December 30, 2021

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Gladys Lucy Pomazongo Levano!

430 years ago
1591

Died on this date
Innocent IX. Roman Catholic Pope, 1591. Innocent IX, born Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti, became a priest in 1544 and was made a cardinal in 1583. He succeeded Gregory XIV on thee papal throne, and was crowned on November 3, 1591. He died after less than two months in office, and was succeeded by Clement VIII.

180 years ago
1841

Died on this date
Vitus Bering, 60. Danish explorer. Commander Bering was a cartographer served in the Russian Navy and led the First Kamchatka Expedition (1725-1731), which explored the Asian Pacific Coast, and the Great Northern Expedition (1733-1743), which explored the Arctic coast of Siberia and parts of the North American coastline. He died of scurvy on an uninhabited island, later named in his honour, near the Kamchatka Peninsula. The Bering Strait and Bering Sea are among the things named in Commander Bering's honour.

170 years ago
1851

Born on this date
Asa Candler. U.S. businessman and politician. Mr. Candler founded the Coca-Cola Company in 1892, and managed the company until 1917, when he took office as Mayor of Atlanta, serving until 1919. He died on March 12, 1929 at the age of 77, three years after suffering a stroke.

160 years ago
1861

Defense
As a result of the "Trent Affair" (the seizure of two Confederate diplomats from a British vessel on the high seas), 6,000 British troops from the 62nd Wiltshire Regiment landed at St. Andrews, New Brunswick with orders to march overland to Canada to defend against a possible American invasion.

125 years ago
1896

Born on this date
Tom Keene. U.S. actor. Mr. Keene, whose real name was George Duryea, also acted under the name Richard Powers. He appeared in more than 120 movies and television programs, mainly low-budget Westerns. Mr. Keene's movies included Our Daily Bread (1934) and Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959). He died of cancer on August 4, 1963 at the age of 66.

Died on this date
José Rizal, 35. Filipino writer and polymath. Dr. Rizal, an ophthalmologist by profession, was a Philippine nationalist who was a key member of the Filipino Propaganda Movement, which advocated political reforms for the colony under Spain. His writings were blamed by Spanish authorities for helping to incite the Philippine Revolution in 1896. While en route to Cuba via Spain to minister to victims of yellow fever. Dr. Rizal was arrested and charged with rebellion, sedition, and conspiracy. Despite disavowing the revolution in its present state, he was convicted by a court martial and was executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila. Dr. Rizal is regarded as a national hero in the Philippines.

Hockey
Stanley Cup
Montreal Victorias 6 @ Winnipeg Victorias 5 (1-game challenge)

Ernie McLea scored 3 goals, including the winner on a breakaway with less than 2 minutes remaining, to give Montreal the Cup over defending champion Winnipeg at Granite Rink in the first challenge to be played outside Montreal. Mr. McLea became the first player to score a hat trick in a Stanley Cup game. Winnipeg took an early 3-0 lead and led 4-2 at halftime.

110 years ago
1911

Born on this date
Jeanette Nolan. U.S. actress. Miss Nolan appeared in numerous radio and television programs and in movies such as Macbeth (1948) and The Big Heat (1953). She was nominated for four Emmy Awards, and died on June 5, 1998 at the age of 86.

Politics and government
Sun Yat-sen was elected the first President of the Republic of China.

100 years ago
1921

Born on this date
Rashid Karami. Prime Minister of Lebanon, 1955-1956; 1958-1960; 1961-1964; 1965-1966; 1966-1968; 1969-1970; 1975-1976; 1984-1987. Mr. Karami, an independent politician, had a political career of more than 30 years, and was Lebanon's Prime Minister 10 times. He advocated increased political power for the country's Muslim population, and was known as a man that Lebanon's President could call on in a crisis, despite political differences. Mr. Karami was killed on June 1, 1987 at the age of 65 and the country’s interior minister and several other people were injured when a bomb exploded in his helicopter during a flight to Beirut from his home town of Tripoli. It was believed that the bomb had been placed in his briefcase or under his seat. The co-pilot made an emergency landing. Mr. Karami had submitted his resignation on May 4, but President Amin Gemayel had not yet formally accepted it.

90 years ago
1931

On the radio
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Richard Gordon and Leigh Lovell, on NBC
Tonight's episode: The Hindoo in the Wicker Basket

80 years ago
1941

Movies
The New York Film Critics Circle Awards for 1941 were presented. The winners were: Picture--Citizen Kane; Director--John Ford (How Green was My Valley); Actor--Gary Cooper (Sergeant York); Actress--Joan Fontaine (Suspicion).

Diplomacy
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill addressed the Canadian parliament in Ottawa, where he delivered his "Some chicken...some neck" speech, and then posed for a famous photograph by Yousuf Karsh. Go here to see the full text of the speech.



U.K. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden returned to London from his conference in Moscow with U.S.S.R. dictator Josef Stalin.

War
The U.S.S.R. announced that Soviet troops on the Caucasian front had landed on the Crimean peninsula, occupying the town and fortress of Kerch. Dispatches from Manila reported that Japanese troops were within 100 miles of the city. U.S. aviator Charles Lindbergh was revealed to have volunteered for active serice in the U.S. Army Air Forces. The U.S. Census Bureau reported that there were 25,829,788 men in the continental United States aged 20-44 who could be drafted for military service.

Space
Dr. Edwin Hubble of the Mount Wilson Observatory in California said that as a result of six years of observation through the observatory's 100-inch telescope, he doubted the theory that the universe was expanding.

Politics and government
Philippine President Manuel Quezon and Vice President Sergio Osmena were inaugurated into their second terms in a wartime ceremony near U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur's headquarters.

Lieutenant General A.E. Percival declared martial law in Singapore, following four Japanese air raids the previous night.

Crime
Seven people were indicted in New York on charges of sending vital information to Germany.

Economics and finance
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt announced that plans were underway to boost U.S. war production to 50% of the national income, or about $50 billion in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1942.

U.S. federal Price Administrator Leon Henderson froze wholesale cigarette prices at the levels prevailing on December 26, and fixed maximum retail prices for automobile tires and tubes at the level in effect on November 25.

Labour
Greyhound companies agreed to arbitrate the strike of 1,800 bus drivers.

75 years ago
1946

Hit parade
U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 The Old Lamp-Lighter--Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye (Vocal refrain by Billy Williams and Choir)
--Kay Kyser and his Orchestra
--Hal Derwin
2 Ole Buttermilk Sky--Kay Kyser and his Orchestra (vocal chorus by Michael Douglas and the Campus Kids)
--Hoagy Carmichael
--Helen Carroll and the Satisfiers
--Paul Weston and his Orchestra with Matt Dennis
3 Rumors are Flying--Frankie Carle and his Orchestra
--The Andrews Sisters with Les Paul
--Betty Rhodes
--Tony Martin
4 (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons--King Cole Trio
--Eddy Howard and his Orchestra
--Charlie Spivak and his Orchestra
5 A Gal in Calico--Tex Beneke with the Glenn Miller Orchestra
--Bing Crosby with the Calico Kids
--Johnny Mercer
6 The Things We Did Last Summer--Frank Sinatra
--Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra
7 Huggin' and Chalkin'--Hoagy Carmichael
--Johnny Mercer
--Kay Kyser and his Orchestra
8 The Whole World is Singing My Song--Les Brown and his Orchestra
9 Passe--Tex Beneke with the Glenn Miller Orchestra
--Margaret Whiting
10 Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah--Sammy Kaye and his "Swing and Sway" Orchestra

Singles entering the chart were the version of (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons by Charlie Spivak and his Orchestra That's the Beginning of the End, with versions by Perry Como; and the King Cole Trio (#32).

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

Died on this date
Charles Wakefield Cadman, 65. U.S. composer and critic. Mr. Cadman was appointed music editor and critic for the Pittsburgh Dispatch in 1908, and was regarded as a leading expert on American Indian music, writing and lecturing on the subject, and allowing it to influence his compositions. He moved to Los Angeles in the 1920s, helping to found the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, performing there as a piano soloist, and composing scores for motion pictures in the early years of sound movies. Mr. Cadman wrote music in various genres, but was best known for his 40-year collaboration with lyricist Nelle Richmond Eberhart, who wrote librettos for his operas and words for his songs. He died six days after his 65th birthday.

Movies
The New York Film Critics Circle Awards for 1946 were presented. The winners were: Picture--The Best Years of Our Lives; Director--William Wyler (The Best Years of Our Lives); Actor--Laurence Olivier (Henry V); Actress--Celia Johnson (Brief Encounter); Foreign Language Film--Open City.

War
After conferring with French officials in Indochina, French Overseas Territories Minister Marius Moutet reiterated France's determination to re-establish "order" in the territory before resuming negotiations with nationalist guerrillas.

Politics and government
Republican Party U.S. congressional leadership filled majority posts in the new Senate: Arthur Vandenberg (Michigan)--President pro tempore; Wallace White, Jr. (Maine)--Majority floor leader; Robert Taft (Ohio)--steering committee chairman; Kenneth Wherry (Nebraska)--Majority whip; Eugene Milliken (Colorado)--Republican conference chairman.

Science
University of California physicist Glenn Seaborg, co-discoverer of plutonium, americium, and curium, was named "chemist of the year" in an American Chemical Society poll.

Energy
Despite Soviet objections, the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission appoved a U.S.-sponsored nuclear control plan recommending the creation of a strong international inspection agency not subject to a great power veto.

Argentina and Uruguay signed a pact allowing Argentina to receive electric power from the Uruguay River power project.

Economics and finance
Venezuela became the 40th nation to join the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.

The Allied Control Council in Berlin announced the adoption of a law forbidding Germany to manufacture, possess, import, or export any equipment that may be used to wage war.

Labour
A U.S. federal circuit court of appeals in Chicago upheld the right of a union in a closed shop to force the discharge of a member for joining a rival union.

70 years ago
1951

On television tonight
Out There, on CBS
Tonight's episode: The Bus to Nowhere, starring Leonard Barry, Arthur Batanides, and Whit Bissell

War
Commander-in-Chief of the United Nations Command General Matthew Ridgway announced that the Japanese government would be given custody of 1,300 Japanese war criminals still serving sentences by March 21, 1952.

Diplomacy
Foreign ministers of six Western European countries agrred in Paris on most details of the European Army plan and recommended creating a supranational Parliament of Europe by 1955.

In a year-end speech, U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson admitted that "we have lost some ground" in the Middle East because of the Iranian and Suez disputes, but viewed Greece and Turkey as "bright spots."

Science
The American Association for the Advancement of Science awarded the $1,000 Newcomb Cleveland Prize to Columbia University oceanographer J. Laurence Kulp for developing a technique to measure the age of water through the radioactive carbon content of suspended organic matter.

Economics and finance
Iran banned foreign travel by its citizens, due to lack of foreign exchange.

Baseball
The Sporting News named Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals as major league player of the year for 1951 and Leo Durocher of the New York Giants as major league manager of the year. "Stan the Man" batted .355 with 32 home runs and 108 runs batted in, leading the National League in batting average, runs (124); triples (12); and total bases (355). "Leo the Lip" led the Giants to the National League pennant as they came back from a 14½-game deficit in August to defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers in a 3-game playoff.

60 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): My Boomerang Won't Come Back--Charlie Drake (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Italy: Nata per me--Adriano Celentano (6th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Tanze mit mir in den Morgen--Gerhard Wendland

#1 single in the Netherlands (Dutch Top 40): I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door--Eddie Hodges (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Mirror): Tower of Strength--Frankie Vaughan (4th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 The Lion Sleeps Tonight--The Tokens (4th week at #1)
2 The Twist--Chubby Checker
3 Walk on By--Leroy Van Dyke
4 Run to Him--Bobby Vee
5 Please Mr. Postman--The Marvelettes
6 Can't Help Falling in Love--Elvis Presley
7 Peppermint Twist - Part I--Joey Dee & the Starliters
8 Moon River--Jerry Butler
--Henry Mancini, His Orchestra and Chorus
9 Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen--Neil Sedaka
10 When the Boy in Your Arms (Is the Boy in Your Heart)--Connie Francis

Singles entering the chart were Lost Someone by James Brown and the Famous Flames (#90); That's My Pa by Sheb Wooley (#95); I'm Blue (The Gong-Gong Song) by the Ikettes (#96); Fever by Pete Bennett and the Embers (#98); and I Told the Brook by Marty Robbins (#100).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CFUN)
1 Norman--Sue Thompson (2nd week at #1)
2 The Wanderer--Dion
3 Run to Him--Bobby Vee
4 Hey! Little Girl--Del Shannon
5 Walkin' with My Angel--Bobby Vee
6 The Twist--Chubby Checker
7 Multiplication--Bobby Darin
8 Walkin' Back to Happiness--Helen Shapiro
9 The Lion Sleeps Tonight--The Tokens
10 Please Mr. Postman--The Marvelettes

Singles entering the chart were Bonnie B by Jerry Lee Lewis (#24); Bandit of My Dreams by Eddie Hodges (#28); My Boomerang Won't Come Back by Charlie Drake (#31); Patti Ann by Johnny Crawford (#36); I Know (You Don't Love Me No More) by Barbara George (#39); Baby it's You by the Shirelles (#45); and Lonely Sixteen by Janie Black (#50).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKWX)
1 Norman--Sue Thompson
2 Dear Ivan--Jimmy Dean
3 The Twist--Chubby Checker
4 The Wanderer/The Majestic--Dion
5 Peppermint Twist--Joey Dee & the Starliters
6 A Little Bitty Tear--Burl Ives
7 Multiplication--Bobby Darin
8 Walkin' with My Angel/Run to Him--Bobby Vee
9 When the Boy in Your Arms (Is the Boy in Your Heart)--Connie Francis
10 The Lion Sleeps Tonight--The Tokens

Singles entering the chart were Dear Lady Twist by Gary (U.S.) Bonds (#26); The Ballad of Thunder Road by Robert Mitchum (#30); Young Love by Sonny James (#34); I Could Have Loved You by Ray Peterson (#36); Mugmates/Bandit of My Dreams by Eddie Hodges (#39); and Little Altar Boy by Vic Dana (#40).

Football
NCAA
Blue-Gray Game @ Cramton Bowl, Montgomery, Alabama
Gray 9 Blue 7

50 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in France (IFOP): Pop Concerto--Pop Concerto Orchestra

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): O Holy Night--Tommy Drennan (2nd week at #1)

Died on this date
Jo Cals, 57. Prime Minister of the Netherlands, 1965-1966. Mr. Cals, a member of the Roman Catholic State Party until 1945 and the Catholic People's Party thereafter, was a member of the House of Representatives (1948-1950, 1952, 1956, 1959, 1963-1965), and was State Secretary/Minister for Education, Arts and Sciences (1950-1961) before serving as Prime Minister from April 1965-November 1966. He left politics after his government fell after losing a vote involving the budget. Mr. Cals died of a brain tumour.

World events
Iraq announced that it had expelled 60,000 Iranian men, women, and children over the past few days; Iraq had severed diplomatic relations with Iran earlier inthe month.

30 years ago
1981

Hockey
NHL
Philadelphia (22-13-1) 5 @ Edmonton (25-8-6) 7

Wayne Gretzky scored 5 goals--his 46th through 50th of the season--to lead the Oilers past the Flyers at Northlands Coliseum. Mr. Gretzky's last goal, into an empty net, gave him the distinction of reaching the 50-goal mark in one season in the fewest games; it was just the Oilers' 39th game of the season.



30 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Sore ga Daiji (それが大事)--Daiji-man Brothers Band

#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Live and Let Die--Guns N' Roses (2nd week at #1)

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

25 years ago
1996

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Child--Mark Owen (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Norway (VG-lista): Don't Speak--No Doubt (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Time to Say Goodbye--Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Canada (RPM): Head Over Feet--Alanis Morissette (7th week at #1)

Died on this date
Lew Ayres, 88. U.S. actor. Mr. Ayres had a career that spanned 65 years, but was best known for his starring role in the movie All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) and for playing Dr. Kildare in a series of nine films from 1938-1942. He died two days after his 88th birthday.

Juan Antonio Canta, 30. Spanish musician. Mr. Canta, whose real name was Juan Antonio Castillo Madico, was a singer-songwriter and guitarist who co-founded the pop group Pabellَn psiquiلtrico, who recorded four albums from 1987-1991. He then became a solo artist, and was best known for the single La danza de los 40 limones, which reached number one on the PROMUSICAE chart for five weeks in May-June 1996. Mr. Canta suffered from constant depression, and committed suicide by hanging himself at his home in Cَrdoba.

Protest
250,000 workers in Israel shut down services in protest against proposed budget cuts by the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

20 years ago
2001

Terrorism
Pakistani authorities arrested Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, founder of one of the Muslim groups believed to be behind the December 13, 2001 attack on India's Parliament House in New Delhi. 12 people had been killed in the five-man attack.

Politics and government
Adolfo Rodriguez Saa resigned as interim President of Argentina, just a week after taking office.

10 years ago
2011

Died on this date
Ronald Searle, 91. U.K.-born artist. Mr. Searle worked in various genre, but was mainly known as a cartoonist. He created and the comic strip St. Trinian's School (1946-1952), which inspired a series of comic films. Mr. Searle also illustrated the Molesworth novels written by Geoffrey Willans in the 1950s. He moved to France in 1961, and lived the rest of his life there.

Oddities
Samoa and Tokelau skipped this date, as they changed their time zones and jumped to the other side of the International Date Line, moving directly from December 29 to December 31, 2011.

December 26, 2021

540 years ago
1481

War
Hollander forces defeated troops of Utrecht in the Battle of Westbroek.

270 years ago
1751

Born on this date
George Gordon. U.K. military officer and politician. Lord Gordon, a member of a noble family in Scotland, represented Ludgershall in the House of Commons, and was known for his criticism of all political factions. He founded the Protestant Association in 1778 and led it in opposition to limited rights for Roman Catholics. On June 2, 1780, Lord Gordon led a crowd of 50,000 in London opposed to Catholic emancipation; their actions, initially peaceful, descended into anti-Catholic violence, and became known as the "Gordon riots." Lord Gordon was charged with high treason, but was acquitted in 1781 for lack of treasonable intent. He was excommunicated from the Church of England in 1786, and converted to Orthodox Judaism in 1787, the year he was convicted of defaming Marie Antoinette, French Ambassador to Great Britain Jean-Balthazar d'Adhémar, and the administration of justice in England. Lord Gordon died from typhoid fever in Newgate Prison on November 1, 1793 at the age of 41.

230 years ago
1791

Born on this date
Charles Babbage. U.K. mathematician and engineer. Mr. Babbage was a polymath who has been called the "father of the computer" for devising the Difference Engine, the first mechanical computer, in the 1820s, and the Analytical Engine in 1837. He died of cystitis and kidney failure on October 18, 1871 at the age of 79.

Politics and government
The Constitutional Act 1791, passed by the British Parliament on June 19, went into effect, dividing the Province of Québec along the Ottawa River into Upper Canada and Lower Canada, each with a Lieutenant-Governor and a Legislature. Lower Canada kept the French civil law (Code civil). The so-called Canada Act gave the colonies their first powers to pass duties for revenue, a form of responsible government, but the governors and council retain the right to control revenue from the sale of Crown Lands, letting them bypass the Assembly. Guy Carleton, Lord Dorchester, was sworn in as Governor of Lower Canada. Members of the Legislative Council were: Chief Justices William Smith and Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry; Hugh Finlay; François-Marie Picoté de Belestre; Thomas Dunn; Paul-Roch de Saint-Ours; Edward Harrison; François Baby; John Collins; Joseph-Dominique-Emmanuel Le Moyne de Longueuil; Adam Mabane; Charles-Louis Tarieu de Lanaudière; George Pownall; René-Amable Boucher de Boucherville; and John Fraser. The Executive Council consisted of: William Smith; Paul-Roch de Saint-Ours; Hugh Finlay; François Baby; Thomas Dunn; Joseph de Longueuil; Adam Mabane; Pierre Panet; and Adam Lymburner.

210 years ago
1811

Died on this date
Abraham B. Venable, 53. U.S. politician. Mr. Venable, a Democratic-Republican, represented Virginia's 6th (1791-1793) and 7th (1793-1799) Districts in the U.S. House of Representatives, and represented Prince Edward County in the Virginia House of Delegates (1800-1803). He represented Virginia in the U.S. Senate (1803-1804), filling a vacancy, and resigned to serve as president of the Bank of Virginia. Mr. Venable was one of the victims of the Richmond Theatre fire.

George William Smith, 49. U.S. politician. Mr. Smith, a Democratic-Republican, represented Essex County and then Richmond (1802-1808) in the Virginia House of Delegates, and was Lieutenant Governor and served two brief terms as acting Governor before being elected in his own right. He had been in office for less than nine months when he died in the Richmond Theatre fire.

Disasters
A fire at the Richmond Theatre in Richmond, Virginia killed 72 of the 598 people in attendance. In addition to Messrs. Venable and Smith, the victims included many members of Richmond's high society. The fire was the worst urban disaster in American history to that date.

160 years ago
1861

Diplomacy
Confederate diplomatic envoys James Murray Mason and John Slidell were freed by the United States government, thus heading off a possible war between the United States and the United Kingdom.

150 years ago
1871

Opera
Thespis, the first collaboration between lyricist W.S. Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan, received its premiere performance at the Gaiety Theatre in London.

130 years ago
1891

Born on this date
Henry Miller. U.S. writer and artist. Mr. Miller wrote travel memoirs and literary criticism, and painted watercolours, but was primarily known for his novels Tropic of Cancer (1934) and Tropic of Capricorn (1939), which weren't published in the United States for many years on grounds of obscenity. He died from circulatory problems on June 7, 1980 at the age of 88.

120 years ago
1901

Radio
Two weeks after receiving the first transatlantic radio signal at Signal Hill in St. John's Newfoundland, Guglielmo Marconi arrived in North Sydney, Nova Scotia. The Anglo-American Telegraph Company, owner of the undersea cable and holder of a monopoly of telegraphy in the province, notified him that it would take legal action unless he immediately ceased his wireless experiments and removed his equipment from Newfoundland. Mr. Marconi conferred with Nova Scotia Premier George Murray, William Smith of the Canadian Post Office, Mayor Mckenzie of North Sydney, and the Honourable J.N. Armstrong, a prominent local politician and member of the Nova Scotia cabinet. They urged him to set up shop in Cape Breton, and sent him on to Ottawa two days later.

100 years ago
1921

Born on this date
Steve Allen. U.S. broadcaster, author, songwriter, comedian. Mr. Allen, a man of many talents, was the original host of the Tonight show on NBC from 1954-1957. He then moved into prime time on Sunday nights with a comedy and variety show on NBC that ran at the same time that Ed Sullivan's program was on CBS; The Steve Allen Show (1956-1960) drew respectable ratings. He conceived and hosted a program on PBS called Meeting of Minds (1977-1981), where actors portraying historical characters would discuss various issues. Mr. Allen wrote several thousand songs, the best-known of which is This Could Be the Start of Something. His books included The Funny Men (1956); Funny People (1981); More Funny People (1982); and Vulgarians at the Gate (2000). Mr. Allen died on October 30, 2000 at the age of 78, several hours after suffering a ruptured blood vessel caused by chest injuries received in a traffic accident.

John Severin. U.S. artist. Mr. Severin was an illustrator with Marvel Comics and E.C. Comics in a career spanning more than 60 years. He was particularly known for his work in war comics, and for his keen eye for historical detail. Mr. Severin was one of the first artists to work with Mad magazine (1952-1954), but left in a dispute with the magazine's founder, Harvey Kurtzman. Mr. Severin spent more than 40 years with Cracked, Mad's main rival, and was regarded by many as the only talented individual steadily working with Cracked. He died on February 12, 2012 at the age of 90.

90 years ago
1931

Died on this date
Melvil Dewey, 80. U.S. librarian. Mr. Dewey founded The Library Journal in 1876; he was one of the founders of the American Library Association, and was its secretary (1876-1891) and president (1891-1893). He was chief librarian of Columbia University Libraries (1883-1888); director of the New York State Library (1888-1906); and secretary and executive officer of the University of the State of New York (1888-1900). Mr. Dewey established the standard dimensions for catalogue cards, but was best known for creating the Dewey Decimal System of classification system, first published in 1876. He had a reputation for sexually harassing women, which finally forced his resignation as N.Y. State Library director and from active participation in the ALA. Mr. Dewey founded the Lake Placid Club as a resort in 1895, with a policy that barred Jews, Negroes, and other minorities from membership. He died from a stroke, 16 days after his 80th birthday.

80 years ago
1941

Diplomacy
Winston Churchill became the first British Prime Minister to address a joint session of the United States Congress.



Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King arrived in Washington to participate in the U.S.-U.K. military and naval conference.

War
The U.S.S.R. announced that Naro Fominsk, about 50 miles southeast of Moscow, had been recaptured together with other towns. U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur declared Manila to be an open city, and ordered all troops and anti-aircraft guns to be withdrawn. The British War Office announced that Lieutenant General Sir Henry Pownall had arrived in Singapore to assume command of British forces in the Far East, replacing Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham. The British embassy in Chungking announced that a U.K.-U.S.-Chinese Military Council had been created there.

Americana
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a bill establishing the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day in the United States.

Science
Dr. Paul J. Kolachov reported that the Russian dandelion plant known as kok-sagyz could produce crude rubber and may be grown virtually in any soil.

Labour
Striking welders withdrew their picket lines at defense plants and shipyards in the San Francisco area.

75 years ago
1946

At the movies
The Man I Love, directed by Raoul Walsh, and starring Ida Lupino, Robert Alda, Andrea King, and Bruce Bennett, opened in theatres in New York City.





Died on this date
Max Warburg, 79. German banker. Mr. Warburg, scion of a Hamburg banking family, was director of M. M. Warburg & Co., was a member of the Hamburg parliament, and began advising Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1903. He served on the board of the German Reichsbank under governor Hjalmar Schach (1933-1935), but sold the bank after the Nazis passed the anti-Semitic Nuremberg Laws, and emigrated to the United States in 1938. Mr. Warburg died in New York City.

Movies
Motion Picture Herald's poll reported that the top box office attractions in the United States in 1946 were: Bing Crosby, Ingrid Bergman, Van Johnson, Gary Cooper, Bob Hope, Humphrey Bogart, and Greer Garson.

Diplomacy
U.S. State Department spokesman Lincoln White affirmed that Soviet authorities in Manchuria were within their rights in ordering an American ship out of Dairen harbour on December 20.

Defense
Mohammed Nimer el Huwari, commander of the Arab underground army Najada, announced the merger of his forces with the Arab youth organization Futuwah for joint operations under the Arab Higher Committee in Palestine.

Exploration
Norwegian anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl announced that he would sail 4,000 miles in a wooden raft from Peru to Tahiti in an attempt to prove that Polynesia had been settled by inhabitants of South America.

Economics and finance
Colombia became the 39th nation to join the World Bank.

The French cabinet raised telephone tolls, subway fares, and other public service charges by up to 150% in an anti-inflation move.

Business
Gangster Bugsy Siegel opened The Flamingo Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

Labour
Counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Un-American Activities Ernie Adamson issued an unauthorized report claiming that 17 Congress of Industrial Organizations unions were dominated by Communists; that Communists were plotting a general strike to provoke revolution; and that the Library of Congress was a "haven for foreign-minded Americans."

70 years ago
1951

Diplomacy
The U.S. State Department announced that it would pay Hungary $120,000 in fines to secure the release of four U.S. fliers who had been captured on November 19.

Oil
Czech spokesmen in Tehran announced that Czechoslovakia would buy 500,000 tons of refined oil from Iran and "large" additional quantities of crude oil for refining in Czech plants.

Economics and finance
Retail prices in the U.S.A. hit a record 234.5% of the 1935-1939 average, 15% above the pre-Korean War level.

60 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in Norway (VG-lista): When the Girl in Your Arms is the Girl in Your Heart--Cliff Richard and the Norrie Paramor Orchestra (6th week at #1)

On television tonight
Alfred Hitchcock Presents, on NBC
Tonight's episode: A Jury of Her Peers, starring Ann Harding, Philip Bourneuf, and Frances Reid

50 years ago
1971

War
U.S. Air Force and Navy planes began several days of heavy bombing raids on military installations in North Vietnam.

Crime
An Air Canada jet en route from Thunder Bay, Ontario to Toronto was hijacked to Cuba.

Boxing
Former world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali (34-1) knocked out Jürgen Blin (27-10-6) at 2:12 of the 7th round of their bout in an unusually small ring at Hallenstadion Arena in Zurich. On the undercard, Mac Foster (28-1) knocked out Italian heavyweight champion Bepi Ros (30-8) in the 8th round.



Football
NFL
AFC Divisional Playoff
Baltimore 20 @ Cleveland 3

Don Nottingham rushed 23 times for 92 yards and 2 touchdowns, and Jim O'Brien kicked 2 converts and 2 field goals as the defending Super Bowl champion Colts defeated the Browns at Municipal Stadium.



NFC Divisional Playoff
Washington 20 @ San Francisco 24

John Brodie completed touchdown passes of 78 yards to Gene Washington and 2 yards to Bob Windsor as the 49ers defeated the Redskins in the first NFL playoff game to be played at Candlestick Park.



40 years ago
1981

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy (Hit Parade Italia): Cicale--Heather Parisi (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Why Do Fools Fall in Love--Diana Ross

#1 single in Ireland: One of Us--ABBA

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Don't You Want Me--The Human League (3rd week at #1)

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 Why Do Fools Fall in Love--Diana Ross (2nd week at #1)
2 Annie--Miggy
3 One of Us--ABBA
4 Wünderbar--Tenpole Tudor
5 Under Pressure--Queen & David Bowie
6 I Go to Sleep--Pretenders
7 They Don't Play Our Lovesong Anymore--Anita Meyer
8 Let's Start II Dance Again--Bohannon
9 Spirits in the Material World--The Police
10 It's Raining--Shakin' Stevens

Singles entering the chart were Je Loog Tegen Mij by Drukwerk (#24); I Won't Let You Down by Ph.D. (#29); Bensonhurst Blues by Oscar Benton (#31); Lobo's Gospel Show by Lobo (#34); Op Een Onbewoond Eiland by Kinderen Voor Kinderen (#35); Perhaps Love by Placido Domingo & John Denver (#36); and Cambodia by Kim Wilde (#38).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Physical--Olivia Newton-John (6th week at #1)
2 Waiting for a Girl Like You--Foreigner
3 Let's Groove--Earth, Wind & Fire
4 I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)--Daryl Hall & John Oates
5 Young Turks--Rod Stewart
6 Harden My Heart--Quarterflash
7 Why Do Fools Fall in Love--Diana Ross
8 Leather and Lace--Stevie Nicks with Don Henley
9 Don't Stop Believin'--Journey
10 Trouble--Lindsey Buckingham

Singles entering the chart were Abacab by Genesis (#71); Southern Pacific by Neil Young & Crazy Horse (#80); Through the Years by Kenny Rogers (#82); Crazy (Keep on Falling) by John Hall Band (#83); Tonight Tonight by Bill Champlin (#85); and Can't Hold Back (Your Loving) by Kano (#91).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Physical--Olivia Newton-John (6th week at #1)
2 Waiting for a Girl Like You--Foreigner
3 Let's Groove--Earth, Wind and Fire
4 I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)--Daryl Hall & John Oates
5 Young Turks--Rod Stewart
6 Oh No--Commodores
7 Why Do Fools Fall in Love--Diana Ross
8 Don't Stop Believin'--Journey
9 Harden My Heart--Quarterflash
10 Trouble--Lindsey Buckingham

Singles entering the chart were Through the Years by Kenny Rogers (#60); Abacab by Genesis (#76); Crazy (Keep on Falling) by John Hall Band (#83); Let the Feeling Flow by Peabo Bryson (#84); Pac-Man Fever by Buckner and Garcia (#87); You Can by Madleen Kane (#88); Seasons of Gold by Gidea Park featuring Adrian Baker (#89); and Tonight Tonight by Bill Champlin (#90).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Record World)
1 Physical--Olivia Newton-John (6th week at #1)
2 Waiting for a Girl Like You--Foreigner
3 Let's Groove--Earth, Wind & Fire
4 I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)--Daryl Hall & John Oates
5 Young Turks--Rod Stewart
6 Why Do Fools Fall in Love--Diana Ross
7 Harden My Heart--Quarterflash
8 Trouble--Lindsey Buckingham
9 Don't Stop Believin'--Journey
10 Hooked on Classics--The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Singles entering the chart were Through the Years by Kenny Rogers (#50); Pac-Man Fever by Buckner & Garcia (#79); Could it Be Love by Jennifer Warnes (#82); You're My Latest, My Greatest Inspiration by Teddy Pendergrass (#86); Those Good Old Dreams by the Carpenters (#89); and If You Think You're Lonely Now by Bobby Womack (#94).

Canada’s Top 10 (RPM)
1 Physical--Olivia Newton-John (2nd week at #1)
2 Young Turks--Rod Stewart
3 Oh No--Commodores
4 Under Pressure--Queen & David Bowie
5 Waiting for a Girl Like You--Foreigner
6 My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)--Chilliwack
7 Trouble--Lindsey Buckingham
8 The Friends of Mr. Cairo--Jon and Vangelis
9 Don't Stop Believin'--Journey
10 Harden My Heart--Quarterflash

Singles entering the chart were Flying High Again by Ozzy Osbourne (#42); The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known) by Juice Newton (#44); You Could Have Been with Me by Sheena Easton (#46); She's Got a Way by Billy Joel (#47); There's No One Quite Like Grandma by Leliah and Jeordie (#48); Take it Easy on Me by Little River Band (#49); and Letting Go by Straight Lines (#50).

Died on this date
Suat Hayri Ürgüplü, 78. Prime Minister of Turkey, 1965. Mr. Ürgüplü was a judge of the Istanbul Commercial Court (1939-1942). A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Kayseri in the Chamber of Deputies (1939-1946, 1950-1952), serving as Minister of Customs and Public Monopolies (1947-1948). Mr. Ürgüplü was Turkey's Ambassador to West Germany (1952-1955); U.K. (1955-1959); U.S.A. (1959-1960); and Spain (1960-1961). As a member of the Justice Party, he was elected to the Senate in 1961, serving as Prime Minister of a non-partisan caretaker cabinet from February-October 1965 after the collapse of the government of Prime Minister İsmet İnönü. Mr. Ürgüplü remained in the Senate until his death from heart disease.

30 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Bohemian Rhapsody/These Are the Days of Our Lives--Queen (2nd week at #1)

World events
The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union met and formally dissolved the Soviet Union, ending the Cold War.

Business
The U.S. airline Northwest Airlines bought 20 Dash 8 Series 100 aircraft for $190 million from Toronto-based de Haviland, a division of Boeing Canada.

25 years ago
1996

Hit parade
#1 single in Denmark (Nielsen Music Control & IFPI): Breathe--The Prodigy (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Anna mulle piiskaa--Apulanta (2nd week at #1)

Died on this date
JonBenét Ramsey, 6. U.S. crime victim. Miss Ramsey, a child beauty contestant, died from strangulation and a fractured skull at her family's home in Boulder, Colorado. The crime resulted in a U.S. media obsession, and the case is still officially open.

Labour
The Federation of Korean Trade Unions called on its 1.2 million members to refuse to work, beginning the largest organized strike in South Korean history.

20 years ago
2001

Died on this date
Nigel Hawthorne, 72. U.K. actor. Sir Nigel had a distinguished career on stage, screen, and television spanning 50 years, winning numerous awards. He won a Tony Award for his starring performance in Shadowlands (1990), and won six Laurence Olivier Awards, four for his starring performances in the television comedy series Yes Minister (1980-1984) and Yes, Prime Minister (1986-1988). Sir Nigel won a Laurence Olivier Award for his starring performance in the play The Madness of George III (1991), and a BAFTA and two other British awards for starring in its film adaptation, The Madness of King George (1994), receiving an Academy Award nomination for the film. Sir Nigel died of a heart attack after suffering from pancreatic cancer.

10 years ago
2011

Died on this date
Sarekoppa Bangarappa, 78. Indian politician. Mr. Bangarappa was a member of several parties in a political career spanning more than 40 years. He represented Soraba in the Karnataka Assembly (1967-1996), and was Chief Minister of Karnataka (1990-1992). Mr. Bangarappa represented Shimoga in the Lok Sabha (1999-2005, 2005-2009). He died from multiple causes after suffering from diabetes; his funeral required police intervention because of disputes between factions involving his sons Kumar and Madhu.

Houston Antwine, 72. U.S. football player. Mr. Antwine played defensive tackle at Southern Illinois University and with the Boston/New England Patriots (1961-1971) and Philadelphia Eagles (1972). He made the American Football League's First All-Star Team in 1963, and the Second Team five times (1964, 1966-1969), earning recognition on the all-time All-AFL Team.

Pedro Armendáriz, Jr., 71. Mexican-born actor. Mr. Armendáriz, the son of actor Pedro Armendáriz, Sr., appeared in movies and television programs in Mexico and the United States in a career spanning 45 years. His movies included Tombstone (1993) and Amistad (1997). Mr. Armendáriz died in New York while being treated for eye cancer, and was buried in Mexico City.

Joe Bodolai, 63. U.S.-born screenwriter and producer. Mr. Bodolai fled to Canada in the late 1960s to avoid the military draft, and spent much of his life in Canada as a comedy writer and producer; he was a frequent guest of Peter Gzowski's on his CBC radio program This Country in the Morning (1970-1974). He returned to the United States in 1981 and wrote more than 20 episodes of Saturday Night Live before returning to Canada and producing television programs such as Comics! and The Kids in the Hall. Mr. Bodolai co-founded the Canadian cable channel The Comedy Network in the mid-1990s, but returned to the U.S. after the Comedy Network's owners declined to hire him to run the network. He was unable to conquer a drinking habit, and committed suicide by drinking a mixture of Gatorade and antifreeze. Mr. Bodolai's blog Say It Ain't So, Joe! remains online; its last entry, dated December 23, 2011, reads like a suicide note.

November 24, 2021

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Fermina Martinez!

280 years ago
1741

Died on this date
Ulrika Eleonora, 53. Queen of Sweden, 1718-1720. Ulrika Eleonora, the youngest child of King Charles XI of Sweden and Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark, was Queen Regnant of Sweden from 1718-1720 and Queen Consort to King Frederick I from 1720 until her death from smallpox.

210 years ago
1811

Born on this date
Ulrich Ochsenbein. 1st President of the Swiss National Council, 1848. Mr. Ochsenbein held several offices before being elected to the Swiss Federal Council in 1848. He was voted out of office in 1854. Mr. Ochsenbein died on November 3, 1890, three weeks before his 79th birthday.

150 years ago
1871

Americana
The National Rifle Association was incorporated.

140 years ago
1881

Born on this date
Al Christie. Canadian-born U.S. film director, producer, and screenwriter. Mr. Christie, a native of London, Ontario, began his cinematic career in New Jersey with Centaur Film Company in 1909 and moved to Hollywood in 1911 to manage Centaur's west coast unit, the Nestor Film Company, which established the first permanent movie studio in Hollywood in October 1911. Mr. Christie and his brother Charles formed Christie Film Company in 1916, making comedies that relied more on humourous and embarrassing situations and were more slowly paced than those at other studios. In the late 1920s, Mr. Christie produced some of the first sound movies with Negro casts. The Christie Film Company went into receivership in 1933, and Mr. Christie worked with Educational Pictures as a director of short comedies, including Bob Hope in his first film, Going Spanish (1934), and Buster Keaton in The Chemist (1936). Mr. Christie died on April 14, 1951 at the age of 69.

130 years ago
1891

Born on this date
Vasil Gendov. Bulgarian actor, director, and screenwriter. Mr. Gendov, born Vasil Hadzhigendov, was best known for writing, directing, and starring in Bulgaria's first feature-length film, Bulgaran is Gallant (1915). He also produced Bulgaria's first sound film, The Slave's Revolt (1933). Mr. Gendov died on September 3, 1970 at the age of 78.

Died on this date
Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, 60. U.K. diplomat, politician, and poet. Lord Lytton joined the Diplomatic Service in 1849 and held posts in numerous European countries before serving as Viceroy and Governor-General of India (1876-1880). He was criticized for his handling of the Great Famine (1876-1878), with his policies said to be influenced by his social Darwinism. Lord Lytton ordered an invasion that began the Second Anglo-Afghan War in 1878; the war was short and bloody, although the British ended up winning. Lord Lytton was elevated to the House of Lords in 1881, and returned to diplomacy in 1887, serving as British Ambassador to France until his death in Paris, 16 days after his 60th birthday. Lord Lytton wrote several volumes of poetry under the pseudonym Owen Meredith, but was accused of plagiarizing several of his works.

110 years ago
1911

Born on this date
Joe Medwick. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Medwick was a left fielder with the St. Louis Cardinals (1932-1940, 1947-1948); Brooklyn Dodgers (1940-1943, 1946); New York Giants (1943-1945); and Boston Braves (1945), batting .324 with 205 home runs and 1,383 runs batted in in 1,984 games. He won the triple crown in 1937, leading the National League with a .374 batting percentage, tying with Mel Ott of the New York Giants for the lead in home runs with 31, and leading the NL with 154 RBIs. Mr. Medwick is perhaps best remembered for the seventh game of the 1934 World Series; his aggressive play during the Cardinals' 11-0 rout of the hometown Detroit Tigers led the fans at Briggs Stadium to pelt him with refuse in left field, and baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis ordered Mr. Medwick pulled from the game for his own safety. Mr. Medwick was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1968; he may have been inducted sooner, but his abrasive personality and the fact that he campaigned openly for election probably delayed his induction by several years. He worked as a hitting instructor in the Cardinals' farm system until his death from a heart attack on March 21, 1975 at the age of 63 at training camp in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Kirby Grant. U.S. actor. Mr. Grant, born Kirby Grant Hoon, Jr., appeared in "B" movies and starred in the television series Sky King (1951-1959). He was killed in a car accident at the age of 73 on October 30, 1985, while on his way to Cape Canaveral, Florida to watch the launch of the U.S. space shuttle Challenger.

100 years ago
1921

Born on this date
Marcus Lockman. U.S. boxer. Mr. Lockman was a welterweight and middleweight who compiled a record of 31-12-3 in a professional career from 1941-1946. He lost a 10-round decision to future middleweight champion Jake LaMotta on March 29, 1946. Just over two months later, on June 5, Mr. Lockman was knocked down twice and out by Sam Baroudi in the 6th round, was hospitalized, and had his license revoked in Massachusetts. He had one more fight three months later, losing by technical knockout in the 6th round to Danny Williams. Mr. Lockman died on March 12, 1999 at the age of 77.

John Lindsay. U.S. politician. Mr. Lindsay was a liberal Republican when he represented New York's 17th District in the U.S. House of Representatives (1959-1965), resigning to take office as Mayor of New York City on January 1, 1966. His time in office was beset by labour and social strife, and he lost the Republican mayoral primary in 1969, but narrowly won re-election as candidate of the New York Liberal Party, serving through the end of 1973. Mr. Lindsay switched to the Democratic Party in 1971, and was an unsuccessful candidate for the 1972 Democratic U.S. presidential nomination. He was regarded as a bad mayor, but has been creditied with reducing racial tensions. Mr. Lindsay suffered from Parkinson's disease in later years, and he suffered from serious financial problems. He and his wife Mary moved to a retirement community in South Carolina a year before his death on December 19, 2000, 25 days after his 79th birthday.

Football
APFA
Canton (3-1-3) 14 @ Akron (7-2-1) 0
Buffalo (7-0-2) 7 @ Chicago Staleys (6-1) 6

80 years ago
1941

War
German forces claimed to have captured a village 31 miles from Moscow. The United Kingdom announced that New Zealand forces had captured Gambut, an Axis supply base midway between Bardia and Tobruk on the Libyan coast.

The Ecuadorian government announced that Ecuador and Peru would free all prisoners captured during the recent border conflict.

Defense
The Free French delegation announced in New York that the U.S.A. had agreed to extend Lend-Lease aid to the armies of General Charles de Gaulle in Africa and Syria.

The U.S. administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt announced that American troops had been sent to Dutch Guinea to help Dutch troops protect bauxite mines.

A U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that members of the Iroquois Confederacy were American citizens and subject to military service.

World events
Panama City police arrested nine people on charges of preparing to overthrow the government of President Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia.

Terrorism
The U.S. consulate in Saigon was wrecked by a bomb, but no one was injured.

Law
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the California Anti-Migrant Act, which barred indigent migrants, "is an unconstitutional barrier to interstate commerce."

U.S. Federal Judge Guy Bard dismissed the indictments of former Judge J. Warren Davis and Morgan S. Kaufman on charges of conspiring to obstruct justice.

75 years ago
1946

Defense
Sydney, Australia reported plans to establish a 3,000-mile rocket testing range for Britain and the Commonwealth countries in western Australia and the Indian Ocean.

Politics and government
In the Uruguayan general election, presidential candidate Tomás Berreta and vice presidential candidate Luis Batlle Berres, representing a faction of the Colorado Party, were elected, as the Colorado Party candidates took 47.8% of the vote to 32.0% for the National Party. Luis Alberto de Herrera and Martín Echegoyen, the leading National Party candidates, took 31.7% of the vote. The Colorado Party took 47 of 99 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, a decline of 11 from their total going into the election. A National Party-independent National Party coalition was second with 40 seats, an increase of 6. The Colorado Party won 15 of 30 Senate seats, a decline of 4. The National Party was second with 10, with independent National Party candidates taking 3 seats.

Voters in U.S.-occupied Wuerttemberg-Baden approved a new constitution and gave the Christian Democrats a plurality of seats in the new state assembly.

Science
Dr. Robert Williams of New York was awarded the 1946 Perkin Medal of the American chemical industry for his research on vitamin B-1.

Energy
Denmark reintroduced fuel rationing and France, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland studied methods of conserving fuel as the United Kingdom cut coal exports from the Ruhr area.

Economics and finance
The U.S. Office of Price Administration's Consumer Price Division ended its operations.

Disasters
12 Americans, stranded for five days in the Bernese Alps after the crash of their Army transport plane, were rescued by Swiss pilots.

Football
NFL
Detroit (1-8) 6 @ Chicago Bears (7-1-1) 42
Chicago Cardinals (5-5) 24 @ Green Bay (5-4) 6
Pittsburgh (5-4) 0 @ New York (6-2-1) 7
Washington (5-3-1) 27 @ Philadelphia (4-5) 10
Los Angeles (4-4-1) 21 @ Boston (1-7-1) 40

AAFC
San Francisco (7-5) 30 @ Brooklyn (3-7-1) 14
Buffalo (3-9-1) 17 @ Cleveland (10-2) 42
Chicago (4-5-2) 38 @ New York (8-3-1) 28

70 years ago
1951

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): My Truly, Truly Fair--Guy Mitchell; Donald Peers

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Cold, Cold Heart--Tony Bennett (Best Seller--4th week at #1); It's No Sin--Eddy Howard and his Orchestra (Disc Jockey--2nd week at #1); Because of You--Tony Bennett (Jukebox--9th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 (It's No) Sin--The Four Aces (4th week at #1)
--Eddy Howard
2 Because of You--Tony Bennett
--Les Baxter and his Orchestra
3 Cold, Cold Heart--Tony Bennett
4 Down Yonder--Del Wood
--Joe "Fingers" Carr
--Champ Butler
5 I Get Ideas--Tony Martin
--Louis Armstrong
6 The World is Waiting for the Sunrise--Les Paul and Mary Ford
7 And So to Sleep Again--Patti Page
8 Undecided--The Ames Brothers and Les Brown and his Band of Renown
9 Domino--Tony Martin
10 Turn Back the Hands of Time--Eddie Fisher

Singles entering the chart were Flamenco by Frankie Laine (#38) and I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You) by Guy Mitchell (#40). Flamenco was the B-side of Jealousy (Jalousie), which charted at #18. I Can't Help It was the other side of There's Always Room at Our House, which charted at #44.

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

Theatre
Gigi, written by Anita Loos, directed by Raymond Rouleau, and starring Audrey Hepburn, opened at the Fulton Theatre on Broadway in New York, to mixed reviews.

World events
14 suspected guerrillas, captured aboard an "invasion ship" travelling from Cuba to the Dominican Republic, were sentenced by the D.R. to 30-year prison terms.

Football
CRU
Grey Cup @ Varsity Stadium, Toronto
Ottawa 21 Saskatchewan 14

The Ottawa Rough Riders built up a 20-2 lead in the 4th quarter and hung on to beat the Saskatchewan Roughriders before a Grey Cup record crowd (to that time) of 27,326 at Varsity Stadium. Benny MacDonnell, Alton Baldwin, and Pete Karpuk scored Ottawa touchdowns. Mr. MacDonnell's touchdown, the first of the game, came on a 2-yard rush, just after Howie Turner had rushed 68 yards to the Saskatchewan 2-yard line. Bob Gain, playing his final game of Canadian football before entering the U.S. armed forces and then the National Football League, converted all 3 touchdowns. Bruce Cummings punted for 2 singles, and quarterback Tom O'Malley punted for the game's final point to give the Rough Riders an insurmountable 7-point lead. Saskatchewan quarterback Glenn Dobbs punted for 2 singles to give the Roughriders an early 2-0 lead, but they didn't score again until the 4th quarter, when Mr. Dobbs completed a pass to Jack Nix for one touchdown and handed off to Sully Glasser for another. Red Ettinger converted both.



60 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): (Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame--Elvis Presley (3rd week at #1)

On television tonight
The Twilight Zone, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Still Valley, starring Gary Merrill, Vaughn Taylor, and Ben Teague

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Hilary Wharf!

Died on this date
Ruth Chatterton, 68. U.S. actress. Miss Chatterton achieved success on Broadway before starring in movies such as Madame X (1929); Sarah and Son (1930); and Dodsworth (1936). She retired from films in the late 1930s, continuing to act occasionally on stage and television. Miss Chatterton also wrote three novels and became an aviatrix; she died a month before her 69th birthday, and three days after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage.

50 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Coz I Luv You--Slade (3rd week at #1)

On television tonight
Rod Serling's Night Gallery, on NBC
Tonight's episode: The Dark Boy, starring Elizabeth Hartman and Gale Sondergaard; Keep in Touch—We'll Think of Something, starring Alex Cord and Joanna Pettet

Crime
A man identifying himself as Dan Cooper--later mythologized as "D.B. Cooper"--hijacked a Northwest Airlines flight bound from Portland, Oregon to Seattle, demanding $200,000 and two parachutes. His demands were met, and shortly after the plane took off from Seattle with just the flight crew, flight attendant, and Mr. Cooper aboard, Mr. Cooper departed the rear of the plane with his money, jumping into a snowstorm. He and his money haven't been heard from since, although there has been recent speculation as to his identity.



Boxing
In the biggest win of his career, Larry Middleton (17-1-1) won a 10-round decision over former U.K., Commonwealth, and European champion Joe Bugner (34-4-1) in a heavyweight bout at the Ice Rink in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England.



30 years ago
1991

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

#1 single in Switzerland: (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams (16th week at #1)

Austria's Top 10 (Ö3)
1 Let's Talk About Sex!--Salt-N-Pepa (2nd week at #1)
2 (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams
3 Any Dream Will Do--Jason Donovan
4 Do the Limbo Dance--David Hasselhoff
5 The Fly--U2
6 Jambo--Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung
7 Something Got Me Started--Simply Red
8 Love to Hate You--Erasure
9 Wind of Change--Scorpions
10 Bacardi Feeling (Summer Dreamin')--Kate Yanai

Singles entering the chart were Black or White by Michael Jackson (#19); Good Vibrations by Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch featuring Loleatta Holloway (#24); and Crucified by Army of Lovers (#27).

Died on this date
Freddie Mercury, 45. Zanzibar-born U.K. singer. Mr. Mercury, born Farrokh Bulsara, moved to England with his family in 1964. He joined the rock group Smile in 1970, and shortly thereafter changed the group's name to Queen. Mr. Mercury played piano and guitar, but was primarily known for his four-octave voice and theatrical stage presence as Queen's lead singer until his death, the day after announcing that he was HIV-positive. Mr. Mercury was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Queen in 2001, as well as the Songwriters Hall of Fame (2003) and the UK Music Hall of Fame (2005).

Eric Carr, 41. U.S. musician. Mr. Carr, whose real name was Paul Charles Caravello, was the drummer for the rock group Kiss from 1980 until his death after a nine-month battle with heart cancer.

Football
CFL
Grey Cup @ Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg
Toronto 36 Calgary 21

Raghib "Rocket" Ismail's 87-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in the 4th quarter was the decisive play as the Argonauts defeated the Stampeders before 51,985 fans--including this blogger--on a cold Sunday afternoon in the first Grey Cup to be played at Winnipeg Stadium. Mr. Ismail's touchdown was the first in Grey Cup history on a kickoff return, and was the longest Grey Cup kickoff return to date. Toronto quarterback Matt Dunigan played the entire game despite suffering from a broken collarbone, and completed just 7 passes, but 2 of his completions went for touchdowns by Darrell K. Smith and Paul Masotti. Argos' defensive back Ed Berry scored the game's first touchdown on a 50-yard interception return early in the 1st quarter. Lance Chomyc converted all 4 Argonaut touchdowns and added 2 field goals and 2 singles on missed field goals. Calgary quarterback Danny Barrett completed 34 of 56 passes--both Grey Cup records--for 377 yards. Carl Bland caught 11 of Mr. Barrett's passes for 136 yards. Mr. Barrett threw 1 touchdown pass, a 13-yard play to Allen Pitts. Mr. Barrett scored the first Calgary touchdown on a 1-yard sneak. Mark McLoughlin converted both and added 2 field goals and a single on a missed field goal. The Stampeders dominated the offensive statistics, amassing 28 first downs to 7 for the Argonauts, and 406 yards net offense to 174 for the Argonauts. For Toronto punter Hank Ilesic, it was his ninth appearance in a Grey Cup game, and his sixth time playing for the winning team. For Calgary offensive tackle Lloyd Fairbanks, it was the final game of a 17-year CFL career--and his only Grey Cup appearance.



25 years ago
1996

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): No Diggity--BLACKstreet (featuring Dr. Dre and Queen Pen)

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

#1 single in Switzerland: Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)--Backstreet Boys

#1 single in Scotland (OCC): Breathe--The Prodigy (2nd week at #1)

Football
CFL
Grey Cup @ Ivor Wynne Stadium, Hamilton
Toronto 43 Edmonton 37

Adrion Smith's 49-yard interception return for a touchdown with 1:22 remaining in regulation time provided the winning margin as the Argonauts defeated the Eskimos before 38,595 fans on a snowy Sunday night in one of the most entertaining Grey Cups ever (see video). Mr. Smith's touchdown was preceded by a bad call when Toronto quarterback Doug Flutie fumbled and the Eskimos recovered, only to have an official blow a quick whistle, resulting in the Argonauts retaining possession. Edmonton led 9-0 after the 1st quarter on a safety touch and a 64-yard touchdown pass from Danny McManus to Eddie Brown, who had the ball go through his hands, and kicked it back into his hands before it hit the ground. The Argonauts then outscored the Eskimos 27-14 in a wild 2nd quarter, with Toronto touchdowns coming from Jimmy Cunningham on an 80-yard punt return, Robert Drummond on a 1-yard rush, and Mr. Flutie on a 10-yard rush. The Eskimos responded with a 75-yard touchdown bomb from Mr. McManus to Jim Sandusky and a Grey Cup-record 91-yard kickoff return TD by Henry "Gizmo" Williams. Toronto kicker Mike Vanderjagt kicked 2 field goals in the 2nd quarter, added another for the only scoring of the 3rd quarter, and kicked his fourth FG 3:06 into the 4th quarter to give the Argonauts a 33-23 lead. Eric Blount's 5-yard touchdown rush, converted by Sean Fleming, made the score 33-30 with 7:07 remaining. The quick whistle on Mr. Flutie's fumble led to Mr. Vanderjagt's fifth field goal, giving Toronto a 36-30 lead with 1:34 remaining. Mr. Smith scored his touchdown on his next play when Mr. McManus's pass bounced off receiver Darren Flutie and Mr. Smith intercepted. The Eskimos responded with a 7-yard touchdown pass from Mr. McManus to Marc Tobert with 9 seconds remaining; Mr. Fleming converted, but his short kickoff was recovered by the Argonauts, who ran out the clock. Mr. Flutie completed 22 of 35 passes for 302 yards and led all rushers with 98 yards on 12 carries, and was named the game's Most Valuable Player. Mr. Vanderjagt was named the outstanding Canadian, going 5 for 5 in field goals and 4 for 4 in converts. Mr. McManus completed 25 of 38 passes for 413 yards. Mr. Fleming, playing with an injury sustained while making a game-saving tackle in the West Final a week earlier, missed all 3 of his field goal attempts. It was the final CFL game in the 14-year CFL career of Edmonton centre Blake Dermott.

November 15, 2021

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Ken Powless!

330 years ago
1691

Died on this date
Aelbert Cuyp, 71. Dutch artist. Mr. Cuyp was a landscape painter during the Dutch Golden Age who was known for his large views of Dutch riverside scenes in a golden early morning or late afternoon light. He died 26 days after his 71st birthday.

260 years ago
1761

Died on this date
Louis de la Corne, Chevalier de la Corne, 58; Pierre Robineau de Portneuf, 53; Charles-René Dejordy de Villebon, 46. French military officers. Chevalier de la Corne, Sieur de Portneuf, and Ensign Dejordy de Villebon were being exiled to France following the fall of New France, and were among the casualties of the ship Auguste when it sank off the coast of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

Louis-Joseph Gaultier de La Vérendrye, 44. Canadian explorer and trader. Mr. La Vérendrye, his three brothers, and father Pierre pushed the fur trade and exploration west from the Great Lakes. The La Vérendrye brothers and two colleagues were thought to be the the first Europeans to have crossed the northern Great Plains and seen the Rocky Mountains in Wyoming. Louis-Joseph Gaultier de La Vérendrye was six days past his 44th birthday when became one of the casualties of the Auguste.

Disasters
The British ship Auguste, en route from Montreal to France with a load of exiles from the fall of New France, sank at Aspy Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia during a gale, with the loss of 114 of her 121 passengers and crew members.

230 years ago
1791

Academia
Georgetown University, the first Roman Catholic college in the United States, opened in Georgetown, D.C.

160 years ago
1861

Journalism
Dunedin became the first New Zealand town with a daily newspaper when the first edition of the Otago Daily Times was published.

140 years ago
1881

Born on this date
Franklin P. Adams. U.S. journalist and author. Mr. Adams was a newspaper humour columnist who began his career in Chicago before moving to New York. His column The Conning Tower was published in several New York newspapers from 1913-1941, and often featured contributions from members of the Algonquin Round Table, of which Mr. Adams was a member. He was a panelist on the radio program Information Please (1938-1948), but his health declined in the 1950s, and he died on March 23, 1960 at the age of 78, after a long illness. Mr. Adams may be best remembered for his poem Baseball's Sad Lexicon (1910), celebrating the Chicago Cubs' double play combo of Tinker to Evers to Chance.

Labour
The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions of the United States and Canada was founded in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; it became the American Federation of Labor (AFL) in 1886. Some Canadian branch unions were members.

130 years ago
1891

Born on this date
Erwin Rommel. German military officer. Field Marshal Rommel was popularly known as "The Desert Fox" because of his leadership of German and Italian forces in the North Africa campaign during World War II. He was linked to the July 20, 1944 assassination attempt to assassinate German Fuehrer Adolf Hitler, and elected the least objectionable option of committing suicide by taking a cyanide pill on October 14, 1944 at the age of 52.

W. Averell Harriman. U.S. politician and diplomat. Mr. Harriman, a Democrat, was U.S. Secretary of Commerce in the administration of President Harry Truman from 1946-1948, and was Governor of New York from 1955-1959. He held several diplomatic posts, and was President Franklin D. Roosevelt's special envoy to British Prime Minister Winston Churchill during World War II. Mr. Harriman died on July 26, 1986 at the age of 94.

90 years ago
1931

Football
NFL
Chicago Bears (5-3) 12 @ New York (5-4) 6
Cleveland (2-5) 6 @ Portsmouth (10-2) 14
Staten Island (2-6-1) 0 @ Providence (3-3-2) 6
Green Bay (9-1) 13 @ Chicago Cardinals (3-3) 21

80 years ago
1941

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Piano Concerto in B Flat--Freddy Martin and his Orchestra (7th week at #1)

War
Moscow radio reported that 20 boatloads of German troops attempting a surprise landing in the Murmansk coast in the far north of Russia had been sunk. Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced in Ottawa that a Canadian force commanded by Brigadier J.K. Lawson had arrived in Hong Kong. Five U.S. Congressmen left New York for the United Kingdom to study war conditions.

Diplomacy
Special Japanese envoy Saburo Kurusu said upon his arrival in Washington, "I think I have a fighting chance to make a success of my mission."

Defense
Philippine President Manuel Quezon said in Manila that the Philippines would fully cooperate with the United States "to save democracy and banish the totalitarians from the face of the Earth."

Football
CRU
ERFU
Finals
Ottawa 10 @ Toronto Argonauts 1 (Ottawa won 2-game total points series 18-17)

WIFU
Finals
Regina 2 @ Winnipeg 8 (Winnipeg won best-of-three series 2-1)

George Fraser kicked 2 field goals, Arnie McWatters added 3 singles, including one for the winning point on the last play of regulation time, and Bert Haigh punted for another single as the Rough Riders overcame a 9-point deficit to defeat the Argonauts before 17,864 fans at Varsity Stadium. Earl Selkirk scored the only point for Toronto on a missed field goal in the 1st quarter to give the Argonauts a 1-0 lead in the game and a 17-8 lead in the series. The miss would later prove costly.

Ches McCance kicked 2 field goals out of the mud at Osborne Stadium as the Blue Bombers defeated the Rough Riders to win their fifth straight WIFU title. Wayne Sheley added 2 singles for Winnipeg, while Norm Geller and Mr. Caprara punted for singles to account for the Regina scoring.

75 years ago
1946

Died on this date
James Kendis, 63. U.S. songwriter. Mr. Kendis and partner James Brockman wrote songs such as I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles.

Diplomacy
Dutch and Indonesian negotiators meeting near Batavia signed the Linggadjati Agreement, providing for the creation of the United States of Indonesia, including Sumatra, Java, Celebes, and most of Borneo, within a Netherlands Union. The Netehrlands promised to sponsor Indonesia for United Nations membership.

Politics and government
China's Constitutional Assembly convened in Nanking despite a boycott by Communists, the Democratic League, and Social Democrats. Addressing the opening session, Nationalist leader Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek called the Assembly the beginning of constitutional government in China.

Colombia's five Conservative ministers resigned when the Liberal majority in Congress failed to agree on a proposal for cooperation with the administration.

The U.S. Employment Service, with 1,800 field offices and 24,000 employees, returned to state control after nearly five years of federal operation.

Labour
Congress of Industrial Organizations United Mine Workers of America President John L. Lewis notified U.S. Interior Secretary Julius Krug that the UMW would terminate the collective contract for the soft coal industry in five days.

In a move to curb left-wing union affiliates, the annual CIO convention in Atlantic City adopted a rule threatening local councils with expulsion for actions opposed to CIO policy.

70 years ago
1951

Died on this date
Frank W. Benson, 89. U.S. artist. Mr. Benson was known for his Realistic portraits, American Impressionist paintings, watercolours, and etchings. Some of his best known paintings depicted his daughters outdoors at the family's summer home in Maine.

Abominations
U.S. President Harry Truman called Communist atrocities in Korea "the most uncivilized thing that has happened in the past century."

Terrorism
Anti-government rebels killed 11 people in an attack on a rubber plantation in Malaya.

World events
Greek Communist Party member and resistance leader Nikos Beloyannis and 11 resistance comrades were sentenced to death by a court-martial after being convicted of treason, allegedly having transmitted information to the Soviet Union.

Diplomacy
The Netherlands rejected an Indonesian demand for negotiations on the transfer of Dutch New Guinea to Indonesia.

Defense
The first units of the 27th Canadian Brigade arrived in Hanover, Germany for NATO service.

Politics and government
Farouk formally adopted the title King of Egypt and Sudan. U.K. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons that Sudan would remain under British control until the end of 1952, at which time it could opt for independence or union with Egypt.

U.S. Republican Party leaders named Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (Massachusetts) to direct an effort to gain the party's 1952 U.S. presidential nomination for General Dwight D. Eisenhower.

U.S. Economic Stabilization Agency Director Eric Johnston resigned in order to resume his post as president of the Motion Picture Association of America.

Literature
Per Lagerkvist was awarded the 1951 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the artistic vigour and true independence of mind with which he endeavours in his poetry to find answers to the eternal questions confronting mankind."

Science
The 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Edwin McMillan and Glenn T. Seaborg of the University of California "for their discoveries in the chemistry of transuranium elements." The 1951 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Sir John Cockroft of the United Kingdom and Ernest Walton of Ireland "for their pioneer work on the transmutation of atomic nuclei by artificially accelerated atomic particles."

60 years ago
1961

Died on this date
Elsie Ferguson, 78. U.S. actress. Miss Ferguson was a leading lady on stage and screen in the 1910s and '20s; many of her films were based on plays she had appeared in. Miss Ferguson was known as a difficult person to work with, and she often played such roles. Her only surviving complete silent film is The Witness for the Defense (1919).

Space
The United States launched two satellites from Cape Canaveral, Florida with a single Thor-Able-Star rocket. The satellites were the 240-pound Transit Research and Attitude Control (TRAAC) and the U.S. Navy's 190-pound Transit IV-B, an experimental navigation aid. The two were separated in space.

The United States launched the Discoverer 35 satellite into a polar Earth orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The satellite's capsule was captured in mid-air after 18 orbits by a U.S. Air Force plane based in Hawaii.

50 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Banks of the Ohio--Olivia Newton-John (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Ame no Midōsuji--Ouyang Fei Fei (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Mammy Blue--Pop-Tops (4th week at #1)

Died on this date
Rudolf Abel, 68. U.K.-born U.S.S.R. spy. Mr. Abel, whose real name was William August Fisher, was born in England to Russian émigré parents of Bolsehvik sympathies; the family returned to Moscow in 1921. Mr. Fisher was fluent in several languages, and joined the Soviet secret police agency OGPU in 1927, but was dismissed from the agency--renamed the NKVD--in 1938, and narrowly escaped the Great Purge. He worked with military intelligence in World War II, and rejoined the secret police--renamed again as KGB--in 1946. Mr. Fisher succeeded in illegally entering the United States in 1948, and established a spy network. He returned to the Soviet Union for six months in 1955, and when he returned to New York in 1956, he found that his network had disintegrated, largely to the incompetence of his assistant, Reino Häyhänen. Mr. Häyhänen defected to the United States in 1957 and furnished information that led to the arrest of Mr. Fisher, who identified himself as Rudolf Abel. Mr. Fisher was convicted in October 1957 of three counts of conspiracy, and was sentenced to a total of 30 years in prison and a fine of $3,000. He was imprisoned at Atlanta Federal Penitentiary until February 1962, when he was exchanged in Berlin for captured American U-2 pilot Gary Powers; his work in the United States had been a failure for the KGB, although they portrayed him as a master spy. Mr. Fisher continued to work for the KGB, giving lectures on intelligence, but he became increasingly disillusioned, and died from lung cancer after years of heavy smoking.

Technology
Intel released the world's first commercial single-chip microprocessor, the 4004.

Football
NFL
St. Louis (3-6) 17 @ San Diego (4-5) 20

Dennis Partee's 45-yard field goal on the last play of the game gave the Chargers their win over the Cardinals at San Diego Stadium. The Chargers took possession of the ball after an unsuccessful short kickoff by St. Louis kicker Jim Bakken with 16 seconds remaining.




40 years ago
1981

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Say I Love You--Renée Geyer (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: Japanese Boy--Aneka (4th week at #1)

Austria's Top 10 (Ö3)
1 Ja, wenn wir alle Englein wären--Fred Sonnenschein und seine Freunde
2 Du entschuldige - i kenn' di--Peter Cornelius
3 Dance Little Bird--Electronica's
4 Japanese Boy--Aneka
5 Tainted Love--Soft Cell
6 Dance Little Bird--Bobby Setter Showband
7 Hold on Tight--Electric Light Orchestra
8 Green Door--Shakin' Stevens
9 Strada del sole--Rainhard Fendrich
10 Only Crying--Keith Marshall

Singles entering the chart were Tainted Love; Just Another Broken Heart by Sheena Easton (#17); and Prince Charming by Adam and the Ants (#18).

Died on this date
Enid Markey, 87. U.S. actress. Miss Markey appeared on stage, screen, and television in a career spanning more than 50 years. She originated the role of Jane in films, playing the role in Tarzan of the Apes (1918) and The Romance of Tarzan (1918). Miss Markey played Aunt Violet Flower in the television comedy series Bringing Up Buddy (1960-1961).

Steve Macko, 27. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Macko was a utility infielder with the Chicago Cubs (1979-1980), batting .250 with no home runs and 5 runs batted in in 25 games. He hit .274 with 21 homes and 178 RBIs in 386 games in 4 seasons in the minor leagues (1977-1980). Mr. Macko suffered a season-ending knee injury shortly after being called up by the Cubs in 1980, and an examination revealed the presence of testicular cancer, which soon spread to his lungs. He remained with the Cubs through the 1981 season on the team's disabled list, and played briefly in an exhibition game against the team's top farm team on May 18. Mr. Macko died four days after being hospitalized with breathing difficulties while playing golf with his father.

Football
CFL
Eastern Final
Ottawa 17 @ Hamilton 13

Western Final
British Columbia 16 @ Edmonton 22

J.C. Watts threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Pat Stoqua in the 1st quarter and then connected with him for a 102-yard touchdown with 6:40 remaining in regulation time as the Rough Riders upset the Tiger-Cats before 28,120 fans at Ivor Wynne Stadium to advance to the Grey Cup. Hamilton's only touchdown came in the 3rd quarter on a 10-yard pass from Tom Clements to Rocky DiPietro. The Tiger-Cats were leading 13-7 and appeared to be on the verge of putting the game away, with a first down on the Rough Riders' 13-yard line, when Mr. Clements was intercepted in the end zone by Glenn Cook, who returned the ball to his own 8, setting the stage for the go-ahead touchdown. Mr. Clements threw 3 interceptions in the game, and Hamilton kicker Bernie Ruoff missed 2 field goals. Ottawa tight end Tony Gabriel caught 9 passes for 138 yards, while Mr. Stoqua finished with 3 catches for 127 yards.



A Commonwealth Stadium crowd of 52,861--the largest to see a sporting event in western Canada to that date--saw Warren Moon throw a 33-yard touchdown pass on a second-down-and-18 play with 5:33 remaining in regulation time to put the Eskimos ahead to stay. It was the only touchdown of the game for the Eskimos, who had trailed 16-9 at halftime and 16-15 after 3 quarters. The Lions scored on a 16-yard touchdown pass from Joe Paopao to Ricky Ellis in the 2nd quarter, and a convert and 3 field goals by Lui Passaglia. Dave Cutler converted the Edmonton touchdown and added 5 field goals in as many attempts. Mr. Moon completed just 7 of 20 passes in the 1st half, but was 13 for 20 in the 2nd half. It was the final game for former Eskimos John Beaton and Sam Britts, and the final home game for legendary Edmonton cheerleader Michelle Guenard.



30 years ago
1991

Died on this date
Rob McCall, 33. Canadian figure skater. Mr. McCall, a native of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, and ice dancing partner Marie McNeil won the Canadian national championship in 1981. He then teamed up with Tracy Wilson, and the pair won seven Canadian championships in a row from 1982-1988, and won the bronze medal at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics. Mr. McCall was a sodomite who died of AIDS-related brain cancer.

25 years ago
1996

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Ain't that Just the Way--Lutricia McNeal

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Rat Trap--Dustin

Died on this date
Alger Hiss, 92. U.S. traitor. Mr. Hiss was a lawyer and an official with the U.S. State Department in the 1940s, and was involved with the founding of the United Nations. In 1948, Time magazine senior editor and former Communist Whittaker Chambers appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on Un-American Activities and accused Mr. Hiss of involvement in an underground Communist cell in the 1930s. Mr. Hiss denied the charge it looked as though that would be the end of the investigation, but committee member Richard Nixon (Republican--California) insisted on pursuing the case. The statute of limitations had expired on the possibility of charging Mr. Hiss with espionage, but he was charged with two counts of perjury for his denial of having been a Communist and having met Mr. Chambers. The first trial, in 1949, ended in a hung jury, with an 8-4 vote in favour of conviction. The retrial resulted in a verdict on January 21, 1950 of guilty on both counts. Four days later, Mr. Hiss was sentenced to two five-year prison terms, to be served concurrently. He was released after three years and eight months and worked for a stationery company in New York City before being readmitted to the bar, after having been disbarred upon his conviction. Mr. Hiss always maintained his innocence despite the evidence of his guilt. In the words of Mr. Nixon, "If the American people understood the real character of Alger Hiss, they would boil him in oil." Mr. Hiss died four days after his 92nd birthday.

20 years ago
2001

Technology
Microsoft launched the Xbox game console.

Baseball
Roger Clemens of the New York Yankees, who had posted a 20-3 record with an earned run average of 3.51 in 33 games, was voted the winner of the American League's Cy Young Award for 2001, making him the first six-time winner of the award.

10 years ago
2011

Died on this date
Oba Chandler, 65. U.S. criminal. Mr. Chandler was a career criminal who was convicted in 1992 and sentenced to death in November 1994 for the May 1989 murders of Jo Rogers, 36, and her daughters Michele, 17, and Christe, 14, tourists from Ohio whose bodies were found floating in Tampa Bay, Florida with their hands and feet bound. Autopsies showed the victims had been thrown into the water while still alive, with ropes tied to a concrete block around their necks. The case was the first in the United States in which billboards were used to capture the killer. Mr. Chandler was executed by lethal injection at Florida State Prison in Raiford, Florida. In 2014, DNA evidence identified Mr. Chandler in Tampa Bay, Florida with their hands and feet bound. Autopsies showed the victims had been thrown into the water while still alive, with ropes tied to a concrete block around their necks. Mr. Chandler committed rapes and may have committed other murders for which he was never charged.

Protest
Hundreds of police officers in riot gear raided the Occupy Wall Street encampment in New York City, evicting hundreds of protesters and then demolishing the tent city.

Baseball
Nippon Series
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 4 @ Chunichi Dragons 2 (Chunichi led best-of-seven series 2-1)