January 6, 2015

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Sherlock Holmes, Sheila Hellevang, and Johanna Wegner!

475 years ago
1540

Married on this date
King Henry VIII of England married his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.

270 years ago
1745

Born on this date
Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier. French inventor and aviator. Mr. Montgolfier and his brother Joseph-Michel co-invented the hot air balloon in 1782, and conducted the first powered ascent. They also invented a process to manufacture transparent paper. Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier died on August 2, 1799 at the age of 54. Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier died on August 2, 1799 at the age of 54.

100 years ago
1915

Born on this date
Alan Watts. U.K.-born U.S. philosopher. Mr. Watts moved to the United States at the age of 23 and became one of America's best-known promoters of Zen Buddhism, although he was an Episcopal priest from 1945-1950. He died in his sleep on November 16, 1973 at the age of 58.

War
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry went into action in France.

80 years ago
1935

On the radio
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Louis Hector and Leigh Lovell, on NBC
Tonight’s episode: The Singular Affair of the Aluminum Crutch

Died on this date
Martin Archer-Shee, 61. U.K. military officer and politician. Sir Martin served with the Royal Navy (1886-1890) before becoming an officer in the British Army, winning the Distinguished Service Order in the Boer War and commanding three battalions in World War I, rising to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. A Conservative, he represented Finsbury in the House of Commons (1910-1923). Sir Martin was the half-brother of George Archer-Shee, whose acquittal on a charge of theft provided the basis for Terence Rattigan's play The Winslow Boy. Sir Martin died after a long illness.

75 years ago
1940

Born on this date
Van McCoy. U.S. musician. Mr. McCoy wrote songs and produced records for a number of artists in the 1960s and ‘70s, but is best remembered for his one big hit as an artist, The Hustle, one of 1975’s biggest hits. He died of a heart attack on July 6, 1979 at the age of 38.

Diplomacy
The Dutch government of Prime Minister Dirk Jan de Geer announced that there could be no negotiation regarding the Netherlands' neutrality.

Cuban presidential candidate General Fulgencio Batista urged his nation to maintain strict neutrality in international affairs.

Addressing the National Conference of the United Palestine Appeal in Washington, New York, New York Governor Herbert Lehman said that Palestine must become a refuge for the estimated 3 million Jews in Poland.

Economics and finance
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt said that protectionist international trade tendencies would have to be abolished in the interest of postwar peace.

Japan was reportedly seeking a most-favored-nation treaty with the United State upon the expiration of the current trade pact on January 26, 1940.

Because of World War II, the New Zealand government of Prime Minister Michael Savage announced the postponement of a $25-million steel plant at Onekaka.

Business
The United States Justice Department granted the Bata Shoe Company a 20-day extension to terminate the employment of 62 Czech nationals illegally in the United States.

Scandal
Newark, New Jersey Mayor Meyer Ellenstein and six others were acquitted on charges of conspiracy in city purchases of meadowlands.

70 years ago
1945

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Don't Fence Me In--Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and his Orchestra (Best Seller--3rd week at #1; Juke Box--4th week at #1)

Married on this date
Happy Anniversary, George and Barbara Bush! The future President of the United States married Barbara Pierce in Rye, New York, while he was home on leave from the United States Navy.

War
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered his annual State of the Union address to Congress, in which he asked Congress for passage of a National Service Act to encure full production for the country's war effort. He also asked for legislation to make use of 4 million men who had been classified as 4-F by the Selective Service administration; an amendment to the Selective Service Act providing for the induction of nurses; and universal military training after the war to preserve peace. The U.S. Selective Service announced that men aged up to 38 who, without consent, left jobs for which they had been deferred, would be inducted into the armed services. U.S. forces extended the front line against the German bulge in Belgium to 25 miles. Hungarian sources reported that German troops had penetrated 12-15 miles into Soviet positions northwest of Budapest. ELAS forces in Greece had reportedly left Athens the previous day, and there was no fighting on this day.

Diplomacy
Egyptian officials reported that King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia had agreed to participate with other Muslim states in a pan-Arab federation.

Business
U.S. Director of War Mobilization and Reconversion James Byrnes submitted an affidavit for the Chicago court fight over the U.S. Army's seizure of Montgomery Ward & Company in which he said that the firm's conduct, "if allowed to continue, will seriously interfere with the successful prosecution of the war." The Army had seized control of Montgomery Ward's Chicago and Detroit plants because of the company's refusal to obey National War Labor Board orders.

60 years ago
1955

On the radio
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Carleton Hobbs and Norman Shelley, on BBC
Tonight's episode: The Missing Three-Quarter

40 years ago
1975

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): You're My World--Daryl Braithwaite

#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Fuyu no Iro--Momoe Yamaguchi (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Todo El Tiempo Del Mundo--Manolo Otero (3rd week at #1)

Died on this date
Burton K. Wheeler, 92. U.S. politician. Mr. Wheeler, a Democrat, represented Montana in the United States Senate from 1923-1947, breaking with the Democratic Party briefly to run as the vice-presidential running mate of Senator Bob La Follette on the Progressive Party ticket in the 1924 U.S. presidential election. Sen. Wheeler supported the policies of President Franklin D. Roosevelt until 1937, when he opposed Mr. Roosevelt's plan to "pack" the U.S. Supreme Court. Sen. Wheeler was one of the most notable opponents of U.S. entry into World War II, but supported the war after the December 7, 1941 Japanese attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Sen. Wheeler was defeated in the Montana Democratic primary in 1946, and retired from politics.

Personal
This blogger began his second semester of Grade 9 at Sir John Franklin Territorial High School in Yellowknife.

30 years ago
1985

Hit parade
#1 single in France (SNEP): Besoin de rien, envie de toi--Peter and Sloane

#1 single in Switzerland: Do They Know It's Christmas?--Band Aid

Personal
This blogger was one of those in attendance at the CPR Stockholders of Edmonton Sherlock Holmes birthday dinner at 9th Street Cafe.

Football
NFL
AFC Championship
Pittsburgh 28 @ Miami 45

Miami quarterback Dan Marino completed 21 of 32 passes for 421 yards and 4 touchdowns in front of an Orange Bowl crowd of 76,029.

NFC Championship
Chicago 0 @ San Francisco 23





25 years ago
1990

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (ARIA): Love Shack--The B-52's (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Christmas Eve--Tatsuro Yamashita

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Lambada--Kaoma (15th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): That's What I Like--Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Another Day in Paradise--Phil Collins

#1 single in France (SNEP): Hélène--Roch Voisine (5th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K.: Do They Know it's Christmas?--Band Aid II (3rd week at #1)

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 All Around the World--Lisa Stansfield
2 Homely Girl--UB40
3 Lily was Here--David A. Stewart and featuring Candy Dulfer
4 Dançando Lambada--Kaoma
5 Another Day in Paradise--Phil Collins
6 Sit and Wait--Sydney Youngblood
7 Don't Know Much--Linda Ronstadt featuring Aaron Neville
8 Eleni--Cees Tol & Thomas Tol
9 Listen to Your Heart--Roxette
10 Got to Get--Rob 'n' Raz featuring Leila K

Singles entering the chart were Me So Horny by the 2 Live Crew (#22); Words by the Christians (#23); Everlasting Love by U2 (#26); and The Miracle by Queen (#30).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Another Day in Paradise--Phil Collins (4th week at #1)
2 Rhythm Nation--Janet Jackson
3 Don't Know Much--Linda Ronstadt (featuring Aaron Neville)
4 Pump Up the Jam--Technotronic featuring Felly
5 With Every Beat of My Heart--Taylor Dayne
6 How am I Supposed to Live Without You--Michael Bolton
7 This One's for the Children--New Kids on the Block
8 Just Like Jesse James--Cher
9 We Didn't Start the Fire--Billy Joel
10 Everything--Jody Watley

Singles entering the chart were All or Nothing by Milli Vanilli (#51); Going Home by Kenny G (#71); Sometimes She Cries by Warrant (#81); No Myth by Michael Penn (#85); and Black Velvet by Alannah Myles (#86).

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Cash Box): Another Day in Paradise--Phil Collins (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Canada (RPM): Another Day in Paradise--Phil Collins (4th week at #1)

Died on this date
Pavel Alekseyevich Čerenkov, 85. U.S.S.R. physicist. Dr. Cherenkov shared the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physics with Ilya Frank and Igor Tamm "for the discovery and the interpretation of the Cherenkov effect."

Ian Charleson, 40. U.K. actor. Mr. Charleson was known for his co-starring roles in the movies Chariots of Fire (1981) and Gandhi (1982). He was a sodomite and died of AIDS.

Personal
This blogger was one of those in attendance at the CPR Stockholders of Edmonton Sherlock Holmes birthday dinner at the Faculty Club.

Diplomacy
Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze, visiting Romania, said that the U.S.S.R. would support any kind of political system that emerged in Romania.

Football
NFL
AFC Divisional Playoff
Buffalo 30 @ Cleveland 34



NFC Divisional Playoff
Minnesota 13 @ San Francisco 41



Hockey
NHL
Los Angeles 4 @ Toronto 7

20 years ago
1995

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Stay Another Day--East 17

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Love Me for a Reason--Boyzone (2nd week at #1)

Died on this date
Joe Slovo, 68. Lithuanian-born South African politician. Mr. Slovo, who moved to South Africa with his family at the age of 8, was a Jewish atheist who joined the South African Communist Party in 1942, and was general secretary of the SACP from 1984-1991. He served as Minister of Housing in the government of President Nelson Mandela from April 1994 until his death.

Personal
This blogger was one of those in attendance at the CPR Stockholders of Edmonton Sherlock Holmes birthday dinner at Chandler's Tea Shoppe.

Terrorism
A chemical fire in an apartment complex in Manila led to the discovery of plans for Project Bojinka, a mass-terrorist attack.

Economics and finance
The United States Labor Department reported that the unemployment rate was 5.4% in December 1994, down 0.2% from November, and the lowest level since July 1990. The economy had added 3.5 million jobs in 1994, 256,000 new jobs in December.

10 years ago
2005

Died on this date
Louis Robichaud, 79. Canadian politician. Mr. Robichaud, a Liberal, represented Kent in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1952-1971 and was Premier of New Brunswick from 1960-1970. He was appointed to the Canadian Senate as a Liberal by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in 1973 and sat there until his 75th birthday in 2000.

Lois Hole, 71. Lieutenant Governor of Alberta, 2000-2005. Mrs. Hole was a succesful gardener, who with her husband Ted ran a large and successful greenhouse store in St. Albert. She served as Lieutenant Governor of Alberta from 2000 until her death from stomach cancer.

Crime
Former Ku Klux Klan leader Edgar Ray Killen was arrested as a suspect in the 1964 murders of three civil rights workers in Mississippi. He was later convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 60 years in prison.

Environment
A train collision in Graniteville, South Carolina released about 60 tons of chlorine gas.

January 5, 2015

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Laura-Belle Robinson and Nadia!

150 years ago
1865

Born on this date
Ban Johnson. U.S. baseball executive. Mr. Johnson became President of the minor Western League in 1893, and improved its financial position in succeeding years. In 1900, Mr. Johnson expanded the league into eastern cities and changed its name to the American League. The AL began competing as a major league in 1901, and raided National League teams of their players until a peace agreement between the leagues in 1903 resulted in the establishment of a three-man National Commission, with Mr. Johnson as the dominant figure. Mr. Johnson served as President of the American League until 1927, but was forced to resign after years of strained relations with Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis and owners of several AL clubs. Mr. Johnson died on March 28, 1931 at the age of 66; he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1937.

120 years ago
1895

Abominations
French Army Captain Alfred Dreyfus was stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island.

90 years ago
1925

Politics and government
Nellie Tayloe Ross, a Democrat, took office as Governor of Wyoming, becoming the first woman to become Governor of a U.S. state. She had been elected on November 4, 1924 to fill the remainder of the term of her husband William Bradford Ross, who had died on October 2.



75 years ago
1940

War
The United Kingdom warned Norway that "illegal" use of Norwegian territorial waters by Germany to ship iron ore would make it necessary for the Royal Navy to enter Norwegian waters. The Swedish government demanded that the U.S.S.R. investigate the shelling of a Swedish steamer in the Gulf of Bothnia.

The China Affairs Board in Tokyo approved the peace proposals of Wang Ching-wei, who was scheduled to head the Japanese-sponsored Chinese government in Nanking.

Politics and government
Oliver Stanley succeeded Leslie Hore-Belisha as Secretary of State for War in the British cabinet of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain.

Defense
Sir Charles Burnett took charge of the Royal Australian Air Force.

Diplomacy
The U.S.A. and Canada agreed to discuss a possible accord on completion of the St. Lawrence Seaway project.

70 years ago
1945

War
U.S. and U.K. forces advanced another 1-3 miles against the northern German flank in Belgium.

Diplomacy
The U.S.S.R. recognized the provisional government of Poland that had been set up under Soviet sponsorship.

Business
Montgomery Ward & Company filed court papers charging that the U.S. Army's seizure of company property was unconstitutional.

Science
The American Section of the Society of Chemical Industry awarded the Perkin Medal for applied chemistry to Dr. Elmer Bolton for his work with synthesis of neoprene, the first general purpose synthetic rubber.

Boxing
Former world welterweight champion Fritzie Zivic (142-44-6) won a controversial majority decision over Billy Arnold (26-1-1) at Madison Square Garden in New York.

50 years ago
1965

On television tonight
The Fugitive, starring David Janssen, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Brass Ring, with guest stars Angie Dickinson, Robert Duvall, and Phillip Pine

40 years ago
1975

Died on this date
Don Wilson, 29. U.S. baseball pitcher. Mr. Wilson played with the Houston Astros from 1966-1974, compiling a record of 104-92 with an eared run average of 3.15. He pitched no-hitters in 1967 and 1969, with the first, at the Astrodome on June 18, 1967 against the Atlanta Braves, being the first no-hitter to be pitched indoors or on artificial turf. In 1974, Mr. Wilson was pitching another no-hitter after 8 innings, but the Astros were trailing the Cincinnati Reds 2-1, and Houston manager Preston Gomez lifted Mr. Wilson for a pinch hitter, and Tony Perez broke up the no-hitter with a single off relief pitcher Mike Cosgrove. Mr. Wilson pitched a 5-0 shutout against the Braves on September 28, 1974 in what turned out to be his last game, almost exactly eight years to the day after he had pitched 6 innings of relief to win his major league debut against the Reds. He was found in his garage, sitting dead in his car with the motor running, dead of carbon monoxide poisoning. The carbon monoxide spread to the adjoining house, killing Mr. Wilson's son, Alexander, 5. Mr. Wilson's 9-year-old daughter was in critical condition and in a coma and his wife had a broken jaw and was in fair condition. The official statement reported Mr. Wilson's death was accidental, although it was later said to be a suicide.

Jeff Wright, 22. U.S. skier. Mr. Wright, a member of the U.S. Nordic team, was killed in a practice jump at Brattleboro, Vermont. He was a junior at the University of Minnesota and a member of the Golden Gophers' soccer team. Mr. Wright was a former holder of the U.S. ski flying record of 476 feet.

Scandal
U.S. Vice President Nelson Rockefeller was appointed to head an eight-member commission to investigate charges of illegal domestic spying by the Central Intelligence Agency.

Disasters
The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania was struck by the bulk ore carrier Lake Illawarra, killing 12 people.

30 years ago
1985

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)--Billy Ocean (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Careless Whisper--George Michael

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Do They Know it's Christmas?--Band Aid

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Do They Know it's Christmas?--Band Aid

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Do They Know it's Christmas?--Band Aid (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K.: Do They Know it's Christmas?--Band Aid (4th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Like a Virgin--Madonna (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Cash Box) Like a Virgin--Madonna (2nd week at #1)

Canada's top 10 (RPM)
1 Do They Know it's Christmas?--Band Aid
2 I Feel for You--Chaka Khan
3 Sea of Love--The Honeydrippers
4 Like a Virgin--Madonna
5 The Wild Boys--Duran Duran
6 I Just Called to Say I Love You--Stevie Wonder
7 Wake Me Up Before You Go Go--Wham!
8 Ti Amo--Laura Branigan
9 Valotte--Julian Lennon
10 We Belong--Pat Benatar

Singles entering the chart were Do They Know it's Christmas?; The Old Man Down the Road by John Fogerty (#75); The Heat is On by Glenn Frey (#91); and Call to the Heart by Giuffria (#95).

Died on this date
Robert Surtees, 78. U.S. cinematographer. Mr. Surtees was nominated for 16 Academy Awards, winning for King Solomon's Mines (1950); The Bad and the Beautiful (1952); and Ben-Hur (1959).

World events
Press leaks forced the Israeli government to admit that about 8,000 Ethiopians fleeing their famine-struck country had arrived in Israel. Operation Moses, which had been taking place in secret since November 21, 1984, was suspended when news of the covert airlift became public.

Hockey
NHL
Vancouver 4 @ Toronto 1

This match between two terrible teams may have been the worst NHL game ever televised (it gets my vote). It was the national Hockey Night in Canada telecast, and at the end Dave Hodge said "Thanks for watching" in a way that sounded as if he wondered why or if anyone still would be watching.

25 years ago
1990

Died on this date
Arthur Kennedy, 75. U.S. actor. Mr. Kennedy was a dependable supporting actor who usually played morally upright characters. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the supporting actor category for Champion (1949); Trial (1955); Peyton Place (1957); and Some Came Running (1958). Mr. Kennedy was nominated in the Best Actor category for one of his few starring roles, in Bright Victory (1951). He also enjoyed a fine career on Broadway, earning a Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Dramatic) for Death of a Salesman (1949).

War
General Colin Powell, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that with Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega in custody, American troops could be withdrawn from Panama within a few weeks.

Economics and finance
The United States Labor Department reported that the unemployment rate had held steady in December at 5.3%.

Politics and government
Many parties had declared their intention to run candidates in Romanian elections scheduled for April. Today was the deadline that had been imposed by the government for declaring such intentions.

20 years ago
1995

Hit parade
#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Super Gut--Mo-Do (3rd week at #1)

Law
The United States House of Representatives voted 429-0 in favour of a bill requiring both houses of Congress to abide by a number of civil rights and labour statutes that applied to other Americans.

10 years ago
2005

Space
Eris, the largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System, was discovered by the team of Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz using images originally taken on October 21, 2003, at the Palomar Observatory in California.

January 4, 2015

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Angela Ieriti, Agness Nyambe, and Aydee Ramirez!

190 years ago
1825

Died on this date
Ferdinand I, 73. King of the Two Sicilies, 1816-1825. Ferdinand I became King Ferdinand IV of Naples and King Ferdinand III of Sicily in 1759 when his father Charles VII of Naples/Charles V of Sicily abdicated his Neapolitan and Sicilian titles; King Ferdinand's minority ended in 1767. He was deposed briefly by the Parthenopaean Republic (1799-1800), and again by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1805. Ferdinand was restored in 1816 to the throne of the united Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, but was subservient to Austria until his death, eight days before his 74th birthday. He was succeeded by his on Francesco I.

150 years ago
1865

Economics and finance
The New York Stock Exchange opened its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad near Wall Street in New York City.

130 years ago
1885

Medicine
Dr. William W. Grant of Davenport, Iowa, performed what is thought to be the first appendectomy.

125 years ago
1890

Born on this date
Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson. U.S. publisher. Mr. Wheeler-Nicholson was a writer for pulp magazines who founded National Allied Publications and created the comic book New Fun in 1935, pioneering the publication of comic books that contained all original material rather than reprints of comic strips from newspapers. In 1937 NAP published the first issue of Detective Comics, which eventually became the new name of the company. Mr. Wheeler-Nicholson was soon forced out of his position with Detective Comics, Inc. because of financial difficulties, and returned to writing, spending his later years writing on military-related topics. He died in 1965 at the age of 75.

100 years ago
1915

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Meg Mundy! The U.S. actress was born in London and emigrated to the United States with her family at the age of 6. Miss Mundy is best known as an actress on stage and in television soap operas; she played a supporting role in the movie Ordinary People (1980).

80 years ago
1935

Boxing
Joe Louis (13-0) knocked down Patsy Perroni (41-8-2) three times on the way to a 10-round decision over Mr. Perroni in a heavyweight bout at Olympia Stadium in Detroit.

75 years ago
1940

Died on this date
Flora Finch, 72. U.K.-born U.S. actress. Miss Finch was born into a theatrical family in England and moved to the United States as a child. She worked in theatre and vaudeville, but made her mark in cinema, appearing in more than 300 silent films, including more than 200 with Vitagraph Studios. Miss Finch teamed up with John Bunny to star in 160 short comedy films from 1910-1915, and they became the first popular comedy team in movie history. Mr. Bunny died in 1915, and Miss Finch was never able to recapture her former popularity. She died of blood poisoning, after accidentally cutting her arm.

Diplomacy
British Ambassador to the United States Lord Lothian said in Chicago that a federation of European states must follow the war if peace were to be maintained.

Brazil protested French seizure of Brazilian mail addressed to Germany.

U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed James Cromwell as Minister to Canada; George Messersmith as Ambassador to Cuba; John Cudahy as Ambassador to Belgium; and Henry Norweb as Ambassador to Peru.

Politics and government
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt nominated Solicitor General Robert H. Jackson to be Attorney General.

Law
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt nominated Attorney General Frank Murphy as an associate justice of the Supreme Court.

Economics and finance
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked Congress to approve a budget of $8.424 billion for fiscal 1941 and to legislate $460 million in new taxes.

70 years ago
1945

War
U.S. forces gained up to 3 1/2 miles in their offensive against the northern German flank in Belgium.

Politics and government
It was reported from Athens that Greek Prime Minister General Nikolaos Plastiras had appealed to the leftist ELAS organization to lay down its arms, pledging that his government would eliminate their fear of dictatorship.

Religion
Right Reverend Dr. Geoffrey Fisher, Bishop of London, was named the 98th Archbishop of Canterbury.

Scandal
A mistrial was declared in the Los Angeles paternity case against movie comedian and director Charlie Chaplin.

Sport
Swimmer Ann Curtis was named winner of the James E. Sullivan Award as the outstanding amateur athlete in the United States for 1944.

50 years ago
1965

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): The House Of The Rising Sun--The Animals

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): I Feel Fine--The Beatles (3rd week at #1)

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Goin' Out of My Head--Little Anthony and the Imperials
2 I Feel Fine--The Beatles
3 As Tears Go By--Marianne Faithfull
4 (There's) Always Something There to Remind Me--Sandie Shaw
5 Mr. Lonely--Bobby Vinton
6 Come See About Me--The Supremes
7 Anyway You Want It--Dave Clark Five
8 Dance, Dance, Dance--The Beach Boys
9 Amen--The Impressions
10 The Jerk--The Larks

Singles entering the chart were You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' by the Righteous Brothers (#34); All Day and All of the Night by the Kinks (#37); The Name Game by Shirley Ellis (#38); Dusty by the Rag Dolls (#39); and Let's Lock the Door (And Throw Away the Key) by Jay and the Americans (#40).

On television tonight
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, on NBC
Tonight's episode: Crimson Witness, starring Peter Lawford, Martha Hyer, Joanna Moore, Julie London, and Alan Baxter

Died on this date
T.S. Eliot, 76. U.S.-born U.K. poet, playwright, and author. Mr. Eliot, a native of St. Louis who moved to England at the age of 25, was known for poems such as The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (1915); The Waste Land (1922); and The Hollow Men (1925) and for plays such as Murder in the Cathedral (1935). He was awarded the 1948 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his outstanding, pioneer contribution to present-day poetry."

Politics and government
The 89th United States Congress convened in Washington, with the Democratic Party holding majorities in both houses. U.S. President Lyndon Johnson delivered his State of the Union address to Congress, outlining his vision of a "Great Society" for the United States.

Journalism
The Montreal newspaper La Presse resumed publishing after a seven-month strike.

40 years ago
1975

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy (Hit Parade Italia): E la vita, la vita--Cochi e Renato

#1 single in the Netherlands (Veronica Top 40): Lonely This Christmas--Mud (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K.: Lonely This Christmas--Mud (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds--Elton John

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds--Elton John
2 You're the First, the Last, My Everything--Barry White
3 Mandy--Barry Manilow
4 Junior's Farm--Paul McCartney & Wings
5 Please Mr. Postman--Carpenters
6 Only You--Ringo Starr
7 Laughter in the Rain--Neil Sedaka
8 Boogie On Reggae Woman--Stevie Wonder
9 Cat's in the Cradle--Harry Chapin
10 Kung Fu Fighting--Carl Douglas

Singles entering the chart were Christmas Dream by Perry Como (#91); Guava Jelly by Barbra Streisand (#94); Let Me Start Tonite by Lamont Dozier (#96); Future Shock by Hello People (#98); and Ms. Grace by the Tymes (#100).

#1 single in Canada (RPM): Kung Fu Fighting--Carl Douglas (3rd week at #1)

Winnipeg's Top 30 (CFRW)
1 Kung Fu Fighting--Carl Douglas
2 When Will I See You Again--The Three Degrees
3 One Man Woman/One Woman Man--Paul Anka with Odia Coates
4 Junior's Farm--Paul McCartney & Wings
5 Angie Baby--Helen Reddy
6 Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds--Elton John
7 Laughter in the Rain--Neil Sedaka
8 Please Mr. Postman--Carpenters
9 My Melody of Love--Bobby Vinton
10 I Can Help--Billy Swan
11 Fairytale--The Pointer Sisters
12 Cat's in the Cradle--Harry Chapin
13 Only You--Ringo Starr
14 Fire, Baby I'm on Fire--Andy Kim
15 Back Home Again-John Denver
16 Ain't Too Proud to Beg--Rolling Stones
17 Bungle in the Jungle--Jethro Tull
18 So You are a Star--The Hudson Brothers
19 Morning Side of the Mountain--Donny and Marie Osmond
20 Mandy--Barry Manilow
21 Changes--David Bowie
22 Dream On--The Righteous Brothers
23 Dancin' Fool--The Guess Who
24 You're the First, the Last, My Everything--Barry White
25 You Beat Me to the Punch--Charity Brown
26 Longfellow Serenade--Neil Diamond
27 Never Can Say Goodbye--Gloria Gaynor
28 Ramona--Stampeders
29 Some Kind of Wonderful--Grand Funk
30 Doctor's Orders--Carol Douglas

Winnipeg's Top 30 (CKRC)
1 Kung Fu Fighting--Carl Douglas
2 My Melody of Love--Bobby Vinton
3 Angie Baby--Helen Reddy
4 Cat's in the Cradle--Harry Chapin
5 Junior's Farm--Paul McCartney & Wings
6 I Can Help--Billy Swan
7 Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds--Elton John
8 When Will I See You Again--The Three Degrees
9 Laughter in the Rain--Neil Sedaka
10 One Man Woman/One Woman Man--Paul Anka with Odia Coates
11 Fairytale--The Pointer Sisters
12 Longfellow Serenade--Neil Diamond
13 Morning Side of the Mountain--Donny and Marie Osmond
14 Sha La La (Make Me Happy)--Al Green
15 Bungle in the Jungle--Jethro Tull
16 Mandy--Barry Manilow
17 Crazy Talk--Chilliwack
18 Everlasting Love--Carl Carlton
19 Fire, Baby I'm on Fire--Andy Kim
20 Ramona--Stampeders
21 Dancin' Fool--The Guess Who
22 Six Feet Under Water--Hans Staymer Band
23 Ride 'Em Cowboy--Paul Davis
24 So You are a Star--The Hudson Brothers
25 Good Feeling (To Know)--Octavian
26 You're the First, the Last, My Everything--Barry White
27 Only You--Ringo Starr
28 Please Mr. Postman--Carpenters
29 Some Kind of Wonderful--Grand Funk
30 My Eyes Adored You--Frankie Valli

Calgary's Top 10
1 Kung Fu Fighting--Carl Douglas (2nd week at #1)
2 Angie Baby--Helen Reddy
3 I Can Help--Billy Swan
4 When Will I See You Again--The Three Degrees
5 Cat's in the Cradle--Harry Chapin
6 Wishing You were Here--Chicago
7 Longfellow Serenade--Neil Diamond
8 Junior's Farm--Paul McCartney & Wings
9 Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds--Elton John
10 Crazy Talk--Chilliwack
Pick hit of the week: Rock 'N Roll (I Gave You the Best Years of My Life)--Terry Jacks

Died on this date
Bob Montana, 54. U.S. cartoonist. Mr. Montana created the Archie comic strip and comic book series in the early 1940s. He died of a heart attack while cross-country skiing near his home in Meredith, New Hampshire.

Hockey
NHL
Washington 0 @ Montreal 10
Chicago 3 @ Toronto 6
New York Rangers 5 @ New York Islanders 3
Boston 8 @ Minnesota 0

Guy Lafleur scored 3 goal and 2 assists for the Canadiens as they routed the Capitals at the Montreal Forum in the Hockey Night in Canada telecast. Bunny Larocque made 17 saves to get the shutout in goal.

Dave Keon scored 2 goals and an assist to help the Maple Leafs defeat the Black Hawks at Maple Leaf Gardens on the Hockey Night in Canada telecast.

Rick Middleton scored on a powerplay with 2:51 remaining in the game and Pete Stemkowski scored into an empty net with 15 seconds left as the Rangers scored 3 unanswered goals in the 3rd period to defeat the Islanders at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale.

Ken Hodge and Gregg Sheppard each scored 2 goals and an assist, Phil Esposito added a goal and 4 assists, and Bobby Orr scored 4 assists for the Bruins as they scored 5 powerplay goals and a shorthanded goal in their rout of the North Stars at Metropolitan Sports Center in Bloomington. Ken Broderick made 26 saves in goal to get his only National Hockey League shutout. The game was marred by an ugly incident at 15:54 of the 1st period when Boston forward Dave Forbes butt-ended Minnesota forward Henry Boucha near the eye. Mr. Boucha suffered a cracked bone near his eye and blurred vision, shortening his career. Mr. Forbes was assessed a match penalty for deliberate attempt to injure, and was later suspended for 10 games by NHL President Clarence Campbell. Mr. Forbes was charged with assault with a deadly weapon, and his trial resulted in a hung jury, deadlocked 9-3 in favour of conviction.



30 years ago
1985

Hit parade
#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Do They Know it's Christmas?--Band Aid

#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Forever Young--Alphaville (3rd week at #1)

Crime
Scotland Yard began investigating a surrogate mother in London following reports she was to receive £6,500 for her baby from a childless couple.

25 years ago
1990

Hit parade
#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Ryyd-joulu--Bat & Ryyd (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Do They Know It's Christmas?--Band Aid II (4th week at #1)

Died on this date
Harold Eugene Edgerton, 86. U.S. engineer. Dr. Edgerton, a professor of electrical engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was credited with transforming the stroboscope from an obscure laboratory instrument into a common device. He was also involved with the development of sonar and deep-sea photography, devising equipment that was used by oceanographer Jacques Cousteau. Dr. Edgerton died of a heart attack while having lunch at the MIT Faculty Club.

Henry Bolte, 81. Australian politician. Sir Henry, a Liberal, represented Hampden in the Victorian Parliament from 1947-1972 and was Governor of Victoria from 1955-1972.

Chuck Stuart, 30. U.S. murder suspect. Mr. Stuart jumped to his death from a bridge in Boston Harbor after learning he had become the prime suspect in the murder of his wife. In October 1989, Mr. Stuart called from a phone in his car to report that his pregnant wife Carol had been shot and that he had been shot. The tapes of his pleas for help were played on radio and television stations, and attracted widespread sympathy. Mr. Stuart recovered from a serious wound but Carol died in hospital. Her baby, delivered prematurely, also died. Mr. Stuart said that a Negro man was their assailant; the Stuarts were white. On January 3, Mr. Stuart’s brother Matthew told investigators that he had driven to the neighbourhood where the shooting occurred and that Charles had given him his wife’s bag and a gun, which Matthew threw into the Pines River. Matthew said he had decided to come forward after his brother had identified a Negro man in a police lineup as resembling the gunman. Based on Matthew’s information, police divers recovered both the handbag and a .38 calibre revolver from the river. It was reported that Charles Stuart had taken out large insurance policies on his wife. Some Negro leaders objected to the intensity with which police had conducted investigations in Negro neighbourhoods when it was believed that a Negro was the culprit.

Abominations
A rebel radio broadcast in Sudan reported that a pro-government Arab militia had killed 2,000 Negro villagers at the end of December 1989. Reportedly, two members of the Shilok tribe killed their Muslim employer in a dispute, and local militiamen armed with machine guns then destroyed the entire village. Western diplomats and relief officials put the death toll at 300-1,500. The Muslim central government of Sudan was in a sustained war against Negro Christians and animists.

Disasters
A passenger train crashed into a stopped freight train in Sangi, Pakistan, killing 307 people and injuring 700 others.

Hockey
World Junior Championships
Final
Canada 2 Czechoslovakia 1

20 years ago
1995

Died on this date
Harry Gumbert, 85. U.S. baseball pitcher. Mr. Gumbert played with the New York Giants (1935-1941); St. Louis Cardinals (1941-1944); Cincinnati Reds (1944, 1946-1949); and Pittsburgh Pirates (1949-1950), compiling a record of 143-113 with an earned run average of 3.68 and 46 saves in 508 games, batting .184 with 5 home runs and 45 runs batted in in 512 games. He led the National League in saves in 1948 (17), and played on four NL pennant-winning teams, including the 1942 World Series champions. Mr. Gumbert managed the Galveston White Caps of the Class B Gulf Coast League in 1951-1952, compiling a record of 151-157, while finishing his playing career with them in his first season.

War
Russian President Boris Yeltsin ordered an end to the bombing of the Chechen capital of Grozny, but reports of bombing continued.

Politics and government
The 104th United States Congress convened in Washington, the first time since 1953 that the Republican Party held a majority of seats in both houses. The Republicans had a majority in the Senate of 53-47, with Bob Dole of Kansas the Senate Majority Leader. In the House of Representatives, there were 230 Republicans, 204 Democrats, and 1 independent. Rep. Newt Gingrich (Republican--Georgia) was formally elected Speaker of the House. There were 11 new Senators--all Republicans--and 86 new members of the House, 73 of them Republicans.

10 years ago
2005

Died on this date
Robert Heilbroner, 85. U.S. economist and historian. Dr. Heilbroner was best known for his book The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times and Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers (1953, and several revisions through 1999).

Bud Poile, 80. Canadian hockey player, coach, and executive. Mr. Poile played right wing for five NHL teams from 1942-1950, and was a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs' Stanley Cup championship team of 1946-47. He finished his playing career in the minor leagues, joining the Edmonton Flyers of the Western Hockey League in 1952-53. Mr. Poile was a playing coach with the Flyers for two years before retiring, and continued to coach the team until 1962. Mr. Poile was named general manager of the Philadelphia Flyers when they joined the NHL as an expansion team in 1967, and named the Flyers after his former team in Edmonton. Mr. Poile was fired in December 1969, and named general manager of the Vancouver Canucks when they joined the NHL as an expansion team in 1970, serving there for three years. He later held executive positions with the World Hockey Association, Central Hockey League, and International Hockey League. Mr. Poile was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame as a builder in 1990.

January 3, 2015

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Gulbahar!

230 years ago
1795

Died on this date
Josiah Wedgwood, 64. U.K. potter. Mr. Wedgwood founded the Josiah Wedgwood and Sons pottery manufacturing company in 1759, and has been credited with industrializing the manufacture of pottery. He was an abolitionist, and mass-produced an anti-slavery medallion featuring the slogan, "Am I Not a Man and a Brother?" Mr. Wedgwood died of apparent cancer of the jaw.

200 years ago
1815

Defense
Austria, the United Kingdom, and France formed a secret defensive alliance against Prussia and Russia.

130 years ago
1885

War
In the Sino-French War, the Battle of Núi Bop began south of Lang Son in northern Vietnam.

90 years ago
1925

Politics and government
Benito Mussolini announced that he was taking dictatorial powers over Italy.

75 years ago
1940

War
The U.S. War Resisters' League charged that President Franklin D. Roosevelt's policies were aimed at putting the U.S.A. on a war footing. Finnish planes dropped leaflets over Leningrad depicting ill-equipped and freezing Soviet troops in Finland.

Defense
Australia commenced military training for 21-year-old males.

Politics and government
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered his State of the Union address to the opening session of the 76th Congress; he urged increased defense expenditures and warned against isolationism.

According to a Gallup Poll, 78% of registered Democrats favoured Mr. Roosevelt's nomination for an unprecedented third term as President in 1940.

The United States House of Representatives Committee on Un-American Activities (Dies Committee) accused the Communist Party and the German-American Bund of being anti-American.

Economics and finance
Field Marshal Hermann Goering was placed in charge of Germany's war economy.

U.S. President Roosevelt told the American Farm Bureau Federation that reciprocal trade agreements would not hurt U.S. farmers.

70 years ago
1945

Died on this date
Edgar Cayce, 67. U.S. psychic. Mr. Cayce was known as the "The Sleeping Prophet" because he delivered readings, recorded in many volumes, on various subjects while in a trance. His views in support of reincarnation led Christians to rightly view Mr. Cayce as a false prophet.

War
U.S. troops opened a drive against the German salient in Belgium. German counterattacks northwest of Budapest wrested several towns on the south bank of the Danube River from Soviet forces. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz was placed in command of all U.S. Naval forces in preparation for planned assaults against Iwo Jima and Okinawa in Japan. Carrier-based U.S. planes made simultaneous attacks on Formosa and Okinawa, sinking 25 Japanese ships and destroying 111 enemy aircraft. American troops in the Philippines landed unopposed at Buenavista on the southwest coast of Marinduque Island. U.K. and Indian troops occupied the west cost island port of Akyab, Burma without opposition. Chinese troops captured the Burma Road town of Wanting on the China-Burma border.

Politics and government
General Nikolaos Plastiras formed a new cabinet in Greece with himself as Prime Minister.

The 79th United States Congress convened with Sam Rayburn (Democrat--Texas) re-elected as Speaker of the House of Representatives. In an unexpected maneuver, the House voted to make permanent the House Committee on Un-American Activities; 137 Republicans and 70 Democrats voted in favour of the measure. Democratic and Republican National Committees reported to Congress that they had spent $2,056,121.58 and $2,828,651.56, respectively, in their 1944 election campaigns.

Economics and finance
Soviet Foreign Secretary Vyacheslav Molotov formally handed U.S. Ambassador to the U.S.S.R. Averell Harriman a request for a $6-billion postwar loan in the form of credit for manufactured goods.

Communications
A majority of the U.S. House of Representatives committee investigating the Federal Communications Commission issued a report passing favourable judgment on the agency. The report urged revision of the Communications Act of 1934 "to meet the developing needs of the radio industry."

60 years ago
1955

Hit parade
U.S.A. Top 10 (Music Guild)
1 Let Me Go Lover--Joan Weber
--Teresa Brewer
--Patti Page
2 Mr. Sandman--The Chordettes
--The Four Aces
3 Teach Me Tonight--The DeCastro Sisters
--Jo Stafford
4 The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane--The Ames Brothers
5 Hearts of Stone--The Fontane Sisters
--The Charms
6 Make Yourself Comfortable--Sarah Vaughan
7 Count Your Blessings--Eddie Fisher
8 That's All I Want from You--Jaye P. Morgan
9 Papa Loves Mambo--Perry Como
10 I Need You Now--Eddie Fisher

On television tonight
Sherlock Holmes, starring Ronald Howard and H. Marion Crawford
Tonight's episode: The Case of the Shoeless Engineer



50 years ago
1965

Football
NFL
Bert Bell Benefit Bowl (aka Playoff Bowl) @ Orange Bowl, Miami
St. Louis 24 Green Bay 17

Charley Johnson threw a pair of touchdown passes to Billy Gambrell and Jerry Stovall intercepted a Bart Starr pass and returned it for another TD to help the Cardinals defeat the Packers for official third-place standing before 56,218 fans. Mr. Gambrell was named the game's most valuable player. The Packers' loss prompted head coach Vince Lombardi to denounce the game as a "losers' bowl for losers" and "a hinky-dink football game, held in a hinky-dink town, played by hinky-dink players. That's all second place is – hinky dink."



40 years ago
1975

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand: You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet--Bachman-Turner Overdrive (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Tränen Lügen Nicht--Michael Holm (2nd week at #1)

Ottawa's Top 30 (CFGO)
1 Kung Fu Fighting--Carl Douglas
2 When Will I See You Again--The Three Degrees
3 One Man Woman/One Woman Man--Paul Anka with Odia Coates
4 I Can Help--Billy Swan
5 Cat's in the Cradle--Harry Chapin
6 Junior's Farm--Paul McCartney & Wings
7 Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds--Elton John
8 Angie Baby--Helen Reddy
9 Laughter in the Rain--Neil Sedaka
10 I've Got the Music in Me--Kiki Dee Band
11 My Melody of Love--Bobby Vinton
12 You're the First, the Last, My Everything--Barry White
13 Only You--Ringo Starr
14 Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy)--Al Green
15 Never Can Say Goodbye--Gloria Gaynor
16 Everlasting Love--Carl Carlton
17 If--Telly Savalas
18 Linda Put the Coffee On--Ray Materick
19 Dancin' Fool--The Guess Who
20 Life is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)--Reunion
21 Morning Side of the Mountain--Donny and Marie Osmond
22 Dark Horse--George Harrison
23 Mandy--Barry Manilow
24 You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet--Bachman-Turner Overdrive
25 Ramona--Stampeders
26 Please Mr. Postman--Carpenters
27 Free Bird--Lynyrd Skynyrd
28 Bungle in the Jungle--Jethro Tull
29 Ride 'Em Cowboy--Paul Davis
30 (Make Me Do) Anything You Want--A Foot in Coldwater

Died on this date
Lalit Narayan Mishra, 51. Indian politician. Mr. Mishra was Minister of Railways in the government of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi from 1973-1975. He was in Samastipur on January 2 to officially open the Samastipur-Muzaffarpur broad gauge line when a bomb exploded on the dais. He was rushed to the nearby railway hospital, but succumbed to his injuries.

Economics and finance
U.S. President Gerald Ford signed the Trade Reform Act, which linked most-favored-nation status for the U.S.S.R. to freer Soviet emigration policies.

30 years ago
1985

Weather
The temperature hit 46 F. in Edmonton.

Crime
In Toronto, Justice Samuel Grange released a 224-page report on baby deaths at the Hospital for Sick Children, saying that 8 of 36 babies who died between June 1980 and March 1981 were given deliberate overdoses of digoxin, a heart drug. He recommended that the province pay legal fees of Belleville nurse Susan Nelles, charged with four of the deaths, whose case had been thrown out for lack of evidence.

25 years ago
1990

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Another Day in Paradise--Phil Collins (2nd week at #1)

War
Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega surrendered to U.S. authorities and agreed to give himself up after being assured that he would not face the death penalty. After leaving the Vatican’s diplomatic mission in Panama, where he had been since December 24, Gen. Noriega was taken to a U.S. military base in Panama City and arrested on drug-trafficking indictments by U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents.

Business
Merrill Lynch Canada sold its retail arm to Wood Gundy, Inc.

Hockey
NHL
Chicago 3 Edmonton 2

20 years ago
1995

War
For the second straight day, defenders of the Chechen capital of Grozny turned back a Russian attack on the city.

Economics and finance
In response to a sharp decline in the value of the peso, Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon proposed reductions in federal spending and a continuing 7% ceiling for wage increases.

10 years ago
2005

Died on this date
Will Eisner, 87. U.S. cartoonist and writer. Mr. Eisner was a pioneering artist and writer of comic books in a career that spanned more than 70 years, and was still active at the time of his death. He popularized the term "graphic novel. Mr. Eisner's works included The Spirit, a weekly insert in The Chicago Sun from 1940-1952. The annual Eisner Award for achievement in comic books is named in his honour.

January 2, 2015

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Kathy Fincham!

150 years ago
1865

War
In the Uruguayan War, the Siege of Paysandú ended as Brazilian and Coloradans captured Paysandú, Uruguay.

125 years ago
1890

Born on this date
Henrik Visnapuu. Estonian writer. Mr. Visnapuu was one of the most important Estonian poets of the 1920s and '30s, and was a member of the expressionistic and neo-romantic literary group "Siuru." He was also a playwright and journalist, and was culture secretary in the department of the Information Agency of the Estonian state (1935-1944). With Soviet invasion of Estonia looming, Mr. Visnapuu fled to Germany in 1944, and moved to the United States in 1949. He died of a heart attack on April 3, 1951 at the age of 61.

120 years ago
1895

Born on this date
Folke Bernadotte. Swedish diplomat. Count Bernadotte negotiated the release of 31,000 prisoners--including at least 450 Jews--from German concentration camps during World War II. He was unanimously chosen as the United Nations Security Council mediator in the Middle East during the Arab-Israeli conflict in 1947-1948. On September 17, 1948, the day after leaving Rhodes to return to Jerusalem to preserve the city's cease-fire, Count Bernadotte, 53, and French Army Colonel André Sérot were shot to death in their car by members of the Jewish terrorist organization Lehi, better known as the Stern Gang.

110 years ago
1905

Born on this date
Luigi Zampa. Italian film director. Mr. Zampa wrote and directed almost 40 movies from 1941-1979, including Campane a martello (Alarm Bells) (1949) and its English remake, Children of Chance (1949). He was known for neo-realist films in the 1940s, but achieved success in the Commedia all'italiana genre in the 1950s and '60s. Mr. Zampa died on August 16, 1991 at the age of 86.

War
In the Russo-Japanese War, Japanese General Nogi Marasuke received at 9 P.M. a letter from Russian Major General Anatoly Stoessel formally offering to surrender, ending the five-month siege of the Russian naval base at Port Arthur, Manchuria.

100 years ago
1915

Died on this date
Karl Goldmark, 84. Hungarian composer. Mr. Goldmark wrote seven operas and numerous chamber and choral works. His best-known compositions are probably the Rustic Wedding Symphony and Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor.

80 years ago
1935

Crime
Bruno Richard Hauptmann went on trial in Flemington, New Jersey on charges of kidnapping and murdering 1-year-old Charles Lindbergh, Jr. in 1932.

75 years ago
1940

War
The Finnish government claimed to have trapped 55,000 Soviet troops on the eastern border between the two countries. Arrests of disaffected Czechs were reported in German-dominated Bohemia-Moravia. British officials announced that the Yangtze River patrol flotilla in China was being reduced from 13 to 3 ships.

Diplomacy
The U.S.A. announced its December 29, 1939 protest to the U.K. for opening mail from the United States to neutral countries, in violation of the 11th Hague Convention.

Defense
King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia announced the reorganization of his military and civil aviation, and the establishment of a new air base at Riyadh.

U.S. Senator Robert Taft (Republican--Ohio) said that the Western Hemisphere security zone could not be enforced short of war.

Politics and government
The U.S. National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peoples (NAACP) announced that it would not support incumbent U.S. Vice President John Nance "Cactus Jack" Garner for political office.

Labour
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that National Labor Relations Board decisions making unions collective bargaining agents could not be appealed.

70 years ago
1945

Literature
The novel Cannery Row by John Steinbeck was published by Viking Press.

War
More than 1,000 British Royal Air Force heavy bombers struck Ludwigshafen, Nuremberg, and Berlin. U.S. troops in the Philippines landed unopposed on the west coast of Mindoro Island. British troops in Burma occupied the Mu River town of Kabo, 75 miles northwest of Mandalay.

Diplomacy
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt said that he wasn't worried over Allied "differences" as he prepared for a meeting with U.K. Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S.S.R. dictator Josef Stalin in the near future.

Mexico turned over a cheque for $448,000 to the U.S. State Department, completing payment of installments on American claims of damage incurred in the Mexican Revolution.

Society
The California Supreme Court ruled that the American Federation of Labor Boilermakers Union must admit Negroes under the same condition as whites.

Business
Major General Joseph Byron, in charge of the U.S. Army's seizure of Montgomery Ward & Company, revealed in Chicago that he was displacing key employees who refused to cooperate with the Army.

Horse racing
In compliance with the order issued by U.S. Director of War Mobilization and Reconversion James Byrnes, horse racing ceased in the United States. The order had been given as a wartime measure in order to save labour and critical materials.

60 years ago
1955

Died on this date
José Antonio Remón Cantera, 46. President of Panama, 1952-1955. General Remón, a member of the National Patriotic Coalition (CNP), became Panama's police chief in 1947, and was largely responsible for the coups that ousted acting President Daniel Chanis Pinzón in 1949 and President Arnulfo Arias in 1951. General Remón was assassinated at a racetrack when he was ambushed and gunned down by an unknown number of assailants using submachine guns. He was succeeded as President by Vice President José Ramón Guizado, who was suspected of complicity in the assassination, and was removed from office and arrested 13 days later.

50 years ago
1965

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): I Feel Fine/She's a Woman--The Beatles (4th week at #1)

#1 single in France: Sacré Charlemagne--France Gall (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Non son degno di te--Gianni Morandi (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Kleine Annabell--Ronny

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): I Feel Fine--The Beatles

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): I Feel Fine--The Beatles (5th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): I Feel Fine--The Beatles (2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 I Feel Fine--The Beatles (2nd week at #1)
2 Mr. Lonely--Bobby Vinton
3 Come See About Me--The Supremes
4 She's Not There--The Zombies
5 Goin' Out of My Head--Little Anthony and the Imperials
6 The Jerk--The Larks
7 Love Potion No. 9--The Searchers
8 She's a Woman--The Beatles
9 Amen--The Impressions
10 Any Way You Want It--Dave Clark Five

Singles entering the chart were No Arms Can Ever Hold You by the Bachelors (#80); All Day and All of the Night by the Kinks (#85); I Found a Love Oh What a Love by Jo Ann and Troy (#91); Shabby Little Hut by the Relections (#94); He's My Guy by Irma Thomas (#96); Laugh, Laugh by the Beau Brummels (#97); You're the Only World I Know by Sonny James (#98); The "In" Crowd by Dobie Gray (#99); and Are You Still My Baby by the Shirelles (#100).

Vancouver's Top 50 (CFUN)
1 I Feel Fine/She's a Woman--The Beatles
2 Come See About Me--The Supremes
3 Goin' Out of My Head--Little Anthony and the Imperials
4 Mr. Lonely--Bobby Vinton
5 Anyway You Want It--Dave Clark Five
6 Dance, Dance, Dance/The Warmth of the Sun--The Beach Boys
7 Shaggy Dog--Mickey Lee Lane
8 Love Potion No. 9--The Searchers
9 Sha La La--Manfred Mann
10 You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'--The Righteous Brothers
11 I'll Be There--Gerry and the Pacemakers
12 Big Brother--Dickey Lee
13 Amen--The Impressions
14 I Don't Wanna Love You--Cliff Richard
15 The Jerk--The Larks
16 The Wedding--Julie Rogers
17 5 X 5--The Rolling Stones (EP track)
18 Willow Weep for Me--Chad & Jeremy
19 Boom Boom--The Animals
20 Hey-Da-Da-Da-Dow--The Dolphins
21 Saturday Night at the Movies--The Drifters
22 Downtown--Petula Clark
23 I'm Gonna Be Strong--Gene Pitney
24 All Day and All of the Night--The Kinks
25 Meadowlands/Mustang--The Chessmen
26 Reach Out for Me--Dionne Warwick
27 Bucket "T"--Ronny and the Daytonas
28 Google Eye--The Nashville Teens
29 Time is on My Side--The Rolling Stones
30 You'll Always Be the One I Love/You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You--Dean Martin
31 Tokyo Melody--Helmut Zacharias
32 Leave Me Be--The Zombies
33 Hawaii Tattoo--The Waikikis
34 Give Him a Great Big Kiss--The Shangri-Las
35 Don't Forget I Still Love You--Bobbi Martin
36 (There's) Always Something There to Remind Me--Sandie Shaw
37 The "In" Crowd--Dobie Gray
38 Beatles '65--The Beatles (LP)
39 Dear Heart--Andy Williams
--Jack Jones
40 Paper Tiger--Sue Thompson
41 Lovely, Lovely (Loverly, Loverly)--Chubby Checker
42 Do-Wacka-Do--Roger Miller
43 Roses are Red My Love--The "You-Know-Who" Group
44 Is it Because--The Honeycombs
45 Lovin' Place--Gale Garnett
46 Have You Looked Into Your Heart--Jerry Vale
47 Run, Run, Run--The Gestures
48 Alone and Lonely--Bobby Curtola
49 Everything's Alright/Pink Dally Rue--The Newbeats
50 Promised Land--Chuck Berry
Pick hits of the week: 1 That Weepin' Willow Tree--Ray Griff
2 Break Away (From that Boy)--The Newbeats

Leave Me Be was the B-side of Tell Her No.

On television tonight
The Outer Limits, on ABC
Tonight's episode: The Brain of Colonel Barham, starring Grant Williams, Anthony Eisley, Elizabeth Perry, Douglas Kennedy, Martin Kosleck, and Wesley Addy

Football
AFL
Under the goal posts of the Orange Bowl in Miami, where he had performed superbly in a 21-17 loss to the University of Texas the day before, University of Alabama quarterback Joe Namath signed a three-year contract with New York Jets' owner Sonny Werblin for an unheard-of $427,000. It was the highest salary of any professional athlete at the time, and the most significant signing in the history of the American Football League.

40 years ago
1975

Hit parade
#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Lonely This Christmas--Mud

Died on this date
Jim Poole, 79. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Poole, a first baseman, had perhaps the longest professional career on record, playing 34 years with at least 30 teams from 1912-1946. He was with the Philadelphia Athletics from 1925-1927, batting .288 with 13 home runs and 141 runs batted in in 283 games.

Siraj Sikder, 30. Bangladeshi political activist. Mr. Sikder was a Communist activist who was arrested at Hali Shahr in Chittagong by government intelligence officials, and killed by police while in custody on his way from Dhaka Airport to the Rakkhi Bahini Camp at Sava. Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman has been accused of ordering Mr. Sikder's murder.

Terrorism
Indian Minister of Railways Lalir Narayan Mishra was at the railway station in Samastipur to officially open the Samastipur-Muzaffarpur broad gauge line, when a bomb exploded on the dais. Mr. Mishra was rushed to the nearby railway hospital, where he died the next day.

25 years ago
1990

On television tonight
The Wonder Years, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Rock 'n Roll

Died on this date
Evangelos Averoff-Tositsas, 79. Greek politician and historian. Mr. Averoff was a major public figure in Greece for almost 50 years. He led resistance against Axis occupation of Greece during World War II, and against the military junta that ruled Greece from 1967-1974. Mr. Averoff was first elected to Parliament in 1946, and held several cabinet posts, including Foreign Minister (1956-1963) and Defense Minister (1974-1981). He was involved with the New Democracy movement from 1974-1984, and was the party's president from 1981-1984. Mr. Averoff wrote more than a dozen books dealing with Greek historical and political issues. In accord with the wishes of Baron Michael Tositsas, he added Tositas to his own surname in later years. In her novel A Man (1979), Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci alleged, among other things, that Mr. Averoff had been an Axis collaborator rather than a resistance leader, and that he had been a link between the Greek military junta and the subsequent democratic government led by Konstantinos Karamanlis.

Alan Hale, Jr., 68. U.S. actor. Mr. Hale, born Alan Hale MacKahan, Jr. and son of the character actor Alan Hale, played the Skipper on the popular television comedy series Gilligan's Island (1964-1967).

Economics and finance
The Dow Jones industrial average closed at an all-time high of 2810.15.

20 years ago
1995

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy: Strange Love--Kina (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Zombie--Ororo

#1 single in Norway (VG-lista): Cotton Eye Joe--Rednex (13th week at #1)

#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Cotton Eye Joe--Rednex (9th week at #1)

#1 single in Canada (RPM): Always--Bon Jovi (5th week at #1)

Died on this date
Siad Barre, 75. 3rd President of Somalia, 1969-1991. Major General Barre became President after the military coup that overthrew and assassinated President Abdirashid Ali Shermarke in October 1969. Maj. Gen. Barre turned Somalia into a one-party Marxist-Leninist dictatorship, achieving some reforms in the 1970s, but declining in popularity after defeat in the Ogaden War (1977-1978) against Ethiopia. Maj. Gen. Barre was deposed in a revolt in 1991, and he died in exile in Nigeria.

Nancy Kelly, 73. U.S. actress. Miss Kelly was a leading lady on stage, screen, and radio in the 1930s and '40s, but was best known for playing the mother in the play (1955) and movie (1956) The Bad Seed, winning a Tony Award for her starring performance in the former and receiving an Academy Award nomination for the latter. She died from complications of diabetes.

War
Defenders of the Chechen capital of Grozny turned back the first Russian attack on the city, inflicting heavy casualties.

Bosnian Croat leader Kresimir Zubak signed the four-month truce which had gone into effect the previous day between Bosnia's Muslim-led government and the Bosnian Serbs.

Football
NCAA
Orange Bowl
Nebraska 24 U. of Miami 17

The Cornhuskers, led by quarterback Tommie Frazier, scored 2 touchdowns in the 4th quarter to defeat the Hurricanes to win the national championship, the first for Nebraska head coach Tom Osborne.



Rose Bowl
Pennsylvania State 38 Oregon 20



10 years ago
2005

Died on this date
Kelly Freas, 82. U.S. artist. Mr. Freas, born in Hornell, New York but raised in Crystal Beach, Ontario, was known as the "Dean of Science Fiction Artists" for his illustrations for covers and short stories of science fiction magazines, and was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2006. He also provided many covers for Mad magazine from 1957-1962, as well as the covers of various record albums.

January 1, 2015

500 years ago
1515

Died on this date
Louis XII, 52. King of France, 1498-1515; King of Naples, 1501-1504. Louis XII, the son of Charles, Duke of Orléans, and Maria of Cleves, succeeded his cousin King Charles VIII, who died without a closer heir in 1498. He conquered the Duchy of Milan in 1500 and the Kingdom of Naples in 1501, serving as king there until he was forced to cede Naples to Spain in 1504. Louis XII died without leaving a male heir and was succeeded by his cousin Francis I from the Angoulême cadet branch of the House of Valois.

160 years ago
1855

Canadiana
Ottawa was incorporated as a city.

130 years ago
1885

World events
Sanford Fleming's proposal for Standard Time and time zones was put into effect by 25 nations.

125 years ago
1890

Africana
Eritrea was consolidated into a colony by the Italian government.

120 years ago
1895

Born on this date
J. Edgar Hoover. U.S. law enforcement official. John Edgar Hoover joined the U.S. Bureau of Investigation in 1919, and became its Director in 1924; the agency was renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 1935. Under Mr. Hoover's leadership, the FBI modernized crime-fighting, creating a forensic laboratory and compiling a large centralized fingerprint database. However, Mr. Hoover was criticized for abusing his power, including the use of illegal methods to obtain evidence, and harassing individuals and groups he opposed. Mr. Hoover was still directing the FBI at the time of his death from a heart attack on May 2, 1972 at the age of 77.

110 years ago
1905

War
In the Russo-Japanese War, Fort Sungshu, the sole surviving major fortress at the Russian naval base at Port Arthur, Manchuria, surrendered after a series of mines were exploded under the fortress.

Communications
The city of Edmonton established Edmonton Telephones.

100 years ago
1915

Literature
The January 1915 issue of The Strand Magazine contained the fifth segment of The Valley of Fear, the fourth and last Sherlock Holmes novel by A. Conan Doyle.
In this issue: Part I: The Tragedy of Birlstone: Chapter VII. The Solution (continued); Part II: The Scowrers: Chapter I. The Man.

Americana
The Panama-California Exposition opened in City Park in San Diego. The exposition celebrated the opening of the Panama Canal, and was meant to tout San Diego as the first U.S. port of call for ships traveling north after passing westward through the canal.

90 years ago
1925

Football
NCAA
Rose Bowl
Notre Dame 27 Stanford 10

80 years ago
1935

Football
NCAA
Orange Bowl
Bucknell 26 U. of Miami 0

Sugar Bowl
Tulane 20 Temple 14

Sun Bowl
El Paso All-Stars 25 Ranger (Texas) 21

These were the first Sugar Bowl and Sun Bowl games ever played.

Rose Bowl
Alabama 29 Stanford 13

75 years ago
1940

On the radio
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, on NBC
Tonight’s episode: The Blue Carbuncle

Died on this date
William A. Ashbrook, 72. U.S. politician. Mr. Ashbrook founded the newspaper The Johnstown (Ohio) Independent in 1884. A Democrat, he represented Licking County in the Ohio House of Representatives (1906-1907), and represented Ohio's 17th District in the U.S. House of Representatives (1907-1921, 1935-1940). Mr. Ashbrook's son John, a Republican, held the same seat from 1961-1982, and also died in office.

War
Canada's National Defence Department announced that the Canadian Army's 1st Division had arrived in Britain, as King George VI signed a proclamation providing for the military conscription of all British males aged 19-28. Soviet planes bombed Jyvaskyla, Finland. Japanese troops advanced in the southern Chinese province of Kwangtung.

Diplomacy
Vladimir Sokolina was dismissed as under-secretary general of the League of Nations after he refused to resign as instructed by the Soviet government.

Politics and government
Yellowknife enacted the first municipal government in the Northwest Territories.

Economics and finance
Dutch fiscal authorities forecast an increase in the world's gold flow to the United States because of World War II.

In his annual report, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Henry Wallace said that World War II would hinder rather than help American farmers.

Disasters
Nearly 60 towns and villages were washed away as floods spread across Turkey from the Aegean Sea to the Black Sea.

Football
NCAA
Orange Bowl
Georgia Tech 21 Missouri 7

Cotton Bowl
Clemson 6 Boston College 3

Sun Bowl
Arizona State 0 Catholic 0

Sugar Bowl
Texas A&M 14 Tulane 13

Rose Bowl
Ohio State 17 California 14

70 years ago
1945

Hit parade
U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Don't Fence Me In--Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters
2 The Trolley Song--The Pied Pipers
--Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra
--Judy Garland
3 I'm Making Believe--The Ink Spots and Ella Fitzgerald
4 Dance with a Dolly (With A Hole In Her Stockin’)--Russ Morgan and his Orchestra
--Evelyn Knight with Camarata and his Orchestra
--Tony Pastor and his Orchestra
5 I Dream of You (More than You Dream I Do)--Andy Russell
--Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra
6 There Goes that Song Again--Russ Morgan and his Orchestra
--Sammy Kaye and his "Swing and Sway" Orchestra
7 Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That’s an Irish Lullaby)--Bing Crosby
--Charlie Spivak and his Orchestra
8 I'll Walk Alone--Dinah Shore
--Martha Tilton
--Mary Martin
9 Together--Helen Forrest and Dick Haymes
--Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians
10 The Very Thought of You--Ray Noble and his Orchestra
--Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra

Singles entering the chart were the version of I Dream of You by Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra; the version of Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That’s an Irish Lullaby) by Charlie Spivak and his Orchestra; Evelina by Bing Crosby (#21); I Promise You by Jo Stafford (#22); Corns for My Country by the Andrews Sisters (#23); How Deep is the Ocean by Benny Goodman and his Orchestra (#30); Twilight Time by the Three Suns (#31); and Sweet Dreams, Sweetheart, with versions by Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra; and Stan Kenton and his Orchestra (#45). The version of Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That’s an Irish Lullaby) by Charlie Spivak and his Orchestra was the other side of Let Me Love You Tonight (No Te Importe Saber), charting at #19. Corns for My Country was the other side of I'm in a Jam (With Baby), charting at #44. Twilight Time was the other side of How Many Hearts Have You Broken, charting at #36. The version of Sweet Dreams, Sweetheart by Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra was the other side of Moon on My Pillow, charting at #35.

On the radio
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, on MBS
Tonight's episode: Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot

Abominations
In retaliation for the Malmedy massacre, U.S. troops massacred 30 German S.S. prisoners at Chenogne.

War
German Fuehrer Adolf Hitler told the German people in a radio broadcast that World War II would not end until 1946 unless "by German victory," because Germany would never capitulate. The German Luftwaffe launched Operation Bodenplatte, a large but failed attempt to knock out Allied air power in northern Europe in a single blow; they reportedly lost 208 planes in attacks upon Allied positions in Belgium, France, and the Netherlands. After taking another 200 blocks on both sides of the Danube River, Soviet troops claimed to control about 35 square miles of Budapest. U.S. forces in the Philippines landed unopposed on the east coast of Mindoro Island.

Diplomacy
France became a member of the United Nations.

U.S. Secretary of State Edward Stettinius announced that the United States would continue to recognize the Polish government-in-exile in London.

Economics and finance
U.S. Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion Director James F. Byrnes suggested legislation to increase the authority of the War Mobilization Commission and the National War Labor Board so that decisions could be enforced without making property seizures by the military necessary.

Football
NCAA
Orange Bowl
Tulsa 26 Georgia Tech 12

Sugar Bowl
Duke 29 Alabama 26

Cotton Bowl
Oklahoma A & M 34 Texas Christian 0

Rose Bowl
Southern California 25 Tennessee 0

60 years ago
1955

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Skokiaan--The Four Lads

#1 singles in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Mr. Sandman--The Chordettes (Best Seller--5th week at #1; Jukebox--3rd week at #1); Let Me Go Lover--Joan Weber (Disc Jockey--1st week at #1)

U.S. top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Mr. Sandman--The Chordettes (4th week at #1)
--The Four Aces
2 Let Me Go Lover--Joan Weber
--[Teresa Brewer with the Lancers]
3 I Need You Now--Eddie Fisher
4 Papa Loves Mambo--Perry Como
5 The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane--The Ames Brothers
--Archie Bleyer
6 Teach Me Tonight--The DeCastro Sisters
7 Count Your Blessings (Instead of Sheep)--Eddie Fisher
8 This Ole House--Rosemary Clooney
9 Shake, Rattle and Roll--Bill Haley and his Comets
10 Hey There--Rosemary Clooney
--Sammy Davis, Jr.

No new singles entered the chart. Let Me Go, Lover! by Teresa Brewer with the Lancers was mentioned with the version by Joan Weber but was not charted.

Football
NCAA
Orange Bowl
Duke 34 Nebraska 7

Sugar Bowl
Navy 21 Mississippi 0

Cotton Bowl
Georgia Tech 14 Arkansas 6

Rose Bowl
Ohio State 20 Southern Cailifornia 7

50 years ago
1965

At the movies
The Outlaws IS Coming! , the final feature film to star the Three Stooges, opened in theatres.

Politics and government
The People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan was founded in Kabul.

Weather
The first World Weather Center, a World Meteorological Organization unit, opened at Suitland, Maryland.

Football
NCAA
Orange Bowl
Texas 21 Alabama 17

Sugar Bowl
Louisiana State 13 Syracuse 10

Cotton Bowl
Arkansas 10 Nebraska 7

Rose Bowl
Michigan 34 Oregon State 7

40 years ago
1975

Hit parade
#1 single in Switzerland: I'm Leaving It (All) Up to You--Donny and Marie Osmond (9th week at #1)

Scandal
Former U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell and former White House aides Bob Haldeman and John Ehrlichman were convicted of obstruction of justice for their actions related to the June 1972 break-in at the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. and the subsequent cover-up.

Football
NCAA
Cotton Bowl
Pennsylvania State 41 Baylor 20

Rose Bowl
Southern California 18 Ohio State 17

Orange Bowl
Notre Dame 13 Alabama 11

J.K. McKay's pass reception for a 2-point convert gave the Trojans their win over the Buckeyes in the Rose Bowl. It was the final game in a USC uniform for star running back Anthony Davis.

30 years ago
1985

Technology
The Internet's Domain Name System was created.

Communications
The first British mobile phone call was made by Ernie Wise to Vodafone.

Football
NCAA
Fiesta Bowl
U of California at Los Angeles 39 U of Miami 37

Cotton Bowl
Boston College 45 Houston 28

Rose Bowl
Southern California 20 Ohio State 17

Orange Bowl
U of Washington 28 Oklahoma 17

Sugar Bowl
Nebraska 28 Louisiana State 10

25 years ago
1990

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Australian Music Report): Love Shack--The B-52's (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Christmas Eve--Tatsuro Yamashita

Abominations
Salary raises for Canadian Members of Parliament went into effect, with MPs to get a minimum $82,700 per year, plus a $20,000 tax free allowance. The Prime Minister's salary increased to $153,700 per year.

Politics and government
David Dinkins was sworn in as New York City's first Negro mayor.

Football
NCAA
Fiesta Bowl
Florida State 41 Nebraska 17

Cotton Bowl
Tennessee 31 Arkansas 27

Rose Bowl
Southern California 17 Michigan 10

Orange Bowl
Notre Dame 21 Colorado 6

Sugar Bowl
U of Miami 33 Alabama 25

20 years ago
1995

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand: George--Headless Chickens (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: Cotton Eye Joe--Rednex (6th week at #1)

Died on this date
E.P. Wigner, 92. Hungarian-born U.S. physicist and mathematician. Dr. Wigner received a share of the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his contributions to the theory of the atomic nucleus and the elementary particles, particularly through the discovery and application of fundamental symmetry principles."

Fred West, 53. U.K. criminal. Mr. West, alone and with his second wfe Rosemary, tortured at least 11 women and young girls in Gloucester, England. He was arrested in 1994 and hanged himself in his cell while on remand at Winson Green Prison in Birmingham.

War
A four-month truce between Bosnia's Muslim-led government and Bosnian Serbs went into effect.

Economics and finance
The World Trade Organization went into effect.

Europeana
Sweden, Austria, and Finland were admitted into the European Union.

Diplomacy
The Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe became the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.

Science
The Draupner wave in the North Sea in Norway was detected, confirming the existence of freak waves.

Football
NFL
AFC Wild Card Playoff
New England 13 @ Cleveland 20





NFC Wild Card Playoff
Chicago 35 @ Minnesota 18



10 years ago
2005

Died on this date
Shirley Chisholm, 80. U.S. politician. Born Shirley St. Hill, Mrs. Chisholm was a Democrat who, in 1968, became the first Negro woman elected to the United States House of Representatives. She represented New York's 12th Congressional District from 1969-1983. In 1972 Mrs. Chisholm sought the Democratic Party nomination for President of the United States, becoming the first Negro associated with a major party to seek the U.S. presidency. She received 152 votes on the first ballot at the Democratic National Convention.