November 15, 2011

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Ken Powless!

320 years ago
1691

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

250 years ago
1761

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

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



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

220 years ago
1791

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

150 years ago
1861

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

130 years ago
1881

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

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

120 years ago
1891

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

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

80 years ago
1931

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

70 years ago
1941

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

60 years ago
1951

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

50 years ago
1961

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

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

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

40 years ago
1971

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

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

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

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

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

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

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




30 years ago
1981

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

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

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

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

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

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

Football
CFL
Eastern Final
Ottawa 17 @ Hamilton 13

Western Final
British Columbia 16 @ Edmonton 22

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



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



25 years ago
1986

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Notorious--Duran Duran

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Don't Leave Me This Way--The Communards

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Don't Leave Me This Way--The Communards (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Take My Breath Away--Berlin (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Take My Breath Away--Berlin

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Amanda--Boston (2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Amanda--Boston (2nd week at #1)
2 Human--Human League
3 True Blue--Madonna
4 You Give Love a Bad Name--Bon Jovi
5 Take Me Home Tonight--Eddie Money
6 True Colors--Cyndi Lauper
7 I Didn't Mean to Turn You On--Robert Palmer
8 The Next Time I Fall--Peter Cetera with Amy Grant
9 Word Up--Cameo
10 Typical Male--Tina Turner

Singles entering the chart were This is the Time by Billy Joel (#80); Miami by Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band (#82); Will You Still Love Me? by Chicago (#83); Stop to Love by Luther Vandross (#85); You Got it All by the Jets (#87); Nobody's Fool by Cinderella (#88); and Some People by Paul Young (#90).

Canada’s Top 10 (RPM)
1 Human--Human League
2 The Lady in Red--Chris de Burgh
3 True Blue--Madonna
4 True Colors--Cyndi Lauper
5 Two of Hearts--Stacey Q
6 Spirit in the Sky--Doctor and the Medics
7 Amanda--Boston
8 Rumors--Timex Social Club
9 When I Think of You--Janet Jackson
10 The Next Time I Fall--Peter Cetera with Amy Grant

Singles entering the chart were Land of Confusion by Genesis (#73); Falling in Love (Uh-Oh) by Miami Sound Machine (#79); Control by Janet Jackson (#84); Goldmine by the Pointer Sisters (#86); War by Bruce Springsteen (#88); All Cried Out by Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam with Full Force (#97); The Future's So Bright by Timbuk 3 (#98); and Turn it On by Zappacosta (#99).

Football
CFL
Western Semi-Final (3rd @ 2nd)
Winnipeg 14 @ British Columbia 21

The second-place Lions jumped out to a 21-14 lead over the third-place Blue Bombers and barely hung on to win before 40,381 fans at B.C. Place Stadium in Vancouver. B.C. wide receiver Merv Fernandez rushed 16 yards for a touchdown late in the 1st quarter and caught a 51-yard touchdown pass from Roy Dewalt in the 2nd quarter. Lui Passaglia converted both and added 2 converts, 2 field goals, and a single. Winnipeg's star running back Willard Reaves, playing his first game in more than 3 months because of a knee injury, was ejected from the game in the 3rd quarter with his team trailing 21-0, and his absence proved costly. Winnipeg quarterback John Hufnagel rallied the Blue Bombers in the 4th quarter with touchdown passes to Perry Tuttle and James Murphy, both converted by Trevor Kennerd. Late in regulation time, Mr. Hufnagel drove the Blue Bombers from their own 27-yard line to the B.C. 4, where they had a first down. With Mr. Reaves unavailable, Mr. Hufnagel handed off to the smaller and less powerful Sean Kehoe, who was stopped twice, and then deliberately fumbled forward on third down, only to have the Lions take possession. It was the final game for Mr. Kehoe as well as the great Winnipeg receiver Joe Poplawski, and backup quarterback Jim Zorn. It was the final game in a Winnipeg uniform for Mr. Hufnagel, who had played very well after starter Tom Clements had suffered a season-ending broken collarbone on Labour Day weekend. The Lions were to play the western final against the winner of the following day's semi-final between the fourth-place Calgary Stampeders and the first-place Edmonton Eskimos.



CIAU
Central Bowl
British Columbia 32 @ Bishop's 30

Atlantic Bowl
Western Ontario 29 Acadia 22 @ Halifax

Terry Cochrane rushed for 117 yards and 3 touchdowns and Tom Munro caught a pass from quarterback Jordan Gagner as the Thunderbirds barely held off the Gaiters before more than 5,000 fans. Wally Zatylny scored 2 touchdowns for Bishop's and Dennis Walker scored the other as the Gaiters took a 24-21 at halftime lead. UBC came back to take a 32-24 lead in the 4th quarter before Bishop's quarterback Tony Harris rushed 3 yards for a touchdown in the final minute of regulation time. UBC was called for pass interference on the 2-point convert attempt, giving the Gaiters another opportunity from the 1-yard line. Fullback Doug Johnson took the ball on a handoff and was stopped a foot short of the goal line.

Blake Marshall rushed 24 times for 193 yards, including a 41-yard touchdown late in the 3rd quarter, as the Mustangs defeated the Axemen at Huskies Stadium. Rob Stewart, on a 69-yard rush, and Dave Sapunjis, on a 3-yard rush, also scored touchdowns for UWO, while Jeff Crews added 3 converts, 2 field goals, and 2 singles. Paul Masotti caught 2 touchdown passes for Acadia, while Terry Baker added 2 converts, 2 field goals, and a single on the game's opening kickoff.

20 years ago
1991

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

10 years ago
2001

Technology
Microsoft launched the Xbox game console.

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

November 14, 2011

180 years ago
1831

Died on this date
Ignaz Pleyel, 74. Austrian-born French composer and piano builder. Mr. Pleyel moved to Strasbourg in 1783 and wrote at least 42 symphonies, 70 string quartets and several operas, as well as symphonies concertantes and sacred music. He founded the piano firm Pleyel et Cie in 1807, and pioneered the use of metal frames in pianos. The company manufactured pianos for Frédéric Chopin, and Pleyel pianos were preferred by other prominent pianists.

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, 61. German philosopher. Dr. Hegel was one of the major figures of absolute idealism; his philosophy can be summed up in the dictum "the rational alone is real." His philosophy has influenced people such as Karl Marx, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Karl Barth, and fields such as phenomenology, German existentialism, and psychoanalysis. Dr. Hegel died of gastrointestinal disease or cholera.

160 years ago
1851

Literature
Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick or The Whale was published in New York by Harper & Brothers.

150 years ago
1861

Born on this date
Frederick Jackson Turner. U.S. historian. Dr. Turner taught at the University of Wisconsin (1890-1910) and Harvard University (1910-1922), and trained many historians. He was best known for his essay The Significance of the Frontier in American History (1893), the basis of the "Frontier Thesis," arguing that American democracy was formed by the American frontier, including egalitarianism, a lack of interest in high culture, and violence. Later generations of historians disputed the Frontier Thesis, but it was very influential in his own time. Dr. Turner was a visiting scholar at the Huntington Library in California from 1922 until his death on March 14, 1932 at the age of 70.

130 years ago
1881

Crime
The trial of Charles Guiteau for the assassination of U.S. President James A. Garfield began in Washington, D.C.

120 years ago
1891

Born on this date
Frederick Banting. Canadian physician. Sir Frederick, a native of Alliston, Ontario, shared the 1923 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with J.J.R. Macleod for the discovery of insulin. He died of wounds and exposure on February 21, 1941 at the age of 49, following the crash near Musgrave Harbour, Newfoundland of the plane he was aboard while en route to England to conduct operational tests on the Franks flying suit developed by his colleague Wilbur Franks.

90 years ago
1921

Died on this date
Isabel, 75. Brazilian royal family member. Princess Isabel, the eldest daughter of Emperor Pedro II and Empress Teresa Cristina, became Princess Imperial (heir presumptive to the throne) in 1847 and again in 1850 after the deaths in infancy of her two brothers. She acted as regent for her father during his absences abroad, and in 1888 signed the Lei Áurea (Golden Law) abolishing slavery in Brazil. Emperor Pedro was deposed by a military coup in 1889 and the family went into exile in France. Princess Isabel became head of the Imperial House of Brazil upon her father's death in 1891, and remained so until her own death in France.

Politics and government
The Communist Party of Spain was founded, and it issued the first edition of Mundo obrero.

80 years ago
1931

Economics and finance
The Ottawa Mint Act was proclaimed; it provided for an independent Canadian Mint, not merely a branch of the Royal Mint.

Football
CRU
IRFU
Montreal (6-0) 12 @ Ottawa (0-6) 1
Hamilton (3-3) 4 @ Toronto (3-3) 5

The Rough Riders' loss to the Winged Wheelers at Lansdowne Park was their 19th straight, going back to 1928.

75 years ago
1936

Football
CRU
IRFU
Semi-Final
Hamilton 2 @ Ottawa 3

Tiny Herman's field goal in the 3rd quarter provided the winning margin for the Rough Riders on a muddy field at Lansdowne Park. Frank Turville punted for 2 singles for the Tigers.

ORFU
Toronto (3-1) 23 Hamilton (0-4) 0

Canadian university
Queen's (4-2) 5 @ McGill (1-5) 1
Western Ontario (3-3) 0 @ Toronto (4-2) 15

The results set up a playoff game between Queen's and Toronto the following week to decide the league championship.

70 years ago
1941

Abominations
German forces engaged in Operation Barbarossa murdered 9,000 Jews in a single day in Slonim, Belarus.

Space
University of Chicago astronomers Christian Elvey, Polydore Swings, and Horace Babcock announced their discovery and identification, by means of ultraviolet spectroscopy, of cosmic gases in the tail of the Cunningham Comet.

Defense
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt announced that 970 Marines in Shanghai, Tientsin, and Peking would be withdrawn at once in view of the serious Far East situation.

Diplomacy
Sir Girjz Shankar Bajpzi, the first agent general of India to visit the United States, arrived in New York.

Politics and government
The Chilean Radical, Socialist, Democratic, and Communist Parties agreed to give the Popular Front government of President Geronimo Mendez their full support.

The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee reported that the grand jury summons served to Rep. Hamilton Fish (Republican--New York) involved the rights and privileges of the House, but that the House could waive the privileges if it desired. Rep. Fish had been summoned to appear before a grand jury investigating Nazi propaganda in the United States.

Law
The U.S. State Department announced a series of regulations requiring aliens to obtain exit permits to leave the country and tightening the procedure for the issuance of entrance visas.

Journalism
The German government banned reporters with CBS, NBC, and MBS from broadcasting because they "submitted to their home companies unjustified complaints" without stating their grievances to Nazi authorities.

Economics and finance
U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau urged that one billion dollars be cut from non-defense spending for 1944.

Labour
U.S. President Roosevelt declared to Congress of Industrial Organizations United Mine Workers of America President John L. Lewis and other CIO and steel company leaders that the U.S. government "will not order, nor will Congress pass legislation ordering a so-called closed shop." The U.S. National Defense Mediation Board rejected American Federation of Labor demands for union shops or strong unions security clauses in cases involving the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation yard at Pascagoula, Mississippi and International Harvester Company.

Boxing
Gus Lesnevich (53-7-5) retained his National Boxing Association and New York State Athletic Commission world light heavyweight title with a 15-round unanimous decision over Tami Mauriello (32-3) at Madison Square Garden in New York. Mr. Lesnevich had won a split decision over Mr. Mauriello on August 26, 1941.

60 years ago
1951

Abominations
The U.S. 8th Army in Korea released a summary of atrocity reports, charging that the Communists had killed 5,500 American prisoners of war and 290 other non-Korean prisoners. The reports stimulated a new round of U.S. congressional demands for the use of atomic weapons against the Communists.

Defense
Argentine President Juan Peron shook up the country's military command, replacing General Andres Avalos with Gen. Angel Solari as Army commander-in-chief.

Yugoslavian President Marshal Josip Broz Tito and U.S. Ambassador to Yugoslavia George Allens signed an agreement for the United States to supply Yugoslavia with military equipment, materials, and services under the Mutual Security Program.

Politics and government
California Governor Earl Warren announced his candidacy for the 1952 Republican Party U.S. presidential nomination.

Energy
Sheldon Wimpfen of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission's raw materials division told the National Fertilizer Association in Atlanta that uranium could be extracted as a by-product of fertilizer made from some Florida and Western state phosphates.

Economics and finance
Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh told the National Press Club in Washington that Iran needed an "immediate" $120-million loan from the United States to keep the country's economy functioning for a year.

Boxing
Jimmy Carter (58-12-7) retained his world lightweight title with a 15-round unanimous decision over Art Aragon (50-12-5) at Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles. Mr. Aragon had defeated Mr. Carter in a 10-round split decision in a non-title bout on August 28.



Football
CRU
IRFU
Finals (1st game of 2-game total points series)
Ottawa 17 @ Hamilton 7

Before a crowd of 9,000 at Civic Stadium on a Wednesday afternoon, the Rough Riders took a 1-0 lead after the 1st quarter on a punt single by Bruce Cummings, but the Tiger-Cats took a 6-1 halftime lead on a touchdown by Spider Gibson on a fumble recovery in the Ottawa end zone, converted by Tip Logan. Cam Fraser punted for s single to give Hamilton a 7-1 lead after 3 quarters, but the Rough Riders struck back with a touchdown by Howie Turner and 2 by Benny MacDonnell, only the last of which was converted by Bob Gain.

50 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in Norway (VG-lista): Michael--The Highwaymen (5th week at #1)

On television tonight
Alfred Hitchcock Presents, on NBC
Tonight's episode: Beta Delta Gamma, starring Burt Brinckerhoff, Duke Howard, Joel Crothers, Severn Darden, and Barbara Harris

Politics and government
Vice President and Liberal Party candidate Diosdado Macapagal was elected President of the Philippines, taking 55% of the vote to 45% for incumbent President Carlos Garcia. This remains the only election in Philippine electoral history in which a vice president defeated the incumbent president.

40 years ago
1971

Football
CFL
Eastern Finals
Toronto 23 @ Hamilton 8 (First game of 2-game total points series)

Toronto quarterback Joe Theismann completed a 52-yard pass to Jim Henderson for one touchdown and handed off to Bill Symons for a 1-yard touchdown run to lead the Argonauts past the Tiger-Cats before 33,392 fans at CNE Stadium. The Tiger-Cats, quarterbacked by former Argnonaut Wally Gabler, failed to score a touchdown, and Tommy-Joe Coffey, playing with a bad knee, missed 4 of 5 field goal attempts. 3 of Mr. Coffey's misses went for singles, and Paul McKay punted for 2 Hamilton singles. Ivan MacMillan converted both Toronto touchdowns and added 2 field goals, while Zenon Andrusyshyn punted for a single and the team added a safety touch. Leon McQuay led the Argonauts' rushing attack with 20 carries for 71 yards. Mr. Theismann completed just 6 of 18 passes, while Mr. Gabler was 12 for 27.



CIAU
Western Bowl
Bishop's 2 @ Alberta 53

John Skinner rushed 86 yards for a touchdown and amassed 171 yards rushing and receiving as the Golden Bears routed the Gaiters at Clarke Stadium in Edmonton to advance to the Canadian College Bowl. Alberta quarterback Don Tallas scored 2 touchdowns, and Bob MacGregor, Percy Kosak, and Mel Smith scored the others. Joe Petrone kicked 6 converts and 3 field goals, and the team added a safety touch, conceded by Bishop's quarterback Bill McDonald. Bishops' only points came with 29 seconds remaining in the 2nd quarter when Mr. Kosak, punting from his end zone, fumbled the snap and conceded a safety touch.

NFL
New York Giants (4-5) 21 @ Atlanta (4-4-1) 17
Houston (1-7-1) 21 @ Oakland (6-1-2) 41
Pittsburgh (4-5) 21 @ Miami (7-1-1) 24
Buffalo (0-9) 33 @ New England (4-5) 38
Cleveland (4-5) 7 @ Kansas City (6-2-1) 13
Baltimore (7-2) 14 @ New York Jets (3-6) 13
Los Angeles (5-3-1) 21 @ Detroit (5-3-1) 13
Philadelphia (2-6-1) 7 @ Dallas (7-2) 20
Washington (6-2-1) 15 @ Chicago (6-3) 16
Cincinnati (2-7) 24 @ Denver (1-7-1) 10
New Orleans (3-4-2) 26 @ San Francisco (6-3) 20
Green Bay (3-5-1) 0 @ Minnesota (7-2) 3

30 years ago
1981

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy (Hit Parade Italia): Out Here on My Own--Nikka Costa (14th week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Tainted Love--Soft Cell

#1 single in Ireland: It's My Party--Dave Stewart with Barbara Gaskin (4th week at #1)

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

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Every Little Thing She Does is Magic--The Police

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 Every Little Thing She Does is Magic--The Police (2nd week at #1)
2 Super Freak--Rick James
3 Pretend--Alvin Stardust
4 R.R. Express--Rose Royce
5 Physical--Olivia Newton-John
6 Why Tell Me, Why--Anita Meyer
7 Hurt (Nieuwe Versie)/Hurt (Oude Versie)--Timi Yuro
8 Tainted Love--Soft Cell
9 Ain't No Mountain High Enough/Remember Me--Boys Town Gang
10 Let's Groove--Earth Wind & Fire

Singles entering the chart were Under Pressure by Queen & David Bowie (#24); Let's Start II Dance Again by Bohannon (#28); Chachacha by Raymond Van Het Groenewoud (#33); Why Do Fools Fall in Love by Diana Ross (#35); It's My Party by Dave Stewart with Barbara Gaskin (#37); Twilight by Electric Light Orchestra (#38); and Liefde is Als Een Roos by Dennie Christian (#39).

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

Singles entering the chart were Comin' In and Out of Your Life by Barbra Streisand (#62); Someone Could Lose a Heart Tonight by Eddie Rabbitt (#76); Working for the Weekend by Loverboy (#79); Key Largo by Bertie Higgins (#86); Love in the First Degree by Alabama (#90); and Walking Into Sunshine by Central Line (#91).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Private Eyes--Daryl Hall & John Oates
2 Arthur's Theme (Best that You Can Do)--Christopher Cross
3 Endless Love--Diana Ross and Lionel Richie
4 Start Me Up--Rolling Stones
5 For Your Eyes Only--Sheena Easton
6 Physical--Olivia Newton-John
7 The Night Owls--Little River Band
8 Tryin' to Live My Life Without You--Bob Seger
9 I've Done Everything for You--Rick Springfield
10 When She was My Girl--Four Tops

Singles entering the chart were I Can't Go for That by Daryl Hall & John Oates (#60); Comin' In and Out of Your Life by Barbra Streisand (#65); Someone Could Lose a Heart Tonight by Eddie Rabbitt (#82); Working for the Weekend by Loverboy (#85); and More than Just the Two of Us by Sneaker (#87).

Canada’s Top 10 (RPM)
1 The Friends of Mr. Cairo--Jon and Vangelis
2 Every Little Thing She Does is Magic--The Police
3 Endless Love--Diana Ross and Lionel Richie
4 Arthur's Theme (Best that You Can Do)--Christopher Cross
5 Start Me Up--Rolling Stones
6 Private Eyes--Daryl Hall & John Oates
7 No Reply at All--Genesis
8 My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)--Chilliwack
9 Waiting for a Girl Like You--Foreigner
10 I Could Never Miss You (More than I Do)--Lulu

Singles entering the chart were Working for the Weekend by Loverboy (#41); Trouble by Lindsey Buckingham (#43); Don't Stop Believin' by Journey (#44); Harden My Heart by Quarterflash (#46); Heart Like a Wheel by Steve Miller Band (#47); Let's Groove by Earth, Wind & Fire (#49); and Talking Out of Turn by the Moody Blues (#50).

Space
Two days after lifiting off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, the U.S. space shuttle Columbia, with Joe Engle and Dick Truly aboard, concluded mission STS-2 by landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California (see video).

Transportation
Canada's VIA Rail announced cuts to nearly 20% of its passenger services.

Football
CIAU
AUAA
Final
Mount Allison 11 @ Acadia 34

Quentin Tynes rushed 80 yards for a touchdown in the 1st quarter and 18 yards for another major score in the 4th quarter to lead the Axemen past the Mounties at Wolfville, Nova Scotia.

OQIFC
Final
Queen's 26 @ McGill 19

Quarterback Peter Harrison threw touchdown passes to Larry Mohr and Jim Pendergast in the final 7 minutes of regulation time as the Golden Gaels upset the Redmen at Molson Stadium in Montreal.

OUAA
Yates Cup
Guelph 7 @ Western Ontario 17

Ryan Potter rushed 11 times for 107 yards, including a 23-yard touchdown to give the Mustangs a 14-7 lead, as they beat the Gryphons before 10,000 fans at J.W. Little Stadium in London. Greg Marshall carried 20 times for 102 yards for UWO, as the Mustangs finished with 271 yards rushing and 426 yards net offense.

25 years ago
1986

Hit parade
#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Coming Home (Jeanny Part II)--Falco (2nd week at #1)

On television tonight
Shaka Zulu, on SABC Tonight's episode: Episode 4 (see video)

Scandal
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission fined arbitrageur Ivan Boesky $100 million for insider stock trading.

20 years ago
1991

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

Died on this date
Tony Richardson, 63. U.K.-born U.S. movie director, producer, and screenwriter. Mr. Richardson won Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director for Tom Jones (1963). His other movies included Look Back in Anger (1959); The Entertainer (1960); The Loved One (1965); and Blue Sky (1994). Mr. Richardson was a bisexual who died of AIDS.

Terrorism
The United States called on Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi to hand over Abdel Basset Ali Al-Megrahi and Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah, charged in connection with the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, which killed 270 people.

World events
Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia returned to Phnom Penh after 13 years of exile.

Politics and government
Nellie Cournoyea was sworn in as Government Leader of the Northwest Territories, replacing Dennis Patterson; the Inuvialuit politician was the first woman to hold the position, and first female premier of a Canadian territory.

10 years ago
2001

War
Afghan Northern Alliance fighters took over the capital city of Kabul.

Disasters
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck a remote part of the Tibetan plateau; it had the longest known surface rupture recorded on land (~400 kilometres), and was the best documented example of a supershear earthquake.

November 13, 2011

160 years ago
1851

Americana
The Denny Party landed at Alki Point, Washington before moving to the other side of Elliott Bay to what would become Seattle.

140 years ago
1871

Politics and government
John Foster McCreight was sworn in as the first Premier of British Columbia; he was appointed by Lieutenant Governor Sir Joseph Trutch.

110 years ago
1901

Disasters
The lifeboat Beauchamp capsized off the coast of Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk, England, with the loss of 9 of the 12-man crew.

100 years ago
1911

Born on this date
Buck O'Neil. U.S. baseball player and manager. John Jordan O'Neil was a first baseman with the Memphis Red Sox (1937) and Kansas City Monarchs (1938-1943, 1946-1947) in the Negro American League, and was a member of the Monarchs' Negro World Series championship team in 1942. He had five seasons in which he batted .300 or better, and led the NAL with a .350 percentage in 1946. He managed the Monarchs from 1948-1955, leading them to NAL pennants in 1953 and 1955. Mr. O'Neil joined the Chicago Cubs after the 1955 season to become the first Negro scout in major league baseball, and became the first Negro coach in the major leagues when he joined the Cubs' staff in 1962. He achieved national prominence as an interview subject in Ken Burns' PBS television documentary series Baseball in 1994. Mr. O'Neil died on October 6, 2006 at the age of 94.

Transportation
The Dominion Atlantic Railway (DAR) was formally leased to Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) for 999 years, effective January 1, 1912.

Religion
L'ةcole sociale populaire (Popular Social School) was founded in Quebec, bringing together Roman Catholic lay people and clerics who saw "in professional organization, with a civil personality and confessional basis, the best means of maintaining and restoring social peace and improving the lot of workers."

90 years ago
1921

Football
APFA
Akron (7-0-1) 0 @ Buffalo (6-0-1) 0
Rock Island (4-2-1) 0 @ Chicago Staleys (5-0) 3
Detroit (1-5-1) 0 @ Dayton (3-3-1) 27
Detroit (1-4-1) 9 @ Chicago Staleys (4-0) 20
Hammond (1-3-1) 7 @ Green Bay (3-1) 14
Canton (2-1-2) 7 @ Cleveland (2-3) 0

80 years ago
1931

Crime
Eight Canadian Communist leaders who had been convicted the previous night by a York Assizes jury in Toronto of being members of an unlawful association and parties to a seditious conspiracy were given prison sentences by Mr. Justice Wright. The convicted were: Tim Buck, Secretary of the Communist Party of Canada; Tom Ewen; John Boychuk; Amos T. Hill; Malcolm L. Bruce; Samuel Cohen; Matthew Popovitch; and Thomas Cacie. All were sentenced to five years in prison except Mr. Cacie, who was given a two-year sentence.

70 years ago
1941

War
The German comnmand announced that its troops were attacking the Kerch fortifications on the eastern tip of Crimea. A German U-boat torpedoed the U.K. Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, which sank in the Mediterranean Sea the next day. A Chinese spokesman in Chiungking said that 130-140 Japanese warships and more than 100 troop transports had been massed at Hainan Island, presumably for an attack on Indochina.

Abominations
German Propaganda Minister Josef Goebbels said that Jews in Germany "are suffering no injustices in the treatment we bestow on them--they more than earned it...In this historical showdown, every Jew is our enemy."

Defense
The U.S. House of Representatives voted 212-194 to accept the Senate's amendments to the Neutrality Act, permitting U.S. merchant ships to be armed and to enter combat zones or belligerent ports. U.S. Navy Secretary Frank Knox said that the Navy was ready to supply guns and trained crews for arming merchant ships. U.S. Army General George Marshall announced that the Army was seeking 10,000 regular troops to relieve U.S. Marines and British soldiers in Iceland.

Politics and government
U.S. Representatives E.E. Cox (Democrat--Georgia) and Howard W. Smith (Democrat--Virginia), members of the House Rules Committee, announced that they would block further legislation from the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt unless an anti-strike bill was introduced.

New York Governor Herbert Lehman appointed Michael Hughes (Democrat) as Mayor of Lackawanna, following the resignation of John Aszkler, who had been convicted of conspiring to defraud the city.

Journalism
NBC and MBS cancelled the radio broadcasts of their Berlin correspondents on the grounds that undue Nazi censorship deprived their news reports of any value.

60 years ago
1951

On television tonight
Suspense, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Moonfleet: Part 2, starring John Baragrey, Jack Diamond, and Edgar Stehli

Diplomacy
The United Nations General Assembly, meeting in Paris, rejected a Soviet-sponsored bid for the admission of Communist China, voting instead to consider Nationalist China's charge that the U.S.S.R. had threatened China's territorial integrity and peace in the Far East by violating the 1945 Sino-Soviet treaty. The General Assembly voted to consider Yugoslavian charges that the U.S.S.R., C.S.S.R., Albania, Bulgaria, Poland, and Romania were "threatening [Yugoslavian] territorial integrity and national independence."

Politics and government
The UN General Assembly voted to study the possibility of holding free unification elections in East and West Germany, approving a Western proposal for the creation of a special Assembly commission on the problem.

Governors of southern U.S. states concluded a stormy three-day meeting in Hot Srings, Arkansas after hearing U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Sam Rayburn (Democrat--Texas) warn that a successful Dixiecrat revolt would end in the election of a Republican Party president and the loss of Southern leadership in congressional committees.

Defense
Samuel Anderson became U.S. Deputy Defense Production Administrtion head in charge of aluminum production, supervising a program designed to double the country's pre-Korean War output of aluminum.

Oil
The U.S. State Department reported that it had failed to establish a "new basis" for Anglo-Iranian oil negotiations during three weeks of talks in Washington with Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh and British officials.

Economics and finance
Colombia abolished price ceilings.

Business
The United Fruit Company threatened to shut down operations in Guatemala if the government persisted in demands which sould increase the firm's costs.

Disasters
A U.S. Air Force C-82 "Flying Boxcar" transport plane crashed on Mount Dore in France, killing 36 soldiers and fliers.

50 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Quisiera Ser--Dúo Dinámico (8th week at #1)

#1 single in France (IFOP): L'Auto-circulation--Henri Tisot (2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Big Bad John--Jimmy Dean (2nd week at #1)
2 Runaround Sue--Dion
3 Fool #1--Brenda Lee
4 Bristol Stomp--The Dovells
5 Tower of Strength--Gene McDaniels
6 Hit the Road Jack--Ray Charles and his Orchestra
7 The Fly--Chubby Checker
8 This Time--Troy Shondell
9 Please Mr. Postman--The Marvelettes
10 Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)--Sue Thompson

Singles entering the chart were Run to Him by Bobby Vee (#57); Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen by Neil Sedaka (#62); The Lion Sleeps Tonight by the Tokens (#70); Johnny Will by Pat Boone (#80); Up a Lazy River by Si Zentner and his Orchestra (#84); The Comancheros by Claude King (#85); It's All Because by Linda Scott (#86); It Will Stand by the Showmen (#89); Tennessee Flat-Top Box by Johnny Cash (#91); Well, I Told You by the Chantels (#92); A Certain Girl by Ernie K-Doe (#95); It Do Me So Good by Ann-Margret (#97); Never, Never by the Jive Five with Joe Rene and Orchestra (#98); I Know (You Don't Love Me No More) by Barbara George (#99); and Funny How Time Slips Away by Jimmy Elledge (#100).

On the radio
Macabre, on USAFRS Far East Network
Tonight's episode: Final Resting Place

Macabre was a series of eight episodes produced by, and broadcast on, the Far East Network of the United States Armed Forces Radio Service. This was the first episode.

On television tonight
Thriller, hosted by Boris Karloff, on NBC
Tonight's episode: Letter to a Lover, starring Ann Todd, Murray Matheson, and Felix Deebank



Died on this date
Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Jr., 64. U.S. diplomat and military officer. Major General Biddle, the son of Philadelphia millionaire and military officer Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Sr., held several U.S. ambassadorial posts from 1935-1943, most notably to seven European governments-in-exile during World War II. He resigned from the State Department in January 1944 and joined the U.S. Army, serving on the staff of General Dwight D. Eisenhower, helping to provide intelligence for Operation Overlord and supervising European reconstruction after the war, rising to the rank of brigadier general. Gen. Biddle resigned from the Army in 1955 to become Adjutant General of the Pennsylvania National Guard, receiving a promotion to major general as a member of the Army Reserve. Maj. Gen. Biddle took office as U.S. Ambassador to Spain on May 25, 1961, serving until October 12.

Nathaniel Grace, 59. Indian-born Canadian chemist. Dr. Grace, the son of missionary parents, grew up in California and Saskatchewan, and received his doctorate from McGill University in 1931. He worked at the National Research Council (1931-1951), and in 1951 was appointed as the first full-time director of the Alberta Research Council. Under Dr. Grace's leadership, the ARC initiated important new areas of activity, notably groundwater and hailstorm research. He died in Rochester, Alberta, three days after his 59th birthday.

Wally Brown, 57. U.S. actor and comedian. Mr. Brown teamed with Alan Carney to form the comedy team Brown and Carney, who appeared in several movies from 1943-1946. He appeared as a character actor in numerous films and television programs, and was best known for playing Jed Fame in the Western series Cimarron City (1958-1959). Mr. Brown died of a throat hemorrhage.

Football
CFL
Western Semi-Finals
Calgary 17 @ Edmonton 18 (Calgary won 2-game total points series 27-26)

The Stampeders ended the Eskimos' string of 11 consecutive years of appearances in the western finals. Earl Lunsford scored 2 touchdowns for the Stampeders, both converted by George Hansen, who added a single on a wide field goal attempt. Quarterback Eagle Day opened the Calgary scoring when he punted for 2 singles with a strong wind behind him in the 1st quarter. The Eskimos took the wind in the 2nd quarter and led 11-2 at halftime before the Stampeders came back with 8 points in the 3rd quarter. Jackie Parker and Mike Lashuk scored Edmonton's touchdowns. Mr. Parker converted both and added a field goal, while Bobby Walden punted for a single. Mr. Lashuk's score, converted by Mr. Parker, came with just 1:15 remaining in the game, and the Eskimos were unable to regain possession of the ball. 14,112 attended the game at Clarke Stadium, which was the last CFL playoff game played there until 1970.

40 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in Rhodesia (Lyons Maid): Never Ending Song of Love--The New Seekers (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Tanta voglia di lei--Pooh (10th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Coz I Luv You--Slade

Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 Banks of the Ohio--Olivia Newton-John
2 Mammy Blue--Joel Dayde
3 Love is a Beautiful Song--Dave Mills
4 Maggie May/Reason to Believe--Rod Stewart
5 Butterfly--Danyel Gerard
6 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down--Joan Baez
7 Signs--Five Man Electrical Band
8 Daddy Cool--Drummond
9 Come Back Again--Daddy Cool
10 It's a Sin to Tell a Lie--Gerry Monroe

Singles entering the chart were Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey by Paul & Linda McCartney (#20); Ain't No Sunshine by Bill Withers (#28); and Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves by Cher (#29).

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 Soley Soley--The Middle of the Road (3rd week at #1)
2 Spanish Harlem--Aretha Franklin
3 Without a Worry in the World--Rod McKuen
4 Only Lies--Greenfield & Cook
5 Reason to Believe/Maggie May--Rod Stewart
6 Non, Non, Rien N'a Changé--Poppys
7 Imagine--John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
8 The Witch Queen of New Orleans--Redbone
9 Soldiers Who Want to Be Heroes--Rod McKuen
10 Het Soldaatje (De Vier Raadsels)--De Zangeres Zonder Naam

Singles entering the chart were Simple Game by the Four Tops (#20); Pappie Loop Toch Niet Zo Snel by Herman Van Keeken (#21); Kom Van Dat Dak Af [Maxi Single] by Peter en Zijn Rockets (#24); Goodbye Forever by Soundation (#35); I'm Still Waiting by Diana Ross (#36); Alexander Graham Bell by the Sweet (#38); and Life is a Carnival by the Band (#39).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves--Cher (2nd week at #1)
2 Theme from Shaft--Isaac Hayes
3 Imagine--John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
4 Maggie May/Reason to Believe--Rod Stewart
5 I've Found Someone of My Own--The Free Movement
6 Yo-Yo--The Osmonds
7 Peace Train--Cat Stevens
8 Have You Seen Her--Chi-Lites
9 Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)--Marvin Gaye
10 Superstar/Bless the Beasts and Children--Carpenters

Singles entering the chart were I'm a Greedy Man - Part I by James Brown (#61); Stones/Crunchy Granola Suite by Neil Diamond (#76); An Old Fashioned Love Song by Three Dog Night (#77); Ain't Nobody Home by B.B. King (#87); Sunshine by Jonathan Edwards (#90); Help Me Make it Through the Night by O.C. Smith (#93); Get Down by Curtis Mayfield (#98); Let it Be by Joan Baez (#99); and Hallelujah by Sweathog (#100).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Theme from Shaft--Isaac Hayes
2 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves--Cher
3 Imagine--John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
4 Maggie May--Rod Stewart
5 Yo-Yo--The Osmonds
6 Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)--Marvin Gaye
7 Peace Train--Cat Stevens
8 I've Found Someone of My Own--The Free Movement
9 Baby I'm-A Want You--Bread
10 Superstar--Carpenters

Singles entering the chart were Pretty as You Feel by Jefferson Airplane (#76); Let it Be by Joan Baez (#81); Satisfaction by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles (#82); Sunshine by Jonathan Edwards (#84); For Ladies Only by Steppenwolf (#85); Get Down by Curtis Mayfield (#88); Drowning in the Sea of Love by Joe Simon (#89); Tell Mama by Savoy Brown (#92); My Boy by Richard Harris (#96); Show Me How by the Emotions (#98); The Girl Who Loved Me When by Glass Bottle (#99); and Hallelujah by Sweathog (#100).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Record World)
1 Theme from Shaft--Isaac Hayes (2nd week at #1)
2 Imagine--John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
3 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves--Cher
4 Yo-Yo--The Osmonds
5 Peace Train--Cat Stevens
6 Have You Seen Her--Chi-Lites
7 Maggie May/Reason to Believe--Rod Stewart
8 Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)--Marvin Gaye
9 Trapped by a Thing Called Love--Denise LaSalle
10 I've Found Someone of My Own--The Free Movement

Singles entering the chart were An Old Fashioned Love Song by Three Dog Night (#58); An American Trilogy by Mickey Newbury (#79); Let it Be by Joan Baez (#81); Pretty as You Feel by Jefferson Airplane (#83); One Monkey Don't Stop No Show by the Honey Cone (#84); Long Ago Tomorrow by B.J. Thomas (#85); Drowning in the Sea of Love by Joe Simon (#87); Just for Me and You by Poco (#89); Sunshine by Jonathan Edwards (#94); Don't Pull Your Love by Sam & Dave (#98); and Fool Me by Joe South (#100).

Canada’s Top 10 (RPM)
1 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves--Cher (2nd week at #1)
2 One Fine Morning--Lighthouse
3 Imagine--John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
4 Maggie May--Rod Stewart
5 Absolutely Right--Five Man Electrical Band
6 Yo-Yo--The Osmonds
7 Only You Know and I Know--Delaney & Bonnie & Friends
8 Superstar--Carpenters
9 Peace Train--Cat Stevens
10 Down by the River--Joey Gregorash

Singles entering the chart were Devil You by the Stampeders (#64); Sour Suite by the Guess Who (#74); Family Affair by Sly and the Family Stone (#75); For Better or Worse by the Bells (#79); Friends with You by John Denver (#82); Oh Lord by Morse Code Transmission (#83); Butterfly by Danyel Gerard (#84); Gimme Some Lovin' by Traffic (#92); and Theme from "Summer of '42" by Peter Nero (#96). The B-side of Sour Suite, Life in the Bloodstream, is my favourite Guess Who song.

Calgary's Top 10 (Glenn's Music)
1 The Desiderata--Les Crane
2 Peace Train--Cat Stevens
3 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves--Cher
4 Two Divided by Love--The Grass Roots
5 Mammy Blue--Pop-Tops
6 Yo-Yo--The Osmonds
7 Imagine--John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
8 Absolutely Right--Five Man Electrical Band
9 It's a Cryin' Shame--Gayle McCormick
10 Lonesome Mary--Chilliwack
Pick hit of the week: Theme from Shaft--Isaac Hayes

Space
The U.S. probe Mariner 9 entered Martian orbit, becoming the first spacecraft to orbit another planet.



Football
CFL
Western Finals
Saskatchewan 21 @ Calgary 30 (Calgary led best-of-three series 1-0)

Before a sellout crowd of 23,616 at McMahon Stadium, the Stampeders, who had gone 1-5-1 in their last 7 regular season games, led 10-7 at halftime on a touchdown pass from Jerry Keeling to Gerry Shaw, converted by Larry Robinson, and a field goal by Mr. Robinson, while George Reed had scored a touchdown for the Roughriders, converted by Jack Abendschan. Saskatchewan struck for 2 quick converted touchdowns in the 3rd quarter, and led 21-10 with 10 minutes remaining in regulation time, when Reggie Holmes, playing just his second CFL game, intercepted a pass from Ron Lancaster and returned it 77 yards for a touchdown, converted by Mr. Robinson. Mr. Reed then fumbled and Calgary linebacker Wayne Harris recovered, setting up a touchdown pass from Mr. Keeling to Mr. Shaw. Mr. Robinson converted and added 2 quick field goals, one of them set up by his own interception. Mr. Shaw caught 5 passes for 86 yards, while teammate Jon Henderson caught 4 for 117. Mr. Reed rushed 19 times for 76 yards for the Roughriders and scored 2 touchdowns, but also lost 2 fumbles.



CIAU
Atlantic Bowl
Western Ontario 44 @ St. Mary's 13

The Mustangs led 21-13 at halftime, but outscored the Huskies 23-0 in the 2nd half. The game's most sensational play came from Angelo Santucci of St. Mary's, who returned a Paul Knill punt 104 yards for a touchdown midway through the 2nd quarter, with Conrad Kozak's convert giving the Huskies a short-lived 10-7 lead. Mr. Knill converted all 5 Western Ontario touchdowns and added 3 field goals, while Mr. Kozak kicked 2 field goals.



30 years ago
1981

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Två av oss--X-Models (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in France (IFOP): Mademoiselle Chang--Michel Berger (2nd week at #1)

South Africa's Top 10 (Springbok Radio)
1 Urgent--Foreigner (5th week at #1)
2 Wired for Sound--Cliff Richard
3 Endless Love--Diana Ross & Lionel Richie
4 Queen of Hearts--Juice Newton
5 Green Door--Shakin' Stevens
6 Hold on Tight--Electric Light Orchestra
7 Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through--Jim Steinman
8 Start Me Up--Rolling Stones
9 Hooked on Classics--The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
10 Oh No No--Bernie Paul

Singles entering the chart were Going Back to My Roots by Odyssey (#12); It's My Party by Dave Stewart with Barbara Gaskin (#17); and Dancing on the Floor (Hooked on Love) by Third World (#20).

Personal
This blogger was the final winner of Chuck Chandler's "Schlock Album Giveaway Contest," a contest Mr. Chandler had on his afternoon show on CFRN radio in Edmonton. I correctly identified the clip as being from Last Train to Clarksville by the Monkees, and the album I won was Lobo's Caribbean Disco Show, which I promptly gave to a friend.

Space
The Canadarm Remote Manipulator System (RMS) performed flawlessly in four hours of tests on board the U.S. space shuttle Columbia during mission STS-2; Canada's $100 million robot arm was made by Spar Aerospace in Toronto. Tests included manual and automatic modes of operation, ease of control, operation of joints and positioning accuracy; its wrist-mounted camera was also put through its paces.



Football
CIAU
Hardy Cup
Alberta 11 @ British Columbia 8

The Golden Bears, who had lost both their regular season games against the Thunderbirds, won the western title for the third straight season. The only Alberta touchdown was scored by defensive back Gord Syme on a 15-yard return of a fumble by UBC running back Glenn Steele at 10:22 of the 3rd quarter. Reg Gilmour converted and added a 31-yard field goal, and Dave Brown punted for a single. Ken Munro kicked field goals of 23 and 31 yards and added 2 singles for UBC. The game, played on a Friday night before 2,000 fans at Thunderbird Stadium in Vancouver, was broadcast to Edmonton on CFRN radio, with Randy Hahn calling the play-by-play and Bob De Julius providing colour commentary. The Golden Bears haven't won the Hardy Cup in the 30 years since that night.

30 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Good Vibrations--Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch (featuring Loleatta Holloway) (2nd week at #1)

Died on this date
Paul-Émile Léger, 87. Canadian clergyman. Cardinal Léger was Roman Catholic Archbishop of Montreal from 1950-1968, and was named a cardinal by Pope Pius XII in 1953.

Europeana
The Republic of Karelia, an autonomous republic of Russia, was formed from the former Karelian A.S.S.R.

10 years ago
2001

War
The Taliban abandoned the Afghan capital of Kabul when the northern alliance entered the city.

November 12, 2011

340 years ago
1671

Died on this date
Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, 59. English military officer and politician. Sir Thomas was Parliamentary commander-in-chief during the English Civil War. He led the Parliamentary forces to many victories, but was eventually overshadowed by his subordinate, Oliver Cromwell. Sir Thomas opposed the trial and execution of King Charles I, and resigned his command. He was elected to the First Protectorate for West Riding in 1654 and to the Third Protectorate Parliament for Yorkshire in 1659. Sir Thomas was re-elected in Yorkshire to the Convention Parliament in 1660, and headed the House of Commons commission that waited upon King Charles II at The Hague and urged his speedy return to England. Sir Thomas was spared the retribution exacted on many other leaders of the revolution, and spent his last 11 years in retirement.

120 years ago
1891

Football
CRFU
Dominion Semi-Final
Montreal 8 @ Ottawa College 9

The referee, Dr. Ehler from Montreal, declared the final score to be 8-8 and the result a draw. 4,000 fans were in attendance.

100 years ago
1911

Born on this date
Buck Clayton. U.S. musician. Wilbur Dorsey Clayton learned to play the piano as a child, but became known as a jazz trumpeter, playing in bands such as that of Count Basie (1937-1943), and leading his own band in Shanghai in the mid-1930s and in the United States after World War II. Mr Clayton died in his sleep on December 8, 1991, 26 days after his 80th birthday.

90 years ago
1921

Defense
The Washington Naval Conference, the first arms control conference in history, opened at Memorial Continental Hall in Washington, D.C., under the auspices of the League of Nations. Nine nations were represented.

80 years ago
1931

Music
EMI Recording Studios--later renamed Abbey Road Studios--opened at 3 Abbey Road in London.

Crime
After an eight-day trial, eight Canadian Communist leaders were found guilty by a York Assizes jury in Toronto of being members of an unlawful association and parties to a seditious conspiracy. The convicted were: Tim Buck, Secretary of the Communist Party of Canada; Tom Ewen; John Boychuk; Amos T. Hill; Malcolm L. Bruce; Samuel Cohen; Matthew Popovitch; and Thomas Cacie. It was the first time in Ontario history that charges had been pressed under the sections of the Criminal Code of Canada dealing with this area. Mr. Justice Wright postponed sentencing until the following day.

War
Severe fighting between Japanese forces and the Chinese troops of General Ma Chan-shan was reported in a communique issued at Japan's headquarters in Manchuria. A Japanese ultimatum demanded that General Ma resign as chief of the province of Hei Lung-kiang and that his army evacuate Tsitsihar. Acting on instructions from deposed Manchurian Governor Chang Hsuch-liang, General Ma rejected the ultimatum. Meanwhile, the Japanese War Office received reports that 15 carloads of Russian arms and ammunition, and 2,000 members of an international Communist army had arrived in the Nonni River district of Manchuria to aid Chinese forces.

Dr. Y Chiba, acting chairman of the National Christian Council of Japan, and D. Tagawa, member of the Imperial Diet, were appointed by the NCCJ's Executive Committee to confer with the nation's Minister of Foreign Affairs and to "urge in behalf of the Christian Council that only peaceful means be utilized, and that a just solution be made the goal in the negotiations between the two nations." The NCCJ executive sent from Tokio to the National Christian Council of China a cablegram from a special meeting that read: "Sincerely deplore Manchurian situation. Will exert ourselves for just and peaceful solution."

Defense
In an address to an audience of 100 at the Military Institute in Toronto, General Sir Arthur Currie, who had recently visited the Orient, warned that Japan was fomenting war in the East. He said, "Japan cannot afford a war. She is rifled with Communism; she has 2 million unemployed. If they go to war these 2 million will be employed. And nothing will unite a people more than a war if you can appeal to their nationalistic instincts." General Currie warned that Japan must become an industrial nation, and must have iron and coal; some of the greatest fields in the world were east of Mukden. According to General Currie, "And if she gets control of Mukden she is going to become a great industrial nation. I don't view with any equanimity telling you chaps who were bloodthirsty in the war, telling you you may get a chance to satisfy any fighting ambitions. If these people (Russia, Japan, and China) get into war, you have 700 million people in the world at war out of 1,700,000,000, and that is over 40 per cent."

Torontonia
With a crowd of 13,542 in attendance, Maple Leaf Gardens officially opened.

Economics and finance
Latvian press published a report from Moscow stating that Soviet dictator Josef Stalin's right-hand man, Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars Vyacheslav Molotov, was admitting that the Soviet government was insolvent, and that the Bolshevik regime was preparing to ask bankers in the U.S.A., U.K., and Germany for large long-term low-interest loans to enable the U.S.S.R. to meet obligations abroad.

The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reported that Alberta, with an estimated yield of 135 million bushels, had passed Saskatchewan as Canada's leading grower of wheat in 1931. Saskatchewan's total for the year was estimated at 117 million bushels, while Manitoba had yielded 27 million bushels, down from 45,278,000 in 1930.

Hockey
NHL
New York Rangers 1 @ Montreal Canadiens 4
Chicago 2 @ Toronto 1
New York Americans 5 @ Detroit 2

This was opening night of the NHL's 15th season. Vic Ripley's goal at 1:35 of the 3rd period gave the Black Hawks their win over the Maple Leafs in the first game ever played at Maple Leaf Gardens. Mush March of the Black Hawks opened the scoring 2:30 into the 1st period, and Charlie Conacher tied the game at 18:42 of the 2nd period. Earlier in the period, Mr. Conacher had collided with Chicago goalie Chuck Gardiner, and Mr. Gardiner had been carried off the ice on a stretcher. However, after a 15-minute delay, he recovered, and came back to win the goaltending duel over Lorne Chabot.

Cecil Dillon scored 2 goals to lead the Rangers past the Canadiens at the Montreal Forum.

The Americans scored 3 goals in the 3rd period to defeat the Falcons at Olympia Stadium.

75 years ago
1936

On the radio
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Louis Hector and Harry West, on MBS
Tonight's episode: The Missing Leonardo da Vinci

70 years ago
1941

War
Temperatures around Moscow dropped to -12 °C as the U.S.S.R. launched ski troops for the first time against the freezing German forces near the city. The Soviet cruiser Chervona Ukraina was destroyed during the Battle of Sevastopol. U.K. Prime Minister Winston Churchill told the House of Commons that the Allies would be in possession of large quantities of ships in 1943, which would enable overseas operations to take place.

Defense
U.S. Attorney General Francis Biddle said that the Departments of War and Justice had prepared plans for the control of aliens in time of war. He said that the situation among the Japanese on the Pacific coast was "very serious." Democratic members of the United States House of Representatives from southern states announced their opposition to the Senate resolution amending the Neutrality Act unless the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt took firmer steps to curb strikes in defense industries.

Curtiss-Wright Corporation announced that it had development of a pursuit plane, known as the P-40F, with fire power equivalent to 12-14 machine guns and a top speed of nearly 400 miles per hour.

Politics and government
Former Canadian Prime Minister Arthur Meighen, who had resigned as leader of the Conservative Party after losing the government and his seat in the 1926 federal election, was elected leader of the Conservative Party again--replacing interim leader R.B. Hanson--and urged that military conscripts be sent for service overseas. Prime Minister Mackenzie King opposed the idea.

Crime
George E. Browne and Willie Bioff, leaders of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes, were sentenced to 8- and 10-year prison terms, respectively, six days after being convicted in New York of extorting $1.2 million from the movie industry.

Education
The U.S. National Women's Party dedicated the world's first feminist library in Washington, D.C. on the 126th anniversary of the birth of feminist pioneer Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

Labour
Congress of Industrial Organizations leaders James B. Carey and John Brophy resigned from the U.S. National Defense Mediation Baord in protest against the NDMB's decision to reject the CIO United Mine Workers of America's demand for a closed shop. Other CIO unions withdrew their cases before the board.

Striking workers at the Lockheed, Vega, and Consolidated aviation plants in southern California voted to return to work after the National Labor Relations Board refused to order an election. In San Diego, 2,000 American Federation of Labor construction workers returned to work.

The Cuban Confederation of Workers voted to accept the government's wage offer and call off the strike of sugar mill workers.

Sport
At the National Horse Show in New York, the United States Army team won a jump-off with the Cuban team to win the International Military Perpetual Challenge Trophy for the third straight year.

60 years ago
1951

On television tonight
Lights Out, on NBC
Tonight's episode: The Beast in the Garden, starring Margaret Phillips

Theatre
Paint Your Wagon, a musical with with book and lyrics by Alan J. Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe, opened at the Shubert Theatre on Broadway in New York.

Died on this date
Wilbur Sawyer, 72. U.S. physician. Dr. Sawyer was a member of the Rockefeller Foundation team that developed a vaccine against yellow fever in the early 1930s, resulting in the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for Dr. Max Theiler.

Abominations
Nationalist Chinese sources claimed that the Communist mainland government had "liquidted" 1.5 million political suspects during the past year.

Politics and government
The Prohibition Party reported that General Douglas MacArthur had rejected its nomination of him for President of the United States in the 1952 election.

Economics and finance
The International Monetary Fund offered Iran an $8.75-million loan to solve is foreign exchange difficulties in the next two months.

The U.K. government of Prime Minister Winston Churchill won a 320-281 vote of confidence in the House of Commons on their plan to denationalize the British iron and steel industry.

Football
CRU
WIFU
Finals
Edmonton 18 @ Saskatchewan 19 (Saskatchewan won best-of-three series 2-1)

Most of the action before 13,000 fans at Taylor Field occurred in the 4th quarter as the Roughriders held on to edge the Eskimos to win their first western title in 15 years. A 46-yard touchdown pass by Glenn Dobbs to Jack Nix, converted by Red Ettinger, gave Saskatchewan a 6-0 lead in the 1st quarter, and they added singles by Messrs. Dobbs and Nix in each of the next 2 quarters. Early in the 4th quarter, Edmonton quarterback Frank Filchock passed to Rollie Miles for a touchdown, converted by Annis Stukus. The Roughriders came back to make the score 14-6 in their favour on a pass from Mr. Dobbs to Bob Sandberg. Mr. Ettinger's convert attempt hit the goal post, but bounced in for the point. On the kickoff, the ball was fielded by Jim Macrae of the Eskimos, who returned it upfield before lateralling to Jim Chambers, who completed an 80-yard touchdown play, as Mr. Stukus's convert reduced the Roughriders' lead to 14-12. Mr. Dobbs then marched the Roughriders downfield, and sneaked over for a 1-yard touchdown. Mr. Ettinger's convert attempt was unsuccessful, but the Roughriders remained ahead 19-12 with less than 6 minutes remaining. The Eskimos came back, and Mike King rushed for a touchdown, converted by Mr. Stukus, to make the score 19-18 with 3 minutes remaining. The Eskimos stopped the Roughriders and began another drive from their own 37-yard line, but Bill Briggs fumbled at midfield after catching a pass from Mr. Filchock, and Ken McKim recovered for Saskatchewan. Mr. Dobbs grounded the ball on the game's final two plays. For Mr. Stukus, who had come west to coach the Eskimos when the team was re-formed in 1949, it was his last game as their coach, and his last game as a player.

50 years ago
1961

Crime
Julian Harvey, captain of the sailing ketch Bluebelle, murdered four members of the Arthur Duperrault family, who had hired Mr. Harvey to take them on a week-long vacation from Fort Lauderdale to the Bahamas. The party included Mrs. Harvey's wife Julia as cook, who was also murdered. The boat had departed Fort Lauderdale on November 8, and was on its way home when the murders occurred. Mr. Harvey was rescued early the next day in a dinghy, which also contained the body of 7-year-old René Duperrault. Mr. Harvey had left 11-year-old Terry Jo Duperrault alive aboard the sinking Bluebelle, apparently expecting her to die, but she was rescued on November 15, and Mr. Harvey committed suicide on November 17.

Football
NFL
Baltimore (4-5) 20 @ Minnesota (2-7) 28
Cleveland (6-3) 17 @ Washington (0-9) 6
Dallas (4-5) 7 @ Pittsburgh (4-5) 37
Detroit (5-3-1) 45 @ St. Louis (4-5) 14
Green Bay (7-2) 31 @ Chicago (5-4) 28
Philadelphia (7-2) 21 @ New York (7-2) 38
San Francisco (4-4-1) 7 @ Los Angeles (3-6) 17

AFL
San Diego (10-0) 19 @ Denver (3-7) 16
Buffalo (4-6) 30 @ Dallas (3-6) 20
Boston (5-4-1) 15 @ Houston (5-3-1) 27

40 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): L'Amour est l'Enfante de la Liberte--Rumour (4th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Mamy Blue--Pop Tops (2nd week at #1)

South Africa's Top 10 (Springbok Radio)
1 Mammy Blue--Charisma (4th week at #1)
2 Butterfly--Danyel Gerard
3 Never Ending Song of Love--The New Seekers
4 You--Peter Maffay
5 Get Me Some Help--Neville Whitmill
6 Silver Threads and Golden Needles--Barbara Ray
7 Daar's Niks Soos Ware Liefde--Groep Twee
8 Co-Co--The Sweet
9 What are You Doing Sunday--Dawn
10 Amen--Peanutbutter Conspiracy

Singles entering the chart were Amen; and Did You Ever by Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood (#18).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKLG)
1 Theme from Shaft--Isaac Hayes (2nd week at #1)
2 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves--Cher
3 The Desiderata--Les Crane
4 Imagine--John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
5 Mammy Blue--Pop-Tops
6 Baby I'm-A Want You--Bread
7 Lonesome Mary--Chilliwack
8 Easy Lovin'--Freddie Hart
9 Absolutely Right--Five Man Electrical Band
10 Everybody's Everything--Santana

Singles entering the chart were Hey Girl by Donny Osmond (#23); Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are) by the Temptations (#25); Turned 21 by Fludd (#26); An Old Fashioned Love Song by Three Dog Night (#27); Devil You by the Stampeders (#29); and Family Affair by Sly & the Family Stone (#30).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKVN)
1 Theme from Shaft--Isaac Hayes (3rd week at #1)
2 Imagine--John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
3 Only You Know and I Know--Delaney & Bonnie
4 Lonesome Mary--Chilliwack
5 Mammy Blue--Pop-Tops
6 Wild Night--Van Morrison
7 Absolutely Right--Five Man Electrical Band
8 I'm a Man/Questions 67 and 68--Chicago
9 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves--Cher
10 Baby I'm-A Want You--Bread

Singles entering the chart were For Better, for Worse by the Bells (#32); Bow Down (To the Dollar) by Joshua (#34); Rock Steady by Aretha Franklin (#35); Stones by Neil Diamond (#37); Till by Tom Jones (#38); Love Me Brother by Tapestry (#39); and No Good to Cry by the Poppy Family (#40).

War
As part of his policy of Vietnamization, U.S. President Richard Nixon set February 1, 1972 as the deadline for the removal of another 45,000 American troops from Vietnam.
Terrorism
Paul Joseph Cini, brandishing 54 sticks of dynamite and a shotgun, hijacked an Air Canada flight over the prairies, but was soon subdued and arrested without incident in Regina.

Economics and finance
The magazine Canadian Forum published the contents of a report by the federal cabinet recommending that a government agency be charged with studying the activities of foreign companies. This agency could also be authorized to block foreign investment in Canada. Mistrust of foreign control over the Canadian economy culminated two years later with the creation of a new federal agency: the Foreign Investment Review Agency (FIRA).

The United States entered Phase 2 of President Nixon's economic stabilization program.

30 years ago
1981

Hit parade
Edmonton's Top 20 (CHED)
1 Private Eyes--Daryl Hall & John Oates
2 My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)--Chilliwack
3 Every Little Thing She Does is Magic--The Police
4 All Touch--Rough Trade
5 Start Me Up--Rolling Stones
6 The Friends of Mr. Cairo--Jon and Vangelis
7 Young Turks--Rod Stewart
8 Waiting for a Girl Like You--Foreigner
9 Hard to Say--Dan Fogelberg
10 Magic Power--Triumph
11 Tryin' to Live My Life Without You--Bob Seger
12 I've Done Everything for You--Rick Springfield
13 Say Goodbye to Hollywood--Billy Joel
14 Just One Kiss--Dixon House
15 Here I Am--Air Supply
16 The Night Owls--Little River Band
17 Working for the Weekend--Loverboy
18 For Your Eyes Only--Sheena Easton
19 Physical--Olivia Newton-John
20 No Reply at All--Genesis

Space
The U.S. space shuttle Columbia, with Commander Joe Engle and Pilot Dick Truly aboard, became the first vehicle to go into space more than once when it was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida to begin mission STS-2, seven months after its maiden voyage. It was the first trip into space for both astronauts. The Canadian-built "Canadarm" Remote Manipulator System was used on this mission for the first time.



20 years ago
1991

Abominations
Indonesian forces opened fire and killed at least 250 East Timorese pro-independence student protesters in the Santa Cruz cemetery in Dili, East Timor.

Politics and government
Nellie Cournoyea was elected leader of the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly; she was a 12-year veteran of the Assembly.

June Rowlands was elected Mayor of Toronto, defeating Jack Layton; she became the first female mayor of the city.

10 years ago
2001

War
Taliban forces abandoned Kabul, ahead of advancing Afghan Northern Alliance troops.

World events
12 British plane-spotters were remanded in custody by Greek authorities on charges of espionage, four days after being arrested for allegedly taking photographs at an air show at a military base near Kalamata.

Disasters
American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300 en route from New York to the Dominican Republic, crashed minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all 260 people on board and 5 on the ground.