May 4, 2010

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, John Dea!

220 years ago
1790

Died on this date
Matthew Tilghman, 72. American politician. Mr. Tilghman was a planter in Maryland who was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates (1751-1776), serving as Speaker of the House (1773-1775). He headed Maryland's delegation to the Continental Congress, and effectively led the American Revolution in Maryland. When Maryland's state government went into effect in 1776, Mr. Tilghman was elected to the state Senate. He served in the Maryland Senate until 1783, and was its President (1780-1783).

190 years ago
1820

Born on this date
Julia Gardiner Tyler. U.S. First Lady, 1844-1845. Mrs. Tyler, the daughter of U.S. Senator David Gardiner, was courted by President Tyler while he was in office, following the death of his first wife Letitia. Julia, her sister Margaret, and their father joined the President for an excursion aboard the U.S. Navy frigate USS Princeton on February 28, 1844. A naval gun exploded and killed several officials, including Sen. Gardiner. President Tyler comforted Julia after the loss of her father, and she eventually accepted his proposal of marriage; the couple were wed in New York City on June 26, 1844. Mr. Tyler's presidency ended on March 4, 1845, and the couple moved to his Sherwood Forest plantation in Virginia, where they lived until his death on January 18, 1862. They had seven children together. Mrs. Tyler had financial problems in later years, and died on July 10, 1889 at the age of 69, after a stroke.

140 years ago
1870

Baseball
The Cincinnati Red Stockings defeated the Memphis Orientals 100-2 at Memphis in a game stopped after 6 innings.

130 years ago
1880

Died on this date
Edward Clark, 65. U.S. politician. Mr. Clark, a Democrat, was Lieutenant Governor of Texas from 1859-1861. When Texas seceded from the Union and Governor Sam Houston refused to take an oath of loyalty to the Confederacy, Mr. Clark succeeded him as Governor on March 18, 1861. He left office on November 7, 1861 after losing the gubernatorial election to Francis Lubbock by 124 votes.

Politics and government
Edward Blake was chosen as the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, succeeding former Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie.

120 years ago
1890

Born on this date
Franklin Carmichael. Canadian artist. Mr. Carmichael, a native of Orillia, Ontario, painted Ontario landscapes, and was especially known for his use of watercolours. He was the youngest member of the Group of Seven, and also worked as an illustrator of books, magazines, and promotional brochures. Mr. Carmichael died in Toronto on October 24, 1945 at the age of 55.

100 years ago
1910

Defense
The Naval Service Act received royal assent, creating the Royal Canadian Navy.

Transportation
MacKenzie and Mann received a federal charter for the Canadian Northern Alberta Railway, acquiring the assets of the Edmonton, Yukon and Pacific Railway (EY&PR) and the Edmonton and Calgary Railway. The line was to run from St. Albert, Alberta to the British Columbia border at the Yellowhead Pass or the Peace River Pass.

Economics and finance
The Canadian Currency Act of 1910 received royal assent.

70 years ago
1940

On the radio



War
The Japanese news agency Domei announced the launching of a Japanese drive against an estimated 500,000 Chinese troops in the Chinese province of Hupeh.

Law
U.S. Attorney General Robert Jackson absolved Federal Bureau of Investigation agents of using "third degree" methods in the arrest of 12 people recruiting for the Spanish Loyalist Army.

Politics and government
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt nominated Robert H. Hinkley as assistant Secretary of Commerce in a move designed to placate opponents of his plan to merge the Civil Aviation Administration and Air Safety Board.

Economics and finance
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt vetoed a bill extending the provisions of the Federal Crop Insurance Act to cotton and tobacco.

New York lawyer and potential 1940 Republican Party U.S. presidential candidate Wendell Willkie said that the deficit spending of President Roosevelt's New Deal policies would lead the United States to bankruptcy and political chaos.

Horse racing
Gallahadion, a 35-1 longshot with Carroll Bierman up, won the 66th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville in a time of 2:05, 1½ lengths ahead of Bimelech, with Dit third.



Track and field
Greg Rice set a U.S. record of 8:19.9 in the men's 3,000-metre run.

60 years ago
1950

Died on this date
Paul Federn, 78. Austrian-born U.S. psychologist. Dr. Federn, a native of Vienna, was a follower of the psychoanalytic theories of Sigmund Freud, and was vice president of the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society before emigrating to New York City in 1938. He believed that the ego was experience coinciding with "ego feeling." Dr. Federn was reportedly suffering from incurable cancer when he committed suicide.

Vince Molyneaux, 61. U.S. baseball pitcher. Mr. Molyneaux played with the St. Louis Browns (1917) and Boston Red Sox (1918), compiling a record of 1-0 with an earned run average of 4.41 in 13 games. He played at least 3 years in the minor leagues (1914-1915, 1919).

Radio
George Foster Peabody Awards for outstanding achievement in 1949 included a Personal Award to Jack Benny; Eric Sevareid of CBS for Reporting and Interpretation of the News; ABC Radio for Author Meets the Critics; and NBC Radio for United Nations Project.

Television
George Foster Peabody Award winners for outstanding achievment in 1949 included CBS Television for The Ed Wynn Show; ABC Television for Crusade in Europe; and NBC Television for the children's program Kukla, Fran and Ollie.

War
The U.S.S.R. announced that all German World War II prisoners, a total of 1,939,163, had been returned from the Soviet Union. West German Social Democratic Party leader Kurt Schumacher contradicted the report, claiming that there were "hundreds of thousands of German prisoners still in Russia."

Defense
U.S. President Harry Truman told a news conference that he saw no reason to fear the Cold War turning into a shooting war soon. He promised to reduce the U.S. defense budget in the next year, and said that the Marshall Plan would remain the main U.S. weapon in the Cold War. President Truman rejected Herbert Hoover's proposal for a United Nations without Communist states.

Politics and government
U.S. Senator Millard Tydings (Democrat--Maryland) announced that President Truman had agreed to let Senate investigators look at State Department loyalty files on 81 employees accused by Senator Joseph McCarthy (Republican--Wisconsin) of being security risks. The U.S. Federal Civil Service Loyalty Board reported that 202 fedeal employees had been discharged on loyalty grounds over the past three years.

Economics and finance
The U.S. State Department disclosed a Chinese Nationalist request for $50 million in U.S. economic aid.

Labour
A strike of 89,000 Chrysler Corporation workers ended after 100 days when the United Auto Workers of America accepted an agreement providing for company-financed $100 monthly pensions.

Horse racing
In London, Gordon Richards rode the 4,000th winner of his career, more than any jockey in history to date.

Baseball
Bob Cain (1-0) pitched a 5-hit shutout as the Chicago White Sox whipped the New York Yankees 15-0 before 8,764 fans at Yankee Stadium. Gus Zernial had 2 singles, a double, and a triple for the White Sox, while Jim Busby hit 4 singles.

Dick Sisler hit a home run and 4 singles, driving in 5 runs, to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a 9-6 win over the St. Louis Cardinals before 9,871 fans at Sportsman’s Park in St. Louis.

50 years ago
1960

Baseball
The Chicago Cubs, with a record of 6-11, brought Lou Boudreau out of the broadcast booth to replace Charlie Grimm as manager, while Mr. Grimm took Mr. Boudreau’s place with WGN. The Cubs won their first game under Mr. Boudreau, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-1 before 4,631 fans at Wrigley Field in Chicago, as Dick Ellsworth earned his first major league victory, pitching a 5-hit complete game to outduel Bob Friend (3-1).

Jim Lemon singled home 2 runs in the bottom of the 5th inning and added a 2-run home run in the 7th as the Washington Senators came back from a 6-3 deficit to defeat the Cleveland Indians 7-6 before 7,130 fans at Griffith Stadium in Washington. Cleveland center fielder Walt Bond batted 3 for 4 with 2 home runs and 4 runs batted in.

40 years ago
1970

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Let it Be--The Beatles (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Onna no Blues--Keiko Fuji (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Gwendolyne--Julio Iglesias (5th week at #1)

On the radio
The Challenge of Space, on Springbok Radio
Tonight’s episode: Ultimatum

Died on this date
Allison Krause, 19; Jeff Miller, 20; Sandra Scheuer, 20; Bill Schroeder, 19. U.S. university students. The four were killed when 100 Ohio National Guard officers opened fire on 500-600 student protesters at Kent State University. The protests had begun two days earlier against U.S. President Richard Nixon’s expansion of the Vietnam War into Cambodia. There were reports of sniper fire from a rooftop, but these were disputed by officials. 11 other students were wounded in the incident. Mr. Schroeder was not a participant in the protest, but was just walking across the campus when he was shot.





War
The United States Defense Department announced the termination of large-scale air strikes against North Vietnam. Soviet premier Aleksei Kosygin criticized U.S. President Richard Nixon’s decision to send American forces into Cambodia, and charged the United States with using scorched-earth tactics. Communist China condemned the combined U.S. and South Vietnamese offensive into Cambodia.

Basketball
NBA
Finals
Los Angeles 100 @ New York 107 (New York led best-of-seven series 3-2)

The Knickerbockers outscored the Lakers 32-18 in the 4th quarter as they came back from a 53-40 halftime deficit before 19,500 fans at Madison Square Garden. Walt Frazier led New York with 21 points, while grabbing 7 rebounds and adding 12 assists. Wilt Chamberlain led Los Angeles with 22 points, 19 rebounds, and 3 assists. New York center Willis Reed suffered a torn thigh muscle.



Baseball
Jim Bouton (2-2) pitched his first National League complete game as the Houston Astros defeated the Chicago Cubs 7-2 before 16,142 fans at the Astrodome. Mr. Bouton, who gave up 6 hits, batted 1 for 2, was hit by a pitch, and scored 2 runs.

30 years ago
1980

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Cruisin'--Smokey Robinson (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: Boat on the River--Styx (2nd week at #1)

Died on this date
Josip Broz Tito, 87. President of Yugoslavia, 1953-1980. Marshal Tito joined the Communist Party of Yugoslavia in 1918, and became General Secretary of the party in 1939. He led the Yugoslavian partisan guerrilla movement during World War II; after the war, he held the offices of Prime Minister (1944-1963) and President. Marshal Tito split with the U.S.S.R. in 1948, saying that there could be "different roads to socialism." He served as the first Secretary-General of the Non-Aligned Movement (1961-1964). Marshal Tito ran an authoritarian system but enacted some liberalizing reforms, beginning in the early 1960s. He achieved economic growth, but at the cost of increased deficits in international balance of payments. In 1974, Marshal Tito created two collective leadership bodies to take over after his death: the State Presidency and the Presidium of the Communist Party. A rotating system of succession for the leadership of those bodies was put into operation upon Marshal Tito’s death, three days before his 88th birthday, after months of illness.

Terrorism
Arab Iranian terrorists who had seized the Iranian embassy in London four days earlier released one hostage.

Religion
Pope John Paul II, addressing Roman Catholic priests in Kinshasa Zaire, said, "Leave political responsibility to those who are entrusted with it. The role that is expected of you is another one, a magnificent one. You are leaders in another jurisdiction as priests of Christ."

Basketball
NBA
Finals
Philadelphia 102 @ Los Angeles 109 (Los Angeles led best-of-seven series 1-0)

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scored 33 points, grabbed 14 rebounds, blocked 6 shots, and added 5 assists to lead the Lakers over the 76ers before 17,505 fans at the Forum in Inglewood, California. Norm Nixon added 23 points and Jamaal Wilkes 20 for the Lakers. Julius Erving led the 76ers with 20 points. Los Angeles outscored Philadelphia 31-17 in the 3rd quarter.



Baseball
The Toronto Blue Jays swept a doubleheader from the Cleveland Indians before 26,114 fans at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto by scores of 9-8 and 7-2. Otto Velez of the Blue Jays hit 3 home runs in the first game, including a grand slam in the 1st inning and a game-winning home run in the 10th. He added another home run in the second game and finished the day with 10 runs batted in.

Junior Kennedy's grand slam off Bill Caudill with 2 out in the bottom of the 6th inning climaxed a 5-run inning as the Cincinnati Reds overcame a 4-0 deficit to defeat the Chicago Cubs 5-4 and complete the sweep of a doubleheader before 32,041 fans at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati. Mr. Kennedy's grand slam was his second career major league home run. The Reds won the first game 3-2.

25 years ago
1985

Hit parade
U.S. top 10 (Cash Box)
1 We are the World--USA for Africa (4th week at #1)
2 Crazy For You--Madonna
3 Rhythm of the Night--DeaBarge
4 Don't You (Forget About Me)--The Simple Minds
5 One Night in Bangkok--Murray Head
6 Obsession--Animotion
7 Nightshift--Commodores
8 Some Like it Hot--Power Station
9 All She Wants to Do is Dance--Don Henley
10 That was Yesterday--Foreigner

Horse racing
Spend a Buck, with Angel Cordero, Jr. up, won the 111th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville in a time of 2:00 1/5; Stephan's Odyssey placed second, and Chief's Crown finished third.



Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Clarence S. Campbell Conference Finals
Chicago 2 @ Edmonton 11 (Edmonton led best-of-seven series 1-0)

20 years ago
1990

Politics and government
The parliament of Latvia voted 138-0 to declare its independence from the U.S.S.R. An unspecified period of transition was approved.

Economics and finance
The United States Labor Department reported that the unemployment rate had edged upward in April to 5.4%, the highest level in more than a year.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Conference Finals
Chicago 4 @ Edmonton 3 (Best-of-seven series tied 1-1)

10 years ago
2000

War
Israelis and their allies, the South Lebanon Army, concluded two days of attacks on Hizbollah guerrilla bases, killing five people. Hezbollah guerrillas fired rockets into Israel.

Politics and government
Former Labour Party Member of Parliament Ken Livingstone became the first elected Mayor of London.

Protest
300 armed U.S. marshals and FBI agents moved onto the Puerto Rican island of Vieques, where 200 protesters had been occupying a U.S. Navy bombing range for a year. The protesters charged that the bombing was doing permanent damage to the island. The protesters surrendered peacefully; they were taken to the main island of Puerto Rico and released.

Disasters
The U.S. National Park Service began a "prescribed" burn in the Bandelier National Monument in New Mexico to eliminate dense, highly combustible brush that could cause a devastating wildfire during dry summer months. However, the NPS lost control of the blaze, which spread over 50,000 acres and destroyed more than 400 homes. 25,000 people had to be evacuated. The flames came within 300 yards of a facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory that stored plutonium.

Hockey
NHL
The expansion Columbus Blue Jackets and Minnesota Wild signed their first players. Columbus signed Niagara University goaltender Greg Gardner, while Minnesota signed forward Johnathan Gagnon.

Stanley Cup
Conference Semi-Finals
Philadelphia 2 @ Pittsburgh 1 (5 OT) (Best-of-seven series tied 2-2)

Keith Primeau scored at 12:01 of the 5th overtime period to end the third-longest game in NHL history.



Baseball
Doug Glanville batted 5 for 5 with a double, 3 runs, and a run batted in to help the Philadelphia Phillies rout the Cincinnati Reds 14-1 before 27,564 fans at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia.

May 3, 2010

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Pud Smith!

1,520 years ago
490

Born on this date
K'an Joy Chitam I. Ruler of Palenque, 529-565. K'an Joy Chitam I was an ajaw of the Maya city state of Palenque in what is now southern Mexico, taking the throne after an interregnum of more than four years. He died on February 6, 565 at the age of 74, and was succeeded by Ahkal Moʼ Nahb II.

740 years ago
1270

Died on this date
Béla IV, 63. King of Hungary, 1235-1270. Béla IV acceded to the throne upon the death of his father Andrew II. He survived a Mongol invasion in 1241-1242, but the resulting damage led King Béla to initiate reforms and a defensive alliance. He also supported Christian missionary efforts among the pagan Cumans. King Béla IV died after an illness of several months, and was succeeded by his eldest son Stephen V.

600 years ago
1410

Died on this date
Alexander V. Roman Catholic antipope, 1409-1410. Alexander V, born Pietro Filargo in Crete, became Archbishop of Milan in 1402, and was created a cardinal by Pope Innocent VII in 1405. His political maneuvers as a promoter of the Council of Pisa (1409) incurred the wrath of Pope Gregory XII, who stripped him of his offices of archbishop and cardinal. The cardinals at the Council of Pisa elected Mr. Filargo to what they assumed was a vacant office, and crowned him as Alexander V, not realizing that he was actually an antipope. Alexander V was recognized as pope by most European states, but he died suddenly in the presence of Cardinal Baldassare Cossa in Bologna.

180 years ago
1830

Transportation
The Canterbury and Whitstable Railway opened in the English county of Kent; it was the first steam-hauled passenger railway to issue season tickets and include a tunnel.

150 years ago
1860

Europeana
Karl XV of Sweden and Norway was crowned King of Sweden in Stockholm.

Politics and government
The U.S. Democratic National Convention adjourned at South Carolina Institute Hall in Charleston without nominating a ticket for the 1860 U.S. presidential election. U.S. Senator Stephen A. Douglas (Illinois) led after all 57 ballots with a solid majority of votes, but was short of the two-thirds majority necessary to win the nomination. The delegates voted to reconvene in Baltimore on June 18.

Scandal
The Woodstock (New Brunswick) Journal alerted readers to its discovery that local politician and postmaster Charles Connell was replacing Queen Victoria's head on the province's proposed new five-cent stamp with his own face; the stamp was released, and Mr. Connell resigned in disgrace.

140 years ago
1870

Born on this date
Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein. U.K. royal family member. Princess Helena Victoria was the daughter of Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein and Princess Helena, daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Princess Helena Victoria never married, and worked with various charitable organizations. Sh died on March 13, 1948 at the age of 77, after several years of declining health.

110 years ago
1900

Horse racing
Lieut. Gibson, with Jimmy Boland up, won the 26th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville in a time of 2:06.5, 3 lengths ahead of Florizar, with Thrive finishing third.

100 years ago
1910

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Norman Corwin!

Mr. Corwin is best known for writing dramas for radio that tackled social issues. His most famous broadcasts, for CBS, were We Hold These Truths (December 15, 1941) and On a Note of Triumph (May 8, 1945). He also wrote screenplays, one of which (Lust for Life, 1956) was nominated for an Academy Award. Among those who cited Mr. Corwin as an inspiration were Rod Serling, Gene Roddenberry, and Norman Lear.

90 years ago
1920

War
Relying on Red Army troops in neighbouring Azerbaijan, the Bolsheviks attempted to stage a coup d'etat in Georgia.

Baseball
Two days after playing a record 26 innings, the Brooklyn Robins and Boston Braves played 19 innings before 3,500 fans at Braves Field. The Braves won 2-1, getting consecutive singles by John Sullivan, Walter Holke, and Tony Boeckel with 1 out in the bottom of the 19th to push across the winning run. Dana Fillingim (1-2) went the distance, allowing 12 hits and no earned runs, to get the win over Sherrod Smith (0-1), who allowed 13 hits and 2 earned runs. The Robins had played 58 innings in their last 3 games.

The Detroit Tigers got their first win of the season after opening with 13 straight losses, scoring all their runs in the 4th inning as they defeated the Cleveland Indians 5-1 at Navin Field in Detroit behind the pitching of Dutch Leonard (1-2). Guy Morton (0-1) allowed 5 hits and 4 runs--2 earned--in 3+ innings to take the loss; he was relieved by Tim Murchison, who allowed 3 hits and 1 unearned run in 4 innings, making 2 assists, and striking out in his only plate appearance in the third and last game of his 2-year major league career.

80 years ago
1930

Auto racing
AAA
Championship Car Series
Bill Cummings won the first race of the season, a 100-mile race on the dirt track at Langhorne Speedway in Pennsylvania. Deacon Litz finished second and Freddie Winnai third in the 15-car field.

70 years ago
1940

At the movies
Saps at Sea, directed by Gordon Douglas, and starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, opened in theatres. It was Laurel and Hardy's last film with Hal Roach Studios.



War
Allied forces in Norway evacuated Namsos and abandoned the Steinkjer line to Norwegian troops commanded by Colonel O.B. Getz, who asked the German High Command for an armistice.

Law
More than 200 French Communists were sent to islands in the Atlantic Ocean off the French cost for internment.

Politics and government
In a speech in Washington, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt challenged would-be Democratic Party presidential candidates to stop criticizing his New Deal economic policies and offer constructive policies.

Protest
27 of the 85 women on the advisory committee for the New York World's Fair resigned in protest against the Fair's chosen theme, "For Peace and Freedom."

Oil
The Mexican Petroleum Distribution Agency announced a $54-million contract with three U.S. companies for the purchase of Mexican oil.

Boxing
Buddy Baer (52-4) scored a technical knockout of Nathan Mann (54-8-4) at 1:36 of the 7th round of a heavyweight bout at Madison Square Garden in New York. Mr. Mann was knocked down twice in the 7th round.

60 years ago
1950

On the radio
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Ben Wright and Eric Snowden, on ABC
Tonight’s episode: The Magic Carpet

The Casebook of Gregory Hood, starring Martin Gabel, on ABC

War
The Nationalist Chinese government in Taiwan announced the abandonment of Hainan Island, claiming that its forces had killed 17,000 Communists in their unsuccessful attempt to resist the invasion.

Diplomacy
United Nations Secretary-General Trygve Lie proposed a visit to Moscow in an effort to start a movement to "bring the Cold War to an end."

U.S. President Harry Truman welcomed Pakistani Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan in Washington at the start of Mr. Khan's three-week tour of the United States.

Defense
The U.S. Navy announced that officers of the grounded USS Missouri would be punished by loss of standing on rank of promotion lists.

Society
The Communist Chinese government outlawed polygamy and the sale of women.

Crime
The U.S. Senate approved a $150,000 investigation of interstate crime, prompted by the shooting of Kansas City racketeer Charlie Binaggio.

Medicine
The Association of American Physicians, meeting in Atlantic City, admitted its first female member, Dr. Helen B. Taussig.

50 years ago
1960

On television tonight
Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond, hosted by John Newland, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Delia, starring Lee Philips, Barbara Lord, and Murray Matheson



Theatre
The Fantasticks, with music by Harvey Schmidt and libretto and lyrics by Tom Jones, opened at Sullivan Street Playhouse in New York City, eventually becoming the world's longest-running musical, with 17,162 performances over almost 42 years. The opening night cast included Jerry Orbach, Rita Gardner, Kenneth Nelson, and Mr. Jones.

Diplomacy
Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker attended the Commonwealth Prime Ministers Conference in London; he proposed Colombo Plan aid to Africa.

Europeana
The Anne Frank House museum opened in Amsterdam.

40 years ago
1970

Died on this date
Cal Drummond, 52. U.S. baseball umpire. Mr. Drummond worked 1,357 regular season games in the American League, in addition to the 1966 World Series and the first All-Star Game in 1961. On June 10, 1969, he was struck by a foul tip in a game in Baltimore, suffered a blood clot in his brain, spent two weeks in a coma, and required two operations. Mr. Drummond was on a rehabilitation assignment in the American Association, when, during a game between Oklahoma City and Iowa in Des Moines on May 2, 1970, he left in the 7th inning complaining of dizziness, and collapsed on the bench, dying in hospital four hours later. He was due to rejoin the American League the next day. The cause of death was said to be a cerebral hemorrhage near the location of the original injury.

Protest
The second night of violence by anti-Vietnam War protesters at Kent State University resulted in Ohio Governor James Rhodes ordering a 600-man contingent of National Guard troops to the campus to restore order. The order came after the Kent State ROTC building was burned to the ground.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Finals
Boston 6 @ St. Louis 1 (Boston led best-of-seven series 1-0)

St. Louis goalie Jacques Plante was hospitalized with a severe concussion when he was hit on the forehead by a slapshot off the stick of Boston’s Fred Stanfield that was deflected by Phil Esposito. Mr. Plante’s mask was credited with averting a tragedy; it turned out to be his last game with the Blues.



30 years ago
1980

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy (Hit Parade Italia): Video Killed the Radio Star--The Buggles (8th week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): You and Me--Spargo (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Call Me--Blondie (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Geno--Dexys Midnight Runners

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 You and Me--Spargo (3rd week at #1)
2 Sun of Jamaica--Goombay Dance Band
3 Song for the Children--Oscar Harris
4 American Dream--The Dirt Band
5 The End of the Show--The Cats
6 Visite--Lenny Kuhr & Les Poppys
7 I'm in the Mood for Dancing--Nolan Sisters
8 Special Lady--Ray, Goodman & Brown
9 Take that Look Off Your Face--Marti Webb
10 Stomp--The Brothers Johnson

Singles entering the chart were I See a Boat on the River by Boney M. (#30); What's Another Year by Johnny Logan (#32); De Lafaard Van de Stad by Gerard Schoonbeek (#33); Amsterdam by Maggie MacNeal (#34); You Name It...I'll Do It by Chips (#35); Runnin' with the Devil by Van Halen (#36); and Pata Pata by Osibisa (#37).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Call Me--Blondie (3rd week at #1)
2 Ride Like The Wind--Christopher Cross
3 Lost in Love--Air Supply
4 With You I’m Born Again--Billy Preston & Syreeta
5 Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)--Pink Floyd
6 Fire Lake--Bob Seger
7 You May Be Right--Billy Joel
8 I Can't Tell You Why--Eagles
9 Sexy Eyes--Dr. Hook
10 Hold on to My Love--Jimmy Ruffin

Singles entering the chart were Against the Wind by Bob Seger (#54); Little Jeannie by Elton John (#65); Theme from New York, New York by Frank Sinatra (#76); Answering Machine by Rupert Holmes (#82); It's Not a Wonder by Little River Band (#84); Midnight Rendezvous by the Babys (#87); Gone Too Far by Eddie Rabbitt (#88); Just for the Moment by Ray Kennedy (#89); and Real Love by the Cretones (#98). Theme from New York, New York was a version of the theme from the movie.

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Call Me--Blondie (4th week at #1)
2 Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)--Pink Floyd
3 Ride Like the Wind--Christopher Cross
4 Lost in Love--Air Supply
5 With You I’m Born Again--Billy Preston & Syreeta
6 Fire Lake--Bob Seger
7 Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer--Kenny Rogers with Kim Carnes
8 Sexy Eyes--Dr. Hook
9 Special Lady--Ray, Goodman & Brown
10 You May Be Right--Billy Joel

Singles entering the chart were Against the Wind by Bob Seger (#57); Little Jeannie by Elton John (#63); Theme from New York, New York by Frank Sinatra (#76); It's Not a Wonder by Little River Band (#87); Midnight Rendezvous by the Babys (#88); Ashes by Now by Rodney Crowell (#96); and The Good Lord Loves You by Neil Diamond (#98).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Record World)
1 Call Me--Blondie (3rd week at #1)
2 Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)--Pink Floyd
3 Ride Like The Wind--Christopher Cross
4 Lost in Love--Air Supply
5 With You I’m Born Again--Billy Preston & Syreeta
6 Sexy Eyes--Dr. Hook
7 You May Be Right--Billy Joel
8 Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer--Kenny Rogers with Kim Carnes
9 Special Lady--Ray, Goodman & Brown
10 Off the Wall--Michael Jackson

Singles entering the chart were Against the Wind by Bob Seger (#42); Little Jeannie by Elton John (#68); Theme from New York, New York by Frank Sinatra (#70); Here Comes My Girl by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (#84); Power by the Temptations (#89); All Night Thing by Invisible Man's Band (#90); and Ashes by Now by Rodney Crowell (#99).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Call Me--Blondie
2 Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)--Pink Floyd
3 Fire Lake--Bob Seger
4 An American Dream--The Dirt Band
5 I Can't Tell You Why--Eagles
6 Refugee--Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
7 You May Be Right--Billy Joel
8 Crazy Little Thing Called Love--Queen
9 Money--The Flying Lizards
10 Cars--Gary Numan

Singles entering the chart were Love Stinks by the J. Geils Band (#86); Coming Up (Live at Glasgow) by Paul McCartney & Wings (#91); Say Goodbye to Little Jo by Steve Forbert (#92); Echo Beach by Martha & the Muffins (#93); Nyet, Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewellery) by B.B. Gabor (#98); I Pledge My Love by Peaches & Herb (#99); and A Certain Girl by Warren Zevon (#100).

Terrorism
Arab Iranian terrorists who had seized the Iranian embassy in London three days earlier released two hostages.

Horse racing
Genuine Risk, with Jacinto Vásquez up, became the first filly since Regret in 1915 to win the Kentucky Derby, winning the 106th running of the race before 131,859 fans at Churchill Downs in Louisville in a time of 2:02, 1 length ahead of Rumbo, with Jaklin Klugman third.



Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Semi-Finals
Buffalo 4 @ New York Islanders 7 (New York led best-of-seven series 3-0)

Baseball
The Texas Rangers defeated the Baltimore Orioles 3-2 before 25,402 fans at Arlington Stadium as Ferguson Jenkins (2-2) pitched an 8-hit complete game to become the fourth pitcher to win 100 games in each major league. He won 149 games in the National League before joining the Rangers in 1974. Losing pitcher Jim Palmer (2-2) was relieved by Sammy Stewart after allowing 3 hits and 2 runs--both earned--in 1.1 innings.

Rennie Stennett led off the top of the 9th inning with a single and Milt May followed with a run-scoring double to break a 2-2 tie as the San Francisco Giants edged the Montreal Expos 3-2 before 18,622 fans at Olympic Stadium in Montreal. San Francisco first baseman Willie McCovey hit his 521st and last career major league home run, and only home of the season, off Scott Sanderson to lead off the 4th inning and open the scoring.



25 years ago
1985

Hit parade
#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Live is Life--Opus (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): We are the World--USA For Africa (5th week at #1)

Hockey
IIHF Men's World Championship @ Prague
Final
C.S.S.R. 5 Canada 3

The silver medal was Canada's highest finish in the championships since 1962.

20 years ago
1990

Hit parade
#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Oi beibi/Tuhansien sulojen maa--Raptori (8th week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): The By-road to Glenroe--Mick Lally (5th week at #1)

Politics and government
Members of the Latvian parliament met to discuss independence from the Soviet Union.

Abominations
Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney announced plans to build a Goods and Services tax processing centre in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, creating 500 new jobs by 1992. The centre would replace some of the jobs lost by the scheduled 1992 closing of the Canadian Armed Forces base in Summerside.

In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court of Canada overturned a Manitoba Court of Appeal decision and ruled that "battered wife syndrome" was a justifiable defense against the charge of murder. The case involved a 22-year-old Winnipeg woman who shot her husband with a rifle in 1986 after he had threatened to kill her. The Supreme Court ruled that the woman had acted in self-defense after three years of repeated beatings. The mentally and morally retarded feminist hag "Justice" Bertha Wilson wrote the judgement, none of which I’ll bother quoting.

Medicine
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the drug AZT for treating children aged 3 months to 12 years who had symptoms of AIDS or who were infected with the AIDS virus. Government officials estimated that there were as many as 20,000 children in the United States who were infected with the virus.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Conference Finals
Washington 3 @ Boston 7 (Boston led best-of-seven series 1-0)

Baseball
New York Yankees' rookie Mike Blowers, handed the starting job at third base, tied an American League record for third basemen by making 4 errors in the Yankees’ 10-5 loss to the Cleveland Indians before 15,169 fans at Yankee Stadium.

10 years ago
2000

At the movies
This blogger attended a preview screening of Up at the Villa, directed by Philip Haas, and starring Kristin Scott Thomas and Sean Penn. It opened in limited release in theatres two days later.



Died on this date
Ed Chapman, 94. U.S. baseball pitcher. Mr. Chapman had a 0-0 record with an earned run average of 8.00 in 6 games with the Washington Nationals in 1933, batting 0 for 3. He played at least 14 seasons in the minor leagues from 1927-1940, winning at least 135 games and losing at least 111 in at least 346 games, while hitting at least 12 home runs in at least 409 games.

John O'Connor, 80. U.S. clergyman. Cardinal O'Connor, who was appointed Roman Catholic archbishop of New York in 1984, was one of the Roman Catholic Church's most influential figures, and was a strong opponent of abortion, while taking liberal positions on international affairs. He died of a brain tumour.

War
Israelis and their allies, the South Lebanon Army, began attacking Hezbollah guerrilla bases.

Popular culture
The game of geocaching began, with the first cache placed, and the coordinates from a GPS posted on Usenet.

Technology
An email message whose subject line was "ILOVEYOU" began spreading through computer systems. When a file attached to the message was downloaded, a worm destroyed files and sent itself to addresses on the email program’s address list. Experts traced the origin of the virus to the Philippines. Damage caused by the virus was estimated at $10 billion.

Business
The London Stock Exchange and Germany's Deutsche Boerse confirmed a merger, creating the world's second largest stock market. The combined firms were to be called iX, standing for International Exchanges.

Crime
Canadian Member of Parliament Jack Ramsay (Canadian Alliance--Crowfoot) was sentenced to nine months in prison for the attempted rape of a 14-year-old girl. The incident occurred in 1969 when Mr. Ramsay was a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer in Melfort, Saskatchewan.

Labour
14 current major league baseball players who crossed picket lines during the strike of 1994-1995 and became replacement players during spring training in 1995 were denied admission to the Major League Baseball Players Association.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Conference Semi-Finals
Toronto 3 @ New Jersey 2 (Best-of-seven series tied 2-2)
Colorado 3 @ Detroit 2 (OT) (Colorado led best-of-seven series 3-1)

Baseball
The Colorado Rockies amassed 24 hits, led by Todd Helton’s 5 for 5 performance, as they beat the Montreal Expos 16-7 before 40,096 fans at Coors Field in Denver. All 9 men in the Rockies’ starting lineup had at least 1 hit and 1 run batted in.

Marvin Benard singled to lead off the bottom of the 11th inning, Barry Bonds drew a base on balls, and Jeff Kent followed with a home run to give the San Francisco Giants an 8-5 win over the New York Mets before 40,930 fans at Pacific Bell Park in San Francisco.

The Oakland Athletics made 10 hits and scored 8 runs in the 7th inning as they defeated the Kansas City Royals 14-5 before 13,344 fans at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City. Jason Giambi led off the inning with a home run and singled later in the 7th, while Ben Grieve singled and doubled in the inning, and Terrence Long and Eric Chavez also homered in the 7th.

May 2, 2010

340 years ago
1670

Business
King Charles II of England granted a Royal Charter to his cousin Prince Rupert and a group of investors called The Governor and Company of Adventurers of England trading into Hudson's Bay; it became known as the Hudson's Bay Company.

270 years ago
1740

Born on this date
Elias Boudinot. U.S. politician. Mr. Boudinot was a lawyer and landholder in New Jersey who, as a Whig, was elected to the New Jersey provincial assembly in 1775. He represented New Jersey in the Continental Congress (1778, 1781-1783), and was President of the Continental Congress (1782-1783). Mr. Boudinot represented New Jersey in the U.S. House of Representatives (1789-1795), and was Director of the United States Mint (1795-1805). He was a devout Presbyterian, supported missionary work, and became president of the American Bible Society in 1816. Mr. Boudinot died on October 24, 1821 at the age of 81.

140 years ago
1870

Canadiana
George-Étienne Cartier introduced his Manitoba Act into the House of Commons; it received Royal Assent ten days later.

130 years ago
1880

Born on this date
Bill Horr. U.S. discus thrower, football player, and coach. Mr. Horr won a silver medal in Greek Style discus throw and a bronze medal in freestyle discus throw at the 1908 Olympic Games in London. He played tackle with Syracuse University, and was football coach at Northwestern University (1909) and Purdue University (1910-1912), compiling a record of 9-14-2. Mr. Horr died on July 1, 1955 at the age of 75.

Died on this date
Eberhard Anheuser, 73. German-born U.S. brewery magnate. Mr. Anheuser moved to the United States with two of his brothers in 1842, and settled in St.Louis. He was a soap and candle maker who took over the Bavarian Brewery Company in 1860, changing its name to Eberhard Anheuser and Company. Mr. Anheuser's daughter Lilly married Adolphus Busch, who took up more of the company's duties; the brewery was renamed Anheuser-Busch in 1879.

Tom Wills, 44. Australian sportsman. Mr. Wills was regarded as Australia's first cricketer of importance. He attended Rugby School in England, where he played cricket and rugby. Mr. Wills returned to Australia in 1856, and achieved his greatest popularity over the next five years. He was also regarded as a founder of Australian rules football in the late 1850s. Mr. Wills' father and 18 others were massacred by aborigines in 1861, but Mr. Wills coached an aboriginal cricket team in the late 1860s. He straddled the line between amateur and professional, and began to fall into disfavour in sporting circles. Mr. Willis increasingly took to drink, and became estranged from most of his family; he abruptly quit drinking on April 28, 1880, but fatally stabbed himself in the heart with a pair of scissors while going through alcohol withdrawal.

125 years ago
1885

Journalism
The popular American magazine Good Housekeeping went on sale for the first time.

120 years ago
1890

Born on this date
E.E. Smith. U.S. author. Edward Elmer Smith was a food engineer who was known as the "father of space opera" for creating the Lensman and Skylark series of science fiction novels. Dr. Smith died on August 31, 1965 at the age of 75.

Americana
Oklahoma Territory was organized from the western half of Indian Territory.

110 years ago
1900

Born on this date
W.J. Cash. U.S. journalist. Wilbur Joseph Cash, a native of South Carolina, was best known for his book The Mind of the South (1941). He wrote for The American Mercury and The Charlotte News, and often criticized Fascism and Nazism. Mr. Cash was in Mexico with his wife while he worked on a novel, and was found hanging by his necktie in the bathroom of their hotel room on July 1, 1941 at the age of 41; he had told his wife the previous day that he thought he was being followed by Nazi spies. Mexican authorities ruled Mr. Cash's death a suicide, and cremated his body.

100 years ago
1910

Born on this date
Sandy Bonnyman. U.S. military officer. First Lieutenant Bonnyman was a combat engineer with the United States Marine Corps during World War II who received numerous posthumous decorations, including the Medal of Honor, for his actions during the Battle of Tarawa, on November 23, 1943, when he was killed at the age of 33 while leading a demolition team of 21 Marines in an assault on a bombproof shelter containing 150 Japanese soldiers. The Japanese soldiers were flushed out, and many were killed, with 13 of the Marines surviving.

90 years ago
1920

Born on this date
Guinn Smith. U.S. pole vaulter. Mr. Smith won the American national championship in 1947 and won the gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympic Games in London. He died of emphysema on January 20, 2004 at the age of 83.

Jacob Gilboa. Czechoslovakian-born Israeli composer. Mr. Gilboa, born Erwin Goldberg, began as a pianist and emigrated to Palestine in 1938. His modernistic compositions included Twelve Glass Windows of Chagall in Jerusalem, for voice and instruments (1966). Mr. Gilboa died on May 9, 2007, a week after his 87th birthday.

Baseball
The Indianapolis ABCs hosted the first game of the Negro National League at Riverside Park.

Behind the 8-hit pitching of Jim Bagby (4-0), the Cleveland Indians defeated the Detroit Tigers 5-2 at Navin Field in Detroit, dropping the Tigers' 1920 record to 0-13.

Babe Ruth hit his second home run in as many games as part of a 5-run 6th inning, helping the New York Yankees defeat the Boston Red Sox 7-1 before 25,000 fans at the Polo Grounds in New York. Hank Thormahlen (3-0) pitched an 8-hit complete game victory and drove in 2 runs.

The day after playing a record 26 innings against the Boston Braves at Braves Field, the Brooklyn Robions returned home and lost 4-3 in 13 innings to the Philadelphia Phillies at Ebbets Field.

80 years ago
1930

Baseball
In Des Moines, Iowa, the Des Moines Devils scored 11 runs in the 1st inning as they defeated the Wichita Aviators 13-6 in a Western League game, opening the first ballpark with permanently-installed lights. It was also the first night game to be broadcast.

70 years ago
1940

War
The United States Chamber of Commerce, meeting in Washington, adopted a resolution asking the United States Congress to keep America out of war. Allied forces abandoned their landing ports in southern and central Norway, thereby giving Germany possession of all Norway south of Steinkjer. King Haakon VII of Norway and his family fled via the port of Molde.

Diplomacy
Mexican newspapers revived a 1911 claim that parts of El Paso, Texas belonged to Mexico.

Technology
The Paris office of Press Wireless, Inc. put into operation a new method of transmitting photographs by radio.

Politics and government
The United States Chamber of Commerce passed a resolution against the proposed merger of the Civil Aviation Administration and Air Safety Board.

Labour
The United States Chamber of Commerce asked the United States Congress to do away with the National Labor Relations Administration and the Wage-Hour Law, alleging that they inhibited economic growth.

Religion
Pope Pius XII canonized Maria Euphrasia Pelletier and Gemma Galgani.

60 years ago
1950

On the radio
Philo Vance, starring Jackson Beck
Tonight’s episode: The Rooftop Murder Case

On television tonight
Suspense, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Death of a Dummy, starring Conrad Janis and Philip Loeb

War
The International Committee of the Red Cross asked the signatories of the 1949 Geneva Conventions on the rules of war to outlaw atomic weapons and "non-directed missiles."

Diplomacy
The Arab League's legal department ruled that Jordan did not violate Arab League policy by annexing Arab Palestine.

Politics and government
The Saar Legislative Assembly voted to join the Council of Europe.

The British Liberal Party rejected an invitation to campaign with the Conservative Party against the Labour Party government in the next general election.

Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (SCAP) in Japan General Douglas MacArthur advised Japan to consider outlawing the Communist Party as "an avowed satellite of an international predatory force" (the U.S.S.R.).

U.S. Senator Claude Pepper (Florida) lost his bid for the Democratic Party renomination to Representative George Smathers in the nation's most hotly-contested primary.

Crime
U.S. Federal Judge Jennings Bailey sentenced convicted influence-peddler John Maragon in Washington to a prison term of eight months to two years.

Law
The New York Supreme Court suspended former U.S. State Department official Alger Hiss from practicing law in the state. Mr. Hiss had been convicted in January of perjury.

Energy
U.S. President Harry Truman urged the Senate to approve an American-Canadian treaty authorizing increased hydroelectric power production from the Niagara River. He also sought backing for the proposed St. Lawrence Seaway and Power project.

Medicine
Medical researchers reported speedy improvement in a variety of unrelated diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis, by use of the hormones cortisone and ACTH.

Agriculture
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization reported that the world food situation had grown worse in 1950, with famine in China and serious corn crop failure due to drought in Argentina.

Economics and finance
The British government halted the dismantling of the huge Hermann Goering steel works in Watenstedt-Salzgitter.

50 years ago
1960

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Estremécete (All Shook Up)--Los Llopis (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in France (IFOP): Mustapha--Bob Azzam (6th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Stuck on You--Elvis Presley (2nd week at #1)
2 Greenfields--The Brothers Four
3 Sixteen Reasons--Connie Stevens
4 Sink the Bismarck--Johnny Horton
5 The Old Lamplighter--The Browns
6 Night--Jackie Wilson
7 Cradle of Love--Johnny Preston
8 Let the Little Girl Dance--Billy Bland
9 The Theme from "A Summer Place"--Percy Faith and his Orchestra
10 Sweet Nothin's--Brenda Lee

Singles entering the chart were He'll Have to Stay by Jeanne Black (#37); For Love by Lloyd Price and his Orchestra (#55); Theme from "The Unforgiven" (The Need for Love) by Don Costa, his Orchestra and Chorus (#74); Is it Wrong (For Loving You) by Webb Pierce (#75); All I Could Do was Cry by Etta James (#80); Right by My Side by Ricky Nelson (#83); Oh, Little One by Jack Scott (#86); Besame Mucho (Part 1) by the Coasters (#89); Mack the Knife by Ella Fitzgerald (#94); City Lights by Debbie Reynolds (#95); Think by James Brown and the Famous Flames (#97); Happy-Go-Lucky-Me by Paul Evans (#99); and Wheel of Fortune by LaVern Baker (#100). Theme from "The Unforgiven" (The Need for Love) was, as the title indicates, a version of the theme from the movie The Unforgiven (1960).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Music Vendor)
1 Stuck on You--Elvis Presley (2nd week at #1)
2 Greenfields--The Brothers Four
3 Sink the Bismarck--Johnny Horton
4 Night--Jackie Wilson
5 White Silver Sands--Bill Black's Combo
6 Sixteen Reasons--Connie Stevens
7 The Theme from "A Summer Place"--Percy Faith and his Orchestra
8 Cradle of Love--Johnny Preston
9 The Old Lamplighter--The Browns
10 Footsteps--Steve Lawrence

Singles entering the chart were Tell Me that You Love Me by Fats Domino (#77); No If's--No And's by Lloyd Price and his Orchestra (#85); My Empty Room by Little Anthony and the Imperials (#92); Romantica by Gordon Jenkins and his Orchestra (#93); 'Til Tomorrow by Janice Harper (#94); Right by My Side by Ricky Nelson (#95); La Montana, with versions by Roger Williams; and Frank DeVol and his Rainbow Strings (#96); I Really Want to Know by Tommy Edwards (#97); Ding-A-Ling by Bobby Rydell (#98); Lead Me On by Bobby Bland (#99); and Roll Call Company "J" by the Balladeers (#100).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKWX)
1 Stuck on You/Fame and Fortune--Elvis Presley (3rd week at #1)
2 Stairway to Heaven--Neil Sedaka
3 Cathy's Clown--The Everly Brothers
4 Cradle of Love--Johnny Preston
5 Sixteen Reasons--Connie Stevens
6 Step by Step--The Crests
7 Cherry Pie--Skip & Flip
8 Good Timin'--Jimmy Jones
9 Apple Green--June Valli
10 The Old Lamplighter--The Browns

Singles entering the chart were Lonely Weekends by Charlie Rich (#53); Another Sleepless Night by Jimmy Clanton (#55); Wonderful World by Sam Cooke (#56); Theme from "The Unforgiven" (The Need for Love) by Don Costa, his Orchestra and Chorus (#58); Everybody's Somebody's Fool by Connie Francis (#59); and Theme for Young Lovers by Percy Faith and his Orchestra (#60).

Died on this date
Caryl Chessman, 38. U.S. criminal. Mr. Chessman, a career criminal, was arrested near Los Angeles as the "Red Light Bandit," and was sentenced to death in 1948 on 17 counts of robbery, kidnapping, and rape. He acted as his own attorney and fought his case in courts of both law and public opinion, receiving eight stays of execution. His case attracted the support of the usual politically-correct suspects, and a few unusual ones, such as evangelist Billy Graham. Musician Ronnie Hawkins released a single titled The Ballad of Caryl Chessman in 1960. Mr. Chessman's book Cell 2455, Death Row (1954) was made into a movie of the same title in 1955, starring William Campbell. A made-for-television movie called Kill Me if You Can was shown in 1977, starring Alan Alda as Mr. Chessman. Caryl Chessman was executed in the gas chamber at San Quentin penitentiary. A phone call authorizing another stay of execution came just after the execution began, but arrived too late because the judge's secretary misdialled the number on her first attempt.





40 years ago
1970

Hit parade
#1 single in Rhodesia (Lyons Maid): Bridge Over Troubled Water (LP)--Simon & Garfunkel (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in France: Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)--John Ono Lennon (with the Plastic Ono Band)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): La prima cosa bella--Nicola Di Bari (6th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Mademoiselle Ninette--The Soulful Dynamics (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Spirit in the Sky--Norman Greenbaum

Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 Let it Be--The Beatles (2nd week at #1)
2 Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)--Edison Lighthouse
3 Ma Belle Amie--The Tee Set
4 Travelin' Band/Who'll Stop the Rain--Creedence Clearwater Revival
5 Bridge Over Troubled Water--Simon & Garfunkel
6 Instant Karma (We All Shine On)--John Ono Lennon (with the Plastic Ono Band)
7 Whole Lotta Love--Led Zeppelin
8 All I Have to Do is Dream--Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell
9 Temma Harbour--Mary Hopkin
10 A Little Ray of Sunshine--Axiom

Singles entering the chart were My Baby Loves Lovin' by White Plains (#29) and Who's Your Baby? by the Archies (#30).

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 El Condor Pasa--Simon & Garfunkel (Instrumental track by Los Incas) (4th week at #1)
2 Sympathy--Steve Rowland & the Family Dogg
3 All Kinds of Everything--Dana
4 Spirit in the Sky--Norman Greenbaum
5 Knock, Knock Who's There--Mary Hopkin
6 Good Morning Freedom--Blue Mink
7 Lay Down--Melanie en the Edwin Hawkins Singers
8 El Cóndor Pasa--Los Incas
9 Osaka--The Shoes
10 House of the Rising Sun--Frijid Pink

Singles entering the chart were Ruby is the One by Earth and Fire (#19); Red Rover by the Mailer Mackenzie Band (#29); Lonesome Tree by Machine (#30); Daughter of Darkness by Tom Jones (#34); and I Can't Tell the Bottom from the Top by the Hollies (#37).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 ABC--The Jackson 5 (2nd week at #1)
2 Let it Be--The Beatles
3 Spirit in the Sky--Norman Greenbaum
4 American Woman/No Sugar Tonight--The Guess Who
5 Instant Karma (We All Shine On)--John Ono Lennon (with the Plastic Ono Band)
6 Love or Let Me Be Lonely--The Friends of Distinction
7 Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)--Edison Lighthouse
8 Come and Get It--Badfinger
9 Vehicle--The Ides of March
10 Turn Back the Hands of Time--Tyrone Davis

Singles entering the chart were Daughter of Darkness by Tom Jones (#49); O-o-h Child/Dear Prudence by the 5 Stairsteps (#66); Soolaimón (African Trilogy II) by Neil Diamond (#68); Sugar Sugar/Cole, Cooke and Redding by Wilson Pickett (#76); Brother Rapp (Part 1) by James Brown (#77); Grover Henson Feels Forgotten by Bill Cosby (#80); (You've Got Me) Dangling on a String by the Chairmen of the Board (#86); Them Changes by Buddy Miles and the Freedom Express (#87); Darkness, Darkness by the Youngbloods (#93); Question by the Moody Blues (#94); Love Like a Man by Ten Years After (#98); Check Yourself by the I.A.P. (the Italian Asphalt & Pavement Company) (#99); and Darling Dear by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles (#100). Darling Dear was the B-side of Point it Out, which had entered the chart on December 13, 1969, peaked at #37 on January 10 and 17, 1970, and was no longer on the chart.

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Spirit in the Sky--Norman Greenbaum
2 ABC--The Jackson 5
3 American Woman--The Guess Who
4 Let it Be--The Beatles
5 Instant Karma (We All Shine On)--John Ono Lennon (with the Plastic Ono Band)
6 Something’s Burning--Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
7 Come and Get It--Badfinger
8 Love or Let Me Be Lonely--The Friends of Distinction
9 Turn Back the Hands of Time--Tyrone Davis
10 Vehicle--The Ides of March

Singles entering the chart were Brother Rapp (Parts 1 and 2) by James Brown (#64); Baby Hold On by the Grass Roots (#73); Band of Gold by Freda Payne (#75); Question by the Moody Blues (#78); Into the Mystic by Johnny Rivers (#81); Sugar Sugar by Wilson Pickett (#83); (You've Got Me) Dangling on a String by the Chairmen of the Board (#86); Whoever Finds This, I Love You by Mac Davis (#88); If You Do Believe in Love by the Tee Set (#89); And My Heart Sang (Tra La La) by Brenda and the Tabulations (#91); Gone Movin' On by the Raiders (#92); Ride Captain Ride by Blues Image (#95); and Oh My My by the Monkees (#96).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Record World)
1 Spirit in the Sky--Norman Greenbaum
2 Let it Be--The Beatles
3 American Woman/No Sugar Tonight--The Guess Who
4 ABC--The Jackson 5
5 Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)--Edison Lighthouse
6 Come and Get It--Badfinger
7 Turn Back the Hands of Time--Tyrone Davis
8 Something’s Burning--Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
9 Love or Let Me Be Lonely--The Friends of Distinction
10 Woodstock--Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Singles entering the chart were It's All in the Game by the Four Tops (#62); Lay Down (Candles in the Rain) by Melanie with the Edwin Hawkins Singers (#75); Baby Hold On by the Grass Roots (#80); I Call My Baby Candy by the Jaggerz (#82); Question by the Moody Blues (#88); If You Do Believe in Love by the Tee Set (#91); Band of Gold by Freda Payne (#92); Take Me with You by the Honey Cone (#93); Let This Be a Letter (To My Baby) by Jackie Wilson (#96); Sweet Feeling by Candi Staton (#98); and God Bless by Arthur Conley (#100).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Spirit in the Sky--Norman Greenbaum
2 American Woman/No Sugar Tonight--The Guess Who
3 ABC--The Jackson 5
4 Let it Be--The Beatles
5 Come and Get It--Badfinger
6 You, Me and Mexico--Edward Bear
7 Love or Let Me Be Lonely--The Friends of Distinction
8 Up the Ladder to the Roof--The Supremes
9 Something’s Burning--Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
10 Instant Karma (We All Shine On)--John Ono Lennon (with the Plastic Ono Band)

Singles entering the chart were Soolaimón (African Trilogy II) by Neil Diamond (#73); United We Stand by the Brotherhood of Man (#81); It's All in the Game by the Four Tops (#89); Killer Joe by Quincy Jones (#90); Viva Tirado by El Chicano (#91); Patch of Blue by Frankie Valli & the 4 Seasons (#92); Morning, Noon and Night Time Too by Brian Browne (#95); We're All in This Together by Cat (#97); Bidin' My Time by Anne Murray (#98); Hitchin' a Ride by Vanity Fare (#99); and Gina Bold by Vann (#100). We're All in This Together was the other side of Solo Flight, which had entered the chart on April 18, peaked at #97 on April 25, and was no longer on the chart.

Calgary's Top 10 (Glenn's Music)
1 Let it Be--The Beatles (7th week at #1)
2 American Woman--The Guess Who
3 Little Green Bag--George Baker Selection
4 Something’s Burning--Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
5 Instant Karma (We All Shine On)--John Ono Lennon (with the Plastic Ono Band)
6 Mr. Monday--The Original Caste
7 Vehicle--The Ides of March
8 Tennessee Bird Walk--Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan
9 ABC--The Jackson 5
10 Spirit in the Sky--Norman Greenbaum
Pick hit of the week: My Baby Loves Lovin'--White Plains

Died on this date
Art Delaney, 73. U.S. baseball pitcher. Mr. Delaney played with the St. Louis Cardinals (1924) and Boston Braves (1928-1929), compiling a record of 13-22 with an earned run average of 4.26 in 67 games, batting .198 with 1 home run and 2 runs batted in. He played in at least 218 games in 7 seasons in the minor leagues--5 in the Pacific Coast League--from 1923-1931, winning at least 82 games and losing at least 70. Mr. Delaney's best season was 1926, when he was 21-13 with a 3.04 ERA with the Oakland Oaks.

War
Two days of heavy bombing raids by U.S. forces in North Vietnam north of the demilitarized zone concluded. A U.S. spokesman described the bombing as a "protective reaction." A joint task force of U.S. and South Vietnamese soldiers began a painstaking search of the Fishhook section of Cambodia among increasing indications that the enemy had already evacuated the area. The U.S., and S.V. forces discovered battalion-sized bases and substantial rice stores, but found no sign of the elaborate underground headquarters facility that was believed to house the Communist high command.

Archaeology
Professor Spyridon Marinatos, Greece's inspector general of antiquities, announced the discovery of the burial place of the Greek soldiers who fell in the Battle of Marathon 2,400 years ago.

Horse racing
Dust Commander, with Mike Manganello up, won the 96th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville in a time of 2:03 2/5, 1 length ahead of My Dad George, with High Echelon third.



Baseball
Jackie Hernandez singled home Jim Rooker from second base with 2 out in the bottom of the 17th inning to give the Kansas City Royals a 4-3 win over the Cleveland Indians before 8,016 fans at Municipal Stadium in Kansas City. Mr. Rooker, normally a starting pitcher, entered the game as a pinch runner in the bottom of the 15th inning and remained in the game in left field.

Thurman Munson singled home Roy White from second base with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th inning to climax a 3-run rally as the New York Yankees edged the Milwaukee Brewers 7-6 before 7,813 fans at Yankee Stadium. The rally began with a leadoff single by Jerry Kenney, followed by Bobby Murcer's 2-run home run.

30 years ago
1980

Hit parade
#1 single in France (IFOP): Le Banana Split--Lio (2nd week at #1)

South Africa's Top 10 (Springbok Radio)
1 Please Don't Go--KC and the Sunshine Band (6th week at #1)
2 I'm in the Mood for Dancing--The Nolans
3 Fly Too High--Janis Ian
4 Sun of Jamaica--Goombay Dance Band
5 Do That to Me One More Time--Captain & Tennille
6 Rapper's Delight--Sugarhill Gang
7 Message in a Bottle--The Police
8 We Belong to the Night--Ellen Foley
9 Ballad of Lucy Jordan--Marianne Faithfull
10 American Dream--The Dirt Band

The only single entering the chart was Romeo's Tune by Steve Forbert (#17).

Died on this date
George Pal, 72. Hungarian-born U.S. animator, producer, and director. Mr. Pal, born György Pál Marczincsak, worked in Germany and the United Kingdom before moving to the United States in 1939. He was awarded an honourary Academy Award in 1943 for the Puppetoons series of animated short films, but was perhaps best known for science fiction and fantasy movies including Destination Moon (1950); When Worlds Collide (1951); and 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964). Mr. Pal died of a heart attack.

Terrorism
Palestinian terrorists fired automatic rifles and threw hand grenades into a crowd of Jewish worshippers returning from Sabbath prayers, killing 5 people and wounding 17; one of the wounded later died. The assault took place near the former Jewish-owned Hadassah clinic in the Arab city of Hebron. The victims were Jewish settlers, members of an Israeli ultranationalist group called Gush Emunim. Responsibility for the attack was claimed by Al Fatah, the main group of the Palestinian Liberation Organization.

Labour
Swedish employers locked out 770,000 workers and labour unions responded with strikes involving more than 100,000 additional workers. Gunar Nilsson, chairman of the union confederation, commented, "Labour and capital can no longe cooperate in the fine old spirit." About 1/5 of the country's workers were involved in the dispute.

Economics and finance
The United States Labor Department announced that the unemployment rate had risen to 7% in April, the highest rate since August 1977. Much of the increase came from the automobile and housing industries.

25 years ago
1985

Died on this date
Larry Clinton, 75. U.S. musician. Mr. Clinton played trumpet and other instruments before becoming an arranger and then a bandleader. He was popular in the late 1930s and early 1940s, with his biggest hit being My Reverie (1938). Mr. Clinton interrupted his career to serve with the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. He resumed his musical career after the war, often leading a studio band accompanying pop singers.

Attilio Bettega, 32. Italian auto racing driver. Mr. Bettega was a rally driver who was killed during the fourth stage of the Tour de Corse in Corsica when he lost control of his Lancia and crashed into a tree which ruptured into the driver's seat and killed him instantly. Mr. Bettega's co-driver Maurizio Perissinot survived the crash uninjured.

Politics and government
In the Ontario provincial election, the governing Progressive Conservative Party, led by Premier Frank Miller, lost their majority, dropping from 70 seats in the provincial parliament to 52. The Liberals, led by David Peterson, took 48 seats, while the New Democratic Party, led by Bob Rae, won 25 seats and held the balance of power. Mr. Miller had been Premier for just over three months, replacing Bill Davis, who had held the office since 1971. The PCs had been in power since 1943.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Division Finals
Quebec 3 @ Montreal 2 (OT) (Quebec won best-of-seven series 4-3)

Peter Stastny scored at 2:22 of the 1st overtime period to give the Nordiques their win over the Canadiens at the Montreal Forum.



20 years ago
1990

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Vogue--Madonna (2nd week at #1)

Died on this date
William L. Dawson, 90. U.S. composer and choir director. William Levi Dawson, a Negro, was a classical trombonist before embarking on a teaching career at Tuskegee Institute (1931-1956) in Alabama, where he developed the Tuskegee Institute Choir into an internationally-recognized ensemble. As a composer, he was mainly known for arrangements and variations of spirituals, as well as Negro American Symphony (1934, revised 1952).

David Rappaport, 38. U.K.-born U.S. actor. Mr. Rappaport, a dwarf, appeared in such movies as Time Bandits (1981) and The Bride (1985), and starred in the television series The Wizard (1986-1987). He suffered from depression, and committed suicide by shooting himself in the chest.

Crime
400 police officers from New York, Quebec, and Ontario moved to restore order at the Akwesasne Indian reserve near Cornwall, Ontario, where a nine-hour gun battle the day before between pro- and anti-gambling factions had left two dead.

Diplomacy
Lithuanian President Vytautas Landsbergis said in a letter to French and West German leaders that Lithuania would consider suspending some pro-independence laws if that would get talks with the Kremlin underway.

Economics and Finance
The United States Commerce Department reported that leading economic indicators had risen 0.9% in March.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Conference Finals
Chicago 2 @ Edmonton 5 (Edmonton led best-of-seven series 1-0)

10 years ago
2000

Died on this date
Bob Homme, 81. U.S.-born Canadian television personality. Mr. Homme, who moved to Canada from Pittsburgh, was beloved by generations of Canadian children as host and title character of the long-running CBC television program The Friendly Giant from 1958-1984, where he played music and read stories aloud, accompanied by puppet sidekicks Rusty the Rooster and Jerome the Giraffe. Mr. Homme refused to make public appearances in character because he didn't want to destroy the illusion that he was actually a giant. The program, which was the most cheaply-produced show in the CBC lineup, was killed, supposedly for budgetary reasons, by the government of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.

Diplomacy
The latest Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations broke down after just two days.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Conference Semi-Finals
Philadelphia 4 @ Pittsburgh 3 (OT) (Pittsburgh led best-of-seven series 2-1)
Dallas 1 @ San Jose 2 (Dallas led best-of-seven series 2-1)

Baseball
The Atlanta Braves scored 3 runs in the top of the 8th inning as they defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-3 before 30,246 fans at Dodger Stadium for their 15th consecutive win, the longest such streak for a National League team in 49 years.

Kerry Wood (1-0) allowed 3 hits and 1 run--earned--in 6 innings, and hit his first home run of the season--a 2-run blow in the 2nd inning--as he led the Chicago Cubs to an 11-1 win over the Houston Astros before 38,121 fans at Wrigley Field in Chicago.

Wendell Magee's solo home run with 1 out in the top of the 12th inning broke a 6-6 tie as the Detroit Tigers edged the Boston Red Sox 7-6 before 22,897 fans at Fenway Park in Boston.

Cal Ripken, Jr. doubled home Jeff Conine with the tying run and scored the winning run on a single by Mike Bordick as the Baltimore Orioles scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 9th inning to defeat the Anaheim Angels 7-6 before 34,923 fans at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

The Oakland Athletics scored 2 runs in the top of the 10th inning to break a 5-5 tie, but the Kansas City Royals scored 3 in the bottom of the 10th to win 8-7 before 13,224 fans at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City.

May 1, 2010

190 years ago
1820

Died on this date
Richard Tidd, 46 or 47; Arthur Thistlewood, 45 or 46; William Davidson, 38 or 39; John Thomas Brunt, 37 or 38; James Ings, 25 or 26. U.K. conspirators. Messrs. Tidd, Thistlewood, Davidson, Brunt, and Ings were publicly hanged and then beheaded at Newgate Prison in London, three days after being convicted of various charges involving a conspiracy to assassinate all the British cabinet ministers and Prime Minister Lord Liverpool.

170 years ago
1840

Economics and finance
The Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, was issued in the United Kingdom.

160 years ago
1850

Born on this date
Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn. Governor General of Canada, 1911-1916. Prince Arthur was the third son and seventh child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. He served with the British Army for 40 years, reaching the rank of Field Marshal. As Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, he became the only British royal family member to serve as Governor General of Canada, and encouraged Canadian troops as they were training for service in World War I. The Duke of Connaught and Strathearn held no public offices after leaving Canada at the expiration of his term as Governor General, but continued his military service and public engagements. He died on January 16, 1942 at the age of 91.

130 years ago
1880

Baseball
The Chicago Cubs edged the Cincinnati Reds 4-3 in the first game to be played at Bank Street Grounds in Cincinnati.

110 years ago
1900

Disasters
More than 200 men were killed in Scofield, Utah in what was the fifth-worst mining accident in United States history to date.

100 years ago
1910

Born on this date
J. Allen Hynek. U.S. astronomer and ufologist. Dr. Hynek specialized in the study of stellar evolution and in the identification of spectroscopic binary stars, but was better known for his interest in unidientified flying objects. He was an adviser to the U.S. Air Force Projects Sign (1947-1949); Grudge (1949-1952); and Blue Book (1952-1969), with his position regarding UFOs changing over time from skepticism to open-mindedness. Dr. Hynek founded the Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS) in 1973, and developed the "Close Encounter" classification system for those claiming to have witnessed UFOs. He died of a brain tumour, four days before his 76th birthday.

90 years ago
1920

Died on this date
Margaret of Connaught, 38. U.K. and Swedish royal family member. Princess Margaret, the elder daughter of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, and a granddaughter of Queen Victoria, married the future King Gustav VI of Sweden in 1905. The couple had five children and she was eight months pregnant with their sixth child when she died of sepsis, shortly after having surgery to remove a mastoid. Princess Margaret died on her father's 70th birthday.

Joe Leonard, 26. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Leonard was a third baseman with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1914); Cleveland Indians (1916); and Washington Nationals (1916-1917, 1919-1920), batting .226 with 2 home runs and 61 runs batted in in 269 games. He died of acute appendicitis, eight days after playing his last game.

Labour
One Big Union (OBU) organizer Tommy Roberts called a general strike in the mines of the Sandon, British Columbia area; the strike destroyed what little was left of the industry crippled by the post-war market collapse.

Baseball
Joe Oeschger of the Boston Braves and Leon Cadore of the Brooklyn Dodgers each went the distance in a 26-inning pitchers’ duel before 4,500 fans at Braves Field. The game was called because of darkness with the score tied 1-1; the 26-inning length made it the longest game in major league history.

Babe Ruth hit his first home run as a New York Yankee--a blast over the right field roof of the Polo Grounds in New York in the 6th inning--as the Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 6-0 before 12,000 fans. Duffy Lewis also homered; both home runs were hit off Herb Pennock (2-1). Bob Shawkey (1-3) pitched a 4-hit shutout.

80 years ago
1930

Space
"Pluto" was officially proposed by Vesto Slipher in the Lowell Observatory Observation Circular the for the name of the dwarf planet recently discovered by Clyde Tombaugh. The name quickly caught on.

70 years ago
1940

War
The French steamship Ile de France left New York City with war material. Chinese Communist official Chou En-lai charged that the U.S.A., U.K., and France wanted to end the war in China only to bring the country's resources into the war against Germany.

Diplomacy
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt sent a strong message to Italian dictator Benito Mussolini warning him of the dangers to Italy if it was to enter the European war on the side of Germany.

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Joseph Grew and U.K. Ambassador to Japan Robert Craigie cancelled vacations to remain in Tokyo, hoping to improve relations between their respective countries and Japan.

Politics and government
New Zealand Prime Minister Peter Fraser shuffled his cabinet, retaining all ministers but reassigning duties.

U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt conferred at the White House with members of the House of Representatives Committee on Government Reorganization in an effort to gain support for his proposed merger of the Civil Aviation Administration and the Air Safety Board.

Economics and finance
Storage stocks of every commodity except cheese were at a three-year high in Canada due to the "Phony War."

Panama announced that it could not afford to buy its $1 million of allotted shares in the Inter-American Bank.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a Senate-approved bill giving President Franklin D. Roosevelt the authority to freeze assets of belligerents held in the United States.

Labour
The U.S. House of Representatives approved an amendment to the Wage-Hour Law, excluding farm and farm-process workers from its provisions.

Olympics
The 1940 Summer Olympics, originally scheduled to be held in Tokyo and then moved to Helsinki, were cancelled because of World War II.

60 years ago
1950

On television tonight
Lights Out, on NBC
Tonight's episode: The Gloves of Gino, starring Sara Anderson, Leslie Barrett, Betty Barry, and Ross Martin

Westinghouse Studio One, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Miracle in the Rain, directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, and starring Jeffrey Lynn, Joy Geffen, and Katherine Squire



Died on this date
Vera Maxwell. U.S. actress. Miss Maxwell starred in Broadway shows including Ziegfeld Follies of 1911; Ziegfeld Follies of 1912; and Miss 1917 (1917).

Radio
Springbok Radio, the first commercial station in South Africa, began broadcasting.

Theatre
The musical South Pacific by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II was awarded the Pulitzer Prize as the best American play of the 1949-50 season.

Literature
Gwendolyn Brooks became the first Negro American to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, for Annie Allen.

Diplomacy
The United Nations Palestine Refugees Work and Relief Organization took over care of 300,000 Palestine Arab refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria from the League of Red Cross Societies.

Defense
The U.S. House of Representatives Armed Services Committee authorized the Navy to begin a $350-million fleet modernization program.

Society
The Wisconsin branch of the American Legion staged a mock Communist seizure of Mosinee, Wisconsin as an example of what life would be like in a "United Soviet States of America." "Communist invaders" theoretically sealed off the town; arrested Mayor Ralph Kronenwetter and Police Chief Carl Gewiss; shut down a church; purged the town library; and consigned citizens to a "concentration camp." Mayor Kronenwetter suffered a cerebral hemorrhage hours later, and died within a week. The exercise may have served as the inspiration for the U.S. Armed Forces information film Face to Face with Communism (1951).







Labour
Communists and anti-Communists held huge labour rallies within sight of each other on opposite sides of Berlin's dividing line, but police in both sectors cooperated to subdue the threat of mob violence.

10,000 Congress of Industrial Organizations Communications Workers of America members ended a seven-day strike against Western Electric Company after settlement of a dispute over allegedly unsafe working conditions in Indiana.

50 years ago
1960

On television tonight
Alfred Hitchcock Presents, on CBS
Tonight's episode: The Hero, starring Eric Portman, Oskar Homolka, and Irene Tedrow

World events
An American Lockheed U-2 spy plane piloted by Francis Gary Powers was shot down over the Sverdlovsk Oblast, U.S.S.R., and Mr. Powers was apprehended by Soviet authorities.

Indianica
The western states of Gujarat and Maharashtra were formed from the division of Bombay State.

40 years ago
1970

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Let it Be--The Beatles (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): All Kinds of Everything--Dana (7th week at #1)

South Africa's Top 10 (Springbok Radio)
1 Ma Belle Amie--Tee Set
2 Carol Ok--Chris Andrews
3 Love is a Beautiful Song--Dave Mills
4 Bridge Over Troubled Water--Simon & Garfunkel
5 Spider Spider--Tidal Wave
6 Travelin' Band--Creedence Clearwater Revival
7 Hitchin' a Ride--Vanity Fare
8 Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)--Edison Lighthouse
9 Wand'rin' Star--Lee Marvin
10 Tchaikovsky One--Omega Limited

Singles entering the chart were Die Tantes van Nantes by Al Debbo & Nico Carstens (#19); and Everybody Get Together by the Dave Clark Five (#20).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKLG)
1 American Woman/No Sugar Tonight--The Guess Who (2nd week at #1)
2 Little Green Bag--George Baker Selection
3 Something's Burning--Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
4 Cecilia--Simon & Garfunkel
5 Vehicle--The Ides of March
6 Everything is Beautiful--Ray Stevens
7 Love or Let Me Be Lonely--The Friends of Distinction
8 Come Running--Van Morrison
9 Mr. Monday--The Original Caste
10 Let it Be--The Beatles

Singles entering the chart were Tennessee Bird Walk by Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan (#23); Our Love's a Chain by Illustration (#24); My Baby Loves Lovin' by White Plains (#26); Puppet Man by the 5th Dimension (#28); and The Letter by Joe Cocker with Leon Russell and the Shelter People (#30).

Edmonton’s Top 10 (CJCA)
1 Let it Be--The Beatles (7th week at #1)
2 Spirit in the Sky--Norman Greenbaum
3 Shilo--Neil Diamond
4 Something's Burning--Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
5 Bridge Over Troubled Water--Simon & Garfunkel
6 American Woman--The Guess Who
7 Love Minus Zero - No Limit--Turley Richards
8 Temma Harbour--Mary Hopkin
9 You, Me and Mexico--Edward Bear
10 Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)--Diana Ross

Reach Out and Touch was Diana Ross’s first hit after leaving the Supremes for a solo career.

Died on this date
Yi Un, 72. Korean royal family member. Great Prince Ye Un was the seventh son of Emperor Gojong and the younger half-brother of Emperor Sunjong, who was forced to abdicate when Japan annexed Korea in 1910. Ye Un married Princess Masako of the Japanese royal family in 1920. He served with the Imperial Japanese Army from 1917 through the end of World War II, rising to the rank of lieutenant general. Lt. Gen. Ye Un held several commanding positions, including that of the 1st Air Army from July 1943, and became a member of the Supreme War Council in April 1945. Great Prince Ye Un was stripped of his royal status, was declared stateless, and was refused readmission to Korea until South Korean President Park Chung-hee allowed him to return in November 1963. The former Great Prince spent his last years with his younger sister Princess Deokhye at Nakseon Hall in Changdeokgung Palace, the Korean royal family's former residence in Seoul.

Politics and government
Lieutenant Colonel Emile Paul de Souza, chairman of the ruling military directorate of Dahomey, announced the formation of a presidential commission to replace the military triumvirate.

Protest
Police and National Guardsmen used tear gas to disperse a crowd on New Haven, Connecticut’s Town Green. Some rocks and bottles were thrown at the police, but there were no reported arrests or injuries. Earlier, 15,000 people attended a rally in support of the Black Panthers, whose leader, Bobby Seale, and others were facing trial on murder charges.

Protests erupted following the previous night's announcement by U.S. President Richard Nixon that the U.S. and South Vietnamese forces would attack Vietnamese communists in a Cambodian Campaign. President Nixon referred to some campus radicals who opposed his policies as "bums," contrasting them with American soldiers, whom he called "the greatest."



Labour
International Workers' Day observations returned to Quebec as union members demonstrated in Quebec City in solidarity with 450 truck drivers from the private company Lapalme. The federal Liberal government of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau had withdrawn the company's postal transport contract, and barred truckers from associating with the Confédération des Syndicats National (CSN).

Boxing
George Chuvalo (57-15-2) knocked out Willie Tiger (17-17-2) at 1:53 of the 4th round of a heavyweight bout at Fairgrounds Coliseum in Detroit. It was Mr. Tiger's last professional fight.

Basketball
NBA
Finals
New York 115 @ Los Angeles 121 (OT) (Best-of-seven series tied 2-2)

The Lakers outscored the Knickerbockers 22-16 in overtime before 17,509 fans at the Forum in Inglewood, California. Jerry West led Los Angeles with 37 points, 5 rebounds, and 18 assists, while Elgin Baylor added 30 points and 13 rebounds, and Wilt Chamberlain scored 17 points while grabbing 25 rebounds and adding 7 assists. Dick Barnett led New York scorers with 29 points.

30 years ago
1980

Hit parade
#1 single in Ireland (Hot Press): Take that Look Off Your Face--Marti Webb (6th week at #1)

Austria's Top 10 (Ö3)
1 Sun of Jamaica--Goombay Dance Band
2 Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)--Pink Floyd
3 Boat on the River--Styx
4 I Have a Dream--ABBA
5 It's a Real Good Feeling--Peter Kent
6 Atomic--Blondie
7 The Ballad of Lucy Jordan--Marianne Faithfull
8 Que sera mi vida (If You Should Go)--Gibson Brothers
9 Coward of the County--Kenny Rogers
10 Confusion--Electric Light Orchestra

Singles entering the chart were Weekend by Earth and Fire (#14); Money is Addiction (Of this Crazy World) by Ganymed (#17); and Give Me More by the Teens (#20).

World events
An estimated 3,000 boats were waiting at the Cuban port of Mariel to pick up Cubans wishing to flee the country for the United States, while 6,000 refugees had already been processed in Key West, Florida.

Terrorism
The Arab Iranians who had seized the Iranian embassy in London the previous day released one of their hostages.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Semi-Finals
Minnesota 0 @ Philadelphia 7 (Best-of-seven series tied 1-1)
New York Islanders 2 @ Buffalo 1 (2 OT) (New York led best-of-seven series 2-0)

Seven different players scored goals and Phil Myre made 27 saves for the shutout as the Flyers routed the North Stars at the Spectrum.

Bob Nystrom scored the winning goal at 1:20 of the 2nd overtime period. It was his third career Stanley Cup overtime goal.

25 years ago
1985

Hockey
IIHF Men’s World Championship @ Prague
Semi-Final
Canada 3 U.S.S.R. 1

Mario Lemieux scored 2 goals to lead Canada into the gold medal game for the first time since re-entering the competition in 1977.



20 years ago
1990

On television tonight
The Wonder Years, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Cocoa and Sympathy

Died on this date
Sergio Franchi, 64. Italian-born U.S. singer. Mr. Franchi, born Sergio Franci Galli, was a tenor who was popular singing opera and popular music on stage and television from the 1960s through the 1980s. He died of a brain tunour.

Crime
A nine-hour gun battle left two people dead at the Akwesasne Indian reserve, which straddles the borders of New York, Quebec, and Ontario near Cornwall, Ontario. The victims represented opposing factions in the ongoing violence between anti-gambling residents and pro-gambling Mohawk Warriors.

Politics and government
Canadian government House Leader Harvie Andre threatened to invoke a never-used section of the British North America Act to stack the Senate with Progressive Conservative members, increasing the upper house by eight members, if the Liberals, who held a majority in the Senate, continued to oppose the proposed Goods and Services Tax (GST).

Protest
Independent and unofficial organizations were allowed to march in the May Day parade in Moscow for the first time, and thousands of people jeered Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and other national leaders as they passed the reviewing area atop Lenin’s Mausoleum. These marchers, who included ethnic nationalists, human rights and religious activists, students, and intellectuals, carried banners of protest, with slogans such as "Down with the Cult of Lenin" and "Seventy-two Years on the Road to Nowhere." No May Day celebrations were held at all in the capitals of five of the dissident Soviet republics.

Religion
The former Philippine Episcopal Church (supervised by the Episcopal Church of the United States of America) was granted full autonomy and raised to the status of an Autocephalous Anglican Province, and was renamed the Episcopal Church of the Philippines.

Agriculture
Canadian Grains and Oilseeds Minister Charlie Mayer announced that the price of No. 1 spring wheat was to drop by 18%, from $165 to $135 per tonne.

10 years ago
2000

At the movies
Gladiator, directed by Ridley Scott, and starring Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, and others, received its premiere screening in Los Angeles.



Died on this date
Steve Reeves, 74. U.S. bodybuilder and actor. Mr. Reeves won several bodybuilding titles before moving into acting. He was popular as the star of "sword and sandal" movies such as Hercules (1958) and Hercules Unchained (1959). Mr. Reeves suffered a shoulder injury in 1959 that ultimately led to his retirement from acting. He raised horses and promoted drug-free bodybuilding, and died from a blood clot, two days after surgery.

War
Rebel forces in Sierra Leone began seizing United Nations peacekeepers who had come to enforce a failed 1999 agreement between the government and the rebels. In return for amnesty for atrocities, the rebels had been required to turn in their arms, but they had refused to do so, and were marching on Freetown, the capital. Most of the captured peacekeepers were Zambians.

The first of 13 Iranian Jews accused of spying for Israel went on trial. Observers believed the arrest of the Jews was part of the ongoing power struggle between religious conservatives and moderate reformers in Iran. The conservatives had lost control of parliament in February, but still controlled the Revolutionary Courts.

Protest
Hundreds of anti-capitalist hooligans fought running battles with police in London. 95 were arrested and nine police officers were injured.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Conference Semi-Finals
Toronto 1 @ New Jersey 5 (New Jersey led best-of-seven series 2-1)
Colorado 1 @ Detroit 3 (Colorado led best-of-seven series 2-1)

Baseball
Todd Helton batted 4 for 5 with 3 home runs, 4 runs, and 5 runs batted in to lead the Colorado Rockies to a 15-8 win over the Montreal Expos before 35,104 fans at Coors Field in Denver. The teams combined to hit 10 home runs.