November 4, 2016

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Guillermina Ramirez Morales!

225 years ago
1791

War
The Western Confederacy of American Indians won a major victory over United States Army forces commanded by General Arthur St. Clair in the Battle of the Wabash near what is now Fort Recovery, Ohio.

220 years ago
1796

Politics and government
Voting began in the U.S. presidential election. The candidates included Vice President John Adams, representing the Federalist Party, and Thomas Jefferson, representing the Democratic-Republican Party. Voting concluded on December 7.

175 years ago
1841

Born on this date
Karl Tausig. Polish musician and composer. Mr. Tausig was a pupil of Franz Liszt, and was regarded as the greatest concert pianist of his time. He wrote several works for piano, and was touring when he died in Leipzig from typhoid on July 17, 1871 at the age of 29.

160 years ago
1856

Politics and government
James Buchanan and John C. Breckinridge, representing the Democratic Party, were elected President and Vice President, respectively, of the United States. Mr. Buchanan received 174 electoral votes to 114 for Republican Party candidate John C. Frémont and 8 for former President (1850-1853) Millard Fillmore, representing the American Party (popularly known as the "Know-Nothings"). It was the first presidential election ever contested by the fledgling Republican Party.

120 years ago
1896

Born on this date
Carlos P. Garcia. 8th President of the Philippines, 1957-1961; Vice President of the Philippines, 1953-1957. Mr. Garcia, a member of the Nacionalista Party, represented Bohol's 3rd District in the Philippine House of Representatives (1925-1931) and served as Governor of Bohol (1933-1941); Senator of the Philipines (1945-1953); and Secretary of Foreign Affairs (1953-1957). He refused to cooperate with occupying Japanese forces during World War II, and participated in guerrilla activities. Mr. Garcia acceded to the presidency upon the death of President Ramon Magsaysay in March 1957, and was elected in his own right eight months later. He was known for his opposition to Communism and for his austerity program and Filipino First economic policy, favouring Filipino businessmen over foreign investors. Mr. Garcia was defeated in his bid for re-election in 1961, and retired from public life. On June 1, 1971, he was elected President of the 1971 Constitutional Convention, but died of a heart attack just 13 days later at the age of 74.

100 years ago
1916

Born on this date
Ruth Handler. U.S. toy magnate. Mrs. Handler, born Ruth Mosko, served as president of Mattel--the toy company co-founded by her husband Elliot Handler--and created the Barbie doll in 1959. She died on April 27, 2002 at the age of 85.

Walter Cronkite. U.S. journalist. Mr. Cronkite began his career in the mid-1930s, and was best known for working with the Columbia Broadcasting System from 1950 to the 1980s. He hosted the CBS Evening News from 1962-1981, and was commonly labelled "The Most Trusted Man in America," becoming perhaps the most famous newscaster in the history of television. Among the things Mr. Cronkite was known for was his coverage of the American space program in the 1960s and '70s. He died on July 17, 2009 at the age of 92.

Football
CRU
OFL
Finals
Hamilton 8 @ Ottawa 24 (Ottawa won 2-game total points series 56-11)

The 207th Battalion defeated the 205th Battalion at Lansdowne Park to win the championship of the Overseas Football League in its only season. The OFL was the only senior-level football league playing in Canada in 1916.

80 years ago
1936

Radio
Two days after the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation had been created, its French-language counterpart La Société Radio-Canada (SRC), was created in Montreal.

Abominations
In Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Lydia Gruchy became the first woman minister ordained by the United Church of Canada and the first ever woman ordained minister in Canada.

75 years ago
1941

War
The German command announced the capture of Theodosia on the southeastern coast of Crimea. The British government announced that five French merchant ships attempting to "run contraband for the Germans" to France had been seized off South Africa. The Finnish command announced the occupation of the Koivisto Islands in the Gulf of Finland. U.S. Senator Robert Taft (Republican--Ohio) scored the U.S. warning to Finland to cease "a war which is essentially a defensive war for democracy."

Diplomacy
Haj Amin al-Husseini, exiled Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, left Rome for Berlin after denouncing "British propaganda" in the Near East.

Politics and government
Fiorello La Guardia was re-elected to a third term as Mayor of New York, defeating District Attorney Bill O'Dwyer. Peter Cacchione became the first Communist ever elected to New York City Council, elected under the proportional representation system.

Colgate Darden (Democrat) was elected Governor of Virginia, defeating Republican, Socialist, and Communist candidates.

U.K. Dominions Secretary Leo Amery said in London that Britain would help Burma achieve dominion status after the war.

Protest
British Ambassador to the United States Lord Halifax was hit by an egg in Detroit during a demonstration by "The American Mothers."

Medicine
Dr. Carl Voegtlin, director of the U.S. National Cancer Institute, and Dr. C.P. Rhoads of Memorial Hospital in New York reported that their discoveries of significant respiratory differences between cancer cells and normal cells may lead to a new chemical approach in the fight against cancer.

Labour
Czechoslovakian, Polish, Greek, and Yugoslavian delegates to the International Labor Organization conference in New York signed a declaration for joint postwar action for common economic, social, and political aims without affecting each nation's sovereignty.

A dispute between American Federation of Labor ironworkers and boilermakers unions halted construction at the U.S. Navy's destroyer base in San Diego, while a welders' strike curtailed operations at shipyards in Los Angeles.

Baseball
The Baseball Writers Association of America named Brooklyn Dodgers' first baseman Dolph Camilli as the National League's Most Valuable Player for 1941. Mr. Camilli batted .285 and led the league in both home runs (34) and runs batted in (120) in helping the Dodgers win their first NL pennant in 21 years.

70 years ago
1946

Hit parade
U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Rumors are Flying--Frankie Carle and his Orchestra (2nd week at #1)
--The Andrews Sisters with Les Paul
--Betty Rhodes
--Tony Martin
2 To Each His Own--Eddy Howard and his Orchestra with Eddy Howard and Trio
--Freddy Martin and his Orchestra with Stuart Wade
--Tony Martin
--The Modernaires with Paula Kelly
--The Ink Spots
3 Five Minutes More--Frank Sinatra
--Tex Beneke and the Glenn Miller Orchestra
--The Three Suns
4 South America, Take it Away--Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters
--Xavier Cugat and the Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra
5 This is Always--Harry James and his Orchestra
--Jo Stafford
6 Surrender--Perry Como
--Woody Herman and his Orchestra
7 Ole Buttermilk Sky--Kay Kyser and his Orchestra
--Paul Weston and his Orchestra with Matt Dennis
--Hoagy Carmichael
8 The Things We Did Last Summer--Frank Sinatra
--Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra
9 Choo Choo Ch' Boogie--Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five
10 Pretending--Andy Russell

The only single entering the chart was It's a Pity to Say Goodnight by Stan Kenton and his Orchestra (#29), which was the other side of Intermission Riff, charting at #35.

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

Died on this date
Rüdiger von der Goltz, 80. German military officer. Major General von der Goltz commanded the German infantry division of Guards on Foot in France during World War I before being transferred to Finland in March 1918 to help the nationalist government in the civil war against Finnish "reds" and Soviet troops. He then commanded the army of the Baltic German-established Government of Latvia.

War
Dutch, Indonesian, and British authorities meeting in Batavia issued cease-fire orders to their forces throughout the Dutch East Indies. The Allied Council of Foreign Ministers held its first meeting in New York to deal with unresolved questions from the Paris Peace Conference, including the Trieste issue.

Diplomacy
The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 10, determining that the Spanish regime of Generalissimo Francisco Franco no longer warranted the continuous observation of the Council, and turning over all related documents to the General Assembly.

South African Prime Minister Field Marshal Jan Christiaan Smuts defended his country's proposal to annex South West Africa, as the UN General Assembly's Trusteeship Committee began debates on dependent territories.

China and the United States signed a five-year Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation in Nanking, providing for most favoured nation treatment, but not affecting current U.S. restrictions on Chinese immigration.

Politics and government
Boycotted by the opposition, Greek Prime Minister Constantin Tsaldaris formed a new cabinet, but did not follow U.S. and U.K. suggestions for a broader government coalition.

Defense
The U.S. War and Navy Departments named a military liaison committee headed by General Lewis Brereton and Admiral Thorvald Solberg to work with the newly-formed Atomic Energy Commission.

Journalism
The New York newspaper PM gave up its policy of relying on circulation income and announced that it would accept paid advertising. Editor Ralph Ingersoll resigned in protest against the decision and was replaced by John P. Lewis.

Labour
The American Federation of Labor announced that it would set up a permanent office in Germany to help in the reconstruction of German trade unions.

60 years ago
1956

On television tonight
Alfred Hitchcock Presents, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Toby, starring Jessica Tandy and Robert H. Harris

War
Eight Soviet divisions, with heavy air support, entered Budapest and other Hungarian cities to end the Hungarian revolution against the U.S.S.R. that started on October 23.

Canadian External Affairs Minister Lester Pearson proposed a United Nations police force for Suez to separate Egypt from the invading French, British, and Israeli forces.

Diplomacy
The Israeli Foreign Ministry said that Israel had "no intention at present" of leaving the Sinai Peninsula, and that the 1948 Israeli-Egyptian agreement was "finished and dead."

Politics and government
The U.S.S.R. deposed the Hungarian coalition cabinet of Prime Minister Imre Nagy, installing Hungarian Communist Party First Secretary Janos Kadar as Prime Minister of a new all-Communist cabinet.

The final Gallup Poll taken prior to the U.S. presidential election showed 57% of the electorate supporting the Republican Party ticket of President Dwight Eisenhower and Vice President Richard Nixon, with 39% supporting the Democratic Party ticket of Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver.

Football
CRU
ORFU
London (3-7) @ Toronto (6-4) (cancelled)

50 years ago
1966

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand: With a Girl Like You--The Troggs (3rd week at #1)

Edmonton's Top 10 (CJCA)
1 Winchester Cathedral--The New Vaudeville Band
2 96 Tears--? (Question Mark) & the Mysterians
3 Psychotic Reaction--Count Five
4 If I Were a Carpenter--Bobby Darin
5 Lady Godiva--Peter and Gordon
6 Spin, Spin--Gordon Lightfoot
7 Dandy--Herman's Hermits
8 I Can't Control Myself--The Troggs
9 Last Train to Clarksville--The Monkees
10 Hooray for Hazel--Tommy Roe
Pick hit of the week: Behind the Door--Cher
New this week: Blue Snow Night--the Gurus
Heartbreak Hotel--Roger Miller
Let's Run Away--The Staccatos
A Symphony for Susan--The Arbors

Edmontonia
Alberta Lieutenant-Governor Grant MacEwan was among those on hand to open the $10.5-million CN Tower, the city's tallest building at the time.

Space
The Soviet government announced that Yantar, a spacecraft with an ion-propulsion system, had been launched in October.

The $500,000 Space Transit Planetarium opened in Miami as a part of the Museum of Science and Natural History.

Diplomacy
The U.S.S.R. cast its 104th veto in the United Nations Security Council, defeating a resolution asking Israel and Syria to reduce their border tensions.

Transportation
Air Canada and Aeroflot began direct service between Montreal and Moscow.

Disasters
The Arno River flooded Florence, Italy, to a maximum depth of 22 feet (6.7 metres), leaving thousands homeless and destroying millions of masterpieces of art and rare books. Venice was also submerged on the same day at its record all-time acqua alta of 194 centimetres.

30 years ago
1986

Politics and government
In U.S. mid-term elections, the Democratic Party gained eight seats and the Republicans lost eight, giving the Democrats control of the Senate for the first time since 1980, with a majority of 53-47. First-time Senators-elect included future majority leaders Tom Daschle (Democrat--South Dakota) and Harry Reid (Democrat--Nevada). In the House of Representatives, the Democratic Party gained five seats and the Republicans lost five, increasing the Democratic majority to 253-182. Candidates elected for the first time included Joseph P. Kennedy II (Democrat--Massachusetts), winning the seat formerly held by longtime House Speaker Tip O'Neill; Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Jim Bunning (Republican--Kentucky); actor Fred Grandy (Republican--Iowa); future House Speaker Dennis Hastert (Republican--Illinois); and Ben Nighthorse Campbell (Democrat--Colorado).

25 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Onnellinen perhe--Ne Luumäet (4th week at #1)

Economics and finance
Canadian External Affairs Minister Barbara McDougall banned Canadian trade with Haiti to protest the September 30 overthrow of the Haitian government of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

20 years ago
1996

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Zero--The Smashing Pumpkins (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Norway (VG-lista): I Can't Help Myself (I Love You, I Want You)--The Kelly Family (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Zehn kleine Jägermeister--Die Toten Hosen (4th week at #1)

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 It's All Coming Back to Me Now--Celine Dion (2nd week at #1)
2 If it Makes You Happy--Sheryl Crow
3 Let's Make a Night to Remember--Bryan Adams
4 Head Over Feet--Alanis Morissette
5 He Liked to Feel It--Crash Test Dummies
6 Nowhere to Go--Melissa Etheridge
7 Test for Echo--Hush
8 Leave it Alone--Moist
9 Burden in My Hand--Soundgarden
10 Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)--John Mellencamp

Singles entering the chart were Fallin' in Love by LaBouche (#91); Un-Break My Heart by Toni Braxton (#96); Ready to Go by Republica (#97); Someone Who's Cool by the Odds (#98); If I Could Talk, I'd Tell You by the Lemonheads (#99); and When You're Gone by the Cranberries (#100).

Labour
30 of 45 Québec CÉGEPs (community colleges) went on strike.

Baseball
New York Yankees' shortstop Derek Jeter was a unanimous choice for American League Rookie of the Year, receiving all 28 first-place votes cast. He batted .314 with 10 home runs, 104 runs, and 78 runs batted in in 157 regular season games; .412 in the American League Division Series; .417 in the AL Championship Series; and .250 in the World Series, as he helped the Yankees win their first World Series championship in 18 years.

10 years ago
2006

Died on this date
Frank Arthur Calder, 91. Canadian politician. Mr. Calder, a Nisga'a chief, was the first status Indian to be elected to any legislature in Canada. He represented the riding of Atlin in the British Columbia provincial legislature from 1949-1979. Mr. Calder was first elected as a member of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), which became the New Democratic Party in 1961. Mr. Calder served in the cabinet of Premier Dave Barrett from 1972-1973, but was expelled from cabinet after being found in an embarrassing sexual situation. Mr. Calder crossed the floor to join the Social Credit Party in 1975, and was re-elected, but lost his seat by a single vote in the 1979 election. His most lasting impact came with Calder vs. Attorney General of British Columbia, a case which established that aboriginal title exists in Canadian law.

Scandal
Ted Haggard was fired as senior pastor of New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the day after resigning as president of the National Association of Evangelicals amidst allegations of illicit sexual behaviour and drug use.

November 3, 2016

180 years ago
1836

Politics and government
In one of the most unusual elections in American history, Vice President Martin Van Buren was elected President, capturing areas representing 170 of 294 electoral votes. Mr. Van Buren, the candidate of the Democratic Party, was running against four Whig party candidates; the Whigs had nominated different presidential and vice-presidential candidates in various regions of the country, hoping to prevent Mr. Buren from obtaining a majority of electoral votes and thus throwing the election into the House of Representatives. William Henry Harrison, former U.S. Senator from Ohio, was the Whig presidential candidate in northern and border states, with Francis Granger as his vice-presidential candidate. Hugh Lawson White, U.S. Senator from Tennessee, was the Whig candidate in middle and southern states, with John Tyler as his vice-presidential candidate. Daniel Webster, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, was the Whig presidential candidate in his home state, with Mr. Granger as his running mate. Similarly, Willie P. Mangum, U.S. Senator from South Carolina, was that state's Whig candidate for president, with Mr. Tyler as his running mate. Mr. Harrison received 73 electoral votes, Mr. White 26, Mr. Webster 14, and Mr. Mangum 11. 63 of Mr. Harrison's votes were for a Harrison-Granger ticket, while he received 10 votes with Mr. Tyler as his running mate. Richard M. Johnson of Kentucky, Mr. Van Buren's running mate, received 147 electoral votes, 1 short of the majority needed to win election. Virginia's 23 electors acted as "faithless electors," refusing to vote for Mr. Johnson. The remaining 23 Democratic electoral votes for vice-president went to William Smith of South Carolina. Mr. Granger received 77 electoral votes, and Mr. Tyler 47. With Mr. Johnson falling short of a majority, the vice-president would be elected by the United States Senate on December 7. In the popular vote, Mr. Van Buren captured 50.8%, to 36.6% for Mr. Harrison, 9.7% for Mr. White, and 2.7% for Mr. Webster.

120 years ago
1896

Politics and government
Republican Party candidates William McKinley and Garret Hobart were elected President and Vice President, respectively, of the United States, defeating the Democratic Party ticket of William Jennings Bryan and Arthur Sewall. Mr. Bryan was also the presidential candidate of the People's (aka Populist) Party, although that party chose Tom Watson as its vice presidential candidate. The Democratic ticket received 271 electoral votes. Mr. Bryan received 176 electoral votes, but the electoral vote total for his running mates was split--149 for Mr. Sewall, and 27 for Mr. Watson.

110 years ago
1906

Football
CRU
ORFU
Hamilton (6-0) 10 @ Toronto Argonauts (3-2) 8
Toronto Victorias (1-5) 23 @ Peterborough (1-4) 14

100 years ago
1916

Theatre
The Providence Players opened their first New York season in Greenwich Village, performing The Game by Louise Bryant; King Arthur’s Socks, a comedy by Floyd Dell; and Bound East for Cardiff, a one-act play by then-unknown playwright Eugene O’Neill.

90 years ago
1926

Died on this date
Annie Oakley, 66. U.S. marksman. Miss Oakley, born Phoebe Ann Mosey, became an expert marksman in childhood, and became internationally famous in a career running from the 1880s to the 1920s, including time spent as a star with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. She died of pernicious anemia, and her husband of 50 years, Frank Butler, died just 18 days later at the age of 79.

80 years ago
1936

Politics and government
In one of the most lopsided presidential elections in American history, incumbent Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat, was re-elected, winning a second term with 523 electoral votes to just 8 for Republican party challenger Alf Landon, the Governor of Kansas. Mr. Roosevelt took 60.8% of the popular vote to 36.5% for Mr. Landon, whose electoral votes came from Maine and Vermont. It was the only presidential election contested by the Union Party, which had been formed by Francis Townsend, Father Charles Coughlin, and Gerald L.K. Smith, all of whom were strongly opposed to Mr. Roosevelt's New Deal economic policies for dealing with the Depression. William Lemke, a Republican Congressman from North Dakota, was the Union Party presidential candidate, taking 2.0% of the vote. Socialist Party candidate Norman Thomas recieved 0.4% of the vote, and Communist Party candidate Earl Browder 0.2%. William Dudley Pelley, leader of the Silver Legion of America, ran as the Christian Party candidate in the state of Washington, receiving only about 2,000 votes. Incumbent Vice President John Nance Garner was re-elected on the ticket with Mr. Roosevelt; Mr. Landon's running mate was Illinois publisher Frank Knox. Mr. Browder's running mate, James W. Ford of New York, had also been the Communist Vice-Presidential nominee in 1932, becoming the first Negro to appear on a ticket in a U.S. presidential election.

75 years ago
1941

War
The German command announced the splitting of the Soviet forces in Crimea into two groups, both attempting to escape. Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich announced in Prague that he had "completed" his campaign to end Czech resistance, during which about 300 Czechs had been executed.

Diplomacy
U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull said that if Finland wished to maintain American friendship, she must halt her invaion of Russia and withdraw her troops from Russian soil. The Uruguayan Chamber of Deputies adopted a resolution urging other American nations to protest jointly to Germany against the killing of civilians in occupied countries.

Defense
The U.S. Navy Department announced that it would build 50 convoy-escort warships in Navy yards for Britain out of Lend-Lease funds, at a total cost of $300 million.

U.S. Senators Francis Maloney (Democrat--Connecticut) and Theodore Bilbo (Democrat--Mississippi) announced their opposition to amending the Neutrality Act.

Scandal
James Mulloy, a former associate of U.S. Senator William Langer (Republican--North Dakota), testified before the Senate Elections Committee that he had acted as Sen. Langer's intermediary in a 1935 attempt to bribe a federal judge.

Howard Hopson, former president of Associated Gas & Electric System, pled guilty in New York to income tax evasion and was sentenced to two years in prison.

70 years ago
1946

War
Jawaharlal Nehru and three other Hindu and Muslim leaders appealed from Calcutta for an end to civil strife in India.

Politics and government
Emperor Hirohito of Japan read an Imperial Rescript officially promulgating Japan's new constitution.

Gabriel Gonzalez Videla was inaugurated in Santiago as President of Chile.

Sir John Shaw was named Governor of Trinidad and Tobago.

Aviation
U.S. Navy airship XM1 landed in Glynco, Georgia after setting a record of 170.3 hours in the air without refuelling.

Football
NFL
Green Bay (2-3) 7 @ Chicago Bears (4-1-1) 10
Los Angeles (3-2-1) 41 @ Detroit (0-6) 20
New York (4-2) 14 @ Philadelphia (4-1) 24
Washington (3-2-1) 7 @ Pittsburgh (4-1-1) 14
Chicago Cardinals (4-3) 28 @ Boston (0-5) 14



AAFC
Cleveland (7-2) 16 @ Los Angeles (4-3-1) 17
Miami (1-7) 21 @ New York (6-2-1) 24

60 years ago
1956

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)--Doris Day (8th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Rosalie--Freddy Quinn

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Mirror): Woman in Love--Frankie Laine (3rd week at #1)

#1 singles in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Love Me Tender/Any Way You Want Me--Elvis Presley (Best Seller--1st week at #1); Love Me Tender--Elvis Presley (Disc Jockey--1st week at #1); Hound Dog/Don't Be Cruel--Elvis Presley (Jukebox--10th week at #1); The Green Door--Jim Lowe (Top 100-1st week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Love Me Tender--Elvis Presley (2nd week at #1)
2 The Green Door--Jim Lowe
3 Don't Be Cruel--Elvis Presley
4 Just Walking in the Rain--Johnnie Ray
5 Honky Tonk (Parts 1 and 2)--Bill Doggett
6 Blueberry Hill--Fats Domino
7 True Love--Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly
--Jane Powell
8 Tonight You Belong to Me--Patience and Prudence
--Lawrence Welk and his Sparkling Strings
9 Canadian Sunset--Hugo Winterhalter and his Orchestra with Eddie Heywood
--Andy Williams
10 Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)--Pat Boone

Singles entering the chart were A Rose and a Baby Ruth by George Hamilton IV (#35); City of Angels by the Highlights (#43); Mutual Admiration Society by Teresa Brewer (#44); (Theme from) Song of the Sparrow by Mitch Miller and his Orchestra (#46); and Priscilla, with versions by Eddie Cooley and the Dimples, and Julius LaRosa (#50).

War
Egyptian President Gamal Nasser announced that all Egyptian troops were "being withdrawn" from the Sinai Peninsula in order to defend the Suez Canal against British and French forces. Anglo-French forces reported "the virtual destruction of the Egyptian Air Force as a fighting unit."Israeli Defense Forces killed an estimated 275 Arab men in the town of Khan Yunis in Egyptian-controlled Gaza; Arabs called it a massacre, while Israelis called it a battle.

Diplomacy
Rejecting the United Nations General Assembly's appeal for a Middle East cease-fire, the United Kingdom and France released a policy statement claiming that "police action must be carried through urgently to stop the hostilities which are now threatening the Suez Canal."

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) sent its first request to Canada to accept Hungarian refugees fleeing the revolution and Soviet invasion.

Politics and government
Hungarian Prime Minister Imre Nagy revised his cabinet to admit the Social Democratic Party.

Minister of State Anthony Nutting resigned from the cabinet of British Prime Minister Anthony Eden due to "growing disagreement" with Mr. Eden's Middle East policy.

Environment
The U.S. Atomic Energy Commission denied Democratic Party U.S. presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson's charge that the administration of President Dwight Eisenhower had concealed the fact that radioactive strontium-90 from hydrogen bomb test was endangering the country's milk supply.

Football
CRU
IRFU
Toronto (4-10) 41 @ Montreal (10-4) 27
Hamilton (7-7) 15 @ Ottawa (7-7) 17

WIFU
Semi-Finals
Winnipeg 7 @ Saskatchewan 42 (First game of 2-game total points series)

ORFU
Toronto (6-4) 20 @ Kitchener-Waterloo (8-3) 42

The Roughriders passed for 405 yards and passed for 202 yards as they routed the Blue Bombers at Taylor Field in Regina. Bob McNamara rushed 1 yard for the Winnipeg touchdown, but rushed 9 times for -1 yard.

Billy Graham scored 3 touchdowns and 6 converts as the Dutchmen beat Balmy Beach at Kitchener Stadium. Gerry MacTaggart added 2 touchdowns for Kitchener-Waterloo, and Mr. Pagnan scored the other K-W TD. Toronto quarterback Bernie Custis scored 2 touchdowns and Pat Ruppert scored the other, with Tom Urowitz adding 2 converts.

Canadian university
McGill (1-4) 13 @ Toronto (4-0-1) 14
Queen's (3-1-1) 20 @ Western Ontario (1-4) 13

50 years ago
1966

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (Record Retailer): Reach Out I'll Be There--Four Tops (2nd week at #1)

Space
The United States launched OPS 8055, the refurbished Gemini 2 spacecraft, from Cape Kennedy, Florida atop a Titan IIIC rocket as part of the Manned Orbital Laboratory project.

30 years ago
1986

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): You're the Voice--John Farnham

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Holiday Rap--MC Miker G & DJ Sven

Asiatica
The Federated States of Micronesia gained its independence from the United States of America.

Scandal
The Lebanese magazine Ash-Shiraa broke the story of U.S. arms sales to Iran, bringing the Iran-Contra affair to light.

25 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): The Fly--U2

#1 single in Switzerland: (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams (14th week at #1)

Austria's Top 10 (Ö3)
1 (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams (6th week at #1)
2 Do the Limbo Dance--David Hasselhoff
3 Any Dream Will Do--Jason Donovan
4 Bacardi Feeling (Summer Dreamin')--Kate Yanai
5 Wind of Change--Scorpions
6 Love and Understanding--Cher
7 Jambo--Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung
8 Ich hab' mich so auf dich gefreut--Matthias Reim
9 Keep Your Love Alive--Bilgeri
10 Something Got Me Started--Simply Red

Singles entering the chart were Send Me an Angel by the Scorpions (#13); and Let's Talk About Sex by Salt-N-Pepa (#17).

Died on this date
Chris Bender, 19. U.S. singer. Mr. Bender was a rhythm and blues singer who released two albums before he was shot to death while sitting in his car outside the housing project in Brockton, Massachusetts where his mother lived.

Music
Neil Young reunited with Crosby, Stills & Nash before 300,000 people in a free concert at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco in memory of recently-deceased rock promoter Bill Graham. Other acts included the Grateful Dead; Joan Baez; Santana; and Journey.

Crime
Allan Legere was convicted in Fredericton of four counts of first-degree murder in the beating deaths of three women and a Catholic priest during a reign of terror in the Miramachi region of New Brunswick after his 1989 jail break. He filed a hand-written appeal a few days later.

Football
CFL
Ottawa (7-11) 31 @ Toronto (13-5) 34
Edmonton (12-6) 28 @ Winnipeg (9-9) 18
Saskatchewan (6-12) 27 @ Calgary (11-7) 39

Lance Chomyc kicked a 50-yard field goal on the last play of regulation time to give the Argonauts their win over the Rough Riders before 36,001 fans at SkyDome. Mr. Chomyc finished the season with a CFL record of 236 points.

Much of one end zone at Winnipeg Stadium was covered with ice, so CFL officials decided to shorten the length of the field of play. Edmonton quarterback Tracy Ham completed 12 of 29 passes for 151 yards and a touchdown to Chris Armstrong. Mr. Ham, who had rushed for over 1,000 yards in 1990, rushed 5 times for 52 yards and 2 touchdowns, finishing with 998 yards in 1991. 24,240 fans were in attendance.

Danny Barrett threw 3 touchdown passes and Keyvan Jenkins rushed for a TD as the Stampeders clinched second place in the West Division ahead of the British Columbia Lions with their win over the Roughriders before 18,488 fans at McMahon Stadium. For Saskatchewan quarterback Rick Worman, it was the last game of his 6-year CFL career, most of which was spent with the Stampeders.

20 years ago
1996

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): What's Love Got to Do with It--Warren G featuring Adina Howard (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Austria (Ö3): How Bizarre--OMC

#1 single in Switzerland: Zehn kleine Jägermeister--Die Toten Hosen

#1 single in Scotland (OCC): What Becomes of the Brokenhearted/Saturday Night at the Movies/You'll Never Walk Alone--Robson & Jerome

Died on this date
Jean-Bédel Bokassa, 75. 2nd President of the Central African Republic, 1966-1976; Emperor of Central Africa, 1976-1979. Captain Bokassa took power in a military coup on January 1, 1966, overthrowing the government of President David Dacko. Mr. Bokassa ruled as a dictator, changing the name of the country to Central African Empire, and declaring himself to be Emperor Bokassa I on December 4, 1976. He was deposed in a French-backed coup on September 20, 1979, Mr. Dacko was reinstated as President, and the country reverted to its former name. Mr. Bokassa was exiled to France but returned to the Central African Republic in 1986, and was tried for treason and murder. He was convicted of murder and sentenced to death, later commuted to life in solitary confinement. Mr. Bokassa was freed in 1993, and lived in last years in the capital city of Bangui.

Abdullah Çatlı, 40. Turkish gangster. Mr. Çatlı led the Turkish ultra-nationalist organization Grey Wolves in the 1970s and was used by the government as a hired killer in later years. He was killed in a deliberately-arranged car crash in the small town of Susurluk while travelling with state officials. The circumstances surrounding Mr. Çatlı's death prompted investigations leading to the resignation of Turkish Interior Minister Mehmet Ağar (a leader of the True Path Party (DYP)).

Politics and government
The Canadian government of Prime Minister Jean Chretien accepted the resignation of Québec Lieutenant-Governor Jean-Louis Roux, after revelations that he had worn a swastika while a student.

Football
CFL
Saskatchewan (5-13) 23 @ Calgary (13-5) 46

Robert Mimbs rushed 1 yard for a touchdown in the 2nd quarter to help the Roughriders take a 13-0 lead, but Danny Barrett relieved Jeff Garcia at quarterback in the 3rd quarter and threw 3 touchdown passes to lead the Stampeders to victory before 19,747 fans at McMahon Stadium. The loss by Saskatchewan clinched fourth place in the West Division for the British Columbia Lions; the Roughriders also finished at 5-13, and each team beat the other once, with the Lions outscoring the Roughriders 41-37 in the two games.

10 years ago
2006

Died on this date
Paul Mauriat, 81. French orchestra conductor. Mr. Mauriat had a prolific recording career, but was best known for the instrumental single L'amour est bleu (Love is Blue), a major international hit in 1967-1968.

November 2, 2016

125 years ago
1891

Born on this date
David Townsend. U.S. art director. Mr. Townsend worked with several movie studios from 1919 until his death in a car accident at the age of 43 on August 5, 1935 while scouting locations in Sonora Pass in California for Robin Hood of El Dorado (1936).

90 years ago
1926

Football
AFL
Rock Island (2-4-1) 0 @ New York (5-2) 35

80 years ago
1936

Radio
The Canadian Parliament passed the Canadian Broadcasting Act creating the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as a crown corporation along the same lines as the British one (BBC), with a mandate to regulate broadcasting in Canada, transmit its own programming and purchase and construct stations for dissemination. The new CBC replaced the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission (CRBC), which had taken over over CNR Radio, the radio network of government owned Canadian National Railways used to broadcast to train passengers.

Television
The British Broadcasting Corporation initiated the BBC Television Service, the world's first regular, "high-definition" (then defined as at least 200 lines) service.

Politics and government
The Canadian government of Prime Minister Mackenzie King established the Department of Transport.

75 years ago
1941

On the radio
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, on NBC
Tonight's episode: The Case of the Walking Corpse

War
The German command reported that German and Romanian troops had captured the Crimean capital of Simferopol. Finnish President Risto Ryti told Henry Taylor of the North American Newspaper Alliance in Helsinki that "there are no German officers or soldiers in the Finnish units" battling against the U.S.S.R.

Defense
General Sir Archibald Wavell, commander of the British Indian Army, arrived in Singapore to confer on the Far Eastern situtation.

U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued an executive order placing the entire Coast Guard under the orders of Navy Secretary Frank Knox.

Communist Party USA Chairman William Z. Foster declared that the United States should "scrap the Neutrality Act and enter into a full military alliance" with the U.S.S.R. and U.K.

Economics and finance
The Canadian government of Prime Minister Mackenzie King issued an order-in-council imposing a ceiling on prices, effective November 17, based on maximum prices between September 15 and October 11.

U.S. Army Brigadier General Philip Fleming, wage and hour administrator, signed five orders increasing the minimum wage rates for about 320,000 workers in the shoe, furniture, jewellery, gray iron foundry, and lumber industries.

Football
NFL
Chicago Cardinals (2-4-1) 10 @ New York (5-2) 7
Green Bay (7-1) 16 @ Chicago Bears (5-1) 14
Pittsburgh (0-7) 3 @ Washington (5-1) 23
Detroit (2-4-1) 14 @ Cleveland (2-6) 0
Philadelphia (2-5) 6 @ Brooklyn (4-3) 15

70 years ago
1946

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Rumors are Flying--Frankie Carle and his Orchestra with Marjorie Hughes (Best Seller--3rd week at #1; Juke Box--2nd week at #1; Airplay--2nd week at #1; Honor Roll of Hits--1st week at #1)

On the radio
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Tom Conway and Nigel Bruce, on ABC
Tonight's episode: The Original Hamlet

War
India's Congress Party and Muslim League sent representatives to Calcutta for discussions on the means of ending the latest wave of Hindu-Muslim violence.

Politics and government
Municipal and borough elections in the United Kingdom resulted in a net gain of 159 seats for the Labour Party.

Protest
Arabs in Palestine staged a one-day general strike against Jewish immigration.

Medicine
Dr. Forest Huddleson of Michigan State College announced the development of a new vaccine for undulant fever in cattle.

Labour
A 50-day United Parcel Service strike in New York ended with Teamsters union members winning a 33½¢ hourly wage increase and a 40-hour week.

Football
CRU
IRFU
Toronto (7-2-2) 9 @ Montreal (6-3-2) 8
Ottawa (5-4-2) 11 @ Hamilton (0-9-2) 1

WIFU
Finals
Calgary 0 @ Winnipeg 12 (Winnipeg won 2-game total points series 30-21)

ORFU
Toronto Indians (8-1-1) 27 @ Sarnia (4-6) 16
Toronto Balmy Beach (6-4) 17 @ Windsor (3-7) 5

The Stampeders carried a 21-18 lead from the first game of the Western Interprovincial Football Union finals into the second game before 5,600 fans at Osborne Stadium. The 1st half was scoreless, and Walt Dobler missed a field goal attempt that went for a single in the 3rd quarter to give the Blue Bombers a 1-0 lead. The combined score remained 21-19 in favour of Calgary until the last 5 minutes of regulation time and the Blue Bombers faced third down and 5 yards to go from their own 10-yard line. Mr. Dobler faked a punt and passed to end Harry Fitzgibbons for 7 yards and a first down. Mr. Dobler then marched the Blue Bombers to midfield, and on third down, threw a 55-yard touchdown pass to Mr. Fitzgibbons. Mr. Dobler converted to give Winnipeg a 25-21 lead. Calgary's Billl Wusyk then threw a pass that was intercepted by Harry Hood, and on a fake field goal, Mr. Dobler connected with Doug Gauthier for a 30-yard TD pass to close the scoring and clinch the Blue Bombers' second WIFU championship in as many calendar years, and seventh straight going back to 1937, with a three-year interruption from 1942-1944 because of World War II.

Canadian university
McGill (1-4) 5 @ Queen's (1-4) 14
Western Ontario (5-0) 15 @ Toronto (3-2) 6

AAFC
Brooklyn (3-4-1) 21 @ Chicago (3-4-2) 14
Buffalo (2-7-1) 14 @ San Francisco (6-3) 27

60 years ago
1956

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): A Woman in Love--Frankie Laine (3rd week at #1)

At the movies
Hot Cars, directed by Don McDougall, and starring John Bromfield, Joi Lansing, and Mark Dana, opened in theatres.

War
General Mohammed Fuad A'Dajawi, Egypt's 8th division commander, surrendered control of Gaza to Israelis in talks agreed to by a United Nations truce observer.

Hungarian Prime Minister Imre Nagy reported that "large Soviet military units" were marching toward Budapest.

Diplomacy
The United Nations General Assembly approved a U.S. draft resolution calling for a cease-fire and a halt to arms movements in the Middle East. UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold named a three-member committee to check on the British, French, and Israeli responses to the cease-fire appeal. U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon said that the U.S. split with the U.K. and France over the Suez crisis was "the first time in history we have shown independence of Anglo-French policies toward Asia and Africa, which seemed to us to reflect the colonial tradition."

Environment
Democratic Party U.S. presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson charged in Detroit that the administration of President Dwight Eisenhower had concealed the fact that radioactive strontium-90 from hydrogen bomb test was endangering the country's milk supply.

50 years ago
1966

Hit parade
Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set):
1 Step Back/Cara Lyn--Johnny Young and Kompany
2 Born a Woman--Sandy Posey
--Judy Stone
3 Needle in a Haystack--The Twilights
4 Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby--The Beatles
5 Spicks and Specks--The Bee Gees
6 Winchester Cathedral--The New Vaudeville Band
7 Last Train to Clarksville--The Monkees
8 Lady Godiva--Peter and Gordon
9 You Can't Hurry Love--The Supremes
10 Ever Lovin' Man--The Loved Ones

No singles entered the chart.

Died on this date
Peter Debye, 82. Dutch-born U.S. physicist and chemist. Dr. Debye, born Petrus Debije, was awarded the 1936 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "[for his work on] molecular structure through his investigations on dipole moments and the diffraction of X-rays and electrons in gases."

Mississippi John Hurt, 73 or 74. U.S. musician. Mr. Hurt was a country blues singer and guitarist who began making recordings in 1928, but failed to achieve commercial success until he was "discovered" in 1963 and moved to Washington, D.C., where he then made recordings for the Library of Congress and played at coffee houses and university campuses.

Diplomacy
U.S. President Lyndon Johnson returned to the United States from his Pacific-Asian tour and the Manila Conference.

Americana
The Cuban Adjustment Act came into force, allowing 123,000 Cubans the opportunity to apply for permanent residence in the United States.

40 years ago
1976

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Dancing Queen--ABBA (11th week at #1)

Politics and government
The Democratic Party ticket of former Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter and U.S. Senator (Minnesota) Walter Mondale was elected President and Vice President of the United States, respectively, narrowly defeating the Republican Party ticket of President Gerald Ford and his vice presidential running mate, U.S. Senator Bob Dole (Kansas). Mr. Carter won 297 electoral votes and 50.1% of the popular vote, with Mr. Ford taking 240 electoral votes and 48.0% of the popular vote. Democrats won 21 of the 33 U.S. Senate seats up for election, with the Republicans taking 11 and independent Harry F. Byrd, Jr. winning re-election in Virginia. The results were a net gain of 1 for the Republicans, leaving the Democrats with a 61-38 majority. Democrats won 292 seats to 143 for the Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives, a gain of 1 for the Democrats. In the 14 states where gubernatorial elections were held, Democrats won 8 and Republicans 6, a net gain of 1 for the Democrats, leaving them with a 37-12 majority.



30 years ago
1986

Died on this date
Paul Frees, 66. U.S. actor and announcer. Mr. Frees, born Solomon Hersh Frees, provided the voices for characters in numerous cartoons and radio programs, and served as narrator for movies and radio and television programs. He died of heart failure.

Terrorism
American hostage David Jacobsen was freed in Beirut after being held in captivity by Islamic Jihad for 17 months.

Music
In what turned out to be his last live appearance, Liberace performed at Radio City Music Hall in New York. He died on February 4, 1987.

Track and field
Grete Waitz of Norway was the winner of the women's competition in the New York City Marathon for the eighth time, and fifth year in a row.

Football
CFL
Montreal (4-13) 21 @ Toronto (9-8) 25

The Argonauts, behind quarterback J.C. Watts, rallied for 2 touchdowns in the last 52 seconds to defeat the Alouettes before 23,488 fans at Exhibition Stadium. After Mr. Watts rushed 6 yards for a touchdown, converted by Lance Chomyc, the Argonauts recovered a short kickoff, and Mr. Watts quickly marched the team downfield, completing a 13-yard pass to Paul Pearson for the winning touchdown, converted by Mr. Chomyc, with 19 seconds remaining.



British Columbia (11-6) 26 @ Winnipeg (11-6) 20

B.C. quarterback Roy Dewalt played one of the best games in his career as he led the Lions to victory over the Blue Bombers before 31,817 fans at Winnipeg Stadium. Snow began falling in the second half, but the Lions, normally thought of as a fair-weather team, played inspired football. Lui Passaglia led the Lions with 4 field goals and 2 converts. The Blue Bombers' loss--their first at home in 1986--clinched first place in the West Division for the Edmonton Eskimos.



25 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Australian Music Report): The Fly--U2

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): The Fly--U2

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Asi Me Gusta--Chimo Bayo (7th week at #1)

#1 single in Denmark (Nielsen Music Control & IFPI): (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams (15th week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): James Brown is Dead--L.A. Style (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in France (SNEP): (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams (4th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (CIN): The Fly--U2

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 James Brown is Dead--L.A. Style (2nd week at #1)
2 Let's Talk About Sex!--Salt-N-Pepa
3 (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams
4 Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)--Rozalla
5 Can't Stop this Thing We Started--Bryan Adams
6 Cream--Prince and the New Power Generation
7 Hail Hail Rock 'n Roll--Garland Jeffreys
8 Something Got Me Started--Simply Red
9 35 Koeien--André Van Duin
10 Good Vibrations--Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch (featuring Loleatta Holloway)

Singles entering the chart were Change by Lisa Stansfield (#23); The Fly by U2 (#27); No Son of Mine by Genesis (#29); Is it Good to You by Heavy D and the Boyz (#36); Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me by Oleta Adams (#37); and Vrienden Voor Het Leven by Danny De Munk (#38).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Romantic--Karyn Whitt
2 Emotions--Mariah Carey
3 Cream--Prince and the New Power Generation
4 Do Anything--Natural Selection featuring Niki Haris
5 Can't Stop this Thing We Started--Bryan Adams
6 Hole Hearted--Extreme
7 Real Real Real--Jesus Jones
8 O.P.P.--Naughty by Nature
9 Don't Want to Be a Fool--Luther Vandross
10 The One and Only--Chesney Hawkes

Singles entering the chart were Keep Coming Back by Richard Marx (#47); No Son of Mine by Genesis (#53); Pop That Coochie by the 2 Live Crew (#70); Shot of Poison by Lita Ford (#78); I Wanna Be Your Girl by Icy Blu (#89); Change by Lisa Stansfield (#92); True Companion by Marc Cohn (#94); and Monsters and Angels by Voice of the Beehive (#99).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Romantic--Karyn White (2nd week at #1)
2 Emotions--Mariah Carey
3 Can't Stop this Thing We Started--Bryan Adams
4 Cream--Prince and the New Power Generation
5 Hole Hearted--Extreme
6 Do Anything--Natural Selection featuring Niki Haris
7 Good Vibrations--Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch (featuring Loleatta Holloway)
8 Something to Talk About--Bonnie Raitt
9 Real, Real, Real--Jesus Jones
10 Don't Cry--Guns 'N' Roses

Singles entering the chart were No Son of Mine by Genesis (#46); Keep Coming Back by Richard Marx (#47); All 4 Love by Color Me Badd (#62); 2 Legit 2 Quit by MC Hammer (#84); Wild Side by Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch (#86); Home Sweet Home '91 by Motley Crue (#88); Radio Song by R.E.M. (#89); and Angel Baby by Angelica (#90).

Canada’s Top 10 (RPM)
1 Emotions--Mariah Carey
2 Can't Stop this Thing We Started--Bryan Adams
3 Life is a Highway--Tom Cochrane
4 Calling Elvis--Dire Straits
5 Hole Hearted--Extreme
6 What About Now--Robbie Robertson
7 Love...Thy Will Be Done--Martika
8 Get a Leg Up--John Mellencamp
9 The Real Love--Bob Seger
10 My Town--Glass Tiger

Singles entering the chart were The Fly by U2 (#50); Senza una Donna (Without a Woman) by Zucchero and Paul Young (#69); Guaranteed by Level 42 (#79); Why Must I Always Explain by Van Morrison (#90); Set Adrift on Memory Bliss by PM Dawn (#91); Heavy Fuel by Dire Straits (#92); What Time is Love? by the KLF (#93); The Road of Hope by the Kite (#96); Street of Dreams by Nia Peeples (#97); Running Back to You by Vanessa Williams (#98); and I'll Respect You by Debbie Johnson (#99).

Died on this date
Irwin Allen, 76. U.S. television and film producer and director. Mr. Allen created the television series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964-1968); Lost in Space (1965-1968); The Time Tunnel (1966-1967); and Land of the Giants (1968-1970), but became better known as the "Master of Disaster" for films such as The Poseidon Adventure (1972); The Towering Inferno (1974); and The Swarm (1978). He died of a heart attack.

Mort Shuman, 54. U.S. songwriter. Mr. Shuman was best known for his partnership with Doc Pomus, which resulted in some of the biggest hit songs of the late 1950s and early '60s, such as A Teenager in Love; This Magic Moment; Save the Last Dance for Me; and Can't Get Used to Losing You. Mr. Shuman died of cancer 10 days before his 55th birthday.

Society
Judith Reisman, author of such books as Kinsey, Sex and Fraud (1990) and Soft Porn Plays Hardball (1991), addressed a small but attentive audience--including this blogger--at Bernard Snell Auditorium at University Hospital.

Football
CFL
Hamilton (3-15) 26 @ British Columbia (11-7) 17

The Lions just needed to beat the Tiger-Cats--who hadn't won a road game all year-at B.C. Place Stadium in Vancouver to clinch first place in the West Division for the first time in 4 years, but Don McPherson--making his first start in the CFL--won the quarterbacking duel against Doug Flutie, the league's outstanding player. The Lions' loss before 47,823 fans opened the door for the Edmonton Eskimos and Calgary Stampeders to finish ahead of them.



20 years ago
1996

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (ARIA): Wannabe--Spice Girls

#1 single in Italy (Hit Parade Italia): Born Slippy--Underworld (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (VRT): Banger hart--Rob de Nijs (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Wallonia (Ultratop 40): Aïcha--Khaled (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in France (SNEP): Freed from Desire--Gala (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): I Can't Help Myself--The Kelly Family (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Say You'll Be There--Spice Girls (2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)--Los Del Rio (14th week at #1)
2 It's All Coming Back to Me Now--Celine Dion
3 No Diggity--BLACKstreet (featuring Dr. Dre)
4 I Love You Always Forever--Donna Lewis
5 Twisted--Keith Sweat
6 Where Do You Go--No Mercy
7 Mouth--Merril Bainbridge
8 This is for the Lover in You--Babyface featuring LL Cool J, Howard Hewett, Jody Watley & Jeffrey Daniels
9 Un-Break My Heart--Toni Braxton
10 Change the World--Eric Clapton

Singles entering the chart were Knocks Me Off My Feet by Donell Jones (#89); Just the Way (Playas Play) by Alfonzo Hunter (#90); Don't Go Away by Fun Factory (#93); I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying by Sting (#94); and Snapshot by RuPaul (#96).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 It's All Coming Back to Me Now--Celine Dion
2 Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)--Los Del Rio
3 No Diggity--BLACKstreet (featuring Dr. Dre)
4 Mouth--Merril Bainbridge
5 Where Do You Go--No Mercy
6 If Your Girl Only Knew--Aaliyah
7 This is for the Lover in You--Babyface featuring LL Cool J, Howard Hewett, Jody Watley & Jeffrey Daniels
8 Nobody--Keith Sweat featuring Athena Cage
9 Last Night--Az Yet
10 I Love You Always Forever--Donna Lewis

Singles entering the chart were Un-Break My Heart by Toni Braxton (#17); Dance Into the Light by Phil Collins (#45); You Can Make History (Young Again) by Elton John (#68); and Like I Do by For Real (#81).

Died on this date
John G. Crommelin, 94. U.S. military officer. Rear Admiral Crommelin served with the U.S. Navy from 1923-1950, one of five brothers in the Navy. He was an aviator in World War II, and was given command of the light aircraft carrier USS Saipan in 1946. Rear Adm. Crommelin was one of the participants in the "Revolt of the Admirals" in 1949, publicly protesting the Defense Department's reduction in naval expenses while increasing spending on the Air Force. He retired from the Navy in 1950 and operated part of his family's plantation in Alabama, while running for various political offices from 1950-1968 on racial segregationist policies, never coming close to winning. Rear Adm. Crommelin died a month after his 94th birthday.

Toni Stone, 75. U.S. baseball player. Miss Stone played second base with the San Francisco Sea Lions (1946); New Orleans Creoles (1949-1952); Indianapolis Clowns (1953); and Kansas City Monarchs (1954), becoming the first woman to play in the Negro Leagues. She batted .243 in 50 games with the Clowns, but retired after the 1954 season because of lack of playing time. Miss Stone worked as a nurse after her playing career.

Eva Cassidy, 33. U.S. musician. Miss Cassidy was a singer and guitarist who interpreted standard songs of numerous genres. She was virtually unknown outside her native Washington, D.C. area when she died of melanoma, but since then, her recordings have become popular.

Hockey
NHL
Detroit (7-5-2) 2 @ Toronto (6-6) 6

Sergei Berezin scored 2 goals for the Maple Leafs as they defeated the Red Wings at Maple Leaf Gardens in the national Hockey Night in Canada telecast.

Football
CFL
Toronto (15-3) 47 @ Hamilton (8-10) 14
Ottawa (3-15) 24 @ British Columbia (5-13) 35

Robert Drummond set a club record with 4 rushing touchdowns as the Argonauts routed the Tiger-Cats before 23,001 fans at Ivor Wynne Stadium. Mr. Drummond's backfield mate Mike Clemons set another team record with 116 pass receptions for the season.

Cory Philpot rushed for 156 yards and a touchdown to lead the Lions over the Rough Riders before 18,308 fans at B.C. Place Stadium in Vancouver. Ottawa quarterback David Archer threw 3 touchdown passes. It was the last game ever played by the Ottawa Rough Riders, and the last game for Joe Paopao as B.C.'s head coach.

CIAU
British Columbia (5-3) 24 @ Manitoba (0-8) 20
Alberta (4-4) 20 @ Saskatchewan (7-1) 28

Sean Olson's 43-yard touchdown pass to Andrew Newton, followed by a 2-point convert, proved to be the winning score for the Thunderbirds as they held on to defeat the Bisons at University Stadium in Winnipeg and take the second and last playoff spot in the West. Mr. Newton's winning score was his second TD of the game. UBC led 15-0 in the 1st quarter, but the Bisons, aided by a strong wind, responded with 20 straight points.

Matt Kellett kicked 7 field goals for the Huskies as they defeated the Golden Bears at Griffiths Stadium in Saskatoon. Alberta running back Simon Baffoe rushed for over 100 yards for the seventh time in the season.

November 1, 2016

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Will Morrow and Maurice Pratt!

1,170 years ago
846

Born on this date
Louis II. King of West Francia, 877-879. Louis the Stammerer acceded to the throne upon the death of his father Charles the Bald. He suffered from poor health, and died on April 10, 879 at the age of 32, while leading a military campaign against invading Viking forces. King Louis was succeeded by his sons Carloman II and Louis III as co-sovereigns.

470 years ago
1546

Died on this date
Giulio Romano, 47 (?). Italian artist and architect. Mr. Romano, whose real name was Giulio Pippi, painted portraits and religious scenes. He was a pupil of Raphael, and helped to define the style known as Mannerism. Mr. Romano was more influential as an architect than as a painter, and designed several notable buildings in Rome.

200 years ago
1816

Politics and government
Voting began in the U.S. presidential election. Secretary of State James Monroe represented the Democratic-Republican Party, while U.S. Senator Rufus King (New York) represented the Federalist Party. Voting continued until December 4.

140 years ago
1876

Politics and government
New Zealand's provincial government system was dissolved.

130 years ago
1886

Born on this date
Hermann Broch. Austrian-born author. Mr. Broch, a native of Vienna, was considered a major figure in Modernism, although he didn't begin his writing career until he was in his 40s. He emigrated to Britain and then to the United States after the Nazi Anschluss of Austria in 1938, and wrote on politics and worked on mass psychology. Mr. Broch was perhaps best known for his novel Der Tod des Vergil (The Death of Virgil) (1945). He died on May 30, 1951 at the age of 64.

80 years ago
1936

Diplomacy
Italian dictator Benito Mussolini described Italy's new alliance with Nazi Germany as an "axis" running between Berlin and Rome.

75 years ago
1941

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Piano Concerto in B Flat--Freddy Martin and his Orchestra (5th week at #1)

Americana
Ansel Adams took a photograph of a moonrise over the town of Hernandez, New Mexico that would become one of the most famous images in the history of photography.

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War
A statement from German Fuehrer Adolf Hitler's headquarters charged that the U.S. ships Greer and Kearny had attacked German submarines, and "therefore the United States attacked Germany." A secret Japanese cabinet meeting decided for war against the United States if negotiations did not produce an agreement with the U.S.A. by December 1 for Japan to receive oil from the East Indies and to be left free to settle the China incident without intervention.

Diplomacy
Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King met with U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt at Mr. Roosevelt's private home in Hyde Park, New York.

Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.S.S.R. Joseph E. Davies stated that the "treason trials and purges from 1935 to 1938...indicates the amazing farsightedness of [Soviet leader Josef] Stalin...There can be no doubt that these defendants were...in the employ of the German and Japanese high commands."

U.S. Senator Alben W. Barkley (Democrat--Kentucky), speaking to Zionists in New York, urged that a Jewish homeland be created in Palestine.

Defense
Panamanian President Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia said that his country's policy of neutrality would have to be revised because peace was now endangered.

Transportation
The Rainbow Bridge between Niagara Falls, New York and Niagara Falls, Ontario opened.

Economics and finance
A Japanese news agency said that unless the U.S. halted its economic blockade, Japan must seek supply sources for vital goods and materials as a measure of self-defense.

Football
CRU
ERFU
Ottawa (5-1) 11 @ Montreal (0-6) 2
Toronto Balmy Beach (2-4) 5 @ Toronto Argonauts (5-1) 8

Wilf Tremblay scored the Rough Riders' touchdown in their win over the Bulldogs at Percival Molson Stadium. George Fraser converted and added a field goal and single, and Arnie McWatters punted for a single for Ottawa. Gord Noseworthy punted for 2 singles for Montreal, who were playing their last game under the name Bulldogs.

Pat Reid scored the Argonauts' touchdown in their win over Balmy Beach at Varsity Stadium. Earl Selkirk converted, and Mike Meikle and Annis Stukus added singles. Singles accounted for all the Balmy Beach points: 3 by Sammy Sward, and 1 each by Bobby Porter and Jack Alexander.

These games marked the end of regular season play for the Eastern Rugby Football Union's only season. Balmy Beach returned to the Ontario Rugby Football Union in 1942, while the Toronto Argonauts and Montreal Bulldogs suspended operations through the 1944 season because of World War II. The Ottawa Rough Riders played in the Ottawa City Senior Football League in 1942 before suspending operations through 1944. For the present, the Rough Riders and Argonauts were preparing for a 2-game, total points series to determine the ERFU champion, with the first game scheduled for Lansdowne Park in Ottawa on November 8.

70 years ago
1946

At the movies
A Matter of Life and Death, written and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger and starring David Niven, Roger Livesey, Raymond Massey, and Kim Hunter, received its premiere screening at the Empire Theatre in London in the first ever Royal Film Performance.



Music
Paul Robeson performed a concert at Glebe Collegiate Auditorium in Ottawa.

War
Chinese negotiators in Nanking rejected truce proposals which would give them military control of only three northern Manchurian provinces.

World events
Two British ships left Haifa for Cyprus with 1,279 illegal Jewish immigrants captured the previous day on board their vessel.

Diplomacy
Reporting on his treaty negotiations with the United Kingdom, Egyptian Prime Minister Ismail Sidky Pasha told his cabinet that U.K. Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin had agreed to recognize Egyptian sovereignty over Sudan and withdraw British forces from Egypt in three years.

Science
The University of California at Berkeley announced the completion of its 184-inch cyclotron, the most powerful atom-smasher in the world.

Religion
Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, was ordained as a Roman Catholic priest in Poland.

Boxing
Sugar Ray Robinson (72-1-1) knocked out Cecil Hudson (51-20-4) with 2 seconds remaining in the 6th round of a scheduled 10-round welterweight bout at Olympia Stadium in Detroit.

Basketball
BAA
New York (1-0) 68 @ Toronto (0-1) 66

The Knickerbockers edged the Huskies before 7,090 fans at Maple Leaf Gardens in the first regular season game ever played in the the Basketball Association of America, founded by owners of the major ice hockey arenas in the northeastern and midwestern United States and Canada who needed an alternative sport for their venues. The BAA merged with the National Basketball League in 1949 to become the National Basketball Association.



Ossie Schectman of the Knickerbockers scored the first points in BAA history with a field goal:



60 years ago
1956

Hit parade
#1 single in France (IFOP): Au revoir Rome--Lucienne Delyle (5th week at #1)

War
Iraqi and Syrian troops entered Jordan.

Diplomacy
Egypt broke off relations with the United Kingdom and France and ordered all British and French property, including oil installations, registered with the Finance Ministry for seizure. U.S.S.R. Premier Nikolai Bulganin sent U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower a letter about the Suez crisis, outlining Soviet demands for an immediate cease-fire, withdrawal of foreign forces, and creation of a United Nations "control organ" to supervise the withdrawals.

Politics and government
U.K. Prime Minister Anthony Eden survived a vote of non-confidence on his Middle Eastern policies after defending them against Labour Party attacks in the House of Commons.

Indianica
The Indian states Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Mysore were formally created under the States Reorganisation Act; Kanyakumari district was joined to Tamil Nadu from Kerala.

Science
The 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to William Shockley, Walter Brattain, and John Bardeen "for their researches on semiconductors and their discovery of the transistor effect." The 1956 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Sir Cyril Hinsherwood and Nikolai Semanov "for their researches into the mechanism of chemical reactions."

Labour
Cleveland's three daily newspapers suspended publication after the Newspaper Guild--representing editorial employees--struck the Cleveland Press upon expiration of its contract.

11 U.S. rail unions representing 700,000 workers agreed on a three-year contract providing hourly raises of 10c for the first year and 7c for each of the following two years.

Disasters
39 cole miners were killed and 88 rescued in an explosion at No. 4 colliery in Springhill, Nova Scotia.

50 years ago
1966

On television tonight
Wojeck, starring John Vernon, on CBC
Tonight's episode: Thy Mother a Lady, Lovely and Bright



The Fugitive, starring David Janssen, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Wine is a Traitor, with guest stars Roy Thinnes, Pilar Surat, and James Gregory

War
At least eight people, including an American officer, were killed when Viet Cong artillery shelled Saigon.

Indianica
India created its 17th state, dividing Punjab on a linguistic basis into Punjabi Subha (Sikhs) and Hariana (Hindi).

40 years ago
1976

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Let's Stick Together--Bryan Ferry

#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Pearl Color ni Yurete--Momoe Yamaguchi (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): El Jardín Prohibido--Sandro Giacobbe (13th week at #1)

30 years ago
1986

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Holiday Rap--M.C. Miker G & D.J. Sven (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Take My Breath Away--Berlin

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

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Take My Breath Away--Berlin

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Every Loser Wins--Nick Berry (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): True Colors--Cyndi Lauper (2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 True Colors--Cyndi Lauper
2 Typical Male--Tina Turner
3 Amanda--Boston
4 I Didn't Mean to Turn You On--Robert Palmer
5 When I Think of You--Janet Jackson
6 Human--Human League
7 Heartbeat--Don Johnson
8 True Blue--Madonna
9 All Cried Out--Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam with Full Force
10 Throwing it All Away--Genesis

Singles entering the chart were Notorious by Duran Duran (#52); Land of Confusion by Genesis (#62); Control by Janet Jackson (#75); All I Wanted by Kansas (#76); Someday by Glass Tiger (#79); Victory by Kool and The Gang (#80); Goldmine by the Pointer Sisters (#83); and Goin' to the Bank by the Commodores (#89).

Canada’s Top 10 (RPM)
1 The Lady in Red--Chris de Burgh (2nd week at #1)
2 True Colors--Cyndi Lauper
3 Spirit in the Sky--Doctor and the Medics
4 Rumors--Timex Social Club
5 Friends and Lovers--Gloria Loring and Carl Anderson
6 When I Think of You--Janet Jackson
7 Walk This Way--Run-D.M.C.
8 Human--Human League
9 Stuck with You--Huey Lewis and the News
10 True Blue--Madonna

Singles entering the chart were Stand by Me by Ben E. King (#80); You Give Love a Bad Name by Bon Jovi (#82); Word Up by Cameo (#85); Kiss You (When it's Dangerous) by Eight Seconds (#92); Strength in Numbers by Luba (#93); Loving Strangers by Christopher Cross (#95); For Tonight by Nancy Martinez (#96); C'est la Vie by Robbie Nevil (#97); and All I Hear (Is a Heartbeat) by Agent (#98). Stand by Me, the title song of the movie, was a re-release of the hit from 1961, which was three years before RPM began publication.

Environment
A fire at the Sandoz chemicals factory near Basel, Switzerland sent tons of toxic chemicals into the Rhine River, turning the water red and killing hundreds of thousands of fish.

Football
CFL
Edmonton (12-4-1) 16 @ Ottawa (3-13-1) 16

The Eskimos had a chance to clinch first place in the West Division with a win over the Rough Riders before 14,058 fans on a rainy Saturday afternoon at Lansdowne Park. They were leading 16-8 late in regulation time and appeared to be heading for more points, but quarterback Matt Dunigan fumbled while attempting to score a touchdown, and the Rough Riders recovered. Ottawa quarterback Gilbert Renfroe marched the Rough Riders for a touchdown pass to Marc Lewis and a 2-point convert pass to Glenn Steele to tie the game with 26 seconds remaining. Neither team came close to scoring in the two 5-minute halves of overtime, with Ken Clark's punt from his own 54-yard line on the last play of the 2nd overtime half coming up short. With the tie, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, who were playing at home against the British Columbia Lions the next day, still had a chance to finish first.



CIAU
Manitoba (3-5) 32 @ Alberta (1-7) 9

Doug Lynch completed 6 of 8 passes for 129 yards and 3 touchdowns--2 to Joe Galante and the other to Arliss Ricker--to lead the Bisons over the Golden Bears before about 200 fans at Varsity Stadium in Edmonton. Oddly, the 2 passes that Mr. Lynch didn't complete were intercepted.

25 years ago
1991

Politics and government
Roy Romanow, who had led his New Democratic Party to victory in the recent provincial election, was sworn in as Premier of Saskatchewan, replacing Grant Devine and the Progressive Conservatives.

Law
Clarence Thomas took his place on the Supreme Court of the United States.

Transportation
The Canadian government of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney announced a $6-million, two-year study for a high speed train corridor between Windsor, Ontario and Québec City. The estimated cost of $7 billion would be shared by the governments of Canada and Québec.

20 years ago
1996

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Free Like a Flying Demon--E-type (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Words--Boyzone (4th week at #1)

Died on this date
J.R. Jayewardene, 90. Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, 1977-1978; President of Sri Lanka, 1978-1989. Junius Richard Jayewardene, a member of the United National Party, began his political career in the late 1930s when Sri Lanka was still a British colony known as Ceylon. He held various positions before serving as Prime Minister, and then as President under a new constitution. Mr. Jayewardene's presidency was plagued by civil war between government and Tamil forces.

Economics and finance
The government of Canada approved Canada's first diamond mine, by Australian-based BHP Diamonds; the $750-million project was about 180 miles northwest of Yellowknife.

Football
CFL
Montreal (12-6) 42 @ Winnipeg (9-9) 24

The Alouettes took a 32-8 halftime lead and coasted to victory over the Blue Bombers before 25,968 fans at Winnipeg Stadium. Winnipeg quarterback Kevin McDougal suffered a season-ending injury, and Winnipeg offensive tackle Chris Walby was taken off the field with a knee injury that ended his 16-year Hall of Fame career.

10 years ago
2006

Died on this date
William Styron, 81. U.S. author. Mr. Styron was known for the novels Lie Down in Darkness (1951); The Confessions of Nat Turner (1967); and Sophie's Choice (1979), and for his memoir Darkness Visible (1990).

Adrienne Shelly, 40. U.S. actress. Miss Shelly, born Adrian Levine, appeared in independent films such as The Unbelievable Truth (1989); Trust (1990); and Waitress (2007), the last of which she wrote and directed. She was found dead in her New York apartment, hanging from the shower; her death was originally believed to be suicide, but turned out to be murder at the hands of an illegal alien from Ecuador.

October 31, 2016

725 years ago
1291

Born on this date
Philippe de Vitry. French composer. Mr. Vitry was prominent in the courts of Kings Charles IV, Philippe VI, and Jean II, and was regarded as the greatest musician of his time. He wrote chansons and motets, with only some of the latter surviving. Mr. Vitry was best known for the treatise Ars nova notandi (1322). He died on June 9, 1361 at the age of 69.

625 years ago
1391

Born on this date
Duarte. King of Portugal, 1433-1438. Duarte, known in English as Edward, acceded to the throne upon the death of his father João I. Duarte was known as the "Philosopher King," and was the oldest member of the "Illustrious Generation" of accomplished royal children who contributed to the development of Portuguese civilization during the 15th century. He listened to the unwise advice of his brothers and launched an unsuccessful military attack on the Marinid sultanate of Morocco in 1438, resulting in his youngest brother Ferdinand being handed over to the Marinids as a hostage in return for the safe departure of the Portuguese forces. King Duarte died from the plague on September 9, 1438 at the age of 46; popular legend has it that he died from a broken heart at leaving his brother in enemy hands. Duarte was succeeded on the throne by his 6-year-old son Afonso V, with now-dowager Queen Eleanor of Aragon as regent, leading to a political crisis and a popular uprising.

170 years ago
1846

Disasters
A heavy snowfall trapped the Donner Party in the Sierra Nevada mountains.

140 years ago
1876

Disasters
A monster cyclone ravaged India, resulting in over 200,000 deaths.

125 years ago
1891

Football
ORFU
Semi-Finals
Hamilton 4 @ Osgoode Hall 28
Queen's College 15 @ University of Toronto 27

120 years ago
1896

Born on this date
Ethel Waters. U.S. singer and actress. Miss Waters was a blues, jazz, and gospel singer who was popular from the 1920s through the 1940s. Her hit singles included Dinah (1925); Am I Blue? (1927); and Stormy Weather (1933). Miss Waters also appeared in plays, films, and television programs. She was nominated for an Academy Award for her supporting performance in Pinky (1949), and was the first Negro artist to star in her own television program: The Ethel Waters Show, a variety special, was broadcast on NBC on June 4, 1939. Miss Waters died on September 1, 1977 at the age of 80.

Football
CRU
ORFU
Round 2
Queen's College 1 @ University of Toronto 13 (University of Toronto won 2-game total points series 31-17)
Toronto Athletic Club 42 @ Royal Military College 1 (Toronto Athletic Club won 2-game total points series 50-14)

100 years ago
1916

Died on this date
Charles Taze Russell, 64. U.S. religious leader. Mr. Russell founded the Bible Student movement in the 1870s, and Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society in 1881. The latter became known as the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society in 1886. Mr. Russell's theology was a mixture of truth and error, with the errors being serious enough to constitute heresy from the perspective of Biblical Christian doctrine. For instance, Mr. Russell believed that Jesus received His divinity after dying on the cross; taught that the Holy Spirit is not a person, but merely a manifestation of God's power; that Christ had begun ruling the world invisibly in 1874 and that the "Times of the Gentiles" would end in 1914, and Christ would visibly take control of Earth's affairs at that time. Mr. Russell died of cystitis while returning home to Brooklyn from a tour of western and southwestern states. His death resulted in a dispute over the presidency and a split among his followers; Joseph F. Rutherford was elected president of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society in January 1917 and led the organization until his death in 1942, adopting for it the name Jehovah's Witnesses in 1931.

90 years ago
1926

Died on this date
Harry Houdini, 52. Austro-Hungarian born U.S. magician. Mr. Houdini, born Erik Weisz, emigrated to the United States with his family at the age of 4. He began his career as a magician as a teenager, and eventually became the most famous escape artist in history. He starred in several movies, became an aviator, and devoted much time in his later years to debunking phony psychics and mediums at a time when spiritualism was popular. Mr. Houdini died in Detroit a week after his final performance, when he took the stage after being diagnosed with acute appendicitis and suffering a high fever. Several days earlier, he had been caught by surprise and repeatedly punched in the abdomen by McGill University student J. Gordon Whitehead, who reportedly wanted to see if it was true that punches to the stomach wouldn't hurt him.

Football
AFL
Rock Island @ Brooklyn (cancelled, inclement weather)
Newark @ New York (cancelled, Newark withdrawal from the league)
Los Angeles (4-3) 6 @ Cleveland (3-2) 0
Boston (2-3) 0 @ Chicago (3-3-1) 23

80 years ago
1936

Football
CRU
IRFU
Toronto (3-2) 12 @ Montreal (2-3) 14
Ottawa (2-3) 15 @ Hamilton (3-2) 21

Abe Eliowitz completed a 10-yard touchdown pass to Tommy Burns on the last play of the game, and Mr. Eliowitz converted, as the Indians upset the Argonauts before 4,000 fans at Molson Stadium.

The Rough Riders made 11 fumbles and the Tigers 7 in a loosely-played game at H.A.A.A. Grounds.

WIFU
Finals
Regina 20 @ Winnipeg 7 (Regina won 2-game total points series 24-16)

On the last play of the game, Chappie Cooper of the Roughriders intercepted a pass 1 yard into his end zone and returned it 101 yards for a touchdown (the field at Osborne Stadium was only 100 yards long).

ORFU
Toronto (2-1) 13 @ Sarnia (2-1) 16

The Imperials scored 3 singles in the 4th quarter to defeat Balmy Beach at Athletic Park and force a playoff for the league title.

Canadian university
Toronto (3-1) 35 McGill (1-3) 2
Queen's (2-2) 3 Western Ontario (2-2) 1
Saskatchewan 3 @ Alberta 2 (Saskatchewan won 2-game total points series 8-5)

Mr. Weaver punted for a single in the 3rd quarter to open the scoring, and the Huskies trapped Mr. Wilson, the Alberta punter, in his own end zone for a safety touch later in the quarter to provide the winning margin as they held on to defeat the Golden Bears to win the Hardy Cup before 750 fans at Varsity Stadium in Edmonton in a game that was played on a field that was covered by six inches of snow. Messrs. Woywitka and Wilson punted for singles for Alberta in the 4th quarter.

75 years ago
1941

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): It's a Great Day for the Irish--Judy Garland; The Jesters (1st month at #1)

War
Reports from London said that German troops had broken through the outer defenses of Tula, 110 miles south of Moscow, and were also driving forward in Crimea. A Yugoslav spokesman in London claimed that 80,000 Serbian guerrillas were fighting German and Italian troops along a 125-mile front in Serbia. A German spokesman in Berlin said that the previous day's sinking of the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Reuben James west of Iceland was justifiable under international law if it was escorting a British convoy. U.S. Senator Tom Connally (Democrat--Texas) demanded that Congress "avenge" this "dastardly act of aggression." U.S. Senator George Aiken (Republican--Vermont), opposing amendments to the Neutrality Act, declared that "by ordering convoys...President Roosevelt is personally responsible for whatever lives may have been lost" in the sinking of the Reuben James.

Diplomacy
The U.S.S.R. announced that delegations of the Mongolian People's Republic and Manchukuo had fixed the new frontier in the disputed Bor Nor region during a conference in Harbin, manchukuo on October 16.

U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt announced that Josephus Daniels had resigned as U.S. Ambassador to Mexico because of his wife's illness.

Defense
U.S. Senator Harry Truman (Democrat--Missouri) criticized the U.S. government's contract with Alcoa to build and operate four aluminum plants for national defense as "just about the worst contract the government signed."

Americana
Work on the Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota was completed after 14 years.

Labour
U.S. Army soldiers occupied the Air Associates plant in Bendix, New Jersey; by mid-afternoon, every shop was back in operation.

Disasters
27 miners were killed in an explosion in the Brazeau Collieries in Nordegg, Alberta.

A flood in Oklahoma left eight people dead, 2,000 homeless, and ruined $10 million worth of crops.

Boxing
Sugar Ray Robinson (26-0) won a 10-round unanimous decision over former world welterweight champion Fritzie Zivic (111-27-5) at Madison Square Garden in New York.

70 years ago
1946

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Symphony--Bing Crosby; Freddy Martin and his Orchestra (1st month at #1)

War
Nationalist Chinese forces in Manchuria were reported advancing toward the Soviet-held port of Darien.

Terrorism
A Zionist squad damaged the Ras El Ain airfield near Jerusalem and killed two British soldiers in a gun battle, while the National Council of Palestine Jews condemned political terrorism.

Politics and government
The Australian Labour Party chose a new cabinet, renominating Prime Minister Joseph Chifley and External Affairs Minister Herbert Evatt.

Three Communists joined the Chilean cabinet, the first official Communist participation in a Latin American government.

Crime
U.S. Army Major David Watson was sentenced in Frankfurt to three years in prison and dismissal from service for conspiracy and receiving stolen property in the theft of jewellery and manuscripts from Friedrichshof Castle in Kronberg, Germany. The loot was discovered on June 4, 1946.

Law
The California State Supreme Court upheld a law giving the state title to lands operated by aliens ineligible for citizenship.

Medicine
Professor Hermann Muller of Indiana University was awarded the 1946 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for the discovery of the production of mutations by means of X-ray irradiation."

Economics and finance
Fiorello La Guardia announced that he would resign as director of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration at the end of the year, and announced the transfer of $1.5 million in UNRRA funds to the World Health Organization.

The U.S. Office of Price Administration abolished its 1,642 local price control boards and dismissed half of its 20,000 employees, effective November 4, 1946.

60 years ago
1956

Theatre
Auntie Mame, written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee and starring Rosalind Russell, opened at the Broadhurst Theatre on Broadway in New York.

War
British and French forces attacked Egyptian and Suez Canal Zone installations. Israeli troops reached the banks of the Suez Canal and pulled back to the 10-mile limit imposed by the U.K.-France ultimatum. U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower, opposing the British-French attack on Egypt as an action "taken in error" without consulting or informing the United States, promised in a nationwide broadcast that there would be "no United States involvement in these present hostilities." The United Nations Security Council voted to call for an emergency session of the General Assembly to consider the "actions undertaken against Egypt." The Security Council acted under provisions of the "Uniting for Peace" procedure proposed by former U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson during the Korean War.

Hungarian troops freed Josef Cardinal Mindszenty from detention and restored him as Roman Catholic Primate of Hungary. The Hungarian government requested the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Hungary.

Aviation
Rear Admiral G.J. Dufek became the first person to land an airplane at the South Pole.

Disasters
82 people were killed in heavy rainstorms that struck central and eastern Honshu in Japan.

50 years ago
1966

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Strangers In The Night--Frank Sinatra (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Merry Ploughboy--Dermot O'Brien (6th week at #1)

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 96 Tears--? (Question Mark) & the Mysterians
2 Last Train to Clarksville--The Monkees
3 Psychotic Reaction--Count Five
4 See See Rider--Eric Burdon & the Animals
5 Dandy--Herman's Hermits
6 Reach Out I'll Be There--Four Tops
7 Poor Side of Town--Johnny Rivers
8 Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?--The Rolling Stones
9 All Strung Out--Nino Tempo and April Stevens
10 Walk Away Renee--The Left Banke

Singles entering the chart included Look Through My Window by the Mamas and the Papas (#65); Who Am I by Petula Clark (#67); Up Went Nelson by the Carlton Showband (#75); Good Vibrations by the Beach Boys (#76); Stop Stop Stop by the Hollies (#83); It Tears Me Up by Percy Sledge (#89); I'm Ready for Love by Martha and the Vandellas (#90); Tell Me by the Characters (#91); Run, Run, Look and See by Brian Hyland (#92); Writing on the Wall by the Five Canadians (#95); Somebody Needs You by Darrel Banks (#96); Whisper by Jackie Wilson (#97); Help Me Girl by the Outsiders (#98); Don't Answer the Door by B.B. King (#99); and A Day in the Life of a Fool by Jack Jones (#100).

40 years ago
1976

Football
CFL
Hamilton (7-8) 25 @ Ottawa (9-5-1) 6
Montreal (6-8-1) 13 @ Winnipeg (9-6) 23
Calgary (2-11-2) 36 @ Edmonton (9-6-1) 28

Jimmy Edwards rushed 1 and 8 yards for touchdowns and Terry Evanshen scored another TD on a 27-yard pass from Jimmy Jones as the Tiger-Cats beat the Rough Riders at Lansdowne Park.

Jim Washington rushed 68 yards for a touchdown to help the Blue Bombers defeat the Alouettes before 24,146 fans at Winnipeg Stadium. Gerry Dattilio made his first start at quarterback for Montreal, but left with an injury after completing 1 of 3 passes for 14 yards.

Bob Martin returned a Bruce Lemmerman fumble 35 yards for a touchdown, and John Hufnagel followed with 3 touchdown passes, as the Stampeders earned their only road win of the season, defeating the Eskimos at Clarke Stadium and eliminating Edmonton from contention for first place. Mr. Lemmerman completed 31 of 49 passes. Edmonton defensive back Joe Hollimon set a Canadian Football League single-game record with 8 kickoff returns, for a total of 239 yards. It was the only CFL game for Edmonton middle linebacker Tom Hull, and the last regular season game for Edmonton running back Steve Ferrughelli.

30 years ago
1986

Hit parade
#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): The Final Countdown--Europe (4th week at #1)

On television tonight
Shaka Zulu, on SABC Tonight's episode: Episode 2



Died on this date
Robert Mulliken, 90. U.S. physicist and chemist. Dr. Mulliken was awarded the 1966 Nobel Prize in chemistry "for his fundamental work concerning chemical bonds and the electronic structure of molecules by the molecular orbital method."

Football
CFL
Saskatchewan (6-10-1) 4 @ Calgary (11-7) 36

Rick Johnson passed for 2 touchdowns and rushed for another to lead the Stampeders over the Roughriders before 24,704 fans at McMahon Stadium. Calgary wide receiver Tony Woodruff decided to ride the Stampeders' horse mascot before the game, but the ride down the sidelines resulted in CTV host Al McCann being run over.



25 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): The Fly--U2 (2nd week at #1)

20 years ago
1996

Hit parade
#1 single in Denmark (Nielsen Music Control & IFPI): Wannabe--Spice Girls (10th week at #1)

#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Say You'll Be There--Spice Girls

Died on this date
Marcel Carné, 90. French film director. Mr. Carné had a career that ran from the late 1920s to the late 1970s; his best-known film was Les Enfants du paradis (Children of Paradise) (1945).

Disasters
TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais Flight 402 crashed in São Paulo, Brazil, killing 99 people.

10 years ago
2006

Died on this date
P.W. Botha, 90. Prime Minister of South Africa, 1978-1984; State President of South Africa, 1984-1989. Pieter Willem Botha, a member of the National Party, was first elected to Parliament in 1948. He held several positions before becoming South Africa's last Prime Minister. The position of Prime Minister was abolished under a new constitution in 1984, and Mr. Botha was elected the country's first President. Mr. Botha relaxed some of the restrictions of South Africa's racial policy of apartheid, but continued to resist black majority rule. He suffered a stroke in January 1989, and resigned his office seven months later.