 73-yard touchdown pass to Tom Fears, converted by Bob Waterfield, to provide the winning margin before 59,475 fans at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. After a scoreless 1st quarter, Dick Hoerner of the Rams opened the scoring in the 2nd quarter with a 1-yard touchdown rush, converted by Mr. Waterfield. Mr. Groza got Cleveland on the scoreboard with a 52-yard field goal, a record length for an NFL championship game. The Browns took a 10-7 halftime lead on a 17-yard touchdown pass from Otto Graham to Dub Jones, converted by Mr. Groza. In the 3rd quarter, Mr. Graham fumbled when hit by the Rams' Larry Brink, and Andy Robustelli returned the ball from the Cleveland 24-yard line to the 2. Three plays later, Dan Towler rushed 1 yard for a touchdown, and Mr. Waterfield's convert gave Los Angeles a 14-10 lead going into the 4th quarter. The lead became 17-10 when Mr. Waterfield kicked a 17-yard field goal. It was the first NFL championship game to be televised from coast-to-coast in the United States. It was broadcast on the DuMont network (which had paid $95,000 to the NFL for the rights), with Harry Wismer and Earl Gillespie as the announcers.



60 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): My Boomerang Won't Come Back--Charlie Drake (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy: La ballata della tromba--Nini Rosso

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Weiße Rosen aus Athen--Nana Mouskouri (10th week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (Dutch Top 40): I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door--Eddie Hodges (2nd week at #1)

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

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 The Lion Sleeps Tonight--The Tokens (3rd week at #1)
2 Please Mr. Postman--The Marvelettes
3 Walk on By--Leroy Van Dyke
4 Run to Him--Bobby Vee
5 The Twist--Chubby Checker
6 Goodbye Cruel World--James Darren
7 Can't Help Falling in Love--Elvis Presley
8 Peppermint Twist - Part I--Joey Dee & the Starliters
9 Moon River--Jerry Butler
--Henry Mancini, his Orchestra and Chorus
10 Let There Be Drums--Sandy Nelson

Singles entering the chart were Irresistible You (#76)/Multiplication (#80) by Bobby Darin; Pocketful of Miracles by Frank Sinatra (#92); Do-Re-Mi by Lee Dorsey (#93); and But on the Other Hand Baby by Ray Charles and his Orchestra (#100).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CFUN)
1 Norman--Sue Thompson
2 The Wanderer--Dion
3 The Twist--Chubby Checker
4 Walkin' with My Angel--Bobby Vee
5 Run to Him--Bobby Vee
6 Hey! Little Girl--Del Shannon
7 Jingle Bell Rock--Bobby Helms
--Bobby Rydell/Chubby Checker
8 Peppermint Twist--Joey Dee & the Starliters
--Danny Peppermint and the Jumping Jacks
9 The Lion Sleeps Tonight--The Tokens
10 Walkin' Back to Happiness--Helen Shapiro

Singles entering the chart were Dear Ivan by Jimmy Dean (#16); Percolator (Twist) by Billy Joe & the Checkmates (#32); Well I'm Your Man by Johnny Tillotson (#40); Lucky Star by Gene Vincent (#44); and What are You Doing New Year's Eve by Dante and the Evergreens (#50). Well I'm Your Man was the B-side of Dreamy Eyes, charting at #27.

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKWX)
1 The Twist--Chubby Checker (2nd week at #1)
2 The Wanderer/The Majestic--Dion
3 Peppermint Twist--Joey Dee & the Starliters
4 Walkin' with My Angel/Run to Him--Bobby Vee
5 Six White Boomers--Rolf Harris
6 The Lion Sleeps Tonight--The Tokens
7 Norman--Sue Thompson
8 Jingle Bell Rock--Bobby Rydell/Chubby Checker
--Bobby Helms
9 Gypsy Rover--The Highwaymen
10 Multiplication--Bobby Darin

Singles entering the chart were Memories of Maria by Jerry Byrd and his Guitar (#19); Dear Ivan by Jimmy Dean (#26); Walkin' Back to Happiness by Helen Shapiro (#28); Percolator (Twist) by Billy Joe & the Checkmates (#30); Let Me Down Easy by the Glaser Brothers (#33); Just a Little Bit Sweet by Charlie Rich (#38); Milk and Honey by Eddie Fisher (#39); and Love is the Sweetest Thing by Saverio Saridis (#40).

Died on this date
Carolyn Sherwin Bailey, 86. U.S. authoress. Miss Bailey wrote short stories and novels for children in a career spanning more than 40 years. Her novel Miss Hickory (1946) was awarded the 1947 Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature.

Kurt Meyer, 51. German SS officer. SS-Brigadeführer Meyer joined the Nazi Party in September 1930, and joined the SS in October 1931. He participated in numerous campaigns in World War II, and several times ordered the mass murders of civilians and prisoners of war, receiving a death sentence for ordering the murders of Canadian POWs in the Ardenne Abbey massacre in 1944. SS-Brigadeführer Meyer's sentence was commuted to 14 years, and he was released on good behaviour in 1951. He became active in Hilfsgemeinschaft auf Gegenseitigkeit der Angehörigen der ehemaligen Waffen-SS (HIAG), a lobby group dedicated to rehaibilitating the reputation of the SS. SS-Brigadeführer Meyer suffered from heart and kidney disease in later years, and died on his 51st birthday, after a series of strokes.

50 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in France (IFOP): Le rire du sergent--Michel Sardou (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): O Holy Night--Tommy Drennan

Died on this date
Glenn Wallichs, 61. U.S. businessman. Mr. Wallichs opened several radio stores and two recording studios in the Los Angeles area before opening Wallichs Music City at the corner of Sunset and Vine in Hollywood in 1940. It became the largest record store in southern California and the world's largest specialty record store. On February 7, 1942, Mr. Wallichs and songwriters Johnny Mercer and Buddy DeSylva founded Capitol Records. Mr. Wallichs left the record store in 1946 in charge of his brother Clyde, and eventually became chairman of Capitol Industries. He died after a long illness.

Politics and government
Nationalist China's governing Kuomintang announced that the first national elections since 1947 would be held in May 1972. President Chiang Kai-shek had always refused to hold elections pending his government's return to mainland China, when all Chinese could participate.

Health
U.S. President Richard Nixon signed a bill to implement a much-expanded research attack on cancer. 137 guests, including many research scientists, were at the White House for the occasion.

Economics and finance
The Canadian Parliament passed the Capital Gains Tax, effective January 1, 1972, Valuation Day.

Quebec Finance Minister Raymond Garneau announced to the National Assembly a provincial tax policy aimed at harmonizing Quebec's tax laws with those of Canada.

40 years ago
1981

Politics and government
Historian George Francis Gillman Stanley of Sackville took office as Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, succeeding Hédard Robichaud.

30 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Piece of My Wish--Miki Imai (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Live and Let Die--Guns N' Roses

#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Let's Talk About Sex--Salt-N-Pepa (6th week at #1)

Politics and government
A Gallup Poll reported that support for sovereignty-association in Québec has dropped to 47% from 61% in May 1990.

Business
Toronto-based Grafton-Fraser announced its intention to close 221 Jack Fraser, George Richards, Grafton & Co, Madison, and Bimini stores, eliminating 1,700 full-time and part-time jobs.

25 years ago
1996

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Child--Mark Owen (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Norway (VG-lista): Don't Speak--No Doubt

#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Time to Say Goodbye--Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Canada (RPM): Head Over Feet--Alanis Morissette (6th week at #1)

20 years ago
2001

Died on this date
Bola Ige, 71. Nigerian politician. Mr. Ige, a Yoruba, was a lawyer before entering politics; he was Commissioner for Agriculture (1967-1970) in the Western Region of Nigeria in the military government of General Yakubu Gowon. Mr. Ige joined the Unity Party of Nigeria in the late 1970s, and was Governor of Oyo State (1979-1983). He was defeated in his bid for re-election, successfully challenged the result, but was deposed by a coup led by Generals Muhammadu Buhari and Tunde Idiagbon. Mr. Ige was accused of enriching himself with party funds and was detained for two years, but was released in 1985 and resumed his law practice. When democracy was returned to Nigeria in 1999, Mr. Ige returned to politics as a member of the Alliance for Democracy, serving as Nigeria's Minister of Power and Steel (1999-2000) in the government of President Olusegun Obasanjo. He was appointed Minister of Justice and Attorney in January 2000; in November 2001 he declared that the Sokoto State government would not be allowed to enforce the death penalty by stoning against Safiya Hussaini, a woman convicted of adultery. Mr. Ige was entangled in squabbles within the Alliance for Democracy, which resulted in the murder of Osun State legislator Odunayo Olagbaju, the week before Mr. Ige was gunned down at his home in Ibadan. All those charged in Mr. Ige's murder were acquitted.

Politics and government
Adolfo Rodriguez Saa was sworn in as interim President of Argentina, and immediately announced the suspension of payment on the external debt in the biggest debt default in history.

10 years ago
2011

Died on this date
Bill Hall, 65. U.S. broadcaster. Mr. Hall was a weatherman and anchorman with Nashville television station WSMV from 1974-2005.

December 22, 2021

1,620 years ago
401

Religion
Innocent I was elected Roman Catholic Pope, three days after the death of his father Pope Anastasius I. Innocent I remains the only man to succeed his father as Bishop of Rome.

380 years ago
1641

Died on this date
Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully, 81. Chief Minister of France, 1589-1611. The Duke of Sully served in the Protestant army as a teenager during the religious wars in the 1570s. As Chief Minister, Superintendent of Finances, and adviser to King Henri IV, he built a strong centralized administrative system in France using coercion and highly effective new administrative techniques, but was unpopular, and his power was weakened after the assassination of King Henri in 1610. The Duke of Sully resigned in 1611, and died nine days after his 81st birthday.

325 years ago
1696

Born on this date
James Oglethorpe. U.K. military officer and politician. Mr. Oglethorpe was a general who fought with Holy Roman Empire forces in the Austro-Turkish War (1716-1718) before returning to England. A Tory, he represented Haslemere in the House of Commons (1722-1754). As chairman of the Gaols Committee in 1729, he recommended creating a buffer colony in British North America between the Carolinas and Florida, to be settled by those released from debtors' prisons. Mr. Oglethorpe thus founded Georgia, serving as its first Governor (1732-1743). He returned to England after an unsuccessful siege of St. Augustine, Florida, was unsuccessful in leading British troops in the Jacobite rising of 1745, and served undercover in the Prussian Army during the Seven Years' War. Mr. Oglethorpe died on June 30, 1785 at the age of 88.

170 years ago
1851

Transportation
India's first freight train was operated in Roorkee to transport material for the construction of the Ganges Canal.

130 years ago
1891

Died on this date
Paul de Lagarde, 64. German orientalist. Professor Lagarde, born Paul Bötticher, taught oriental languages at the University of Göttingen. He was the most renowned scholar of the Septuagint in the 19th century, but he rejected the Bible as the Word of God, and opposed Christianity and Jews, advocating a German folkish religion, racial Darwinism, and German imperialism within Europe. Prof. Lagarde's ideas influenced Nazi ideology, especially that of theorist Alfred Rosenberg.

Space
Asteroid 323 Brucia became the first asteroid to be discovered using photography.

120 years ago
1901

Born on this date
Andre Kostelanetz. Russian-born orchestra conductor. Mr. Kostelanetz moved to the United States in 1922, and began conducting orchestras on radio. He had his own program, Andre Kostelanetz Presents, in the 1930s, but was best known for the many albums of "easy listening" music that he conducted from the 1940s until his death on January 13, 1980, 22 days after his 78th birthday, which resulted from pneumonia contracted while on vacation in Haiti, 13 days after conducting a New Year's Eve concert in San Francisco.

100 years ago
1921

Born on this date
Hawkshaw Hawkins. U.S. musician. Harold Franklin Hawkins was a country singer, songwriter, and guitarist who was popular in the late '40s and early '50s, recording such hits as Pan American (1948); Dog House Boogie (1948); Slow Poke (1951); and Lonesome 7-7203 (1963), which reached #1 on the Billboard country chart several weeks after his death on March 5, 1963 at the age of 41 in a plane crash that also took the lives of fellow artists Patsy Cline and Cowboy Copas.

Dimitri Fampas. Greek musician and composer. Mr. Fampas was a classical guitarist who had a national and international performing and recording career spanning more than 35 years. He taught at the National Conservatory of Athens, with his students winning several dozen international awards. Mr. Fampas created two guitar orchestras, and composed more than 200 guitar works. He died on May 3, 1996 at the age of 74.

Academia
Visva-Bharati College, now Visva Bharati University, opened in Shantiniketan, West Bengal, India.

90 years ago
1931

Television
The first experimental broadcast from a transmitter atop the Empire State Building in New York City took place. The transmitter was put up by NBC on October 30, 1931.

80 years ago
1941

Died on this date
Karel Hašler, 62. Czech entertainer. Mr. Hašler was an actor, director, singer, and songwriter who acted in plays and operated various cabarets in a career that began in the late 1890s. He appeared in silent and sound films from 1914-1941. Mr. Hašler's patriotic songs led to his arrest by the Gestapo in September 1941; he was taken to Malthausen concentration camp in Germany, where he was tortured to death.

War
Japanese troops captured Wake Island--2,000 miles west of Honolulu--after two weeks of attacks; the island had been garrisoned by fewer than 400 U.S. Marines. 80,000-100,000 Japanese troops attempted to land around Lingayen on the Philippine island of Luzon at dawn under strong naval air escort. Marshal Klementy Voroshilov was named commander of Soviet troops in the Far East. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the amended Selective Service bill under which men aged 20-44 would be subject to military service. The U.S. War Department reported that 273 fifth columnists had been arrested among the 35,000 Japanese aliens in Hawaii.

Diplomacy
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrived in Washington with an 86-man delegation to discuss with U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt all questions relevant to the concerted war effort.

Labour
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-0 that an employer had the right to express his views on labour unions so long as he did not attempt to coerce his employees.

U.S. troops were withdrawn from strike duty in San Francisco. About 495 of 3,000 welders on the day shift continued picketing.

75 years ago
1946

Movies
Humphrey Bogart signed a record 15-year contract with Warner Brothers.

Defense
The U.S. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics revealed the development of "Tiamat," an experimental winged rocket missile with a speed of 600 miles per hour.

Politics and government
The Polish government reported that the Peasant Party had been allowed to file candidates for the forthcoming elections in all 52 electoral districts.

British Viceroy of India Sir Archibald Wavell returned to New Delhi from conferences in London.

Economics and finance
U.K. and U.S.S.R. officials in Germany signed a three-month agreement by which the Soviet zone would furnish grain, forage, fuel, and wood pulp to the British zone in return for iron, steel, and tires.

Football
AAFC
Championship @ Cleveland Stadium
New York 9 @ Cleveland 14

Otto Graham's 16-yard touchdown pass to Dante Lavelli, converted by Lou Groza, with 4:13 remaining in regulation time, gave the Browns their victory over the Yankees before 40,469 fans on a snowy day to end the first season of the All-America Football Conference. Marion Motley rushed 1 yard for the other Cleveland touchdown in the 2nd quarter. Harvey Johnson's 11-yard field goal gave New York a 3-0 lead in the 1st quarter. Spec Sanders rushed 2 yards for a touchdown in the 3rd quarter to give the Yankees a 9-7 lead, but Mr. Johnson missed the convert--his only such miss of the season.

70 years ago
1951

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

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): It's No Sin--Eddy Howard and his Orchestra (Best Seller--2nd week at #1; Disc Jockey--6th week at #1); Cold, Cold Heart--Tony Bennett (Jukebox--3rd week at #1);

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

Singles entering the chart were Any Time by Eddie Fisher (#20) and If Wishes were Kisses by Perry Como (#32).

Died on this date
Henry G. Bennett, 65. U.S. academic. Dr. Bennett was president of Southeastern Oklahoma State University (1919-1928) and Oklahoma A&M College (1928-1951). While still holding the latter office, he was appointed by U.S. President Harry Truman in November 1950 as the first director of the Point Four Program, a technical assistance program for backward nations. While on a visit to Iran to discuss U.S. technical aid with Iranian officials, Dr. Bennett was killed, eight days after his 65th birthday, along with his wife and 20 members of his staff, in a plane crash near Tehran.

War
U.S. negotiators at Panmunjom told the Communists that 37,000 South Koreans found among Communist prisoners of war would not be returned to North Korea in a prisoner exchange.

Politics and government
The Greek Parliament approved a constitutional amendment permitting suspension of the rights of assembly and association by the King with parliamentary approval.

Oil
Following British rejection of the 10-day limit for ordering Iranian oil, Iran concluded an oil supply agreement with Czechoslovakia.

Labour
U.S. President Truman referred the steel industry dispute to the Wage Stabilization Board, urging the United Steel Workers of America not to disrupt production.

60 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Tower of Strength--Frankie Vaughan (4th week at #1)

On television tonight
The Twilight Zone, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Five Characters in Search of an Exit, starring William Windom, Murray Matheson, Susan Harrison, Kelton Garwood, and Clark Allen

Died on this date
Dick Elliott, 75. U.S. actor. Mr. Elliott was a character actor who appeared in more than 240 films, often as blustery characters, in a career spanning almost 30 years. He played Mayor Pike in 11 episodes of the first season of The Andy Griffith Show (1960-1961). Mr. Elliott died of cardiovacular disease on December 22, 1961.

50 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)--Benny Hill (4th week at #1)

At the movies
Eagle in a Cage, directed by Fielder Cook, and starring Kenneth Haigh, John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, and Billie Whitelaw, opened in theatres in Los Angeles.



Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Elena!

30 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Black or White--Michael Jackson (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: Black or White--Michael Jackson (4th week at #1)

Austria's Top 10 (Ö3)
1 Let's Talk About Sex!--Salt-N-Pepa (6th week at #1)
2 Black or White--Michael Jackson
3 Do the Limbo Dance--David Hasselhoff
4 Any Dream Will Do--Jason Donovan
5 Always Look on the Bright Side of Life--Monty Python
6 (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams
7 Jambo--Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung
8 Love to Hate You--Erasure
9 Something Got Me Started--Simply Red
10 I'm Too Sexy--Right Said Fred

Singles entering the chart were Bitterblue by Bonnie Tyler (#22); Way of the World by Tina Turner (#27); and You by Ten Sharp (#29).

World events
Armed opposition groups launched a military coup against Georgian President Zviad Gamsakhurdia.

25 years ago
1996

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

#1 single in Austria (Ö3): Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)--Backstreet Boys (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: Verpiss' dich--Tic Tac Toe (2nd week at #1)

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

Disasters
Airborne Express Flight 827, a functional evaluation flight of an Airborne Express Douglas DC-8-63F that had undergone a major modification, en route from Greensboro, North Carolina, over New River Valley Airport in Pulaski County, Virginia, then to Beckley, West Virginia, followed by other way points in Kentucky and Virginia, and then back to Greensboro, stalled and crashed near Narrows, Virginia, killing all 6 people--3 crew and 3 passengers--aboard.

Hockey
NHL
Los Angeles (12-19-4) 4 @ St. Louis (16-19-1) 7

Brett Hull became the 24th player in National Hockey League history to score 500 career goals when he notched a hat trick for the Blues in their victory over the Kings at Kiel Center. He joined his father Bobby as the only father-son combination to score 500 goals apiece.



20 years ago
2001

Politics and government
Burhanuddin Rabbani, political leader of the Northern Alliance, handed over power in Islamic State of Afghanistan to the interim government headed by President Hamid Karzai.

Terrorism
American Airlines Flight 63, a Boeing 767-300ER en route from Paris to Miami with 197 passengers and crew aboard, made an emergency landing in Boston after passengers subdued passenger Richard Reid, who was attempting to ignite the soles of his shoes, which were filled with explosives.

10 years ago
2011

Economics and finance
The Supreme Court of Canada unanimously ruled against the federal government's attempt to establish a national securities regulator, holding that the federal government couldn't usurp the jurisdiction of provinces in the day-to-day aspect of professional licensing and policing.

December 11, 2021

1,660 years ago
361

Politics and government
A month after succeeding Constantius II, Julian entered Constantinople as sole Emperor of the Roman Empire.

1,160 years ago
861

Died on this date
Al-Mutawakkil, 39. Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate, 847-861. Al-Mutawakkil ʽalà Allāh succeeded his older half-brother al-Wathiq. The Abbasid Empire reached its territorial height under Al-Mutawakkil's reign, and he ended the persecution of many Islamic scholars, while being less tolerant toward non-Muslims. Al-Mutawakkil had his Turkic commander-in-chief killed, which contributed to his unpopularity. He was assassinated along with his secretary, Al-Fath ibn Khaqan, 43-44 (?), by the Turkish guard, who raised Al-Mutawakkil's eldest son al-Muntasir to the throne, beginning the period of civil strife known as "Anarchy at Samarra."

780 years ago
1241

Died on this date
Ögedei Khan, 55 (?). Emperor of the Mongol Empire, 1229-1241. Ögedei Khan, the third son of Genghis Khan, acceded to the throne upon the death of his father. He continued his father's expansion of the empire, which reached its farthest extent west and south during the Mongol invasions of Europe and conquests of China. Ögedei Khan's wife Töregene Khatun succeeded him as regent until the election of their son Güyük Khan in 1246.

130 years ago
1891

Diplomacy
Two months after the brawl between American sailors and Chilean nationals outside the True Blue Saloon in Valparaiso, Chilean Foreign Minister Manuel Matta declared that the U.S. government was insincere, wrong, and bellicose.

110 years ago
1911

Born on this date
Val Guest. U.K. film director and screenwriter. Mr. Guest, born Valmond Grossman, began writing comedy films in the mid-1930s, and began directing them in 1942. He began working with Hammer Films in the mid-1950s, and the success of The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) influenced Hammer in the direction of horror films. Mr. Guest and Wolf Mankowitz share the BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay for The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961), which Mr. Guest directed and co-produced. He was one of five directors of Casino Royale (1967), and worked in television as well as cinema in later years, retiring in the mid-1980s. Mr. Guest died of prostate cancer on May 10, 2006 at the age of 94.

Naguib Mahfouz. Egyptian author. Mr. Mahfouz wrote 34 novels and over 350 short stories. He was awarded the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature as a writer "who, through works rich in nuance - now clear-sightedly realistic, now evocatively ambiguous - has formed an Arabian narrative art that applies to all mankind." Mr. Mahfouz died on August 30, 2016 at the age of 94.

Politics and government
Premier James Whitney led his governing Conservative Party to a third consecutive majority of seats in the Legislative Assembly in the Ontario provincial election. The Conservatives won 82 of 106 seats, a decline of 4 from before the election. The Liberal Party, led by Newton Rowell, took 22 seats, an increase of 3. The Labour Party and Liberal-Conservative Party each elected 1 candidate.

Law
Alberta brought in its first Motor Vehicles Act. The law set speed limit in towns and cities at 15 miles per hour, and at 20 mph in less settled areas; outside urban areas, drivers were required to slow down to 6 mph when approaching or passing pedestrians and horses, and to assist any horseman who required assistance. Drivers were required to take out a license, must be over 16 years of age if a boy, or over 18 if a young lady.

100 years ago
1921

Born on this date
Liz Smith. U.K. actress. Miss Smith, whose real name was Betty Gleadle, was a character actress in numerous television comedy series and several movies from 1969-2013. She died on December 24, 2016, 13 days after her 95th birthday.

Football
APFA
Canton (4-2-3) 0 @ Chicago Staleys (9-1) 10
Cleveland (3-5) 0 @ Washington (1-1) 7

90 years ago
1931

Law
King George V gave royal assent to the Statute of Westminster, establishing legislative equality for self-governing dominions within the British Empire. A noticeable effect of the statute was that countries such as Canada, Australia, and New Zealand would decide for themselves whether to go to war rather than having that decided for them by Great Britain.

Religion
Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, 48, succeeded Monsignor Félix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau as Roman Catholic Archbishop of Quebec. He remained in office until January 17, 1947.

80 years ago
1941

Died on this date
John Gillespie Magee, Jr., 19. U.K. military aviator and poet. Pilot Officer Magee, born in Shanghai to Anglican missionary parents, grew up in England, and was visiting the United States when World War II began. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force, and was sent to England after training in Ontario. P.O. Magee took part in four convoy patrols in November and December 1941 before being killed in an accidental collision with an Airspeed Oxford trainer flying out of RAF Cranwell, piloted by Leading Aircraftman/Pilot Under-Training Ernest Aubrey Griffin, 19, who was also killed in the collision. P.O. Magee is best known for his poem High Flight (1941), which has been frequently quoted on the occasion of disasters; U.S. President Ronald Reagan recited the poem after the explosion of the U.S. space shuttle Challenger in 1986.

War
Germany and Italy declared war on the United States (hear audio here, here, and here), while Italian Duce Benito Mussolini told a crowd of 150,000 at the Piazza Venezia in Rome that Italy was at war with the United States. The text of the Axis pact among Germany, Italy, and Japan was disclosed by German Fuehrer Adolf Hitler; it committed the three Axis powers to a joint war against the United States and United Kingdom, and precluded a separate peace. The U.S. Congress responded in kind, unanimously declaring war on Germany and Italy. The U.S. Congress amended the Selective Service Act to permit sending troops outside the Western Hemisphere and to extend the terms of all soldiers until six months after the end of the war. U.S. Senator Charles Tobey (Republican--New Hampshire) demanded that Navy Secretary Frank Knox be removed from office after the "unspeakable disaster" at Pearl Harbor. The America First Committee announced that it was dissolving and urged its supporters "to give their full support to the war effort...until peace is attained." Poland declared war on the Empire of Japan, while Cuba, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Guatemala, and the Dominican Republic declared war on Germany and Italy. Australian Prime Minister John Curtin announced in Melbourne that all single men aged 18-45 and married men aged 18-35 would be required to register for military service under the new draft laws. In the Battle of Hong Kong, D Company of the Winnipeg Grenadiers was dispatched to the mainland to strengthen the Gin Drinkers' Line against the Japanese invaders and saw some action, thus becoming the First Canadian Army unit to fight in the Far East. At midday, General Maltby ordered the mainland troops to withdraw to the island; the Winnipeg Grenadiers covered the Royal Scots' withdrawal down the Kowloon Peninsula. The Imperial Japanese Navy suffered its first loss of surface vessels during the Battle of Wake Island.

Politics and government
Democratic National Committee Chairman Edward J. Flynn and Republican National Committee Chairman Joseph Martin pledged to call off politics in the United States for the duration of the war.

Religion
A plan to merge eight of the largest Protestant interdenominational agencies in the United States and Canada was presented at the Conference on the Cooperation of Interdenominational Agencies.

Economics and finance
Trading in German, Italian, and Japanese securities on the New York Stock Exchange was suspended "until further notice."

75 years ago
1946

War
Iranian forces occupied Mianeh in Azerbaijan, ending the province's autonomy. Azerbaijani nationalist leader Jaafar Pishevari ordered his forces to surrender, and fled to Russia.

World events
Venezuelan President Romulo Betancourt announced that a day-old military revolt against the government had been crushed and that there would be no executions.

Diplomacy
Speaking at the World Zionist Congress in Basel, Switzerland, Vice President Emanuel Neumann of the Zionist Organization of America rejected negotiations with the United Kingdom and said that Zionists must depend on American influence and the armed strength of Palestinian Jews.

A four-day All-Slav Congress ended in Belgrade after adopting a resolution to create a cultural alliance of five Slavic nations: Russia; Bulgaria; Czechoslovakia; Poland; and Yugoslavia.

The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) was established.

Law
The United States Army in Germany announced a lifting of the ban against marriage of American soldiers to German girls.

Economics and finance
The U.S. House of Representatives Special Committee on Post-War Economic Policy and Planning issued its final report, recommending lower income taxes, continued rent controls, and "constructive, but not punitive" labour legislation. Former U.S. Office of Price Administration head Paul Porter was named leader of a State Department economic mission to Greece.

Labour
The U.S. Congress of Industrial Organizations released a market analysis report stating that "total corporate business can support a 25% increase in wages" without raising prices. CIO President Philip Murray said that unions would use the report as a "guidepost" in wage talks.

70 years ago
1951

On television tonight
Suspense, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Mediation in Mexico

War
Communist negotiators at Panmunjom agreed to start discussing a prisoner exchange.

Defense
Big Four representatives at the United Nations General Assembly reached agreement on the formation of a new Atomic Energy and Conventional Armaments Commission, to be drawn from Security Council members plus Canada with the task of considering arms control plans.

The European Consultative Assembly in Strasbourg endorsed plans for a supranational authority to control the proposed European Army.

Politics and government
The Argentine government ordered the arrest of oppositional Radical Party leader Ricardo Balbin for failing to appear in court to answer charges of showing disrespect to President Juan Peron during the recent presidential election campaign.

East Germany opposed proposals for a United Nations study on the possibility of holding all-German elections as a step toward German reunification.

Alabama adopted a state constitutional amendment giving county registrars authority to determine who may vote. Negroes charged that the measure would curb their voting rights.

Economics and finance
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees urged the General Assembly to approve a $250-million land development program intended to make Arab refugees from Israel self-sufficient by 1954.

60 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Moliendo Café--Lucho Gatica (4th week at #1)

#1 single in France (IFOP): L'Auto-circulation--Henri Tisot (6th week at #1)

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

Singles entering the chart were Jambalaya (On the Bayou) by Fats Domino (#63); Dear Lady Twist by Gary (U.S.) Bonds (#65); Jingle Bell Rock by Bobby Rydell/Chubby Checker (#71); Baby's First Christmas by Connie Francis (#73); Twistin' U.S.A. by Chubby Checker (#78); Maria by Roger Williams (#86); Just Got to Know by Jimmy McCracklin (#88); But on the Other Hand Baby by Ray Charles and his Orchestra (#94); Irresistible You by Bobby Darin (#95); Letter Full of Tears by Gladys Knight & the Pips (#99); and Flying Circle by Frank Slay & his Orchestra (#100). But on the Other Hand Baby was the B-side of Unchain My Heart, charting at #26.

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

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Carleton Hobbs and Norman Shelley, on BBC
Tonight's episode: The Resident Patient

On television tonight
The Mike Douglas Show, on KYW

This was the first broadcast of the long-running talk and music program, which was originally just broadcast locally in Cleveland.

Thriller, hosted by Boris Karloff, on NBC
Tonight's episode: The Return of Andrew Bentley, starring John Newland, Antoinette Bower, Philip Bourneuf, and Terence de Marney



World events
Adolf Eichmann, head of the Nazi Jewish Bureau in Germany during World War II, was convicted in an Israeli court on all 15 counts. He had been kidnapped and spirited out of Argentina in 1960, and had been charged with 7 "crimes against humanity," 4 "crimes against the Jewish people," 3 based on his membership in the Nazi party, and 1 classified as a "war crime." The charges were:

1/Causing the enslavement, deportation and murder of Jews;
2/Causing the deaths of millions of Jews;
3/Putting millions of Jews in ghettos, labour and concentration camps with the aim of destroying them (the Jews, that is);
4/Sending thousands of Gypsies to extermination camps;
5/Causing the inhuman treatment, deportation and murder of Jews in Axis-occupied areas;
6/Inflicting physical and mental harm on millions of Jews;
7/Planning a program for sterilization of Jews;
8/Deporting 100 Czechoslovakian children from Lidice to Poland, where they were killed;
9/Persecuting Jews on religious, racial, political and national grounds;
10/Appropriating Jewish property by force;
11/Deporting over 500,000 Poles;
12/Deporting 14,000 Slovenes;
13/Being a member of the SS;
14/Being a member of the Nazi Security Police;
15/Being a member of the Gestapo.

The trial in Jerusalem, one of the most publicized trials in history, had lasted from April 11-August 14, 1961.

Americana
Former U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower was awarded the Freedom Foundation's Patriot's Medal.

Diplomacy
An assistant military attaché at the U.S.S.R.'s Canadian Embassy was expelled for receiving secret Canadian documents.

50 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in Rhodesia (Lyons Maid): Mammy Blue--Charisma (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Pensiero--Pooh

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

Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 Maggie May/Reason to Believe--Rod Stewart
2 Banks of the Ohio--Olivia Newton-John
3 Mammy Blue--Joel Dayde
4 Love is a Beautiful Song--Dave Mills
5 Speak to the Sky--Ricky Springfield
6 Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey--Paul & Linda McCartney
7 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves--Cher
8 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down--Joan Baez
9 Peace Train--Cat Stevens
10 Signs--Five Man Electrical Band

Singles entering the chart were Freedom Come, Freedom Go by the Fortunes (#22); Baby Without You by Johnny Farnham and Allison Durbin (#27); Daddy Cool (EP) by Daddy Cool (#28); Me and Bobby McGee by Charley Pride (#34); Till by Tom Jones (#34); and Love is a Beautiful Song by Barry Crocker (#40).

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

Singles entering the chart were Student Demonstration Time by the Beach Boys (#27); Johnny Reggae by the Piglets (#31); Des Chansons Pop by the Poppys (#34); Let's See Action by the Who (#36); and De Mosterdpot by Tony Bass (#37).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Family Affair--Sly & the Family Stone (2nd week at #1)
2 Theme from Shaft--Isaac Hayes
3 Have You Seen Her--Chi-Lites
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 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves--Cher
8 All I Ever Need is You--Sonny & Cher
9 Brand New Key--Melanie
10 The Desiderata--Les Crane

Singles entering the chart were Anticipation by Carly Simon (#61); Sugar Daddy by the Jackson 5 (#72); Those were the Days by Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton (as the Bunkers) (#73); After All this Time by Merry Clayton (#84); Way Back Home (Vocal) by Jr. Walker and the All-Stars (#85); Everybody Knows About My Good Thing Pt 1 by Little Johnny Taylor (#86); Love Potion Number Nine by the Coasters (#88); Take it Slow (Out in the Country) by Lighthouse (#89); That's the Way I Feel About Cha by (The Preacher) Bobby Womack (& Peace) (#91); Get Up and Get Down by the Dramatics (#92); Five Hundred Miles by Heaven Bound with Tony Scotti (#94); No Good to Cry by the Poppy Family (#96); Ain't Understanding Mellow by Jerry Butler and Brenda Lee Eager (#97); Long Time to Be Alone by the New Colony Six (#99); and The Harder I Try (The Bluer I Get) by the Free Movement (#100). Those were the Days was the opening theme from the television comedy series All in the Family.

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Family Affair--Sly and the Family Stone (3rd week at #1)
2 Theme from Shaft--Isaac Hayes
3 Baby I'm-A Want You--Bread
4 Brand New Key-Melanie
5 Got to Be There--Michael Jackson
6 Have You Seen Her--Chi-Lites
7 Rock Steady--Aretha Franklin
8 Cherish--David Cassidy
9 An Old Fashioned Love Song--Three Dog Night
10 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves--Cher

Singles entering the chart included Sugar Daddy by the Jackson 5 (#60); It's One of Those Nights by the Partridge Family (#65); Make Me the Woman that You Go Home To by Gladys Knight and the Pips (#71); No Sad Song by Helen Reddy (#80); You Make Your Own Heaven and Hell Right Here on Earth by the Undisputed Truth (#84); Love Gonna Pack Up (And Walk Out) by the Persuaders (#86); Without You by Nilsson (#87); Take it Slow (Out in the Country) by Lighthouse (#88); The Harder I Try (The Bluer I Get) by the Free Movement (#91); No Good to Cry by the Poppy Family (#94); and Once You Understand by Think (#95).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Record World)
1 Have You Seen Her--Chi-Lites
2 Family Affair--Sly and the Family Stone
3 Baby I'm-A Want You--Bread
4 Got to Be There--Michael Jackson
5 An Old Fashioned Love Song--Three Dog Night
6 Rock Steady--Aretha Franklin
7 Imagine--John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
8 Cherish--David Cassidy
9 Brand New Key-Melanie
10 All I Ever Need is You--Sonny & Cher

Singles entering the chart were It's One of Those Nights by the Partridge Family (#65); Levon by Elton John (#72); Men are Getting Scarce by Chairmen of the Board (#76); Devil You by the Stampeders (#78); Make Me the Woman that You Go Home To by Gladys Knight & the Pips (#82); George Jackson by Bob Dylan (#84); So Many People by Chase (#85); Everybody Knows About My Good Thing Pt 1 by Little Johnny Taylor (#87); Truckin' by the Grateful Dead (#88); You Make Your Own Heaven and Hell Right Here on Earth by the Undisputed Truth (#89); Take it Slow (Out in the Country) by Lighthouse (#90); Way Back Home (Vocal) by Jr. Walker and the All-Stars (#95); You Keep Me Holding On by Tyrone Davis (#96); Number Wonderful by Rock Flowers (#98); and Don't Say You Don't Remember by Beverly Bremers (#99).

Canada’s Top 10 (RPM)
1 Theme from Shaft--Isaac Hayes
2 Family Affair--Sly and the Family Stone
3 Got to Be There--Michael Jackson
4 The Desiderata--Les Crane
5 Baby I'm-A Want You--Bread
6 Two Divided by Love--The Grass Roots
7 An Old Fashioned Love Song--Three Dog Night
8 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves--Cher
9 Imagine--John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
10 Peace Train--Cat Stevens

Singles entering the chart were I Can Smell that Funky Music by Eric Mercury (#75); George Jackson by Bob Dylan (#77); Levon by Elton John (#89); It's One of Those Nights by the Partridge Family (#90); An American Trilogy by Mickey Newbury (#91); Anticipation by Carly Simon (#93); Fly Across the Sea by Edward Bear (#94); Treat Me Like a Good Piece of Candy by Dusk (#95); Little Old Rock 'N' Roll Band by Billy Mysner (#97); Pain (Part 1) by Ohio Players (#98); and I'm Gonna Be a Country Girl Again by Buffy Sainte-Marie (#99).

Calgary's Top 10 (Glenn's Music)
1 Lonesome Mary--Chilliwack
2 The Desiderata--Les Crane
3 Baby I'm-A Want You--Bread
4 Do I Love You--Paul Anka
5 Everybody's Everything--Santana
6 Theme from Shaft--Isaac Hayes
7 Questions 67 and 68--Chicago
8 Got to Be There--Michael Jackson
9 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves--Cher
10 Bow Down to the Dollar--Joshua
Pick hit of the week: Take it Slow (Out in the Country)--Lighthouse

Died on this date
Maurice McDonald, 69. U.S. businessman. Mr. McDonald and his brother Richard founded the fast-food chain McDonald's, opening their first restaurant in San Bernardino, California in 1940, and franchising their system beginning in 1953. They hired Ray Kroc as their franchise agent in 1954, and sold the business to him in 1961. Maurice McDonald died of heart failure.

Football
NFL
Miami (9-3-1) 3 @ Baltimore (10-3) 14
Detroit (7-5-1) 10 @ Minnesota (10-3) 29

40 years ago
1981

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Ooa hela natten--Attack (4th week at #1)

#1 single in France (IFOP): Chi Mai--Ennio Morricone (3rd week at #1)

South Africa's Top 10 (Springbok Radio)
1 Endless Love--Diana Ross & Lionel Richie (3rd week at #1)
2 Urgent--Foreigner
3 Going Back to My Roots--Odyssey
4 It's My Party--Dave Stewart with Barbara Gaskin
5 It's You, It's You, It's You--Joe Dolan
6 Start Me Up--Rolling Stones
7 Green Door--Shakin' Stevens
8 Wired for Sound--Cliff Richard
9 Queen of Hearts--Juice Newton
10 Dancing on the Floor (Hooked on Love)--Third World

Singles entering the chart were Japanese Boy by Aneka (#19); and Young Turks by Rod Stewart (#20).

Abominations
Armed forces in El Salvador massacred an estimated 900 civilians around the village of El Mozote in an anti-guerrilla campaign during the Salvadoran Civil War.

Diplomacy
The United Nations Security Council chose Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru to be its fifth Secretary-General.

Boxing
Canadian heavyweight champion Trevor Berbick (20-2-1) won a 10-round unanimous decision over former world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali (56-5) at Queen Elizabeth Sports Centre in Nassau, Bahamas. For Mr. Ali, 39, it was his first fight since losing to current champion Larry Holmes 14 months earlier, and was the last fight in a professional career stretching back to 1960. A regular bell wasn't available for the fight, so a cowbell was used. The bout was broadcast on radio in Edmonton on CJCA, with Don Chevrier calling the blow-by-blow. Among the judges was former Canadian welterweight champion Clyde Gray.



30 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Black or White-- Michael Jackson (4th week at #1)

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

Died on this date
Robert Q. Lewis, 70. U.S. radio and television personality. Mr. Lewis, born Robert Goldberg, was known for his many appearances on radio and television quiz and game shows from the 1950s through the 1970s, sometimes as host, often as panelist. He died from emphysema.

Business
Miller Ayre announced the closing of the 60-store St. John's, Newfoundland-based Ayres retail chain, blaming the Goods and Services Tax imposed at the beginning of 1991 by the Progressive Conservative government of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. The company was 142 years old.

25 years ago
1996

Died on this date
Willie Rushton, 59. U.K. humourist. Mr. Rushton was a cartoonist and satirist who co-founded the magazine Private Eye in 1961. He was part of the cast of the satirical television program That Was the Week That Was (1962-1963), and was a panelist on the radio game show I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (1974-1996), among many other credits. Mr. Rushton died of a heart attack.

Labour
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/Société Radio-Canada President Perrin Beatty announced new cuts of $5.5 million and 378 employees.

20 years ago
2001

Died on this date
Mainza Chona, 71. Prime Minister of Zambia, 1973-1975, 1977-1978. Vice President of Zambia, 1970-1973. Mr. Chona, born Sikaye Chingula Namukamba, became the first president of the United National Independence Party (UNIP) in 1959, stepping down in favour of Kenneth Kaunda when Mr. Kaunda was released from prison in 1960. Mr. Chona served as National Secretary of UNIP (1961-1969); following Zambian independence in 1964, he held various cabinet posts until the constitution of the Second Republic came into effect in 1973. Mr. Chona served two terms as Prime Minister, but was removed from UNIP's central committee in 1981, and refused an appointment as Amassador to China. He changed his mind in 1984, and served as Zambian Ambassador to China (1984-1989) and Amassador to France (1989-1992). Mr. Chona died while undergoing dialysis in Johannesburg.

War
The government of Canada issued a statement of regret over the execution of 23 volunteer soldiers for cowardice or desertion during the First World War, and allowed the soldiers' names to be added to the Book of Remembrance on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.

Economics and finance
China joined the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Labour
Consignia, the company which ran the U.K. Post Office, announced that up to 30,000 Post Office workers could lose their jobs over the next 18 months.

10 years ago
2011

Died on this date
Susan Gordon, 62. U.S. actress. Miss Gordon, the daughter of director Bert I. Gordon, began appearing in television commercials at the age of 2, and appeared in numerous television programs as a child and teenager. She retired from acting in 1967, and died of thyroid cancer.

Politics and government
Economist Daniel Paillé was elected leader of the Bloc québécois, receiving 61.28% of the vote on the second ballot of the party's leadership convention in Quebec City. Maria Mourany, MP for Ahuntsic, finished second in the voting.

November 25, 2021

1,710 years ago
311

Died on this date
Peter I. Patriarch of Alexandria, 300-311. Peter I suucceeded Theonas as Patriarch of Alexandria, and spent time in prison and in exile during the persecution under Roman Emperor Diocletian in the early 300s. Peter I was succeeded by Achillas, and is revered as a saint in the Coptic Orthodox Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Roman Catholic Church.

530 years ago
1491

War
The siege of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, ended with the Treaty of Granada.

175 years ago
1846

Born on this date
Carrie Nation. U.S. social activist. Mrs. Nation, the wife of a minister, founded a local branch of the Women's Christian Temperance Union in Medicine Lodge, Kansas after the couple moved there in 1889. She, often accompanied by several followers, was arrested more than 30 times in the first decade of the 20th century for invading saloons in the Midwestern United States and using a hatchet to smash liquor bottles and bar fixtures. Mrs. Nation died at the age of 64 on June 9, 1911, shortly after collapsing while delivering a speech.

170 years ago
1851

Society
Sir George Williams officially opened a branch of the Young Men's Christian Association in St. Helen's Baptist Church in Montréal, a project of his old friend Francis Grafton, who had arrived in Montreal in 1847, and who drafted the Montréal YMCA’s first constitution. It opened two weeks before the first American YMCA in Boston, making it the first YMCA in North America.

140 years ago
1881

Born on this date
John XXIII. Roman Catholic Pope, 1958-1963. Born Angelo Roncalli, John XXIII succeeded Pius XII as pope and was best known for convening the Second Vatican Council in 1962. He died on June 3, 1963 at the age of 81.

125 years ago
1896

Born on this date
Virgil Thomson. U.S. composer. Mr. Thomson's works included scores for the films The Plow that Broke the Plains (1936); The River (1938); and Louisiana Story (1948), the last of which won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1949. He died on September 30, 1989 at the age of 92.

120 years ago
1901

Born on this date
Arthur Liebehenschel. German SS officer. SS Obersturmbannführer (Lieutenant Colonel) Liebehenschel joined the Nazi Party in 1932 and the SS in 1934, serving in the Death's Head Units. He was Lagerkommandant at the Auschwitz and Majdanek concentration camps in German-occupied Poland from 1943-1945. SS Obersturmbannführer Liebehenschel made some minor improvements for the prisoners, but was arrested by the U.S. Army and extradited to Poland, where he was convicted in 1947 of crimes against humanity and executed by hanging on January 24, 1948 at the age of 46.

110 years ago
1911

Football
CRU
Grey Cup @ Varsity Stadium, Toronto
University of Toronto 14 Toronto Argonauts 7

A crowd of 13,687, the largest to that date in Canadian football history, saw the Varsity Blues win the Grey Cup for third straight year. The game, played on a snowy day and a frozen field, was the first Grey Cup played at brand-new Varsity Stadium. Ross Binkley's single in the 1st quarter gave the Argonauts a 1-0 lead, but Allan Ramsay rushed 5 yards for a touchdown, converted by Jack Maynard, to give the Varsity Blues a 6-1 halftime lead. 2 more singles by Mr. Binkley reduced the Argonauts' deficit to 6-3, which became 7-3 on a single by Mr. Maynard. Mr. Binkley fumbled a punt while trying to run the ball out of his end zone, and Frank Knight recovered for a touchdown. Mr. Maynard's convert gave the Varsity Blues a 13-3 lead after 3 quarters. Mr. Binkley, who had been short on a field goal attempt in the 3rd quarter, was successful on a field goal attempt early in the 4th quarter to make the score 13-6. Mr. Mallett of the Argonauts and Mr. Maynard each added singles to make the score 14-7. Dr. A.B. Wright, who had replaced Harry Griffith that year, was the winning coach over Billy Foulds.

NCAA
Navy 3 Army 0 @ Franklin Field, Philadelphia

90 years ago
1931

On the radio
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Richard Gordon and Leigh Lovell, on NBC
Tonight's episode: A Study in Scarlet, Part 2

80 years ago
1941

Died on this date
Pedro Aguirre Cerda, 62. President of Chile, 1938-1941. Mr. Cerda, a member of the Radical Party, held several cabinet posts before being elected President in 1938. He initiated economic and industrial reforms, but died from tuberculosis, shortly after announcing that Interior Minister Jerَnimo Méndez would assume the duties of acting President.

Movies
Providence, Rhode Island banned the showing of Two-Faced Woman (1941) after the Catholic Legion of Decency gave the film a "C" rating for "condemned," citing its "immoral and un-Christian attitude toward marriage and its obligations: impudently suggestive scenes, dialogue, and situations: suggestive costumes."

War
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's war council met in Washington. According to the notes of Secretary of War Henry Stimson, "The question was how we should maneuver them (the Japanese) into ... firing the first shot without allowing too much danger to ourselves." The British Royal Navy battleship HMS Barham was sunk by a German torpedo off the coast of Egypt, with the loss of 862 crewmen, approximately two-thirds of her crew.

Diplomacy
Representatives of 12 nations signed a protocol in Berlin renewing the Anti-Comintern Pact of 1938 for five years.

U.S. President Roosevelt announced that he was sending William C. Bullitt to the Near East as his special representative.

Disasters
An earthquake described by the director of the Lisbon Observatory as "the most violent recorded since 1755" rocked the Portuguese and Spanish coasts and Madeira and the Azores.

Baseball
The Cleveland Indians signed Lou Boudreau, 24, to a two-year contract as playing manager. He had been the team's shortstop since 1938, and had batted .257 with 10 home runs, 56 runs batted in, and an American League-leading 45 doubles in 148 games in 1941. He replaced Roger Peckinpaugh as manager, who had led the Indians to a 75-79 record, tied for fourth in the AL with the Detroit Tigers, 26 games behind the pennant-winning New York Yankees. Oddly, Mr. Peckinpaugh, as a 23-year-old shortstop, had become the youngest manager in major league history when he had managed the Yankees for the last 20 games of the 1914 season, leading them to a 10-10 record.

75 years ago
1946

Hit parade
U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Rumors are Flying--Frankie Carle and his Orchestra (5th week at #1)
--The Andrews Sisters with Les Paul
--Betty Rhodes
--Tony Martin
2 Ole Buttermilk Sky--Kay Kyser and his Orchestra
--Helen Carroll and the Satisfiers
--Paul Weston and his Orchestra with Matt Dennis
--Hoagy Carmichael
3 Five Minutes More--Frank Sinatra
--Tex Beneke and the Glenn Miller Orchestra
--The Three Suns
4 To Each His Own--Eddy Howard and his Orchestra with Eddy Howard and Trio
--The Ink Spots
--Freddy Martin and his Orchestra with Stuart Wade
--Tony Martin
--The Modernaires with Paula Kelly
5 South America, Take it Away--Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters
--Xavier Cugat and the Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra
6 This is Always--Harry James and his Orchestra
--Jo Stafford
7 The Things We Did Last Summer--Frank Sinatra
--Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra
8 The Old Lamp-Lighter--Sammy Kaye and his "Swing and Sway" Orchestra
--Kay Kyser and his Orchestra
--Hal Derwin
9 Passe--Tex Beneke and the Glenn Miller Orchestra
--Margaret Whiting
10 (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons--King Cole Trio
--Eddy Howard and his Orchestra

Singles entering the chart were You Broke the Only Heart that Ever Loved You by Elliot Lawrence and his Orchestra (#20); September Song, with versions by Frank Sinatra, and the Dardanelle Trio (#21); My Blue Heaven by Benny Goodman and his Orchestra (#23); and There is No Breeze (To Cool The Flame Of Love), with versions by Gene Krupa and his Orchestra, and Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra (#34).

On the radio
The Casebook of Gregory Hood, starring Elliott Lewis and Howard McNear, on MBS
Tonight's episode: The White Masters

This is the latest episode for which a complete recording is available.

War
The United Kingdom agreed to release 45,000 Italians remaining in British prison camps by the end of January 1947.

Politics and government
U.S. President Harry Truman set up a Temporary Commission on Employe Loyalty to study ways of barring "disloyal or subversive" persons, particularly Communists, from the government payroll.

Law
The U.S. Supreme Court supported a claim by the Tillamook Indians of Oregon for payment for lands taken fromthem by the United States.

Business
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a clause of the 1935 Public Utility Holding Company Act that called for the dissolution of holding companies whose existence "unduly" complicated a corporate structure or caused unfair distribution of voting power among security holders.

Labour
Judge T. Alan Goldsborough of the U.S. district court in Washington ordered United Mine Workers of America President John L. Lewis to stand trial on contempt of court charges for disobeying a court order to postpone termination of the coal industry contract.

Schools in St. Paul, Minnesota were closed as 1,160 teachers struck for yearly wages of $2,400-$3,600.

Football
AAFC
Los Angeles (6-4-1) 34 @ Miami (2-9) 21

70 years ago
1951

On television tonight
Out There, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Susceptibility, starring Bethel Leslie, Leslie Nielsen, Joe Silver, and Jack Weston

Died on this date
Harry Liversedge, 57. U.S. military officer. Brigadier General Liversedge joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 1917 and served in the Dominican Republic before participating in the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympic Games, winning a bronze medal in the men's shot put competition in Antwerp in 1920. He was best known for leading the 28th Marines in the Iwo Jima campaign in 1945, helping to raise the American flag. Brig. Gen. Liversedge commanded the Marine Corps Reserve from June 1950 until his death.

War
U.S. forces recaptured "Little Gibraltar," a 1,000-foot hill dominating the western Korean front near Yonchon, after a two-day battle.

World events
Cuban revolutionary Policarpo Soler and other prisoners escaped from Havana's Principe Fortress jail with the aid of outside friends.

Agriculture
The Yugoslavian Communist Party announced plans to push collectivization of agriculture.

Disasters
A head-on collision of two express trains near Woodstock, Alabama caused 16 deaths.

Football
NFL
Pittsburgh (3-5-1) 17 @ Philadelphia (3-6) 13
Chicago Bears (6-3) 21 @ Cleveland (8-1) 42
Los Angeles (6-3) 21 @ Washington (4-5) 31
New York Giants (6-2-1) 10 @ Chicago Cardinals (2-7) 0
San Francisco (4-4-1) 10 @ New York Yanks (0-7-2) 10



60 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Goodbye Cruel World--James Darren

#1 single in Italy: Nata per me--Adriano Celentano (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Weiße Rosen aus Athen--Nana Mouskouri (6th week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (Dutch Top 40): Och was ik maar bij moeder thuis gebleven--Johnny Hoes (10th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Mirror): (Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame--Elvis Presley (3rd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Big Bad John--Jimmy Dean (4th week at #1)
2 Runaround Sue--Dion
3 Please Mr. Postman--The Marvelettes
4 Bristol Stomp--The Dovells
5 Goodbye Cruel World--James Darren
6 Fool #1--Brenda Lee
7 The Fly--Chubby Checker
8 You're the Reason--Tommy Edwards
9 Tower of Strength--Gene McDaniels
10 Moon River--Jerry Butler
--Henry Mancini, his Orchestra and Chorus

Singles entering the chart were Well, I Told You by the Chantels (#69); It Will Stand by the Showmen (#71); When the Boy in Your Arms (Is the Boy in Your Heart) by Connie Francis (#84); I Know (You Don't Love Me No More) by Barbara George (#85); Revenge by Brook Benton (#86); Happy Times (Are Here to Stay) by Tony Orlando (#87); Never, Never by the Jive Five (#88); Preview of Paradise by Adam Wade (#89); Walkin' with My Angel by Bobby Vee (#90); Poor Fool by Ike & Tina Turner (#92); It Do Me So Good by Ann-Margret (#94); When I Fall in Love by the Lettermen (#95); Tennessee Flat-Top Box by Johnny Cash (#96); A-One A-Two A-Cha Cha Cha by Lawrence Welk and his Orchestra (#97); Hey! Little Girl by Del Shannon (#98); He's Not Just a Soldier by Little Richard (#100); Trade Winds, Trade Winds by Aki Aleong (also # 100); and Dreamy Eyes by Johnny Tillotson (also #100).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CFUN)
1 Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen--Neil Sedaka (2nd week at #1)
1 Walkin' with My Angel--Bobby Vee (1st week at #1)
3 The Lion Sleeps Tonight--The Tokens
4 Hey! Little Girl--Del Shannon
5 Flying Blue Angels--George, Johnny and the Pilots
6 Blue Hawaii (LP)--Elvis Presley
7 Goodbye Cruel World--James Darren
8 Run to Him--Bobby Vee
9 Dreamy Eyes--Johnny Tillotson
10 Town Without Pity--Gene Pitney

Singles entering the chart were The Wanderer by Dion (#21); Bye Bye Baby by Bob Conrad (#27); Peppermint Twist, with versions by Joey Dee & the Starliters; and Danny Peppermint and the Jumping Jacks (#32); A Sunday Kind of Love by Jan and Dean (#36); When I Fall in Love by the Lettermen (#42); Trade Winds by Dodie Stevens (#46); and Hitchhiker by Bobby Curtola (#49).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKWX)
1 Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen--Neil Sedaka
2 The Lion Sleeps Tonight--The Tokens
3 Walkin' with My Angel/Run to Him--Bobby Vee
4 Flying Blue Angels--George, Johnny and the Pilots
5 Language of Love--John D. Loudermilk
6 Blue Hawaii (LP)--Elvis Presley
7 Town Without Pity--Gene Pitney
8 Johnny Will--Pat Boone
9 Steps 1 and 2--Jack Scott
10 Goodbye Cruel World--James Darren

Singles entering the chart were Hey! Little Girl by Del Shannon (#15); Tonight, with versions by Ferrante & Teicher; and Eddie Fisher (#22); Peppermint Twist by Joey Dee & the Starliters (#37); Please Mr. Postman by the Marvelettes (#39); and A Sunday Kind of Love by Jan and Dean (#40).

On television tonight
The Roaring 20's, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Pinky Goes to College

Died on this date
Hubert Van Innis, 95. Belgian archer. Mr. Van Innis won two gold medals and a silver medal at the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris, and won four gold and two silver medals at the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp, when he was 54. He won the World Championship in 1933 at the age of 67.

Football
Canadian university
Atlantic Bowl
McMaster 0 St. Francis Xavier 14 @ Halifax

Halfback Ralph "Woody" Hayes rushed for a touchdown in the 2nd quarter and quarterback Jock Simpson passed to halfback Bill Crean for another in the 3rd quarter as the X-Men defeated the Marauders before 3,901 fans on a rainy Saturday afternoon. Paul McFarlane converted Mr. Crean's touchdown, and Bill Giguere punted for a single in the 1st quarter to open the scoring. Don Loney was the winning head coach over Bobby Dawson.

50 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in France (IFOP): Le rire du sergent--Michel Sardou (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Coz I Luv You--Slade

Died on this date
Leonard W. Murray, 75. Canadian military officer. Rear Admiral Murray, a native of Granton, Nova Scotia, served with the Royal Canadian Navy from 1913-1946, serving in both World Wars. He was the only Canadian to command an Allied theatre of operations in either world War, commanding the Newfoundland Escort Force (1941–1943), and from 1943 to the end of the war serving as Commander-in-Chief, Canadian Northwest Atlantic, and playing a significant role in the Battle of the Atlantic. He was blamed for allowing sailors shore leave in Halifax for VE Day in May 1945, which resulted in a riot. Rear Admiral Murray was never assigned another command, and left Canada for the United Kingdom in September 1945, retiring from the RCN in March 1946. He practiced maritime law in Britain until 1960.

Television
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission granted a broadcasting licence to Toronto's Channel 79 (CITY-TV); it was Canada's first commercial UHF station.

Football
NFL
Los Angeles (6-4-1) 21 @ Dallas (8-3) 21
Kansas City (7-3-1) 21 @ Detroit (7-3-1) 32

NCAA
Nebraska 35 @ Oklahoma 31

Jeff Kinney scored his fourth touchdown of the game with 1:38 remaining in the game to lift the Cornhuskers to their 30th straight game without a loss. Nebraska was ranked #1 in the U.S.A. going into the game at Norman, with the Sooners ranked #2.



40 years ago
1981

Hit parade
Vancouver's Top 10 (CKLG)
1 Young Turks--Rod Stewart
2 Physical--Olivia Newton-John
3 Waiting for a Girl Like You--Foreigner
4 Start Me Up--Rolling Stones
5 Private Eyes--Daryl Hall & John Oates
6 Arthur's Theme (Best that You Can Do)--Christopher Cross
7 Every Little Thing She Does is Magic--The Police
8 My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)--Chilliwack
9 Leather and Lace--Stevie Nicks with Don Henley
10 Wired for Sound--Cliff Richard

Singles entering the chart were Harden My Heart by Quarterflash (#16); Trouble by Lindsey Buckingham (#19); and Don't Stop Believin' by Journey (#20).

Died on this date
Jack Albertson, 74. U.S. actor. Mr. Albertson appeared on stage, screen, and television in a career spanning more than 50 years. He won a Tony Award for his featured performance in The Subject Was Roses (1964), and won an Academy Award when he reprised his role in the movie (1968). He was nominated for three Emmy Awards for his starring role in the television comedy series Chico and the Man (1974-1978), winning in 1976. Mr. Albertson died after a three-year battle with colorectal cancer.

Society
A report on the April 1981 riots in the Brixton area of London stated that the riots had been caused by serious social and economic problems affecting the U.K.'s inner cities.

Religion
Pope John Paul II appointed Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) as Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

Baseball
Rollie Fingers of the Milwaukee Brewers was named the American League's Most Valuable Player for 1981, becoming the first relief pitcher to be so honoured by the AL. He was 6-3 with an earned run average of 1.04 and 28 saves in 47 games.

30 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Wild Heaven--TMN

#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Black or White--Michael Jackson

#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Let's Talk About Sex--Salt-N-Pepa (2nd week at #1)

Died on this date
Eleanor Audley, 86. U.S. actress. Miss Audley specialized in playing autocratic, often villainous, matrons in radio, films, and television. She played Eunice Douglas in the television comedy series Green Acres (1965-1969), and provided the voices for characters in the Walt Disney animated films Cinderella (1950) and Sleeping Beauty (1959). Miss Audley died from respiratory failure, six days after her 86th birthday.

Crime
Winston Silcott, sentenced to life in prison in 1987 for killing a police officer during a 1985 riot in Tottenham, north London, was cleared of the crime by a U.K. Appeal Court.

25 years ago
1996

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Child--Mark Owen (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Norway (VG-lista): I Can't Help Myself (I Love You, I Want You)--The Kelly Family (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)--Backstreet Boys (3rd week at #1)

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Head Over Feet--Alanis Morissette (2nd week at #1)
2 He Liked to Feel It--Crash Test Dummies
3 Leave it Alone--Moist
4 If it Makes You Happy--Sheryl Crow
5 Beautiful Goodbye--Amanda Marshall
6 Everything You've Done Wrong--Sloan
7 What's Up with That--ZZ Top
8 It's All Coming Back to Me Now--Celine Dion
9 Let's Make a Night to Remember--Bryan Adams
10 Black Cloud Rain--Corey Hart

Singles entering the chart were Just Another Day by John Mellencamp (#92); Hurt by Love by the Bodeans (#94); You Won't Remember This by Kim Stockwood (#96); Have You Seen Mary by Sponge (#97); and Half the World by Hush (#98).

20 years ago
2001

Crime
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police captured escaped convict John Bjornstrom near Lake Shuswap, British Columbia after a two year manhunt; known as the "Bushman of the Shuswap," he escaped from a Kamloops jail in 1999 while serving time for breaking and entering.

Football
CFL
Grey Cup @ Olympic Stadium, Montreal
Calgary 27 Winnipeg 19

Calgary quarterback Marcus Crandell completed 18 of 35 passes for 309 yards and 2 touchdowns, and was named the game's Most Valuable Player, as the Stampeders upset the favoured Blue Bombers before 65,255 fans. Troy Westwood kicked a 29-yard field goal and a single on a missed field goal to give Winnipeg a 4-0 lead after the 1st quarter, but Calgary came back with 17 points in the 2nd quarter on a 37-yard field goal by Mark McLoughlin and touchdown passes from Mr. Crandell of 68 yards to Marc Boerigter and 9 yards to Travis Moore, both converted by Mr. McLoughlin. The Blue Bombers did all the scoring in the 3rd quarter. Quarterback Khari Jones completed a 23-yard touchdown pass to Arland Bruce; Mr. Westwood converted and added a single on a missed 53-yard field goal to make the score 17-12 after 3 quarters. Probably the game's biggest play occurred at 5:37 of the 4th quarter when Aldi Henry of the Stampeders blocked a punt by Winnipeg's Bob Cameron at the Blue Bombers' 20-yard line. Willie Fells recovered for the Stampeders at the 11 and ran into the end zone for a Calgary touchdown, converted by Mr. McLoughlin. Mr. Jones completed a 23-yard touchdown pass to Milt Stegall, converted by Mr. Westwood, reducing Calgary's lead to 24-19 with 5:25 remaining in regulation time. However, Mr. McLoughlin kicked a 24-yard field goal with 48 seconds remaining, giving the Stampeders an insurmountable lead. Each team had 20 first downs, with the Stampeders holding a slight 370-350 edge in net offense. Mr. Stegall led all receivers with 11 receptions for 118 yards, while Mr. Boerigter had 114 yards on just 4 catches. It was a frustrating day for Mr. Jones, the CFL's most outstanding player for 2001; he completed just 19 of 40 passes, albeit for 286 yards. Mr. Westwood missed 3 field goal attempts, adding to the Blue Bombers' woes.



10 years ago
2011

Died on this date
Vasily Alekseyev, 69. U.S.S.R. weightlifter. Mr. Alekseyev set 81 Soviet records and 80 world records from 1970-1977, winning gold medals in the super heavyweight class in the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympic Games. He coached the Unified Team to 10 medals--5 gold--in the 1992 Summer Olympics. Mr. Alekseyev died after suffering from heart problems for many years.

Football
CFL
At the Canadian Football League Alumni Legends Luncheon in downtown Vancouver, former Hamilton Tiger-Cat defensive tackle Angelo Mosca, 74, and former British Columbia Lions' quarterback Joe Kapp, 73, renewed their rivalry from the 1963 Grey Cup, getting into a fight on stage (see video).

CIS
Vanier Cup @ B.C. Place Stadium, Vancouver
McMaster 41 Laval 38 (2 OT)

Tyler Crapigna's fourth field goal of the game, a 20-yard kick in the second overtime possession, broke a 38-38 tie before 24,935 fans as the Marauders edged the Rouge et Or to win their first Vanier Cup championship. McMaster quarterback Kyle Quinlan completed 36 of 55 passes for 482 yards and 2 touchdowns, and was awarded the Ted Morris Memorial Trophy as the game's most valuable player.