June 22, 2011

400 years ago
1611

Exploration
Henry Hudson, his son, and seven others were turned adrift in Hudson Bay by 12 mutinous crewmen. After a winter of hardship, Discovery's crew were convinced that Mr. Hudson intended to continue his search for a northwest passage and not return to England, and that he had hidden a large supply of food in his quarters.

150 years ago
1861

Born on this date
Maximilian von Spee. German military officer. Vice Admiral Graf Spee commanded German naval forces in the Battle of the Falkland Islands, and went down with the flagship SMS Scharnhorst on December 8, 1914 at the age of 53.

140 years ago
1871

Born on this date
William McDougall. U.K.-born psychologist. Dr. McDougall taught at University College London and Oxford before moving to the United States, serving as a professor of psychology at Harvard University (1920-1927) and then at Duke University, where he established the Parapsychology Laboratory under J.B. Rhine. Dr. McDougall was important in the development of the theory of instinct and of social psychology, and wrote a number of influential textbooks. He was an opponent of behaviourism, and used an approach he called hormic psychology, arguing that behaviour was generally goal-oriented and purposive. Dr. McDougall was a eugenicist who believed in a form of Lamarckism (the inheritance of acquired characteristics), and believed that there was an animating principle in matter. He was critical of spiritualism, but researched psychic phenomena. Dr. McDougall died on November 28, 1938 at the age of 67.

100 years ago
1911

Britannica
King George V and Queen Mary of Teck were crowned at Westminster Abbey in London.



War
Mexican government forces brought an end to the Magonista rebellion of 1911 by defeating them in the Second Battle of Tijuana.

80 years ago
1931

Died on this date
Armand Fallières, 89. Prime Minister of France, 1883; President of France, 1906-1913. Mr. Fallières, a member of the Democratic Republican Alliance, was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1876, and served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Jules Ferry before serving as Prime Minister from January 29-February 21, 1883. He resigned in the face of opposition over the issue of pretenders to the throne, but held several cabinet posts in subsequent governments through 1892. Mr. Fallières was elected to the Senate in 1890; he was its President from 1899-1906, and was President of the Republic from 1906-1913.

Aviation
Ruth Nicholas crash-landed her plane off Newfoundland while attempting to become the first female to fly across the Atlantic Ocean alone.

70 years ago
1941

Died on this date
Pat Harrison, 59. U.S. politician. Mr. Harrison, a Democrat, represented Mississippi's 6th District in the United States House of Representatives from 1911-1919 and represented Mississippi in the United States Senate from 1919 until his death. He had been a member of the Senate Finance Committee since 1933 and President pro tempore of the Senate since January 6, 1941.

War
German forces, aided by Romanian forces on the Bessarabian front, invaded the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa. Italy also declared war on the U.S.S.R. John T. Flynn of the America First Committee asked, "Are we going to fight to make Europe safe for Communism?"

World events
The June Uprising in Lithuania against the U.S.S.R. began.

Defense
U.S. Marines secretly sailed for Iceland.

Tennis
Frank Parker defeated Bobby Riggs to win the U.S. clay court championship in Chicago.

60 years ago
1951

Television
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission urged television stations to reduce the airing of nudity, crime, and advertisements.

War
U.S.S.R. delegate to the United Nations Jacob Malik circulated a 41-page report by the International Federation of Democratic Women alleging American atrocities in Korea.

Labour
The Congress of Industrial Organizations National Maritime Union, the largest union involved in the U.S. East and Gulf Coast dock workers' strike, signed a contract providing for an 8% wage increase; reduction of the work week from 48 to 44 hours; and improved fringe benefits.

50 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (Lever Hit Parade): Runaway--Del Shannon (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Retailer): Surrender--Elvis Presley (4th week at #1)

World events
Moise Tshombe, leader of the Congolese secessionist province of Katanga, was released from a two-month political detention on the initiative of Major General Joseph Mobutu, commander of the Congolese army. Mr. Tshombe, who said that his arrest was the result of “foreign influence and some misunderstanding,” promised to send delegates to the forthcoming session of the Congolese parliament.

40 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Kvällstoppen): Funny Funny--The Sweet (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland (Swiss Hitparade): Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep--Middle of the Road (3rd week at #1)

War
The United States Senate voted 57-42 to adopt a measure calling for the complete withdrawal of U.S. forces from Vietnam by the spring of 1972.

Health
Officials in Chad said that more than 6,000 cases of cholera had been reported, and more than 2,000 had died in the current epidemic.

30 years ago
1981

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Bette Davis Eyes--Kim Carnes (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Blue Jeans Memory--Masahiko Kondō

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Stars on 45--Stars on 45 (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Medley--Stars on 45 (5th week at #1)

Crime
At a pre-trial hearing in New York, Mark Chapman changed his plea to guilty and admitted that he had murdered John Lennon on December 8, 1980.

25 years ago
1986

Soccer
World Cup @ Mexico City
Quarter-Final
Argentina 2 England 1

Diego Maradona’s “hand of God” goal was the difference in the game. Mr. Maradona seemed to punch the ball into the net rather than heading it in, but it was conveniently missed by the referee.

20 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Australian Music Report): The Grease Megamix--Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)--Crystal Waters

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): El 7 de Septiembre--Mecano (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Denmark (Nielsen Music Control & IFPI): De Sku' Ha' No'En Bank--Brian Igen-Igen (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Senza una donna--Zucchero & Paul Young (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in France (SNEP): Désenchantée--Mylène Farmer (9th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (CIN): I Wanna Sex You Up--Color Me Badd (3rd week at #1)

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 Gypsy Woman (La Da Dee La Da Da)--Crystal Waters
2 Wind of Change--Scorpions
3 Senza Una Donna (Without a Woman)--Zucchero & Paul Young
4 Anasthasia--T99
5 Last Train To Trancentral (Live from the Lost Continent)--The KLF
6 More than Words--Extreme
7 No Coke--Dr. Alban
8 The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in his Kiss)--Cher
9 It Ain’t Over ‘Til it’s Over--Lenny Kravitz
10 Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)--De La Soul

Singles entering the chart were Rush Rush by Paula Abdul (#28); Quadrophonia by Quadrophonia (#29); Lost in Music by Stereo MC's (#32); Solace of You by Living Colour (#35); My Name is Not Susan by Whitney Houston (#36); and Breek de Stilte by Stef & Bob (#37).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Rush Rush--Paula Abdul (2nd week at #1)
2 I Wanna Sex You Up--Color Me Badd
3 More than Words--Extreme
4 Losing My Religion--R.E.M.
5 Love is a Wonderful Thing--Michael Bolton
6 Unbelievable--EMF
7 Power of Love/Love Power--Luther Vandross
8 Strike it Up--Black Box
9 I Don't Wanna Cry--Mariah Carey
10 Right Here, Right Now--Jesus Jones

Singles entering the chart were I Can't Wait Another Minute by Hi-Five (#77); Crazy by Seal (#83); Hard to Handle by the Black Crowes (#84); Move Right Out by Rick Astley (#85); Only Time Will Tell by Nelson (#90); Love on a Rooftop by Desmond Child (#93); 3 A.M. Eternal by the KLF (#94); Break Up to Make Up by Cynthia (#95); Let the Beat Hit 'Em by Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam (#98); and Can You Stop the Rain by Peabo Bryson (#100).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Rush Rush--Paula Abdul
2 I Wanna Sex You Up—Color Me Badd
3 More than Words—Extreme
4 Love is a Wonderful Thing--Michael Bolton
5 Unbelievable—EMF
6 Losing My Religion--R.E.M.
7 Power of Love/Love Power—Luther Vandross
8 Couple Days Off—Huey Lewis and the News
9 I Don’t Wanna Cry--Mariah Carey
10 I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)--High-Five

Singles entering the chart were Crazy by Seal (#79); Only Time Will Tell by Nelson (#82); Nights Like This by After 7 (#84); Surrender by Trixter (#87); Can You Stop the Rain by Peabo Bryson (#88); Hard to Handle by the Black Crowes (#89); and Learning to Fly by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (#90).

Canada’s Top 10 (RPM)
1 More than Words—Extreme (3rd week at #1)
2 I Don’t Wanna Cry--Mariah Carey
3 Love is a Wonderful Thing--Michael Bolton
4 Rush Rush—Paula Abdul
5 Couple Days Off—Huey Lewis and the News
6 Losing My Religion--R.E.M.
7 Walking in Memphis—Marc Cohn
8 Unbelievable--EMF
9 Rhythm of My Heart--Rod Stewart
10 Part of You, Part of Me—Glenn Frey

Singles entering the chart were Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave) by Roxette (#53); Let Her Go by Gregory Hoskins (#72); Rebel Heart by Rod Stewart (#75); The Other Side of Summer by Elvis Costello (#78); Seeing Things by the Black Crowes (#82); Cry to Me by Darby Mills (#88) Blood on the Bricks by Aldo Nova (#89); After the Rain by Blue Rodeo (#90); Someone by the Rembrandts (#95); and Runaround by Glen Stace (#96).

Hockey
NHL
In the annual entry draft, the Quebec Nordiques selected centre Eric Lindros of the Oshawa Generals as the first overall choice; he had indicated in advance that he had no intention of playing for the Nordiques.

10 years ago
2001

Crime
British Home Secretary David Blunkett announced that the murderers of James Bulger would be released on “life licence”. Jon Venables and Robert Thompson had been jailed eight years earlier; they were each 10 years old when they tortured and murdered the toddler.

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Hamilton (1-0) 29 @ Toronto (0-1) 16

June 21, 2011

390 years ago
1621

War
27 Bohemian leaders of the Bohemian Revolt were executed at the Old Town Square in Prague by the House of Habsburg as a consequence of the Battle of White Mountain in November 1620.

220 years ago
1791

World events
King Louis XVI of France and his immediate family began their flight to Varennes during the French Revolution.

130 years ago
1881

Politics and government
Clement Cornwall was installed as Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia.

80 years ago
1941

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Daddy--Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye (vocal refrain by the Kaye Choir)

War
General Henri Dentz ordered French forces to withdraw from Damascus to avoid street fighting; British forces immediately occupied the city. The Soviet Red Army completed the removal of civilians from the border zone 60 miles deep along the Polish demarcation line, and withdrew its main forces from 12-30 miles behind their original line, leaving small garrisons facing the German armies.

Labour
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt named William H. Davis to succeed Clarence Dykstra as chairman of the National Defense Mediation Board; Mr. Dykstra had resigned two days earlier.

60 years ago
1951

Died on this date
Charles Dillon Perrine, 83. U.S.-born astronomer. Mr. Perrine worked at Lick Obervatory (1893-1909), discovering a dozen comets and the sixth and seventh moons of Jupiter, while participating in four solar eclipse expeditions. He served as Director of the Argentine National Observatory (1909-1936), leading observations of solar eclipses in 1912 and 1914 in attempts to confirm Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity. Unfortunately, weather prevented conclusive results from being obtained. Mr. Perrine remained in Argentina after his retirement.

Gustave Sandras, 79. French gymnast. Mr. Sandras won the combined men's gymnasics competition at the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris.

War
The U.S.A. asked the United Nations to appeal for troops from the 39 member states which had yet to send any to Korea. Communist forces lost their last stronghold in South Korea when U.S. troops took Kaesong, 3 miles south of the 38th Parallel on the Western Front.

Diplomacy
The U.S.A., U.K., and France broke off talks in Paris with the U.S.S.R., giving up hope of agreeing on an agenda for a Big Four foreign ministers conference.

Defense
U.S. President Harry Truman asked Congress to appropriate $535 million for the Federal Civil Defense Administration for fiscal 1952, warning that Americans must prepare to defend their cities against air attack for the first time in history.

Politics and government
Theodor Koerner took office as President of Austria.

Oil
Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh demanded and received a vote of confidence from Parliament for breaking off oil negotiations with the U.K. and ordering the seizure of the $1-billion Anglo-Iranian Oil Company properties.

Baseball
In a Southern League game, Wayne Belardi batted 4 for 7 with 2 home runs—including a grand slam—and 10 runs batted in to lead the Mobile Bears to a 28-7 rout of the Lookouts at Chattanooga. Every Mobile batter scored at least 2 runs.

50 years ago
1961

Died on this date
Alfred Bergman, 71. U.S. athlete. Mr. Bergman, nicknamed "Big Dutch," starred in several sports at the University of Notre Dame (1911-1914), winning 11 varsity letters in football, baseball, basketball, and track. He returned a kickoff 105 yards for a touchdown as a freshman with the football team in 1911, and quarterbacked the Fighting Irish in 1914. Mr. Bergman played second base with the Cleveland Indians (1916), batting .214 with no home runs or runs batted in in 8 games.

Baseball
The Chicago White Sox swept a doubleheader from the Cleveland Indians 15-3 and 11-1 before 37,558 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago as Roy Sievers drove in 7 runs in the first game with a grand slam and a 3-run home run, and added a home run and 4 runs scored in the second game.

A bases-loaded hit batsman, followed by two consecutive bases-loaded walks, helped the Baltimore Orioles score 7 runs in the top of the 9th inning as they defeated the Minnesota Twins 11-5 before 15,711 fans at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington. Harmon Killebrew drove in 4 runs for Minnesota with 2-run home runs in the 1st and 3rd innings.

Stan Williams (6-6) and Johnny Podres (7-1) were the respective winning pitchers as the Los Angeles Dodgers swept a doubleheader from the Chicago Cubs 4-1 and 4-2 before 12,364 fans at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Larry Sherry saved both games.

40 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Too Young to Be Married--The Hollies (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Mata Au Hi Made--Kiyohiko Ozaki (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Qué Será (Che Sará)--José Feliciano (6th week at #1)

Politics and government
The International Court of Justice in The Hague ruled that South Africa's administrative control of South West Africa (Namibia) was illegal, and should be relinquished.

Business
The Ontario government lent $351,000 to Toronto publishers McClelland & Stewart as part of a$961,000 loan to maintain Canadian ownership.

Golf
Lee Trevino shot a 2-under-par 68 to finish 3 strokes ahead of Jack Nicklaus in an 18-hole playoff to win the U.S. Open at Merion Golf Club East Course in Ardmore, Pennsylvania. First prize money was $30,000.



Baseball
Cleveland Indians’ first baseman and oufielder Ken Harrelson, batting just .199 in 52 games in 1971 with 5 home runs and 14 runs batted in, announced his retirement from baseball to pursue a professional golf career. Mr. Harrelson played 900 games with the Kansas City Athletics, Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox, and Cleveland Indians from 1963-1971, hitting .239 with 131 homers and 421 RBIs. His best season was 1968 with the Red Sox, when he hit .275 with 35 home runs and an American League-leading 109 RBIs, and posted a fielding percentage of 1.000 in 132 games in the outfield.

Vida Blue (15-2) pitched a 7-hitter and struck out 13 batters for the Oakland Athletics as they edged the Minnesota Twins 3-2 before 23,334 fans at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington. Ray Corbin (4-4) allowed 7 hits and 3 runs--2 earned--in 6.1 innings to take the loss.

Roberto Pena singled home Tommy Harper with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th inning to tie the score and then singled home Ted Kubiak with the bases loaded and 1 out in the bottom of the 10th to give the Milwaukee Brewers a 3-2 win over the California Angels before 5,498 fans at County Stadium in Milwaukee.

Freddie Patek led off the game with a home run, but Tommy John (4-8) allowed just 5 more hits and no more runs as the Chicago White Sox came back to beat the Kansas City Royals 5-1 before 7,821 fans at White Sox Park. Jim Rooker (0-6) took the loss.

Mike Lum, Hal King, Hank Aaron, and Darrell Evans hit home runs for the Atlanta Braves in the bottom of the 8th inning as they scored 5 runs to overcome a 4-1 deficit and defeated the Montreal Expos 6-4 in the first game of a doubleheader before 8,203 fans at Atlanta Stadium. Ron Hunt's 2-run double climaxed a 3-run 8th inning for the Expos as they came back from a 3-0 deficit to win the second game 5-3.

Willie Montanez tripled home Larry Bowa and Deron Johnson with 1 out in the top of the 12th inning to break a 3-3 tie as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-3 before 11,683 fans at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati.

Bob O’Brien (2-1), making his first major league start, pitched a 6-hitter to outduel Bob Gibson (4-6) as the Los Angeles Dodgers shut out the St. Louis Cardinals 4-0 before 18,480 fans at Dodger Stadium. Wilie Crawford, Willie Davis, and Dick Allen, batting 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, respectively, combined for all 7 Los Angeles hits, runs, and runs batted in.

30 years ago
1981

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Love Will Tear Us Apart--Joy Division

#1 single in Switzerland: Stars on 45--Stars on 45 (5th week at #1)

Golf
David Graham shot a 3-under-par 67 in the final round to win the U.S. Open at Merion Golf Club East Course in Ardmore, Pennsylvania with a 7-under-par total score of 273, 3 strokes ahead of George Burns and Bill Rogers. First prize money was $55,000.



Auto racing
USAC
Gold Crown Series
A.J. Foyt won the Van Scoy Diamond Mines 500 at Pocono International Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania; the race was ended because of rain after 305 miles. It was Mr. Foyt's 67th and last win in an Indy car.

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Ottawa (2-1) 17 @ Montreal (1-2) 21
Calgary (0-3) 20 @ Saskatchewan (2-2) 33

25 years ago
1986

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Live to Tell--Madonna (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): J'aimie Le Vie--Sandra Kim (4th week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): What Have You Done for Me Lately--Janet Jackson

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): The Edge of Heaven--Wham!

#1 single in the U.K.: Spirit in the Sky--Doctor and the Medics (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): On My Own--Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald (2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 On My Own--Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald (2nd week at #1)
2 Live to Tell--Madonna
3 I Can’t Wait--Nu Shooz
4 There’ll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)—Billy Ocean
5 Greatest Love of All--Whitney Houston
6 No One is to Blame—Howard Jones
7 Crush on You—The Jets
8 A Different Corner—George Michael
9 Holding Back the Years—Simply Red
10 Something About You—Level 42

Singles entering the chart were Suzanne by Journey (#57); A Kind of Magic by Queen (#79); Words Get in the Way by Miami Sound Machine (#84); You Don't Have to Cry by Rene and Angela (#86); Baby Love by Regina (#87); Touch and Go by Emerson, Lake & Powell (#88); Take My Breath Away by Berlin (#89); and If Anybody Had a Heart by John Waite (#90).

Canada’s Top 10 (RPM)
1 On My Own—Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald
2 Live to Tell--Madonna
3 A Different Corner—George Michael
4 Greatest Love of All--Whitney Houston
5 The Power of Love--Jennifer Rush
6 Holding Back the Years—Simply Red
7 There’ll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)—Billy Ocean
8 What Have You Done for Me Lately--Janet Jackson
9 No One is to Blame—Howard Jones
10 West End Girls--Pet Shop Boys

Singles entering the chart were Higher Love by Steve Winwood (#87); Glory of Love by Peter Cetera (#89); Boy Inside the Man by Tom Cochrane and Red Rider (#91); Mountains by Prince (#95); Dreams by Van Halen (#98); and Take it Easy by Andy Taylor (#99).

Baseball
Bo Jackson, winner of the 1985 Heisman Trophy as the outstanding college football player in the United States, signed with the Kansas City Royals. The National Football League’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers had selected him as the first choice in the 1986 NFL draft.

10 years ago
2001

Died on this date
John Lee Hooker, 83 or 88. U.S. musician. Mr. Hooker was a Mississippi Delta blues guitarist who had a recording career spanning more than 50 years, performing on his own and collaborating with others. He had five singles that reached the top 10 of the Billboard rhythm and blues chart, reaching number 1 with Boogie Chillen' (1948) and I'm in the Mood (1951). Mr. Hooker won five Grammy Awards, including a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000. He died in his sleep.

Carroll O'Connor, 76. U.S. actor. Mr. O'Connor was a character actor in various movies and television programs before starring as Archie Bunker in the television comedy series All in the Family (1971-1979) and its sequel, Archie Bunker's Place (1979-1983), winning four Emmy Awards for the former. He starred in the police drama series In the Heat of the Night (1988-1995), winning another Emmy. Mr. O'Connor died of a heart attack due to complications of diabetes.

Soad Hosny, 58. Egyptian actress. Miss Hosny was known as the "Cinderella of Egyptian cinema," appearing in more than 80 films from 1959 until her retirement for health reasons in 1991. She died in a fall from the balcony of the high-rise apartment of a friend in London, prompting suspicions that her death was suicde or murder rather than accidental.

Terrorism
A U.S. federal grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia indicted 13 Saudis and a Lebanese in the 1996 bombing of the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia that killed 19 American servicemen.

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Winnipeg (0-1) 12 @ Montreal (1-0) 31

June 20, 2011

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Brian Wilson and Dale Hein!

1,560 years ago
451

War
With the help of Roman foederati, Flavius Aetius defeated Attila the Hun in the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains, halting the invasion of Gaul by the Huns and their allies.

380 years ago
1631

War
The Irish village of Baltimore was sacked by Algerian pirates.

150 years ago
1861

Born on this date
Frederick Gowland Hopkins. U.K. biochemist. Sir Frederick was awarded a share of the 1929 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for his discovery of the growth-stimulating vitamins." He died on May 16, 1947 at the age of 85.

140 years ago
1871

Exploration
Charles Francis Hall left Brooklyn, New York in command of the Polaris in an expedition to reach the North Pole between Greenland and Ellesmere Island.

120 years ago
1891

Born on this date
John A. Costello. Taoiseach of Ireland, 1948-1951; 1954-1957. Mr. Costello, member of the Fine Gael party, was Attorney Genera of Ireland from 1926-1932, and was first elected to the Teachta Dála (lower house of Parliament) in 1933. He was Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of a coalition government at the time Ireland was declared a republic in 1948. After electoral defeat in 1951, another coalition was successful in 1954, and Mr. Costello was elected to head the government again, until another electoral defeat in 1957. He died on January 5, 1976 at the age of 84.

110 years ago
1901

Albertana
Red Deer became a town.

100 years ago
1911

Born on this date
Gail Patrick. U.S. actress and television producer. Miss Patrick, born Margaret LaVelle Fitzpatrick, appeared in more than 60 movies, including My Man Godfrey (1936); Stage Door (1937); and My Favorite Wife (1940). She retired from acting in 1948, and in the 1950s co-founded and served as president of Paisano Productions, making her the only female producer of television programs at that time. The company's most notable program was Perry Mason (1957-1966). Miss Patrick was vice president of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (1960-1962) and was president of its Hollywood chapter. She won numerous awards for her business and civic activities, and died on July 6, 1980, 16 days after her 69th birthday, after a four-year battle with leukemia.

90 years ago
1921

Labour
Workers of Buckingham and Carnatic Mills in the city of Chennai, India, began a four-month strike.

75 years ago
1936

On the radio
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Louis Hector and Harry West, on MBS
Tonight’s episode: The Solitary Cyclist

70 years ago
1941

War
The British Royal Air Force bombed Damascus for the first time. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt sent a special message to Congress accusing Germany of acting as an "international outlaw" engaged in "piracy" in the May 21 torpedoing of the American freighter Robin Moor. Finland ordered general mobilization, calling up all reservists under 45 years of age.

Diplomacy
The United States asked Italy to close all 47 of her consulates and 7 Italian agencies in the United States and to remove all their employees by July 15, 1941.

Defense
The United States Army Air Corps was deprecated to being the American training and logistics section of what was to be known until 1947 as the United States Army Air Forces. U.S. President Roosevelt banned shipment of all petroleum products from the Atlantic coast to any countries except the British Empire, Ireland, Egypt, and the Western Hemisphere.

Archaeology
U.S.S.R. archaeologists in Sammarkand opened the tomb of Tamerlane, the Mongol warrior who had died in 1405, and found the skeleton well-preserved. The body had been embalmed with musk and rose water.

Americana
The Hoover Library on War, Peace, and Revolution was dedicated in Palo Alto, California. The library contained many rare documents of World War I.

Labour
Ford Motor Company personnel director Harry Bennett and Congress of Industrial Organizations President Philip Murray signed a contract covering 130,000 employees in Ford plants throughout the United States. The United Auto Workers won a union shop, wage increases, and a dues check-off.

Track and field
Archie Harris of Indiana University set a world record in the discus throw of 175 feet 8 3/4 inches in the trials for the National Collegiate Athletic Asociation championships in Palo Alto, California.

60 years ago
1951

Diplomacy
The U.S.S.R. offered to discuss its treaties with the People's Republic of China and other Soviet bloc countries at a Big Four foreign ministers conference if the West agreed to put U.S. bases and the North Atlantic Treaty on the agenda.

U.S. President Harry Truman welcomed Ecuadorian President Gala Plaza Lasso to Washington for a state visit.

Defense
U.S. President Truman created a Psychological Strategy Board under former Army Secretary Gordon Gray to coordinate the nation's psychological warfare activities.

Crime
A U.S. federal grand jury in New York indicted 21 American Communist leaders, including Israel Amter and Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, on charges of subversion under the 1940 Smith Act.

Labour
A strike blamed by the government on Communists shut down the entire American-controlled copper industry in Chile.

Baseball
The Washington Nationals sold pitcher Hank Wyse to the New York Yankees. Mr. Wyse began the season with the Philadelphia Athletics, going 1-2 with a 7.98 earned run average in 9 games before being sold to the Nationals on May 16 and posting a 0-0 record with a 9.64 ERA in 3 games. He underwent an emergency appendectomy before joining the Nationals, and was still weak from his operation when he played with them. The Yankees assigned Mr. Wyse to the Kansas City Blues of the American Association, and he never played in the major leagues again.

Bobby Avila batted 5 for 6 with 3 home runs, a double, 4 runs, and 4 runs batted for the Cleveland Indians as they defeated the Boston Red Sox 14-8 before 11,397 fans at Fenway Park in Boston. Early Wynn (5-8) pitched a 15-hit complete game victory, allowing 8 earned runs.

Richie Ashburn singled to lead off the 6th inning and eventually scored on a sacrifice fly by Bill Nicholson for the game's only run as the Philadelphia Phillies edged the Pittsburgh Pirates 1-0 before 12,751 fans at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. Bubba Church (7-3) pitched a 9-hit shutout to outduel Bob Friend (1-4), who allowed just 4 hits and 1 earned run in 7 innings.

Warren Spahn (8-5) pitched a 5-hitter and batted 3 for 4 with a home run, double, 2 runs, and 3 runs batted in to lead the Boston Braves to a 9-0 rout of the Chicago Cubs before 8,548 fans at Wrigley Field in Chicago.

50 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in Norway (VG-lista): Greenfields--The Brothers Four (3rd week at #1)

On television tonight
Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond, hosted by John Newland, on ABC
Tonight's episode: The Tiger, starring Pamela Brown, Elspeth March, and Pauline Challoner



Alfred Hitchcock Presents, on NBC
Tonight's episode: Final Arrangements, starring Martin Balsam and Vivian Nathan

40 years ago
1971

Golf
Lee Trevino and Jack Nicklaus were tied for the lead with scores of even par 280 after four rounds of the U.S. Open at Merion Golf Club, East Course in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, necessitating an 18-hole playoff the following day.



30 years ago
1981

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy (Hit Parade Italia): Amoureux Solitaires--Lio

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): How 'bout Us--Champaign (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland: You Drive Me Crazy--Shakin' Stevens (5th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Being with You--Smokey Robinson (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Being with You--Smokey Robinson (2nd week at #1)

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 How 'bout Us--Champaign (4th week at #1)
2 I've Seen That Face Before--Grace Jones
3 Rain in May--Max Werner
4 Dance On--Doris D and the Pins
5 Ma Quale Idea--Pino D'Angiò
6 Kids in America--Kim Wilde
7 Klap Maar In Je Handen (Live)--Peter Koelewijn en Zijn Rockets
8 This Ole House--Shakin' Stevens
9 De Verzonken Stad--Frank & Mirella
10 He's Just a Runaway--Sister Sledge

Singles entering the chart were Chequered Love by Kim Wilde (#24); Don't Let Him Go by REO Speedwagon (#30); Crazy Accordion by De Kermisklanten (#31); Rainy Night in Georgia by Randy Crawford (#35); and You'll Never Be So Wrong by Hot Chocolate (#38).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Medley--Stars on 45
2 Bette Davis Eyes--Kim Carnes
3 Sukiyaki--A Taste of Honey
4 A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)--Ray Parker, Jr. & Raydio
5 All Those Years Ago--George Harrison
6 Being with You--Smokey Robinson
7 The One that You Love--Air Supply
8 America--Neil Diamond
9 You Make My Dreams--Daryl Hall & John Oates
10 Jessie's Girl--Rick Springfield

Singles entering the chart were Touch Me When We're Dancing by the Carpenters (#76); You are Forever by Smokey Robinson (#79); The Kid is Hot Tonite by Loverboy (#81); Some Changes are for Good by Dionne Warwick (#82); Suzi by Randy Vanwarmer (#83); Lady (You Bring Me Up) by the Commodores (#84); Love on a Two Way Street by Stacy Lattisaw (#85); Don't Want to Wait Anymore by the Tubes (#86); Fly Away by Blackfoot (#89); and Rich Man by Terri Gibbs (#95).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Medley--Stars on 45
2 Bette Davis Eyes--Kim Carnes
3 All Those Years Ago—George Harrison
4 Sukiyaki--A Taste of Honey
5 A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)--Ray Parker, Jr. & Raydio
6 Being with You--Smokey Robinson
7 The One That You Love—Air Supply
8 This Little Girl—Gary U.S. Bonds
9 I Love You—Climax Blues Band
10 America—Neil Diamond

Singles entering the chart were Touch Me When We’re Dancing by the Carpenters (#76); Lady (You Bring Me Up) by the Commodores (#78); You are Forever by Smokey Robinson (#83); Love on a Two Way Street by Stacy Lattisaw (#84); The Real Thing by the Brothers Johnson (#86); Suzi by Randy Vanwarmer (#87); Some Changes are Good by Dionne Warwick (#88); Don't Want to Wait Anymore by the Tubes (#89); The Kid is Hot Tonite by Loverboy (#90); and Rich Man by Terri Gibbs (#94).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Record World)
1 Bette Davis Eyes--Kim Carnes (3rd week at #1)
2 Medley--Stars on 45
3 All Those Years Ago--George Harrison
4 A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)--Ray Parker, Jr. & Raydio
5 The One that You Love--Air Supply
6 Take it on the Run--REO Speedwagon
7 Morning Train (Nine to Five)--Sheena Easton
8 Sukiyaki--A Taste of Honey
9 America--Neil Diamond
10 I Love You--Climax Blues Band

Singles entering the chart were Touch Me When We're Dancing by the Carpenters (#70); You are Forever by Smokey Robinson (#84); Love on a Two Way Street by Stacy Lattisaw (#87); The Real Thing by the Brothers Johnson (#88); Some Changes are for Good by Dionne Warwick (#89); The Kid is Hot Tonite by Loverboy (#90); and Push by One Way (#97).

Canada’s Top 10 (RPM)
1 Medley--Stars on 45 (3rd week at #1)
2 Bette Davis Eyes--Kim Carnes
3 Watching the Wheels--John Lennon
4 Too Much Time on My Hands--Styx
5 All Those Years Ago—George Harrison
6 Being with You--Smokey Robinson
7 Sukiyaki—A Taste of Honey
8 Angel of the Morning--Juice Newton
9 Take it on the Run--REO Speedwagon
10 Morning Train (Nine to Five)--Sheena Easton

Singles entering the chart were Elvira by the Oak Ridge Boys (#42); Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through by Jim Steinman (#45); The Stroke by Billy Squier (#46); Gemini Dream by the Moody Blues (#48); and Tempted by Squeeze (#49).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CFUN)
1 Beatles Medley--Stars on 45
2 All Those Years Ago--George Harrison
3 This Little Girl--Gary U.S. Bonds
4 Bette Davis Eyes--Kim Carnes
5 Living Inside Myself--Gino Vannelli
6 The Waiting--Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
7 Sweetheart--Franke & the Knockouts
8 Sukiyaki—A Taste of Honey
9 Nobody Wins--Elton John
10 You Make My Dreams--Daryl Hall & John Oates

Singles entering the chart were The One that You Love by Air Supply (#28); and In the Air Tonight by Phil Collins (#20).

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Winnipeg (0-3) 18 @ British Columbia (3-0) 28

25 years ago
1986

Baseball
The Chicago White Sox, sixth and last in the American league West Division with a record of 26-38, fired manager Tony LaRussa, who had held the position since 1979 and had led them to the division title in 1983. Doug Rader relaced Mr. LaRussa for 2 games before Jim Fregosi was hired as manager.

20 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Light My Fire--The Doors (2nd week at #1)

Germanica
The Bundestag voted to move the German capital from Bonn back to Berlin.

Defense
Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney attended the Conference of Security and Co-operation in Europe in Germany; the conference adopted the Canadian proposal to monitor arms build-ups.

Politics and government
The Edwards-Beaudoin Committee recommended a regional veto to the Canadian Constitution, and unanimous consent for changes involving the monarch, language and resources. All other changes would require consent of Ottawa, Ontario, Québec, two Western, and two Atlantic provinces. The Québec Liberal government of Premier Robert Bourassa pushed through Bill 150 (an Act respecting the process for determining the political and constitutional future of Québec) in closing session, requiring a referendum on the province's sovereignty by October, 1992. The government also decreased payments to municipalities and put a wage freeze on public sector. Mr. Bourassa also announces a by-election in the riding of Montmorency on August 12, 1991; the riding had been vacated by fomer revenue minister Yves Séguin, who had resigned in protest against combining the provincial sales tax with the federal government's Goods and Services Tax.

Diplomacy
The inquiry into the fast-track immigration into Canada of Mohamed Al-Mashat, an Iraqi diplomat and defector from the regime of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, agreed on the flawed and controversial processing of the case.

Labour
Uniroyal Goodrich Tire decided to keep one of two plants, making a deal with the United Rubber Workers Union, saving 1,000 of the present 2,000 jobs. The plant saved was the one in Kitchener, Ontario.

10 years ago
2001

Crime
Andrea Yates drowned her five children, who ranged in age from 6 months to 7 years, in the bathtub in her family's home in Houston.

Football
CFL
Pre-season
British Columbia (0-1) 14 @ Saskatchewan (1-0) 19
Edmonton (0-1) 10 @ Calgary (1-0) 34

Darren Hall returned the 2nd half kickoff for a touchdown to help the Stampeders defeat the Eskimos at McMahon Stadium.

June 19, 2011

290 years ago
1721

Disasters
Fire destroyed 138 houses, about half the town of Montréal.

220 years ago
1791

Politics and government
King George III gave Royal Assent to the Constitutional Act, passed by Parliament on June 10; it divided the province of Québec into the new provinces of Lower Canada and Upper Canada, each with an appointed legislative council and an elected legislative assembly.

200 years ago
1811

Died on this date
Samuel Chase, 70. Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1796-1811. Justice Chase represented Maryland at the Continental Congress and signed the Declaration of Independence. He was appointed Chief Justice of the District Criminal Court in Baltimore in 1788 and Chief Justice of the Maryland General Court in 1791. Justice Chase was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court by President George Washington, but when Thomas Jefferson became President in 1801, he wanted to weaken Federalist influence over the courts. Justice Chase was impeached on the grounds that his political biases influenced his decisions, but he was acquitted by the Senate and remained on the Court until his death. His acquittal was regarded as an important precedent upholding the independence of the judiciary.

190 years ago
1821

War
Ottoman forces of Sultan Mahmud II decisively defeated forces of the Greek secret insurgent organization Filiki Etaireia in the Battle of Dragashani in Wallachia, Romania.

150 years ago
1861

Born on this date
José Rizal. 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 on December 30, 1896 at the age of 35. Dr. Rizal is regarded as a national hero in the Philippines.

Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig. U.K. military officer. Field Marshal Earl Haig served in the Mahdist War and the Boer War, but was best known for commanding the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) on the Western Front from late 1915 until the end of World War I in 1918. His offensives at the Somme (1916) and Passchendaele (1917) resulted in tremendous numbers of casualties, earning him the nickname "Butcher" Haig. Earl Haig died of a heart attack on January 29, 1928 at the age of 66, and his funeral was a day of national mourning. His reputation among historians is divided between those who regard him as a butcher and those who regard him as a great commander.

130 years ago
1881

Born on this date
Jimmy Walker. U.S. politician. Mr. Walker, a Democrat, was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1910-1914 and the New York State Senate from 1915-1925 before serving as Mayor of New York City from 1926-1932. He was associated with the Tammany Hall machine and was known for his stylish dress, affairs with chorus girls, and opposition to prohibition. Mr. Walker was forced to resign in a bribery scandal in 1932. He died of a brain hemorrhage on November 18, 1946 at the age of 65.

90 years ago
1921

Abominations
The village of Knockcroghery, Ireland was burned by British forces.

75 years ago
1936

Died on this date
William Hall-Jones, 85. Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1906. Sir William moved to New Zealand in 1873 and worked as a carpenter and builder before entering politics as an independent Liberal; he later joined the Liberal Party. Sir William represented Timaru in the N.Z. Parliament, and was regarded as an outstanding administrator. He was Minister of Marine from 1896-1906 and then served as interim Prime Minister from June 10-August 6, 1906, following the death of Richard Seddons, and before the return of Sir Joseph Ward from abroad. Sir William served as New Zealand's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 1908-1912, and was later appointed o the N.Z. Legislative Council.

Space
A solar eclipse occurred whose totality was visible in Europe and Asia.

Boxing
In a huge upset, former world heavyweight champion Max Schmeling (49-7-4), who was regarded as past his prime, knocked out the #1 contender, Joe Louis (24-1), at 2:29 of the 12th round of a scheduled 15-round bout at Yankee Stadium in New York.





70 years ago
1941

War
A Gallup Poll reported that 56% of Americans recently surveyed said that a vote of the people should be required before Congress could send men to fight overseas. Philippines President Manuel Quezon declared in a Loyalty Day celebration day in Manila that if the United States became involved in the European war, she would find the people of the Philippines on her side.

Defense
The Argentine Chamber of Deputies voted to appoint a seven-man committee to investigate Nazi activities in the country.

Diplomacy
The German and Italian governments ordered the United States to close all 31 of her consulates in the Axis and Axis-dominated countries and to remove their personnel by July 15, 1941.

Economics and finance
The U.S. Office of Production Management ordered the rationing of rubber in an effort to reduce consumption from the present rate of 817,000 tons to 600,000 tons annually.

Labour
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt accepted the resignation of National Defense Mediation Board Chairman Clarence Dykstra. Soft-coal operators in the northern United States signed a two-year wage contract with the Congress of Industrial Organizations United Mine Workers of America covering 250,000 coal miners. Lumber operators rejected the NDMB's proposals to settle the Washington lumber strike.

60 years ago
1951

On television tonight
Suspense, on CBS
Tonight’s episode: A Killing in Abilene, starring William Prince

Died on this date
Wally Gerber, 59. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Gerber was a shortstop with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1914-1915); St. Louis Browns (1917-1928); and Boston Red Sox (1928-1929), batting .257 with 7 home runs and 476 runs batted in in 1,522 games. He batted .248 in 1,055 games in 8 seasons in the minor leagues (1910-1917, 1930). Mr. Gerber umpired in the Mid-Atlantic League (1935-1938), and was men's supervisor with the Columbus (Ohio) Recreation Department (1939-1949). He died after a heart attack.

Space
Astronomer Milton Humason reported observing a group of "runaway" stars from the Mount Palomar, California telescope. He estimated that the stars were receding from the Sun at 38,000 miles per second, evidence supporting the expanding universe theory.

Defense
U.S. President Harry Truman signed a billextending the draft to mid-1955. He also appointed a five-man National Security Training Commission to draw up and supervise the Universal Military Training progrem provided for in the bill.

Politics and government
A U.S. Senate Labor subcommittee headed by Senator Paul Douglas (Democrat--Illinois) began hearings on "ethics in government."

Journalism
The Cuban Communist newspaper Hoy, seized by the government 10 months earlier, was returned to the Communist Party on court order.

Oil
Talks between the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company and the Iranian government collapsed when each side rejected the other's proposals.

Economics and finance
The British government ordered the licensing of all exports to Communist China and Hong Kong, but promised to permit continued shipments of non-strategic materials.

The U.S. Senate Banking Committee approved an eight-month extension of price, wage, and rent controls, but voted to ban price rollbacks.

Baseball
Bob Rush (5-3) pitched a 4-hitter for the Chicago Cubs as they shut out the Boston Braves 3-0 before 6,496 fans at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Billy Southworth, who had managed the Braves since 1946 and had piloted them to the National League pennant in 1948, was fired after the game, which dropped them to 28-31, fifth in the standings. Former Braves’ star outfielder Tommy Holmes replaced Mr. Southworth as manager.

Ted Kluszewski hit a 3-run home run with none out in the bottom of the 9th inning and Johnny Pramesa hit a solo homer with 1 out, but relief pitcher Ralph Branca retired Connie Ryan and Bobby Adams to end the game as the Brooklyn Dodgers held on to defeat the Cincinnati Reds 5-4 before 26,618 fans at Crosley Field in Cincinnati.

Yogi Berra hit a 3-run home run in the 1st inning and Mickey Mantle added a 3-run homer in the 3rd for the New York Yankees as they defeated the Chicago White Sox 11-9 in the first game of a doubleheader before 60,441 fans fans at Yankee Stadium. Jim Busby led off the 9th inning with a single and scored on a 1-out double by Bob Dillinger to break a 4-4 tie as the White Sox won the second game 5-4.

Wally Yonamine, an American of Japanese descent, played his first game with Tokyo’s Yomiuri Giants.

50 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Poesía En Movimiento (Poetry in Motion)--Dúo Dinámico (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in France (IFOP): Non, je ne regrette rien--Édith Piaf (2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Moody River--Pat Boone
2 Travelin' Man--Ricky Nelson
3 Quarter to Three--U.S. Bonds
4 Stand by Me--Ben E. King
5 Raindrops--Dee Clark
6 The Writing on the Wall--Adam Wade
7 Tossin' and Turnin'--Bobby Lewis
8 Every Beat of My Heart--The Pips
9 The Boll Weevil Song--Brook Benton
10 Those Oldies But Goodies (Remind Me of You)--Little Caesar and the Romans

Singles entering the chart were You Can't Sit Down Part 2 by the Philip Upchurch Combo (#68); Dum Dum by Brenda Lee (#69); I've Got News for You (#84)/I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town (#87) by Ray Charles; Let's Twist Again by Chubby Checker (#85); I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door by Eddie Hodges (#91); The Float by Hank Ballard and the Midnighters (#92); Point of No Return by Adam Wade (#93); Dooley by the Olympics (#94); Sea of Heartbreak by Don Gibson (#95); The Charleston by Ernie Fields (#97); Never on Sunday by the Chordettes (#98); No, No, No by the Chanters (#99); and I'll Never Be Free by Kay Starr (#100).

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Michael Martin!

Asiatica
Kuwait declared its independence from the United Kingdom.

Abominations
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a provision in Maryland's constitution requiring state officeholders to profess a belief in God.

Scandal
Fred Portnoy, 19, testified before a grand jury in New York concerning accusations that he had participated in fixing four basketball games while he was playing for the men’s team at Columbia University during the 1960-61 season.

Baseball
The Kansas City Athletics, eighth in the American League with a record of 26-33, fired Joe Gordon as manager and replaced him with Hank Bauer. In that night's game against the New York Yankees before 16,715 fans at Municipal Stadium in Kansas City, Roger Maris led off the 9th inning with his 25th home run of the season to give the Yankees a 3-2 lead. Norm Siebern hit an inside-the park home run with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th to tie the score. Luis Arroyo (2-3) then relieved New York starting pitcher Rollie Sheldon, and pinch hitter Wes Covington homered to give the Athletics a 4-3 win in Mr. Bauer's first game as manager. Jim Archer (5-1) pitched a 7-hit complete game for Kansas City.

40 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in Rhodesia (Lyons Maid): Put Your Hand in the Hand--Alan Garrity (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Pensieri e parole--Lucio Battisti (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): O'Brien Has No Place to Go--Brendan Shine

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep--Middle of the Road

Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 Too Young to Be Married--The Hollies
2 Another Day--Paul McCartney
3 Hot Love--T. Rex
4 Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep--Middle of the Road
--Lally Stott
5 She's a Lady--Tom Jones
6 Eagle Rock--Daddy Cool
7 Put Your Hand in the Hand--Allison Durbin
--Ocean
8 I Am...I Said--Neil Diamond
9 Joy to the World--Three Dog Night
10 Me and Bobby McGee--Janis Joplin

Singles entering the chart were Glory Glory by Johnny Chester (#46); I Play and Sing by Dawn (#47); Falling/Miracles by Autumn (#51); Seasons of Change by Fraternity (#52); I Don't Know How to Love Him by Helen Reddy (#54); Life is Getting Better by Flake (#58); He Gives Us All His Love/Life by Ross D. Wylie (#59); and Nickel Song by the New Seekers (#60).

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 Double Barrel--Dave & Ansil Collins
2 Rosetta--Georgie Fame & Alan Price
3 Che Sará--José Feliciano
4 Soldiers Prayer--Oscar Harris and the Twinkle Stars
5 Put Your Hand in the Hand--Ocean
6 Brown Sugar--The Rolling Stones
7 Poetas Andaluces--Aguaviva
8 Zou Het Erg Zijn Lieve Opa--Wilma met Vader Abraham
9 Ein Mädchen für Immer--Peter Orloff
10 I Am...I Said--Neil Diamond

Singles entering the chart were My Darling Helena! by the Walkers (#14); Co Co by the Sweet (#23); I Trust (Everything is Gonna Work Out Alright) by the Byrds (#30); Chicago by Graham Nash (#32); Kleine Sonja by De Makkers (#33); Black Lisa by Livin' Blues (#37); and Goodbye Yesterday by Jimmy Cliff (#38).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 It's Too Late/I Feel the Earth Move--Carole King
2 Rainy Days and Mondays—Carpenters
3 Want Ads--The Honey Cone
4 Brown Sugar--The Rolling Stones
5 It Don't Come Easy--Ringo Starr
6 Treat Her Like a Lady—Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
7 Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)--Raiders
8 Joy to the World--Three Dog Night
9 I’ll Meet You Halfway—The Partridge Family
10 Sweet and Innocent--Donny Osmond

Singles entering the chart were Love the One You’re With by the Isley Brothers (#72); Summer Sand by Dawn (#78); Hey! Love/Over and Over by the Delfonics (#82); Rainy Jane by Davy Jones (#83); Resurrection Shuffle by Ashton, Gardner and Dyke (#84); Wild Horses by the Rolling Stones (#85); Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer by Stevie Wonder (#86); Talking in Your Sleep by Gordon Lightfoot (#87); Give Up Your Guns by the Buoys (#88); I Need Someone (To Love Me) by Z.Z. Hill (#89); I'm Sorry by Bobby Bland (#97); Day by Day (Every Minute of the Hour) by the Continental 4 (#98); Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G Minor K. 550, 1st Movement by Waldo De Los Rios (#99); and The Language of Love by the Intrigues (#100).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 It Don’t Come Easy--Ringo Starr
2 I’ll Meet You Halfway—The Partridge Family
3 It’s Too Late—Carole King
4 Rainy Days and Mondays—Carpenters
5 Want Ads--The Honey Cone
6 Brown Sugar--The Rolling Stones
7 Sweet and Innocent—Donny Osmond
8 Treat Her Like a Lady—Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
9 Double Lovin’--The Osmonds
10 Don’t Knock My Love (Part 1)—Wilson Pickett

Singles entering the chart were Wild Horses by the Rolling Stones (#68); Moon Shadow by Cat Stevens (#74); How Can You Mend a Broken Heart by the Bee Gees (#76); Love the One You’re With by the Isley Brothers (#85); Rainy Jane by Davy Jones (#86); Deep Enough for Me by Ocean (#87); You're the Reason Why by the Ebonys (#89); Like an Open Door by the Fuzz (#90); She Didn’t Do Magic by Lobo (#92); I’m a Believer by Neil Diamond (#93); Talking in Your Sleep by Gordon Lightfoot (#97); and Love is Life by Earth, Wind & Fire (#100).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Record World)
1 Want Ads--The Honey Cone (2nd week at #1)
2 It Don’t Come Easy--Ringo Starr
3 Rainy Days and Mondays—Carpenters
4 It’s Too Late—Carole King
5 Sweet and Innocent--Donny Osmond
6 Brown Sugar--The Rolling Stones
7 I’ll Meet You Halfway—The Partridge Family
8 Treat Her Like a Lady—Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
9 Nathan Jones--The Supremes
10 Don't Knock My Love--Wilson Pickett

Singles entering the chart were Wild Horses by the Rolling Stones (#66); Summer Sand by Dawn (#81); Like an Open Door by the Fuzz (#87); Hey! Love/Over and Over by the Delfonics (#88); Follow Me by Mary Travers (#92); You're the Reason Why by the Ebonys (#95); Suspicious Minds by Dee Dee Warwick (#96); Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G Minor K. 550, 1st Movement by Waldo De Los Rios (#97); Give Up Your Guns by the Buoys (#98); Moon Shadow by Cat Stevens (#99); and L.A. International Airport by Susan Raye (#100).

Canada’s Top 10 (RPM)
1 Brown Sugar--The Rolling Stones (3rd week at #1)
2 It Don’t Come Easy--Ringo Starr
3 Sweet and Innocent--Donny Osmond
4 Rainy Days and Mondays—Carpenters
5 I’ll Meet You Halfway—The Partridge Family
6 Superstar—Murray Head with the Trinidad Singers
7 It’s Too Late—Carole King
8 Joy to the World--Three Dog Night
9 Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)--Raiders
10 I Don’t Know How to Love Him—Helen Reddy

Singles entering the chart were Wild Horses by the Rolling Stones (#62); Deep Enough for Me by Ocean (#84); Wait for the Miracle by the Cycle (#85); Talking in Your Sleep by Gordon Lightfoot (#98); The Last Time I Saw Her by Glen Campbell (#99); and Wholesale Love by Buddy Miles (#100).

Calgary’s Top 10 (Glenn's Music)
1 It Don’t Come Easy--Ringo Starr
2 Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)--Raiders
3 Brown Sugar--The Rolling Stones
4 When You’re Hot, You’re Hot—Jerry Reed
5 Sweet and Innocent—Donny Osmond
6 Rainy Days and Mondays—Carpenters
7 I’ll Meet You Halfway—The Partridge Family
8 The Drum—Bobby Sherman
9 Sweet City Woman--Stampeders
10 Love Her Madly--The Doors
Pick hit of the week: Don’t Pull Your Love—Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds

30 years ago
1981

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Hubba Hubba Zoot-Zoot--Caramba

#1 single in France (IFOP): Pour le plaisir--Herbert Léonard (4th week at #1)

South Africa's Top 10 (Springbok Radio)
1 This Ole House--Shakin' Stevens (5th week at #1)
2 In the Air Tonight--Phil Collins
3 More and More--Joe Dolan
4 Antmusic--Adam & the Ants
5 Keep on Loving You--REO Speedwagon
6 Santa Maria--Alan Garrity
7 Angel of the Morning--Juice Newton
8 Vienna--Ultravox
9 Gypsy Girl--David Scobie
10 Jealous Guy--Roxy Music

Singles entering the chart were Kids in America by Kim Wilde (#13); Turn Me Loose by Loverboy (#15); Stars on 45 by Star Sound (#16); and Bette Davis Eyes by Kim Carnes (#17).

20 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Senza una donna--Zucchero featuring Paul Young

Died on this date
Jean Arthur, 90. U.S. actress. Miss Arthur, born Gladys Georgianna Greene, was a major star of screwball comedy movie such as Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936); You Can't Take It With You (1938); Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939); and The More the Merrier (1943). Her final film performance was in a dramatic role in the Western Shane (1953). Miss Arthur suffered from chronic stage fright, leading to her retirement.

World events
The U.S.S.R. occupation of Hungary ended after more than 40 years, as the final Soviet troops left the country.

Politics and government
The Canadian Parliament set up the Special Joint Committee on a Renewed Canada, a super-committee with 20 MPs and 10 senators, to make recommendations to Parliament on the proposals made public on September 24, 1991. The the Dobbie-Castonguay Committee--later known as the Beaudoin-Dobbie Committee--travelled across Canada to present federal proposals to provinces and interest groups.

Former Québec City mayor Jean Pelletier replaced Michel Fournier as Liberal Party of Canada Leader Jean Chrétien's chief of staff.

Business
Petro-Canada's public issue of 39.5 million shares almost sold out in one day; the federal government was distributing 19.5% of Petro-Canada in a partial privatization.

Scandal
Canadian sprinter Brian Morison was banned from competition for two years by Athletics Canada for steroid use.

10 years ago
2001

Died on this date
Stanley Mosk, 88. U.S. judge and politician. Mr. Mosk served on the California Superior Court from 1942 until his election as the state's Attorney General in 1958. He held that office until 1964, and was known for supporting the rights of minorities. Mr. Mosk served as Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court from September 1, 1964 until his death, being elected to three consecutive 12-year terms. He was known for his liberal views, but also showed an independent streak.

June 18, 2011

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Paul McCartney!

1,270 years ago
741

Died on this date
Leo III, 55 or 56. Emperor of the Byzantine Empire, 717-741. Leo the Isaurian, born Konon, was a military commander who forced the abdication of Emperor Theodosios III in 717 and founded the Isaurian dynasty. He successfully defended the Empire against the invading Umayyads and forbade the veneration of icons. Emperor Leo III died of dropsy, and was succeeded by his son Constantine V.

720 years ago
1291

Died on this date
Alfonso III, 25. King of Aragon; King of Valencia, 1285-1291. Alfonso III acceded to his thrones upon the death of his father Peter III. King Alfonso conquered Majorca (1285), Ibiza (1286), and Menorca (1287), but his reign was marred by a constitutional struggle with the Aragonese nobility. A marriage was arranged for Alfonso III to Princess Eleanor, daughter of King Edward I of England, but King Alfonso died before the marriage could take place, and was succeeded on his throne by his younger brother James II.

150 years ago
1861

Canadiana
Prince Alfred continued his tour, arriving at Montreal from Quebec aboard the steamer Queen Victoria, and was driven to Isle Dorval, near Lachine, the summer residence of the Commander of the forces, General Fenwick Williams.

140 years ago
1871

Canadiana
The British Columbia Legislature heard Canada’s terms for entering Confederation, passed in both the House of Commons and the Senate without amendment, with Royal Assent on May 16. British Columbia entered Confederation on July 20.

130 years ago
1881

Born on this date
Zoltán Halmay. Hungarian swimmer. Mr. Halmay competed in the Olympic Games of 1900, 1904, and 1908, winning two gold medals, four silver medals, and a bronze medal, and won a gold and silver medal in the 1906 Intercalated Games. All of his medals came in freestyle competition. Mr. Halmay also participated in other sports, such as rowing, football, and roller-skating, and died on May 20, 1956, 29 days before his 75th birthday.

120 years ago
1891

Born on this date
Mae Busch. Australian-born U.S. actress. Miss Busch appeared in about 130 movies, but was best known for playing Oliver Hardy's shrewish wife in 13 Laurel and Hardy films. She died of colon cancer on April 20, 1946 at the age of 54.

110 years ago
1901

Born on this date
Anastasia Nikolaevna. Russian royal family member. Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna, the fourth and youngest daughter of Czar Nikolai II and Czarina Alexandra, was murdered at the age of 17 by Bolsheviks with her parents and siblings on July 17, 1918.

Llewellyn Rees. U.K. actor. Mr. Rees appeared in plays, films, and television programs. He appeared in movies such as Cromwell (1970); The Dresser (1983); and A Fish Called Wanda (1988), and appeared in television programs such as Doctor Who and Coronation Street. Mr. Rees died on January 7, 1994 at the age of 92.

100 years ago
1911

Baseball
Down 13-1 after 5½ innings, the Detroit Tigers came back to defeat the Chicago White Sox 16-15 before 10,111 fans at Bennett Park in Detroit, scoring 5 runs in the 8th and 3 in the 9th. Ty Cobb led the Tigers with 4 hits and 5 runs batted in—including 2 runs to tie the game in the bottom of the 9th inning—and scored the winning run on a 1-out double by Sam Crawford.

75 years ago
1936

Died on this date
Maxim Gorky, 68. Russian author. Mr. Gorky, born Alexei Maximovich Peshkov, was a founder of the literary method known as socialist realism, which he used in various novels, short stories, and poems.

Boxing
Joe Louis (24-0), the #1 contender for the world heavyweight title, and former world champion Max Schmeling (48-7-4) met at Yankee Stadium for their scheduled 15-round bout, but the fight was postponed until the next day because of rain. Mr. Louis was a heavy favourite; Mr. Schmeling was regarded as past his prime.

70 years ago
1941

War
Allied troops attacked Damascus after French forces rejected an ultimatum to surrender the city. Juan Bautista Rossetti, Chile's new Foreign Minister, said in an interview in Santiago that he was neutral in his attitude toward the European war.

Diplomacy
German Ambassador to Turkey Franz von Papen and Turkish Foreign Minister Shukru Saracoglu signed a 10-year friendship pact in Ankara.

Defense
Brazilian exporters in Rio de Janeiro disclosed that the government had banned the export of rubber, manganese ore, industrial diamonds, quartz, crystal, mica, and other vital defense materials to all countries except the United States. The U.S. House of Representatives Military Affairs Committee declared that Communists were chiefly responsible for the "widespread stoppages and delays" in the defense program, and recommended giving the President additional authority to seize strike-bound plants. The New York State Parole Board refused to release former German-American Bund leader Fritz Kuhn from prison because he was "a hazard to the public peace and security."

Economics and finance
A Japanese spokesman revealed that Japan demanded a right to share in the economic exploitation of the Netherlands East Indies and said that the Dutch reply was "very unsatisfactory."

Labour
At a White House meeting with A. Philip Randolph and other Negro leaders, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt agreed to have an executive order drafted barring discrimination in defense plants.

Boxing
Joe Louis (50-1) retained his world heavyweight title with a knockout of former world light heavyweight champion Billy Conn (59-11-1) at 2:58 of the 13th round at the Polo Grounds in New York. Mr. Conn, who weighed 174 pounds to 199½ for Mr. Louis, was ahead on the scorecards of two of the officials and even on the scorecard of the third after 12 rounds, but made the mistake of trying to slug it out with the heavyweight champion in the 13th round. The Brown Bomber hit the challenger with a left hook and then a hard right to knock him out.



60 years ago
1951

On television tonight
Lights Out, on NBC
Tonight's episode: Dead Freight, starring Charles Dingle and Louisa Horton

Defense
NATO Supreme Commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower named U.S. Admiral Robert Carney commander-in-chief of Allied forces in southern Europe and commander of Allied naval forces in the Mediterranean.

Economics and finance
The U.S. Export-Import Bank granted Belgium a $15.5-million loan to help develop the Belgian Congo, a leading uranium source. Belgium would spend $160 million on the project.

Business
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission dropped a four-year-old anti-trust suit against the American Iron and Steel Institute and 90 member producers after they agreed not to "cooperate" in fixing steel prices.

50 years ago
1961

On the radio
Gunsmoke, starring William Conrad, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Letter of the Law

This was the last episode of the series, ending its nine-year run on radio.

Died on this date
Eddie Gaedel, 36. U.S. midget. Mr. Gaedel, 3’ 7” tall and 65 pounds, became famous on August 19, 1951 when he was sent up to bat as a pinch hitter for the St. Louis Browns in an American League baseball game against the Detroit Tigers at Sportsman’s Park in St. Louis, and drew a base on balls. He died of a heart attack, 10 days after his 36th birthday, and several days after suffering a beating while walking home. For more on Mr. Gaedel, go here; here; here; and here.

Space
The 300-pound capsule that had gone into Earth orbit aboard the U.S. satellite Discoverer 25 two days earlier was ejected on radio signal and was recovered from the Pacific Ocean north of Hawaii by U.S. Navy skin divers. The capsule carried rare and common metals to permit study of the effects of space environment on them, and instruments to measure radiation and micrometeorite effects. It was the fifth U.S. capsule to be retrieved from orbit.

Terrorism
Bernard Jerome Brous, 51, and Dale Chris Jensen, 33, were seized in Ensenada, Baja California with two companions on a yacht carrying machine guns and hand grenades. They were charged with conspiracy in connection with blowing up microwave relay stations at Wendover, Nevada and Cedar Mountain Utah, and a cable repeating station at Knolls, Utah on May 28. The stations were 30 miles apart. The accused men were quoted as saying that they favoured nationalizing American utilities and that they were members of the American Republican Army, which they claimed was a more activist organization than the John Birch Society. Messrs. Brous and Jensen were extradited to San Diego.

Archaeology
Professor Antonio Flova, director of the antiquities department of northern Italy, announced that a University of Milan expedition had found the name of Pontius Pilate carved on a stone on the Mediterranean coast of Israel near Caesarea—the ancient capital of Roman Palestine—about 10 miles south of Haifa. Professor Flova reported that the name had been found three days earlier on a stone 31” X 23” in the ruins of a Roman amphitheatre. The stone had apparently been placed there when the building had been dedicated.

Baseball
Trailing the Washington Senators 12-5 with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th inning, the Boston Red Sox rallied with 8 runs to win 13-12 in the first game of a doubleheader before 17,645 fans at Fenway Park. Willie Tasby hit a grand slam for the Senators in the top of the 9th, while Jim Pagliaroni hit a grand slam for the Red Sox in the bottom of the 9th. Rip Repulski grounded into a force play as a pinch hitter for the Red Sox in the 5th in the 928th and last game of his 9-year major league career. Mr. Pagliaroni homered to lead off the bottom of the 13th inning to give the Red Sox a 6-5 win in the second game to complete the sweep.

Third baseman Gene Freese batted 7 for 8 for the Cincinnati Reds as they swept a doubleheader from the Philadelphia Phillies 7-2 and 10-0 before 16,389 fans at Connie Mack Stadium in Philadelphia.

50 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): I Am...I Said--Neil Diamond (4th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Butterfly--Danyel Gérard (5th week at #1)

South Africa's Top 10 (Springbok Radio)
1 Joy to the World--Three Dog Night (2nd week at #1)
2 Funny Funny--The Sweet
3 If Not for You--Olivia Newton-John
4 Put Your Hand in the Hand--Alan Garrity
5 Mozart: Symphony No. 40 In G Minor K.550 1° Movement (Allegro Molto)--Waldo de Los Rios
6 The Seagull's Name was Nelson--Des & Dawn
7 Vicki--Lance James
8 Long Days and Lonely Nights--Lincoln
9 Have You Ever Seen the Rain--Creedence Clearwater Revival
10 It Don't Come Easy--Ringo Starr

Singles entering the chart were I Am...I Said by Neil Diamond (#17); and Me and You and a Dog Named Boo by Lobo (#18).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKLG)
1 It's Too Late--Carole King
2 Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)--Raiders
3 Never Ending Song of Love--Delaney & Bonnie & Friends
4 When You're Hot, You're Hot--Jerry Reed
5 Double Lovin'--The Osmonds
6 Brown Sugar--The Rolling Stones
7 Rainy Days and Mondays--Carpenters
8 It Don't Come Easy--Ringo Starr
9 Signs--Five Man Electrical Band
10 I Don't Know How to Love Him--Yvonne Elliman

Singles entering the chart were You've Got a Friend by James Taylor (#25); Resurrection Shuffle by Ashton, Gardner & Dyke (#26); Sweet City Woman by the Stampeders (#28); Want Ads by the Honey Cone (#29); and Here Comes that Rainy Day Feeling Again by the Fortunes (#30).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKVN)
1 Never Ending Song of Love--Delaney & Bonnie & Friends (2nd week at #1)
2 It's Too Late/I Feel the Earth Move--Carole King
3 Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)--Raiders
4 It Don't Come Easy--Ringo Starr
5 Signs--Five Man Electrical Band
6 When You're Hot, You're Hot--Jerry Reed
7 Done Too Soon--Neil Diamond
8 High Time We Went--Joe Cocker
9 Rainy Days and Mondays--Carpenters
10 You're Gonna Miss Me--Wishbone

Singles entering the chart were Suzanne by Tom Northcott (#16, charting with its other side, Spaceship Races); How Can You Mend a Broken Heart by the Bee Gees (#26); He's Gonna Step on You Again by John Kongos (#27); Draggin' the Line by Tommy James (#28); Wait for the Miracle by the Cycle (#29); and Deep Enough for Me by Ocean (#30).

Died on this date
Paul Karrer, 82. Russian-born Swiss chemist. Dr. Karrer shared the 1937 Nobel Prize for Chemistry with Walter Haworth, both of whom had conducted research on vitamins.

Thomas Gomez, 65. U.S. actor. Mr. Gomez appeared in plays, movies, and television programs in a career spanning more than 40 years. He was a character actor, often playing villains, receiving an Academy Award nomination for his supporting performance in Ride the Pink Horse (1947). His other movies included Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942); Key Largo (1948); and Force of Evil (1948). Mr. Gomez died 22 days before his 66th birthday, from injuries sustained in a car accident.

30 years ago
1981

Defense
The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, the first operational aircraft to be designed around stealth technology, made its maiden flight, from Groom Lake ("Area 51"), Nevada.

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Hamilton (2-1) 23 @ Toronto (1-2) 16

25 years ago
1986

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Hamilton (1-1) 16 @ Ottawa (1-1) 23

Baseball
Don Sutton became the 19th pitcher in major league history to reach 300 career wins as he pitched the California Angels to a 5-1 win over the Texas Rangers before 37,044 fans at Anaheim Stadium.





Kirby Puckett singled to lead off the bottom of the 10th inning and Steve Lombardozzi followed with a triple to score Mr. Puckett and give the Minnesota Twins a 10-9 win over the Chicago White Sox before 13,123 fans at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis. The Twins scored 4 runs in the bottom of the 9th to send the game into extra innings. Kent Hrbek hit 2 home runs for Minnesota, including a 2-run blast to begin the 9th-inning comeback. Ron Kittle homered twice for Chicago.

Dave Kingman's home run with 1 out in the bottom of the 2nd inning was the game's only run as the Oakland Athletics edged the Kansas City Royals 1-0 before 11,878 fans at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. Curt Young (5-3) pitched a 4-hit shutout to win the pitchers' duel over Bret Saberhagen (4-7), who also pitched a 4-hit complete game.

Ron Cey scored from third base on a wild pitch by Don Carman with 1 out in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Chicago Cubs a 5-4 win over the Philadelphia Phillies before 38,093 fans at Wrigley Field in Chicago. The Cubs trailed 4-1 before scoring 2 runs in the 8th, and Shawon Dunston led off the 9th with a home run to tie the score.

Dave Parker singled with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th inning and Eric Davis followed with a home run to give the Cincinnati Reds a 3-2 win over the Houston Astros before 17,426 fans at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati.

San Diego Padres’ relief pitcher Tim Stoddard hit a home run off San Francisco’s Mike LaCoss in the 3rd inning of the Padres’ 6-3 loss to the Giants before 24,444 fans at San Diego-Jack Murphy Stadium. For Mr. Stoddard, it was his last major league at bat.

20 years ago
1991

Died on this date
Joan Caulfield, 69. U.S. actress. Miss Caulfield appeared in plays, movies, and television programs in a career spanning 40 years. She appeared in movies such as Monsieur Beaucaire (1946); Dear Ruth (1947); Welcome Stranger (1947); and The Unsuspected (1947), but was perhaps best known for co-starring in the television comedy series My Favorite Husband (1953-1955). Miss Caulfield died of cancer.

Defense
Canadian Finance Minister Michael Wilson suspended further exports of automatic arms to the Middle East for six months, pending a policy review by a House of Commons committee.

Politics and government
Québec gave Barrière Lake Algonquins band control of ancestral lands on the La Vérendrye reserve at Maniwaki.

10 years ago
2001

Scandal
Major League Baseball fired veteran umpire Al Clark, reportedly for using his MLB credit card to upgrade coach airline tickets for his wife Cynthia and himself after a rain-delayed game had caused them to miss their original flight.

Golf
Retief Goosen shot an even par 70 to finish 2 strokes ahead of Mark Brooks in an 18-hole playoff to win the U.S. Open at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa.



Football
CFL
Two days before they were to play their first pre-season game of the year, the Edmonton Eskimos fired Don Matthews as head coach and replaced him with Tom Higgins. Mr. Matthews, an assistant coach with the Eskimos from 1977-1982 and in 1989, had been a successful head coach in British Columbia and Toronto, but had failed to get the Eskimos past the western semi-final in two seasons as head coach. The Eskimos were holding their training camp in 2001 at Edmonton Garrison.