June 6, 2017

800 years ago
1217

Died on this date
Henry I, 13. King of Castile and Toledo, 1214-1217. Henry I succeeded to the throne at the age of 10 upon the death of his father King Alfonso VIII. Henry I was killed by a tile falling from a roof, and was succeeded on the throne by his sister Berengaria.

150 years ago
1867

Born on this date
David T. Abercrombie. U.S. businessman. Mr. Abercrombie opened his first Abercrombie Co. clothing store in New York City in 1892; the company later became Abercrombie & Fitch. Mr. Abercrombie died on August 29, 1931 at the age of 64.

World events
Czar Aleksandr II of Russia was visiting the International Exposition in Paris and riding in a carriage with his two sons and Emperor Napoleon III of France when Polish immigrant Antoni Berezowski attacked the carriage. Mr. Berezowski's self-modified, double-barreled pistol misfired, and only a horse of an escorting cavalryman was hit.

Politics and government
U.S. Army General Philip Sheridan, military governor of the Fifth Military District (Texas and Louisiana) appointed B.F. Flanders as Governor of Louisiana, three days after removing James M. Wells from office.

Disasters
20 people were killed when a boiler exploded in Philadelphia.

125 years ago
1892

Transportation
The Chicago "L" commuter rail system began operation.

100 years ago
1917

Born on this date
Kirk Kerkorian. U.S. businessman. Mr. Kerkorian was the founder and chief executive officer of the private holding company Tracinda Corporation. He helped to develop Las Vegas, building several resorts. Mr. Kerkorian owned the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie studio from 1969-1986 and 1996-2005. He died on June 15, 2015, nine days after his 98th birthday.

War
Canadian Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Currie took over command of the Canadian Corps from British Lt. Gen. Sir Julian Byng.

Politics and government
Liberal Party leader and former Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier declined the June 4 offer from Prime Minister Robert Borden to join the Union Government and support conscription, in return for choosing cabinet ministers.

The Massachusetts Constitutional Convention opened.

75 years ago
1942

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Tangerine--Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra (5th week at #1)

At the movies
Spy Ship, directed by B. Reeves Eason, and starring Craig Stevens, Irene Manning, Maris Wrixon, and Tod Andrews, opened in theatres.

War
The Battle of Midway continued, as U.S. Navy dive bombers sank the Japanese cruiser Mikuma and four Japanese carriers, and damaged 11 or 12 other Japanese warships. Japanese forces in Chekiang Province, China capturted the airfield of the walled city of Chuhsien, while heavy fighting continued in the centre of the city.

Economics and finance
In an anti-inflation decree, the Cuban Office of Price and Supply Control froze all prices of foodstuffs, clothing, and other commodities, and limited profits.

Horse racing
Shut Out, the winner of the Kentucky Derby, with Eddie Arcaro up, won the 74th running of the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park, New York in a time of 2:29 1/5. Alsab, the Kentucky Derby runner-up and Preakness Stakes winner, placed second.



70 years ago
1947

Politics and government
Bulgarian Agrarian Party leader Nikola Petkov, leader of opposition forces in parliament, was arrested in Sofia on charges of plotting to overthrow the government.

Five German representatives from the Soviet occupation zone withdrew from a Munich conference on German economic problems when they failed to have political questions placed on the agenda.

Indonesian nationalist leaders accepted a Dutch proposal for an interim National Government of the Netherlands East Indies, charged with preparing the establishment of the promised Indonesian Republic.

Economics and finance
The United Kingdom signed a three-year, $240-million trade pact with Poland providing for the importation of 250,000 tons of coal during the first year.

Labour
The United States Senate voted 54-17 to pass the Taft-Hartley bill, containing numerous restrictions on union activity, and sent it to President Harry Truman.

Agriculture
The Quebec government of Premier Maurice Duplessis announced the creation of the Conseil supérieur de recherches agricoles (Higher Council for Agricultural Research), to succeed the Agricultural Research Committee that had been in place since 1936. The Higher Council for Agricultural Research's mission was to stimulate research in schools and universities and to establish effective coordination among researchers, institutions and the Ministry of Agriculture.

60 years ago
1957

Hit parade
U.S.A. Top 10 (Music Vendor)
1 Love Letters in the Sand--Pat Boone
2 Dark Moon--Bonnie Guitar
--Gale Storm
3 All Shook Up--Elvis Presley
4 A White Sport Coat--Marty Robbins
--Johnny Desmond
5
6 So Rare--Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra
7 Bye Bye Love--The Everly Brothers
--Webb Pierce
--T. Tommy
--Chuck Miller
8 Four Walls--Jim Reeves
--Jim Lowe
--Dorothy Collins
9 School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes the Bell)--Chuck Berry
--"Big" Tiny Little
10 Start Movin' (In My Direction)--Sal Mineo

Defense
Following a four-day meeting in Karachi, Pakistan, the Baghdad Pact Council of Ministers announced an agreement on the creation of a joint military planning staff.

Law
U.S. Federal District Court Judge Joseph McGarraghy ordered the United States not to surrender U.S. Army Private William Girard to Japanese authorities for trial on charges of killing a Japanese woman, pending the outcome of a plea for a writ of habeas corpus.

Economics and finance
The Hungarian parliament unanimously adopted the 1957 budget, reducing expense and heavy industry budgets, while also adopting legislation depriving certain exiles of Hungarian citizenship.

Business
Automobile Manufacturers Association directors, meeting in Detroit, decided to de-emphasize speed and horsepower in advertising, and stress "useful power and safe, reliable and comfortable transportation."

Track and field
Mile runners Roger Bannister, Brian Hewson, Derek Ibbotson, and Christy Chattaway of the United Kingdom, Don Bowden and Ron Delaney of the United States, and Merv Lincoln of Australia issued denials that stimulant drugs had helped them break the four-minute barrier, as suggested the previous day by narcotics expert Dr. Herbert Berger.

50 years ago
1967

Died on this date
Ed Givens, 37. U.S. astronaut. United States Air Force Major Givens was working on the Maneuvering Unit program at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston when he was selected to join the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's astronaut corps on April 4, 1966. He was assigned to the support crew for the Apollo 1 mission, which was cancelled when the prime crew died in a fire during a ground test on January 27, 1967. Major Givens was maintained as a member of the support crew for the next manned mission, but he was killed in a car accident while driving back to Houston with two Air Force friends after a party in Pearland, near Houston. Major Givens was sober, but the road was under construction and it was too dark for Major Givens to see where he was going; he missed an unmarked turn, rolled his Volkswagen, and was killed, while his passengers survived with injuries. According to Chief Astronaut Deke Slayton, Major Givens would have been one of the first men from his group to be assigned to an Apollo mission as a Command Module Pilot.

40 years ago
1977

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Don't Cry for Me Argentina--Julie Covington (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Amayadori--Masashi Sada (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Gavilán o Paloma--Pablo Abraira (7th week at #1)

Music
The single Way Down/Pledging My Love by Elvis Presley was released on RCA Victor Records. It was the last single by Mr. Presley to be released during his lifetime.

Crime
34 prisoners and 8 visitors at Maury County Jail in Columbia, Tennessee died from carbon monoxide fumes from a burning padded cell. Andrew J. Zimmer, a 16-year-old prisoner, was charged with arson on June 27. The material in the padding had been tested for flammability, but the Tennessee fire marshal's office had known for two years that the tests may not have been "appropriate."

30 years ago
1987

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy: Let it Be--Ferry Aid (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Multimix--The Communards (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Hold Me Now--Johnny Logan

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): You Want Love (Maria Maria)--Mixed Emotions

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Hold Me Now--Johnny Logan (4th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)--Whitney Houston

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)--Whitney Houston

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): You Keep Me Hangin' On--Kim Wilde

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Always--Atlantic Starr
2 You Keep Me Hangin' On--Kim Wilde
3 The Lady in Red--Chris DeBurgh
4 Head to Toe--Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
5 With or Without You--U2
6 In Too Deep--Genesis
7 Wanted Dead or Alive--Bon Jovi
8 Looking for a New Love--Jody Watley
9 I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)--Whitney Houston
10 Diamonds--Herb Alpert (vocals by Lisa Keith and Janet Jackson)

Singles entering the chart were I Want Your Sex by George Michael (#50); Cross My Broken Heart by the Jets (#60); Moonlighting (Theme) by Al Jarreau (#75); One for the Mockingbird by Cutting Crew (#83); Hypnotize Me by Wang Chung (#84); Why You Treat Me So Bad by Club Nouveau (#85); Rock Steady by the Whispers (#87); Luka by Suzanne Vega (#88); and Boy Blue by Cyndi Lauper (#90). Cross My Broken Heart was from the movie Beverly Hills Cop II (1987). Moonlighting (Theme) was from the television series.

Canada’s top 10 (RPM)
1 La Isla Bonita--Madonna
2 (I Just) Died in Your Arms--Cutting Crew
3 Looking for a New Love--Jody Watley
4 Boom Boom--Paul Lekakis
5 With or Without You--U2
6 Lean on Me--Club Nouveau
7 Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You--Glenn Medeiros
8 You Keep Me Hangin' On--Kim Wilde
9 I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)--Whitney Houston
10 Talk Dirty to Me--Poison

Singles entering the chart were Flames of Paradise by Jennifer Rush (with Elton John) (#82); Rhythm is Gonna Get You by Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine (#84); The Pleasure Principle by Janet Jackson (#87); Don't Disturb this Groove by the System (#89); Point of No Return by Expose (#90); Waiting for a Miracle by Bruce Cockburn (#93); Together (The New Wedding Song) by Joey Gregorash (#95); Weapons of Love by the Truth (#96); Walk to the Rhythm by Parachute Club (#97); and Respectable by Mel and Kim (#98).

Horse racing
Bet Twice, with Craig Perret up, won the 119th running of the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park in New York in a time of 2:28 1/5, ruining Alysheba’s bid for a Triple Crown.



Football
CFL
Pre-season
Hamilton (1-0) 14 Montreal (0-1) 13 @ Saint John
Winnipeg (0-1) 14 @ Saskatchewan (1-0) 27
Calgary (0-1) 33 @ Edmonton (1-0) 39

25 years ago
1992

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (ARIA): One in a Million--Euphoria

#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Kimi ga iru dakede--Kome Club (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Rhythm is a Dancer--Snap! (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Please Don't Go--Double You (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Please Don't Go--Double You (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in France (SNEP): Joy--François Feldman (7th week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Rhythm is a Dancer--Snap!

#1 single in the U.K. (Chart Information Network): Please Don't Go/Game Boy--KWS (5th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Jump--Kris Kross (7th week at #1)

U.S. top 10 (Cash Box)
1 My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)--En Vogue (2nd week at #1)
2 Jump--Kris Kross
3 Under the Bridge--Red Hot Chili Peppers
4 One--U2
5 Bohemian Rhapsody--Queen
6 Live and Learn--Joe Public
7 Let's Get Rocked--Def Leppard
8 Save the Best for Last--Vanessa Williams
9 In the Closet--Michael Jackson
10 Damn I Wish I was Your Lover--Sophie B. Hawkins

Singles entering the chart were I'll Be There by Mariah Carey (#39); The Best Things in Life are Free by Luther Vandross and Janet Jackson (#52); Wishing on a Star by Cover Girls (#58); and Innocent Child by Colourhaus (#72).

Canada's top 10 (RPM)
1 If You Asked Me To--Celine Dion
2 Sinking Like a Sunset--Tom Cochrane
3 One--U2
4 Under the Bridge--Red Hot Chili Peppers
5 Hold on My Heart--Genesis
6 Lift Me Up--Howard Jones
7 Damn I Wish I was Your Lover--Sophie B. Hawkins
8 Constant Craving--k.d. lang
9 You Won't See Me Cry--Wilson Phillips
10 Let's Get Rocked--Def Leppard

Singles entering the chart were I'll Be There by Mariah Carey (#46); Don't Stop Now by Love and Sas (#50); Every Kind of People by Robert Palmer (#60); When the Stars Fall by Sue Medley (#65); Take it Like a Man by Michelle Wright (#69); T.L.C. by Linear (#78); Some Other World by Elton John (#84); Come a Long Way by Michelle Shocked (#85); and 2001 by Melissa Etheridge (#88). Some Other World was from the movie Ferngully: The Last Rainforest (1992).

Horse racing
A.P. Indy, with Ed Delahoussaye up, won the 124th running of the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park in New York in a time of 2:26.13.



Tennis
Monica Seles defeated Steffi Graf 6-2, 3-6, 10-8 to win the women's final of the French Open in Paris.

20 years ago
1997

Hit parade
#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Lonely--Nana (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): MMMBop--Hanson

Died on this date
Magda Gabor, 81. Hungarian-born U.S. actress. Miss Gabor was the older sister of actresses Zsa Zsa and Eva Gabor. Magda's only movie role was in Mai lányok (Today's Girls) (1937). She moved to the United States in 1946. Miss Gabor was married six times, and died five days before her 82nd birthday.

Basketball
NBA
Finals
Chicago 93 @ Utah 104 (Chicago led best-of-seven series 2-1)

Karl Malone scored 37 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead the Jazz over the Bulls before 19,911 fans in the first finals game ever played at Delta Center in Salt Lake City. Scottie Pippen led the Bulls with 27 points, while Michael Jordan added 26.

10 years ago
2007

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Finals
Ottawa 2 @ Anaheim 6 (Anaheim won best-of-seven series 4-1)

Travis Moen scored 2 goals to help the Ducks defeat the Senators at Honda Center to win their first Stanley Cup championship. The Ducks scored 6 goals on just 18 shots on goal, while the Senators managed just 13 shots on goal. Anaheim defenceman Scott Niedermayer was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the Most Valuable Player of the playoffs.

June 5, 2017

1,000 years ago
1017

Died on this date
Sanjō, 41. Emperor of Japan, 1011-1016. Sanjō, born Iyasada-shinnō, was the second son of Emperor Reizei, and succeeded Emperor Ichijō. Sanjō abdicated in 1016 and was succeeded by his cousin Go-Ichijō.

200 years ago
1817

Transportation
The first Great Lakes steamship, PS Frontenac, was launched from Kingston, Upper Canada.

180 years ago
1837

Americana
Houston was incorporated as a city by the Republic of Texas.

150 years ago
1867

Born on this date
Max Warburg. German banker. Mr. Warburg, scion of a Hamburg banking family, was director of M. M. Warburg & Co., was a member of the Hamburg parliament, and began advising Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1903. He served on the board of the German Reichsbank under governor Hjalmar Schach (1933-1935), but sold the bank after the Nazis passed the anti-Semitic Nuremberg Laws, and emigrated to the United States in 1938. Mr. Warburg died in New York City on December 26, 1946 at the age of 79.

100 years ago
1917

War
Conscription began in the United States as "Army registration day."

80 years ago
1937

Horse racing
War Admiral, with Charley Kurtsinger up, completed his Triple Crown by winning the 69th running of the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park, New York, in a time of 2:28 3/5, despite a torn heel apparently injured in the starting gate. Sceneshifter placed second.



75 years ago
1942

War
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed congressional resolutions declaring war on Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania. Canadian, British, Australian, and New Zealand representatives signed an agreement in Ottawa for expansion and extension of the Commonwealth Air Training Program in Canada through March 1945. In the Battle of Midway, the U.S. Navy claimed to have inflicted "heavy damage" upon Japanese forces. Frederick V. Williams and David W. Ryder were sentenced in Washington to 16 months-4 years in prison for violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act by serving as Japanese propaganda agents.

Academia
The U.S. professional fraternity Phi Beta Kappa voted to eliminate its constitutional clause limiting membership to white males.

Economics and finance
The U.S. House of Representatives abolished the Civilian Conservation Corps and refused to fund the National Youth Administration war worker training program. The U.S. War Production Board set up the nine-man Foods Requirement Committee, to be chaired by Agriculture Secretary Claude Wickard.

70 years ago
1947

Music
The New York Music Critics Circle named Aaron Copland's Symphony No. 3 the best orchestral work and Ernst Bloch's Quartet No. 2 the best chamber work of the past season.

War
The United States Senate ratified the Italian, Hungarian, Romanian, and Bulgarian peace treaties.

Diplomacy
The United States withheld recognition of the new Nicaraguan regime of Anastasio Somoza "pending further developments."

Politics and government
In a move to improve the foreign image of his government, Argentine President Juan Peron ousted federal police chief Filomena Velcazo, who had earlier organized and commanded strong-arm Peronist squads.

Economics and finance
U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall, speaking at Harvard University, outlined an aid program for Europe that came to be known as the Marshall Plan.

Labour
French Prime Minister Paul Ramadier accused Communists of instigating recent strikes of bakers and oil workers, and said that he would not grant wage demands he considered inflationary.

60 years ago
1957

Died on this date
Pete Wilson, 71. U.S. baseball pitcher. Mr. Wilson played with the New York Highlanders in 1908 and 1909, compiling a record of 9-8 with an earned run average of 3.26 in 20 games.

Abominations
The People's Republic of China's Health Ministry issued orders legalizing abortion and encouraging contraceptive birth control measures.

Academia
The Hungarian parliament ordered the revival of compulsory university courses in Marxism and Leninism to combat the "cultural-counter-revolution" of anti-Communist intellectuals.

Energy
The U.S. Atomic Energy Commission disclosed that U.S. and U.K. officials had reached agreement on the exchange of information on the development of nuclear power.

Health
Nuclear physicist Ralph Lapp warned the U.S. Joint Congressional Atomic Energy subcommittee on radiation that explosion of a 2,500-megaton hydrogen bomb would cause 16 million defective children, 120 million stillbirths, and 140 million embryonic deaths.

Track and field
Narcotics expert Dr. Herbert Berger urged the American Medical Association House of Delegates in New York to investigate the use of stimulative drugs, particularly amphetamine, by athletes to improve their performances.

Baseball
Luis Aparicio, Nellie Fox, Sherm Lollar, and Dave Philley each had 2 hits to help the Chicago White Sox defeat the Boston Red Sox 6-2 before 7,173 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago. The crowd included this blogger's parents. Jim Piersall, Ted Williams and Mickey Vernon each had 2 hits for the Red Sox. Dick Donovan pitched an 8-hit complete game victory to improve his record for the season to 5-1.

The New York Yankees scored 4 runs in the 4th inning and 7 in the 5th as they routed the Cleveland Indians 13-3 before 22,221 fans at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland. Gil McDougald and Mickey Mantle hit consecutive home runs for the Yankees in the 4th inning, and Mr. McDougald homered again in the 5th. Bill Skowron doubled in 2 runs in the 4th and hit a solo homer in the 8th, and Andy Carey added 4 RBIs. New York catcher Yogi Berra left the game in the 3rd inning when a foul ball off the bat of Larry Raines broke his mask and nose.

Al Kaline doubled with 1 out in the bottom of the 11th inning and Bill Tuttle singled him home to give the Detroit Tigers a 3-2 win over the Washington Senators before 3,448 fans at Briggs Stadium in Detroit.

Lou Skizas singled and scored in the 2nd inning and led off the bottom of the 4th with a home run that proved to be the deciding run as the Kansas City Athletics edged the Baltimore Orioles 3-2 before 8,322 fans at Municipal Stadium in Kansas City. Gus Zernial blasted a solo homer well over the 420-foot fence in left field for the first Kansas City run in the 1st inning. Arnie Portocarrero allowed 5 hits and 2 earned runs in 7 innings to get the win over Ray Moore, who allowed 8 hits and 3 earned runs in pitching a complete game.

The New York Giants hit 6 home runs, but still lost 9-8 to the Milwaukee Braves before 4,892 fans at the Polo Grounds in New York. Hank Sauer and Red Schoendienst each hit 2 homers for the Giants, with Willie Mays and Whitey Lockman each hitting 1. Joe Adcock hit an inside-the-park 3-run homer for the Braves in the 1st inning, Ernie Johnson hit a 3-run homer in the 3rd, and Bobby Thomson added a solo homer in the 8th. For Mr. Johnson, who allowed 9 hits and 4 runs--all earned--in 7 1/3 innings after relieving starting pitcher Juan Pizarro in the 2nd inning, it was the only home run of his 9-year major league career.

Don Drysdale pitched a 5-hitter and struck out 9 batters to lead the Brooklyn Dodgers over the Chicago Cubs 4-0 before 9,712 fans at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. Gino Cimoli led the Brooklyn offense with 2 singles, a run, and 2 runs batted in.

The St. Louis Cardinals scored 4 runs in the top of the 1st inning and coasted to a 5-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates before 12,570 fans at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. Lindy McDaniel pitched a 5-hit complete game victory, striking out 8 batters and walking none.

Gus Bell reached first base on an error by Chico Fernandez to lead off the top of the 11th inning and scored on a 1-out triple by pinch hitter Jerry Lynch to break a 2-2 tie as the Cincinnati Redlegs beat the Philadelphia Phillies 4-2 before 15,771 fans at Connie Mack Stadium in Philadelphia.

50 years ago
1967

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Marionetas en la Cuerda (Puppet on a String)--Sandie Shaw (4th week at #1)

On television tonight
Coronet Blue, starring Frank Converse, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Where You From and What You Done?

This was the episode scheduled to be shown this night, but it was pre-empted and never broadcast.



War
The Six-Day War began as Israeli forces launched a pre-emptive attack on Egypt and destroyed nearly 400 Egypt-based military aircraft.

Law
Justice W.G. Morrow of the Territorial Court of the Northwest Territories ruled in R. v. Drybones that section 94(b) of the Indian Act--which prohibited Indians from drinking alcohol off a reserve--contravened section 1(b) of the Canadian Bill of Rights, which prohibited discrimination on the basis of race. Joseph Drybones had been found intoxicated in the lobby of the Old Stope Hotel in Yellowknife and charged with violating section 94(b) of the Indian Act. Justice Morrow acquitted Mr. Drybones on the grounds that section 94(b) of the Indian Act violated section 1(b) of the Bill of Rights because Mr. Drybones had been charged with an offense only because he was an Indian.

Protest
Three days of rioting by Negroes in the Roxbury district of Boston concluded; the riots followed a sit-in by Mothers for Adequate Welfare.

Economics and finance
The Royal Canadian Mint was ordered to start converting dimes and quarters to pure nickel as soon as possible in order to head off silver speculators and hoarding.

40 years ago
1977

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand: It Doesn't Matter Anymore--Mark Williams

Died on this date
Rodney Bobick, 25. U.S. boxer. Mr. Bobick, the younger brother of heavyweight boxer Duane Bobick, was also a heavyweight, compiling a professional record of 37-7 from 1972-1977. He defeated future World Boxing Association world champion Mike Weaver, was knocked out by future world champion Larry Holmes, and acted as a sparring partner for world champion Muhammad Ali. Mr. Bobick was still active when he was killed in a car accident.

World events
James Mancham was ousted as Prime Minister of the Seychelles while he was attending the Commonwealth Conference in Britain. 200 armed men, whose leaders remained anonymous, took control of strategic areas on the island of Mahe, where the capital of Victoria is located. Two people were killed in brief fighting, and left-wing Prime Minister France Albert Rene agreed to become President.

Defense
The U.S. administration of President Jimmy Carter announced the withdrawal of 6,000 American troops from South Korea by the end of 1978.

Basketball
NBA
Finals
Philadelphia 107 @ Portland 109 (Portland won best-of-seven series 4-2)

The Trail Blazers scored 40 points in the 2nd quarter to take a 67-55 lead, but the outcome wasn't decided until Philadelphia's George McGinnins missed a jump shot in the final seconds of regulation time that would have tied the game. 12,666 fans at Memorial Coliseum saw the home team, in its seventh season, win what remains their only National Basketball Association championship (see also here). Bobby Gross led Portland scorers with 24 points, while Lionel Hollins added 20 and Bill Walton contributed 20 points, 23 rebounds--20 of them defensive--7 assists, and 8 blocked shots. Philadelphia's Julius Erving led all scorers with 40 points, and Mr. McGinnis added 28. Mr. Walton was named the Finals' Most Valuable Player.

30 years ago
1987

Hit parade
#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): La Isla Bonita--Madonna (5th week at #1)

Defense
The Canadian government of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney tabled a white paper calling for a 15-year expenditure of $200 billion on defense, including 10 nuclear submarines.

Economics and finance
The United States Labor Department reported that the unemployment rate in May had held level at 6.2%.

25 years ago
1992

Hit parade
#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Rhythm is a Dancer--Snap! (3rd week at #1)

Economics and finance
The United States Labor Department reported that the unemployment rate in May had increased by 0.3% to 7.5%.

Basketball
NBA
Finals
Portland 115 Chicago 104 (OT) (Best-of-seven series tied 1-1)

Danny Ainge scored 6 points in the last minute of overtime as the Trail Blazers upset the Bulls before 18,676 fans at Chicago Stadium. Clyde Drexler led Portland with 26 points and 8 assists, but fouled out with 4:36 remaining in regulation time. Michael Jordan of the Bulls led all scorers with 39 points, and added 10 assists.

20 years ago
1997

Hit parade
#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Fire--Scooter (6th week at #1)

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Finals
Philadelphia 1 @ Detroit 6 (Detroit led best-of-seven series 3-0)

Sergei Fedorov scored 4 points as the Red Wings came back from an early 1-0 deficit to beat the Flyers at Joe Louis Arena.

10 years ago
2007

Politics and government
Nova Scotia Member of Parliament Bill Casey (Conservative--Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley) was expelled from the Conservative caucus for voting against the budget of the Conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper; he claimed that it changed the federal equalization formula and gutted the 2005 Atlantic Accord. After his expulsion, Mr. Casey sat as an independent MP, referring to himself as an Independent Progressive Conservative.

Scandal
U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for lying and obstructing an investigation into the leak of the name of a Central Intelligence Agency operative to the media. Mr. Libby's sentence was later commuted by President George W. Bush.

June 4, 2017

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Linda Gerritsen!

225 years ago
1792

Britannica
Captain George Vancouver claimed Puget Sound for the Kingdom of Great Britain.

150 years ago
1867

Born on this date
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim. 6th President of Finland, 1944-1946; Regent of Finland, 1918-1919. Field Marshal Mannerheim led the White forces in the Finnish Civil War in 1918, and served as Regent upon Finland gaining her independence. He was Commander-in-Chief of Finnish defense forces during World War II, and succeeded Risto Ryti as President in August 1944. Field Marshal Mannerheim was barely 1½ years into his seven-year term when he resigned because of ill health, and because all of his goals had been accomplished. He died on January 27, 1951 at the age of 83.

Adventure
The raft Nonpareil departed New York City to begin an attempt to cross the Atlantic Ocean.

100 years ago
1917

Born on this date
Robert Merrill. U.S. opera singer. Mr. Merrill, born Moishe Miller, was a baritone who appeared on NBC radio programs in the 1940s and achieved greater renown performing with the Metropolitan Opera in New York. He died on October 23, 2004 at the age of 87.

Literature
The first Pulitzer Prizes were awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall received the prize for biography for Julia Ward Howe; Jean Jules Jusserand received the first prize for history for With Americans of Past and Present Days.

Journalism
Herbert B. Swope received the first Pulitzer Prize for Journalism for his work with the New York World.

Politics and government
Canadian Prime Minister Robert Borden invited Liberal Party leader and former Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier to join the Union Government and support conscription, in return for choosing cabinet ministers.

75 years ago
1942

Died on this date
Reinhard Heydrich, 38. German politician and war criminal. SS-Obergruppenführer Heydrich was Director of the Gestapo (1934-1939); Director of the Reich Main Security Office (1939-1942); and acting Protector of Bohemia and Moravia (1941-1942). He chaired the Wannsee Conference on January 20, 1942, at which the Final Solution--the genocide of Jews in Germany and German-occupied Europe--was formalized. German Fuehrer Adolf Hitler described Mr. Heydrich as "the man with the iron heart." Mr. Heydrich died eight days after Jan Kubis, one of the leaders of a British-trained team of Czech and Slovak soldiers carrying out an assassination attempt code-named Operation Anthropoid, threw a bomb into Mr. Heydrich’s car as it was crossing a bridge in Prague. Josef Gabcik, another of the leaders of the plot, had attempted to shoot Mr. Heydrich, but his machine gun had jammed, and Mr. Kubis had thrown his bomb after Mr. Heydrich had decided to take on the attackers after ordering his driver to stop.

Divorced on this date
Actor Charlie Chaplin and actress Paulette Goddard received a mutual consent divorce decree from a Mexican civil court in Juarez.

War
The U.S. Senate unanimously approved three resolutions declaring war on Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania. The Battle of Midway began. Japanese Admiral Chūichi Nagumo orders a strike on Midway Island by much of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Chinese Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Joe Stilwell, Commander of the U.S. Army Air Force in India Major General Lewis Brereton, and American Volunteer Group Commander Brigadier General Claire Chennault arrived in Chungking for conferences with Chinese leader Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. Free French forces repulsed another Axis attack on Bir Hacheim, while British and Indian troops attacked rear lines.

Diplomacy
German Fueher Adolf Hitler visited Finland, ostensibly to congratulate Commander-in-Chief C.G.E. Mannerheim on his 75th birthday. The two, along with Finnish President Risto Ryti, met secretly in a railroad car near Imatra in southeastern Finland, after which Mr. Hitler returned to Germany. The first 11 minutes of the conversation between Mr. Hitler and Field Marshal Mannerheim were secretly recorded.



Technology
The American Meat Institute announced in Chicago the development of processes for dehydration of meat to save shipping space.

Business
A U.S. grand jury in Philadelphia indicted E.I. du Pont, Hercules Powder, Atlas Powder, Austin Powder, Illinois Powder, and King Powder companies for conspiring to fix prices of commercial explosives and blasting supplies in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act.

Labour
The United Mine Workers of America policy committee voted 26-2 in Washington to adopt a resolution demanding that Congress of Industrial Organizations President Philip Murray "publicly renounce his allegiance to and support of Communism; that he discharge from the employment of the CIO those Communists now on the payroll, and that he cease to employ Communists as agents and representatives of the CIO." Mr. Murray denied any connection with Communism.

Mexican unions agreed to ban jurisdictional conflicts and strikes for the war's duration and to set up a National Labour Council to cooperate with the government.

70 years ago
1947

Terrorism
The Palestinian Zionist Stern Gang sent letter bombs to U.K. Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin, former Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, and other officials in London. No casualties were reported.

Diplomacy
Assistant U.S. Secretary of State for American Republic Affairs Spruille Braden resigned in opposition to the policy of the administration of President Harry Truman's willingness to resume consultations with Argentina and other American republics on a Western Hemisphere defense treaty.

Defense
Australian Defense Minister John Dedman announced a five-year, $807.5-million defense program emphasizing naval buildup, while the ruling Labour Party approved a bill penalizing union boycotts of defense projects.

U.K. Defense Secretary A.V. Alexander announced that the Royal Army and Navy had dropped their peacetime ban on the enlistment of "coloured" minorities.

Chilean President Gabriel Gonzalez Videla opposed Western Hemisphere action against Communism, stating that each country should deal with the problem in its own way.

Politics and government
Indian Hindu nationalist leader Mohandas Gandhi reluctantly accepted the British plan for the partition of India, but predicted that "the Moslem League will ask to come back" to the Hindu provinces.

Protest
The Chinese government reported the arrest of more than 1,000 students and professors, as anti-government and anti-war demonstrations continued in Chinese universities.

Society
A U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary subcommittee began hearings on a bill by Rep. William Stratton (Republican--Illinois) permitting non-quota entry of 400,000 European refugees to the United States within the next four years.

Labour
The U.S. House of Representatives voted 320-79 to pass the Taft-Hartley bill, containing numerous restrictions on union activity and collective bargaining.

60 years ago
1957

Politics and government
The Territorial Council of the Northwest Territories met for the first time in Frobisher Bay.

A Saar coalition cabinet led by Premier Egon Reinert was formed, following the resignation of Premier Hubert Ney's cabinet.

Defense
The Cuban government banned shipping from Manzanillo to Santiago in an effort to prevent supplies from reaching insurgent forces.

Crime
U.S. State Secretary John Foster Dulles and Defense Secretary Charles Wilson announced that the United States would allow a Japanese court to try U.S. Army Private William Girard for the slaying of a Japanese woman at a U.S. firing range near Somagahara.

Health
The American Cancer Society reported to the American Medical Association that cigarette smoking had an "extremely high" association with cancer of the lung, larynx, and esophagus, and gastric ulcers; a "very high" association with pneumonia, influenza, aortic aneurysm, and bladder cancer; and a "moderate" association with cerebral vascular lesions.

Economics and finance
Jordanian, Syrian, Yemeni, and Saudi Arabian representatives meeting in Cairo signed an agreement providing for an Arab financial organization capitalized at $56 million for economic development of the Arab League area.

Labour
U.S. Senator John McClellan (Democrat--Arkansas), chairman of the Select Committee on Improper Labor-Management Activities, ordered contempt of Congress action against Dave Beck, Jr., son of Teamsters union president Dave Beck, and Joseph McAvoy, the nephew of Mr. Beck's wife, for refusing to answer questions that "could not possibly come near to incriminating" them.

40 years ago
1977

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy (Hit Parade Italia): Amarsi un po'--Lucio Battisti (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: Rock Bottom--Lynsey de Paul and Mike Moran

#1 single in the Netherlands (Veronica Top 40): You're My World--Guys 'n' Dolls (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland: Have I the Right?--Dead End Kids (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K (BMRB): I Don't Want to Talk About It/The First Cut is the Deepest--Rod Stewart (3rd week at #1)

Rhodesia's Top 10 (Lyons Maid)
1 Don't Cry for Me Argentina--Julie Covington
2 Love Me--Yvonne Elliman
3 Don't Leave Me this Way--Thelma Houston
4 Fairytale--Dana
5 That's Rock 'n' Roll--Shaun Cassidy
6 If You Leave Me Now--Chicago
7 Afternoon Delight--Starland Vocal Band
8 Blue Water--Julian Laxton Band
9 Isn't She Lovely--David Parton
10 Living Next Door to Alice--The Dreamers

Singles entering the chart were Lost Without Your Love by Bread (#18); and Back in the Sticks by John Edmond (#20).

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Sir Duke--Stevie Wonder (3rd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 I'm Your Boogie Man--K.C. and the Sunshine Band
2 Dreams--Fleetwood Mac
3 Sir Duke--Stevie Wonder
4 Got to Give it Up Pt. 1--Marvin Gaye
5 Gonna Fly Now (Theme from "Rocky")--Bill Conti
6 Lonely Boy--Andrew Gold
7 Lucille--Kenny Rogers
8 Angel in Your Arms--Hot
9 Feels Like the First Time--Foreigner
10 Calling Dr. Love--Kiss

Singles entering the chart were You Made Me Believe in Magic by the Bay City Rollers (#72); Telephone Man by Meri Wilson (#78); Black Betty by Ram Jam (#79); Runaway by Bonnie Raitt (#92); Neon Nites by Atlanta Rhythm Section (#94); Save Me by Merrilee Rush (#96); Ridin' the Storm Out by REO Speedwagon (#99); and Keep that Same Old Feeling by Side Effect (#100).

Canada's top 10 (RPM)
1 I'm Your Boogie Man--K.C. and the Sunshine Band
2 Sir Duke--Stevie Wonder
3 When I Need You--Leo Sayer
4 Angel in Your Arms--Hot
5 Dreams--Fleetwood Mac
6 Southern Nights--Glen Campbell
7 Right Time of the Night--Jennifer Warnes
8 Couldn't Get it Right--Climax Blues Band
9 Lucille--Kenny Rogers
10 Calling Dr. Love--Kiss

Singles entering the chart were It's Sad to Belong by England Dan & John Ford Coley (#88); Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love) by Waylon Jennings (#89); My Heart Belongs to Me by Barbra Streisand (#91); I'm in You by Peter Frampton (#92); All You Get from Love is a Love Song by the Carpenters (#93); The Pretender by Jackson Browne (#94); Uptown Festival by Shalamar (#95); Easy by the Commodores (#96); Just a Song Before I Go by Crosby, Stills & Nash (#97); Barracuda by Heart (#98); Enjoy and Get it On by ZZ Top (#99); and Watch Closely Now by Kris Kristofferson (#100).

Politics and government
The U.S.S.R. published a new constitution, replacing the one written by Josef Stalin in 1936.

Diplomacy
Five British plane-spotters were released by Greek authorities after spending 10 weeks in jail on suspicion of espionage.

Scandal
Former Korean Central Intelligence Agency director Kim Hyung Wook, who had lived in the United States in self-imposed exile since 1973, said in Washington that South Korean businessman Park Tong Sun, who was under federal and congressional investigation in the U.S.A. for allegedly using illegal means to influence American policy toward South Korea, was a KCIA agent. Mr. Kim implicated South Korean President Park Chung Hee in the scandal, and named several other alleged KCIA agents in the United States, including Unification Church founder and leader Rev. Sun Myung Moon. Mr. Kim said that in 1964, Park Tong Sun had offered to use his influence in Congress to obtain more military aid for South Korea, in exchange for being named sole agent for the sale of U.S. rice in South Korea. Most of the allegedly illegal activities took place from 1971-1975, according to Mr. Kim.

Football
CFL
All-Star Game @ Exhibition Stadium, Toronto
West 19 @ East 20

Tony Gabriel of the Ottawa Rough Riders and Terry Evanshen of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats caught touchdown passes, and Zenon Andrusyshyn of the Toronto Argonauts added 2 converts and 2 field goals as the Eastern Football Conference All-Stars edged the Western Football Conference All-Stars before a small crowd estimated at 5,000 by the CTV broadcast crew, but stated to be approximately 7,500 in the Canadian Football League record manual. Ron Lancaster of the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Tom Forzani of the Calgary Stampeders scored West TDs, while Bernie Ruoff of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers added 1 convert and 2 field goals. East quarterback Jimmy Jones of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats was named the game's most valuable player on offense, while East linebacker Chuck Zapiec of the Montreal Alouettes won defensive honours. George Brancato of the defending Grey Cup champion Rough Riders was the head coach of the East team, while Jim Eddy of the Roughriders made his head coaching debut, leading the West team. The Roughriders were the defending Western champions, but John Payne had departed after the 1976 season, and Mr. Eddy had been promoted from assistant to head coach as his replacement.

30 years ago
1987

Track and field
Danny Harris of the United States won the 400-metre hurdles event at a meet in Madrid, ending Edwin Moses' record winning streak at 122 races.

Basketball
NBA
Finals
Boston 122 @ Los Angeles Lakers 141 (Los Angeles led best-of-seven series 2-0)

Michael Cooper scored 21 points--including a playoff record 6-for-7 on 3-point field goal attempts--and added 9 assists as he came off the bench to help the Lakers defeat the Celtics before 17,505 fans at the Forum in Inglewood, California. Byron Scott led Los Angeles with 24 points; Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and James Worthy each scored 23; and Magic Johnson scored 22 as the Lakers spread the scoring around. Larry Bird led the Celtics with 23 points and 10 rebounds.

25 years ago
1992

Hit parade
#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Knockin' on Heaven's Door--Guns N' Roses

Died on this date
Carl Stotz, 82. U.S. baseball executive. Mr. Stotz founded Little League Baseball in Williamsport, Pennsylvania in 1939.

Politics and government
The Canadian House of Commons approved a bill giving the federal government the power to call a referendum on constitutional reform.

Popular culture
The United States Postal Service announced that by margin of 3-1, voters preferred a portrait of Elvis Presley as a young man over a portrait of him when he was older to go on a U.S. postage stamp.

20 years ago
1997

Hit parade
#1 single in Denmark (Nielsen Music Control & IFPI): MMMBop--Hanson (2nd week at #1)

Died on this date
Ronnie Lane, 51. U.K. musician. Mr. Lane was a founding member of the rock group Small Faces from 1965-1969; when the group changed its name to the Faces, he remained until 1973. Mr. Lane founded and led the group Slim Chance in the mid-late 1970s, but developed multiple sclerosis. He moved to Texas for his health, and was still able to perform as late as 1992. Mr. Lane died of MS.

Basketball
NBA
Finals
Utah 85 @ Chicago 97 (Chicago led best-of-seven series 2-0)

Michael Jordan scored 38 points and added 13 rebounds and 9 assists to lead the Bulls over the Jazz before 25,544 fans at United Center. Chicago led 47-31 at halftime. Karl Malone led the Jazz with 20 points and 13 rebounds, but was successful on only 6 of 20 field goal attempts.

10 years ago
2007

Died on this date
Clete Boyer, 70. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Boyer, the youngest of three brothers who played in the major leagues, was a third baseman with the Kansas City Athletics (1955-1957); New York Yankees (1959-1966); and Atlanta Braves (1967-1971), batting .242 with 162 home runs and 654 runs batted in in 1,725 games. He was with the Yankees when they won the World Series in 1961 and 1962, and lost the World Series in each of the next two years. The Yankees played the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1964 World Series, and the St. Louis third baseman was Mr. Boyer's brother Ken. Clete was regarded as an outstanding defensive third baseman, but won just one Gold Glove award, in 1969. He was released by the Braves in May 1971 after criticizing team management. Mr. Boyer resumed his career in Japan, playing 417 games with the Taiyo Whales from 1972-1975, and serving as a coach with the team in 1976. He managed the Fort Lauderdale Yankees of the Class A Florida State League in 1989. Mr. Boyer died of a brain hemorrhage.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Finals
Anaheim 3 @ Ottawa 2 (Anaheim led best-of-seven series 3-1)

Dustin Penner scored 4:07 into the 3rd period to break a 2-2 tie as the Ducks edged the Senators at Scotiabank Place.

June 3, 2017

150 years ago
1867

Defense
Austria began to fortify Vienna.

Politics and government
U.S. Army General Philip Sheridan, military governor of the Fifth Military District (Texas and Louisiana) removed James M. Wells as Governor of Louisiana, accusing him of being "a political trickster and a dishonest man." Mr. Wells was removed for doing little or nothing the previous year to prevent riots in New Orleans against Negro voting, and for failing to implement reforms regarding freedmen.

130 years ago
1887

Politics and government
Wilfrid Laurier was chosen leader of the Liberal Party of Canada by the party's parliamentary caucus, replacing Edward Blake. The move was ratified at the party convention on June 7.

125 years ago
1892

Soccer
Liverpool Football Club was founded.

110 years ago
1907

Protest
A riot occurred in the small town of Olds, Alberta, north of Calgary, after the Calgary and Edmonton Railway claimed that a railway crossing in Olds was dangerous and not a legal right-of-way. Town officials objected, but the railway brought in a construction crew to fence off the crossing, and a detachment of mounted police to enforce its closure. Town police arrested and jailed some of the Mounties and railway foreman, then the North West Mounted Police superintendent arrested the town police officers and municipal officials and held them in a railway car until the town ordered their release.

100 years ago
1917

Born on this date
Leo Gorcey. U.S. actor. Mr. Gorcey starred in 69 Ded End Kids/East Side Kids/Bowery Boys movies from 1937-1956. He drank himself to death, dying on June 2, 1969, the day before his 52nd birthday.

80 years ago
1937

Married on this date
The Duke of Windsor, the former King Edward VIII of Great Britain, married American divorcee Wallis Warfield Simpson in France.

75 years ago
1942

War
The U.S. House of Representatives passed and sent to the Senate formal declarations of war against Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania. Several hundred U.K. Royal Air Force planes bombed Essen and other Ruhr objectives. Four Japanese bombers began the Aleutian Islands Campaign by attacking Unalaska Island, causing few casualties and setting several warehouses on fire. A Chinese expeditionary force arrived in India from Burma under the command of U.S. Army General Joe Stilwell. Japanese troops moved toward Chuhsien in western Chekiang Province, China.

Defense
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Dr. C. Parra Perez said that his country was on the side of the United States and was "cooperating in the defense of the continent."

Economics and finance
The British government of Prime Minister Winston Churchill issued a White Paper announcing nationalization and control of coal distribution.

70 years ago
1947

Defense
Following talks with Argentine Ambassador to the United States Oscar Ivanissevich, the White House announced that U.S. President Harry Truman was ready to resume consultation with Argentina and other American republics on a Western Hemisphere defense treaty.

U.S. Secretary of State George Marshall urged the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee to approve legislation authorizing the President to send peacetime U.S. military missions to any foreign country requesting them.

Politics and government
U.K. Prime Minister Clement Attlee and Viceroy Viscount Mountbatten jointly announced a British plan to partition India into Hindu and Muslim states. The plan called for British withdrawal as early as the summer of 1947, if the Indian provinces acted swiftly in forming their own governments.

Hungarian Justice Minister Istvan Ries announced a new electoral law which would deprive all "enemies of democracy" of the franchise, affecting about 10% of the country's voters.

Economics and finance
The British House of Commons passed an industrial organization and development bill, providing for state supervision of private industry.

The U.S. Senate passed a compormise tax bill, approved the previous day by the House of Representatives, reducing income taxes by 10 1/2%-30%.

Boxing
Lloyd Marshall (60-15-3) knocked out Freddie Mills (71-16-6) at 2:58 of the 5th round of a light heavyweight bout at Harringay Arena, Harringay, London.



60 years ago
1957

Hit parade
#1 singles in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Love Letters in the Sand/Bernardine--Pat Boone (Best Seller--1st week at #1); All Shook Up--Elvis Presley (Disc Jockey--7th week at #1; Jukebox--7th week at #1; Top 100--8th week at #1)

Defense
The United States joined the Baghdad Treaty Military Committee at a meeting of the treaty's Council of Ministers in Krachi, Pakistan.

Diplomacy
The U.S. Senate confirmed the nomination of Llewellyn Thompson as U.S. Ambassador to the U.S.S.R.

Politics and government
Former U.K. Prime Minister Anthony Eden, returning to Britain from medical treatment in the United States, said that he would not "take part in active political life again."

Law
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee voted to amend the civil rights bill of the administration of President Dwight Eisenhower by requiring jury trials for persons charged with contempt of court for violating injunctions in civil rights cases.

Energy
Swedish physicists Per Ohlin and Kai Siegbahn reported that they had produced 10 billion watts of energy experimentally through fusion of hydrogen atoms.

Labour
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that federal courts were empowered under the Taft-Hartley Act to enforce arbitration agreements in labour contracts.

Baseball
The New York Yankees assessed fines of $1,000 against outfielders Hank Bauer and Mickey Mantle; catcher Yogi Berra; pitcher Whitey Ford; and infielder Billy Martin; and $500 against pitcher Johnny Kucks, for their presence at a party at the Copacabana nightclub after the midnight training curfew. The players were involved in a much-publicized fight in the wee hours of May 16, in which a delicatessen owner suffered a broken jaw.

50 years ago
1967

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): This is My Song--Petula Clark (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in France: A Whiter Shade of Pale--Procol Harum (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): 29 settembre--Equipe 84 (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Puppet on a String--Sandie Shaw (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Ha! Ha! Said the Clown--Manfred Mann (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Silence is Golden--The Tremeloes (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Respect--Aretha Franklin

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 I Got Rhythm--The Happenings
2 Respect--Aretha Franklin
3 Groovin'--The Young Rascals
4 Release Me (And Let Me Love Again)--Engelbert Humperdinck
5 Creeque Alley--The Mamas and the Papas
6 The Happening--The Supremes
7 Sweet Soul Music--Arthur Conley
8 Somebody to Love--Jefferson Airplane
9 Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon--Neil Diamond
10 Him or Me - What's it Gonna Be?--Paul Revere and the Raiders

Singles entering the chart were The Tracks of My Tears by Johnny Rivers (#53); Don't Sleep in the Subway by Petula Clark (#56); You Can't Stand Alone by Wilson Pickett (#64); Up-Up and Away by the 5th Dimension (#67); Pay You Back with Interest by the Hollies (#70); Oooh, Baby Baby by the Five Stairsteps (#72); Soul Finger by the Bar-Kays (#73); Woman Like That, Yeah by Joe Tex (#75); I was Made to Love Her by Stevie Wonder (#81); Summer and Sandy by Lesley Gore (#85); Have You Seen Her Face by the Byrds (#86); I Take it Back by Sandy Posey (#88); You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby by the Dave Clark Five (#89); Graduation Day by the Arbors (#90); Who's Lovin' You by Brenda and the Tabulations (#92); Now I Know by Jack Jones (#95); Don't Blame the Children by Sammy Davis, Jr. (#97); I Could Be So Happy by the Magnificent Men (#98); Girl (You Captivate Me) by ? and the Mysterians (#100); and Two in the Afternoon by Dino, Desi and Billy (also #100). The B-side of Have You Seen Her Face was Don't Make Waves, the title song of the movie.

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Groovin'--The Young Rascals
2 Release Me (And Let Me Love Again)--Engelbert Humperdinck
3 I Got Rhythm--The Happenings
4 Him or Me - What's it Gonna Be?--Paul Revere and the Raiders
5 Creeque Alley--The Mamas and the Papas
6 The Happening--The Supremes
7 Here Comes My Baby--The Tremeloes
8 Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon--Neil Diamond
9 Somebody to Love--Jefferson Airplane
10 Happy Jack--The Who

Singles entering the chart were Windy by the Association (#79); New York Mining Disaster 1941 by the Bee Gees (#84); Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking) by Janis Ian (#86); You Can't Stand Alone by Wilson Pickett (#88); Me About You by the Mojo Men (#89); Sound of Love by the Five Americans (#90); I Know (You Don't Want Me No More) by Barry Allen (#91); Don't Blame the Children by Sammy Davis, Jr. (#92); For Your Precious Love by Oscar Toney, Jr. (#93); Hello Hello by Claudine Longet (#96); Hey Girl by the Preachers (#97); See My Girl by Teak Wood (#98); Mary in the Morning by Al Martino (#99); and I've Lost You by Jackie Wilson (#100).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CFUN)
1 She'd Rather Be with Me--The Turtles
2 Here Comes My Baby--The Tremeloes
3 Come on Down to My Boat--Every Mother's Son
4 I Could Be So Good to You--Don and the Goodtimes
5 Him or Me - What's it Gonna Be?--Paul Revere and the Raiders
6 Six O'Clock--The Lovin' Spoonful
7 Groovin'--The Young Rascals
8 There is Love--Jim "Harpo" Valley
9 Respect--Aretha Franklin
10 Windy--The Association

Singles entering the chart were Ding! Dong! The Witch is Dead by the Fifth Estate (#33); Dead End Street by Lou Rawls (#36); Up-Up and Away by the 5th Dimension (#41); We Had a Good Thing Goin' by the Cyrkle (#43); Sound of Love by the Five Americans (#45); You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby by the Dave Clark Five (#46); Beat the Clock by the McCoys (#47); Light My Fire by the Doors (#48); New York Mining Disaster 1941 by the Bee Gees (#49); and Shake by Otis Redding (#50).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKLG)
1 Windy--The Association
2 She'd Rather Be with Me--The Turtles
3 Round Round--Jonathan King
4 Groovin'--The Young Rascals
5 Here Comes My Baby--The Tremeloes
6 Respect--Aretha Franklin
7 Mirage--Tommy James and the Shondells
8 Six O'Clock--The Lovin' Spoonful
9 7 Rooms of Gloom--Four Tops
10 100 or Two--Springfield Rifles

Singles entering the chart were Little Bit o' Soul by the Music Explosion (#24); Come on Down to My Boat by Every Mother's Son (#27); Let's Live for Today by the Grass Roots (#28); Don't Sleep in the Subway by Petula Clark (#29); and The Flower Children by Marcia Strassman (#30).

Music
Johnny Rivers performed at the Sales Pavilion in Edmonton.

Canadiana
Work was completed on the world's first landing pad for flying saucers, in St. Paul, Alberta. The landing pad was chosen as the town's Canadian Centennial project.

40 years ago
1977

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Ain't that Just the Way--Barbi Benton (5th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Lay Back in the Arms of Someone--Smokie (5th week at #1)

#1 single in France: L'oiseau et l'enfant--Marie Myriam (4th week at #1)

Died on this date
Archibald Hill, 90. U.K. physiologist and politician. Dr. Hill was awarded a share of the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for his discovery relating to the production of heat in the muscle." He represented Cambridge University as an independent member of the House of Commons from 1940-1945.

Roberto Rossellini, 71. Italian film director and screenwriter. Mr. Rossellini was a major figure in Italian neorealist cinema in a career that spanned more than 40 years. His best-known movie was Roma città aperta (Rome, Open City) (1945). He had an affair with actress Ingrid Bergman in the late 1940s and fathered a child by her while they were both married to other people, causing a major scandal.

Diplomacy
The U.S. State Department announced that the United States and Cuba would station diplomats in each other's capitals for the first time in over 16 years. 8-10 Americans were to move into the U.S. embassy building in Havana, and a small number of Cubans were to occupy the Cuban embassy in Washington. The move would not constitute a resumption of full diplomatic relations; the U.S. staff would fly the Swiss flag, and the Cuban staff would fly the Czechoslovakian flag, with both staffs being considered "interest sections" rather than formal missions. The Cuban government announced that it would release 10 of its 30 American prisoners at once, and review the cases of the other 20.

Politics and government
King Baudoin I of Belgium swore in a new four-party coalition government led by Prime Minister Leo Tindemans of the Social Christian Party.

Economics and finance
The U.S. Labor Department reported that total employment in the United States had risen to a record high of 90,408,000 in May. The rise, which brought the seven-month increase in jobs to 2.7 million, helped push the unemployment rate blow 7% for the first time in 2 1/2 years, to 6.9%. The labour force rose to a record of 62.2% of the population, due largely to a surge of women entering the job market.

Basketball
NBA
Finals
Portland 110 @ Philadelphia 104 (Portland led best-of-seven series 3-2)

Bobby Gross scored 25 points in 25 minutes of action and the Trail Blazers grabbed 59 rebounds as they beat the 76ers before 18,276 fans at the Spectrum. Maurice Lucas scored 20 points for Portland, while Bill Walton added 14 points and 24 rebounds--20 of them defensive. Philadelphia's Julius Erving led all scorers with 37 points, many of them coming in the 4th quarter, when the 76ers outscored the Trail Blazers 38-25 in a desperate comeback attempt.

30 years ago
1987

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)--Whitney Houston

Died on this date
Will Sampson, 53. U.S. actor. Mr. Sampson, a full-blooded Muscogee (Creek) Indian, was best known for his supporting performance in the movies One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), but was also a rodeo cowboy and a skilled painter. He died of kidney failure after a long battle with scleroderma.

Politics and government
Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and the 10 provincial premiers initialled the Meech Lake Accord constitutional deal after an all-night meeting in the Langevin Block of the Parliament buildings in Ottawa. If approved by Parliament and all 10 provincial legislatures within three years, it would give Québec special status within Canada and increase the powers of the provinces.

Basketball
NBA
Finals
Boston 113 @ Los Angeles Lakers 126 (Los Angeles led best-of-seven series 1-0)

Magic Johnson scored 29 points and added 13 assists and 8 rebounds, while James Worthy contributed 33 points and 9 rebounds to lead the Lakers over the Celtics before 17,505 fans at the Forum in Inglewood, California. Larry Bird led the Celtics with 32 points.

25 years ago
1992

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): It's My Life--Dr. Alban (2nd week at #1)

Died on this date
Robert Morley, 84. U.K. actor. Mr. Morley was a well-known stage actor in Britain, and appeared in such movies as Outcast of the Islands (1951); The African Queen (1951); Beat the Devil (1953); Around the World in Eighty Days (1956); Oscar Wilde (1960); Murder at the Gallop (1963); Topkapi (1964); The Loved One (1965); A Study in Terror (1965); and Cromwell (1970).

William M. Gaines, 70. U.S. publisher. Mr. Gaines founded EC Comics, whose violent content attracted much criticism in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Mr. Gaines achieved lasting success with the founding of Mad in the fall of 1952. Originally a comic book, Mad switched to a magazine format in 1955, and was much loved by millions, including this blogger. Mr. Gaines was still the publisher of Mad at the time of his death.

Environment
The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, popularly known as the Earth Summit, opened in Rio de Janeiro. 35,000 delegates from 178 countries were in attendance.

Law
Aboriginal land rights in Australia were granted in Mabo v Queensland (No 2), a case brought by Eddie Mabo.

Basketball
NBA
Finals
Portland 89 @ Chicago 122 (Chicago led best-of-seven series 1-0)

Michael Jordan scored 39 points--a Finals-record 35 in the 1st half--as the Bulls took a 66-51 halftime lead and coasted to victory over the Trail Blazers before 18,676 fans at Chicago Stadium. Clyde Drexler led the Trail Blazers with just 16 points.

20 years ago
1997

Died on this date
Dennis James, 79. U.S. television personality. Mr. James, born Demie James Sposa, was credited as the host of television's first game show--Cash and Carry (1946)--as well as the first person to host a telethon; the first to appear in a television commercial; first to emcee a variety show; and the first to appear on video tape.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Finals
Detroit 4 @ Philadelphia 2 (Detroit led best-of-seven series 2-0)

Brendan Shanahan scored 2 goals and Kirk Maltby scored the winner in the 2nd period as the Red Wings beat the Flyers at CoreStates Center. Rod Brind'Amour scored both Philadelphia goals late in the 1st period.

June 2, 2017

120 years ago
1897

Literature
American writer Mark Twain was quoted by the New York Journal as saying "the report of my death was an exaggeration."

100 years ago
1917

War
Canadian air ace Billy Bishop seriously damaged a German aerodrome and airfield, and destroyed three German planes far behind enemy line. The solo dawn raid won him the Victoria Cross.

80 years ago
1937

Died on this date
Louis Vierne, 66. French musician and composer. Mr. Vierne, who was legally blind, was principal organist at the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris from 1900 until his death. His compositions included six organ symphonies, 24 Fantasy Pieces, and chamber and choral works. Mr. Vierne died of a heart attack or stroke while concluding his 1,750th recital at Notre-Dame de Paris.

75 years ago
1942

War
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked Congress to recognize that a state of war existed between the United States and Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania. 1,036 U.K. Royal Air Force planes bombed the Krupp Workds at Essen and other points in the Ruhr section of Germany. British armoured forces drove Axis units out of Tamar, a strong point southwest of Tobruk, Libya.

Economics and finance
Chinese Foreign Minister T.V. Soong and U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull signed a Lend-Lease pact in Washington.

70 years ago
1947

Hit parade
U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Mam'selle--Art Lund (4th week at #1)
--Dick Haymes
--Frank Sinatra
--Dennis Day
--Pied Pipers
2 Linda--Ray Noble and his Orchestra with Buddy Clark
--Charlie Spivak and his Orchestra
3 Heartaches--Ted Weems and his Orchestra
--Harry James and his Orchestra
4 My Adobe Hacienda--Eddy Howard and his Orchestra
5 Across the Alley from the Alamo--The Mills Brothers
6 Anniversary Song--Al Jolson
--Dinah Shore
--Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians
--Tex Beneke with the Glenn Miller Orchestra
--Andy Russell
7 That's My Desire--Sammy Kaye and his "Swing and Sway" Orchestra
--Frankie Laine and Mannie Klein's All-Stars
8 Peg o' My Heart--The Harmonicats
--Clark Dennis
9 I Believe--Frank Sinatra
10 Guilty--Margaret Whiting
--Johnny Desmond

Singles entering the chart were Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep) by Perry Como and the Satisfiers (#14) and Red Silk Stockings and Green Perfume by Sammy Kaye and his "Swing and Sway" Orchestra (#22). Red Silk Stockings and Green Perfume was the B-side of That's My Desire.

On the radio
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Tom Conway and Nigel Bruce, on ABC
Tonight's episode: The Red-Headed League

Diplomacy
Emil Sandstrom, Swedish representative on the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, was named chairman of the United Nations Palestine Inquiry Commission.

Politics and government
China's three-year-old People's Political Council went out of existence in Nanking, with Communists still refusing to cooperate.

The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill, aimed at Communists and other "subversives," authroizing the State Department to fingerprint all applicants for U.S. passports.

Protest
40,000 Communists and Socialists in Rome demonstrated against the lack of leftist representation in the new Italian government of Prime Minister Alcide de Gasperi.

Religion
In his semi-annual address on world events, Pope Pius XII implicitly condemned the U.S.S.R. when he said that "millions of human beings continue to live under oppression and despotic rule."

Economics and finance
U.S. Secretary of State George Marshall suspended the remaining half of a $30-million loan to Hungary "pending clarification" of events in that country. Mr. Marshall also praised and promised further aid to the anti-Communist government of Italian Prime Minister de Gasperi.

A U.S.-German Chamber of Commerce was formed in New York to promote trade between the two countries.

Labour
The Kent Federation of Agriculture in Ontario announced arrangements for the immigration of 1,000 Dutch farm workers to Canada to help relieve the country's labour shortage.

Oil
American, British, French, and Dutch interests in the internationally-owned Iraq Petroleum Company agreed to unrestricted expansion of their Middle Eastern operations.

Scandal
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the mail fraud conviction of former Boston Mayor James Curley.

60 years ago
1957

On television tonight
Alfred Hitchcock Presents, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Father and Son, starring Edmund Gwenn, Charles Davis, and Frederic Worlock

Died on this date
A.W.F. Blunt, 77. U.K. clergyman. Right Reverend Blunt was the Anglican Bishop of Bradford from 1931-1955. His reference to the friendship between King Edward VIII and American divorcee Wallis Warfield Simpson led to the king's abdication in December 1936.

Aviation
In mission Manhigh I, U.S. Air Force Captain Joe Kittinger set an altitude record in a metal capsule suspended from a plastic balloon over Minnesota, maintaining an altitude of 96,000 feet (18 miles) for two hours.

War
The Israeli Foreign Ministry charged that Egypt was reviving guerrilla warfare on Israel's frontier with the Gaza Strip by mining roads.

Diplomacy
U.S.S.R. Communist Party First Secretary Nikita Khrushchev, in a televised interview with three U.S. newsmen, predicted that "your grandchildren in America will live under socialism...[and] will not understand how their grandparents did not understand the progressive nature of a socialistic society."

Defense
The United States detonated the second-smallest atomic explosive yet tested, equivalent to 2,000-5,000 tons of TNT, at the Yucca Flat, Nevada test site.

Disasters
15 West German paratroop recruits drowned in attempting to ford the rain-swollen Iller River near Kempten.

18 people were killed when a suburban electric train rammed the rear of a passenger plane near Bombay.

50 years ago
1967

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand: A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You--The Monkees

Edmonton's top 10 (CJCA)
1 On a Carousel--The Hollies
2 Him or Me - What's it Gonna Be?--Paul Revere and the Raiders
3 Here Comes My Baby--The Tremeloes
4 Groovin'--The Young Rascals
5 Somebody to Love--Jefferson Airplane
6 For What it's Worth--Buffalo Springfield
7 Don't Blame the Children--Sammy Davis, Jr.
8 Friday on My Mind--The Easybeats
9 I was Kaiser Bill's Batman--Whistling Jack Smith
10 Creeque Alley--The Mamas and the Papas
Pick hit of the week: Walkin' Mary Home--The Nomads
New this week: She's Looking Good--Rodger Collins
Come to the Sunshine--Harpers Bizarre
I'll Never Find Another You--Sonny James
Let's Live for Today--The Grass Roots
7 Rooms of Gloom--Four Tops

On the radio
Sherlock Holmes, starring Robert Langford and Kenneth Baker, on Springbok Radio
Tonight's episode: The Copper Beeches

Died on this date
Luis Monge, 48. U.S. criminal. Mr. Monge was executed in the gas chamber at Colorado State Penitentiary for the murders of his pregnant wife Leonarda and three of the couple's 10 children after Leonarda discovered that he was having incestuous relations with one of their daughters. It was the last execution in the United States to take place before a moratorium was instituted while the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the constitutionality of capital punishment. In 1976, the court ruled that capital punishment was constitutional, and Gary Gilmore was the next person executed, on January 17, 1977.

Benno Ohnesorg, 26. West German student. Mr. Ohnesorg was a university student who was participating in a protest in West Berlin against the arrival of the Shah of Iran when he was shot and killed by a police officer. Mr. Ohnesorg's death resulted in the founding of the left-wing German student movement and late, the terrorist group Movement 2 June.

Music
Johnny Rivers performed for a crowd of 3,000 at the Stampede Corral in Calgary.

Protest
Three days of rioting began in Boston's Negro-populated district of Roxbury, following a Mothers for Adequate Welfare sit-in.

40 years ago
1977

Died on this date
Stephen Boyd, 45. U.K.-born U.S. actor. Mr. Boyd, born William Millar in Northern Ireland, was nominated for an Academy Award for his supporting performance in Ben-Hur (1959). His other movies included The Oscar (1966) and Fantastic Voyage (1966). Mr. Boyd died of a heart attack while playing golf with his wife.

Economics and finance
The government of Québec raised the provincial minimum wage from $3.00 to $3.15 per hour, the highest in Canada.

30 years ago
1987

Died on this date
Andres Segovia, 94. Spanish classical guitarist. Mr. Segovia was regarded as one of the greatest classical guitarists of the 20th century.

Sammy Kaye, 77. U.S. bandleader. Mr. Kaye, known for his tag line "Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye," was one of the most popular figures of the Big Band era. His most famous recording was probably Remember Pearl Harbor (1942).

Basketball
NBA
Finals
Boston 113 @ Los Angeles Lakers 126 (Los Angeles led best-of-seven series 1-0)

Magic Johnson scored 29 points and added 13 assists and 8 rebounds, while James Worthy contributed 33 points and 9 rebounds to lead the Lakers over the Celtics before 17,505 fans at the Forum in Inglewood, California. Larry Bird led the Celtics with 32 points.

25 years ago
1992

Died on this date
Philip Dunne, 84. U.S. film director and screenwriter. Mr. Dunne's screnplay credits included How Green was My Valley (1941); The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947); Forever Amber (1947); Pinky (1949); The Robe (1953); Three Brave Men (1956); Ten North Frederick (1958); and Blue Denim (1959).

Politics and government
Voters in a Danish referendum on the Maastricht treaty on European economic and
Political unity rejected the agreement by a small margin of 50.7%-49.3%. The defeat of the treaty shocked the Danish government and prompted French President Francois Mitterand to propose a referendum in his own country.

Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton won primaries in California, Ohio, New Jersey, and three other states, capturing enough delegates to assure him of the 1992 Democratic party nomination for President of the United States. In California, Mr. Clinton took 47% of the vote to 40% for former California Governor Jerry Brown. President George Bush swept all six Republican party primaries, although columnist Pat Buchanan took 26% of the vote in California.

Scandal
U.S. Secretary of the Navy Lawrence Garrett ordered that disciplinary action begin against 70 officers as a result of the Tailhook scandal. In September 1991 members of the Tailhook Association, a private organization of Navy and Marine Corps fliers, had held their convention at a hotel in Las Vegas. After complaints from women, two Navy investigations concluded that 26 women, including 14 military officers, had been abused at the convention, which had included heavy drinking and entertainment by nude dancers.

Economics and finance
The United States Commerce Department reported that the index of leading economic indicators had risen 0.4% in April, the fourth straight monthly increase.

20 years ago
1997

Hit parade
Canada's top 10 (RPM)
1 Elegantly Wasted--INXS (3rd week at #1)
2 Staring at the Sun--U2
3 I Want You--Savage Garden
4 Your Woman--White Town
5 MMMBop--Hanson
6 Say You'll Be There--Spice Girls
7 Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?--Paula Cole
8 Lie to Me--Jonny Lang
9 Clumsy--Our Lady Peace
10 Midnight Rain--Wide Mouth Mason

Singles entering the chart were Travellin' Man by John Fogerty (#92); Freaks by Live (#93); The End is the Beginning is the End by Smashing Pumpkins (#95); and On My Way by Styx (#96). The End is the Beginning is the End was from the movie Batman & Robin (1997).

Politics and government
Prime Minister Jean Chretien led his governing Liberals to another majority in the House of Commons in the Canadian federal election, winning 155 of 301 seats in the House of Commons, a drop from 177 seats in the most recent election in 1993, and 174 seats prior to the election call. The Reform Party, led by Preston Manning, won 60 seats, an increase from 50 going into the election, and enough to become the official Opposition. The Bloc Québécois, the official Opposition party going into the election, dropped from 50 seats to 44; The New Democratic Party, led by Alexa McDonough, increased from 9 seats to 21, and the Progressive Conservative Party, led by Jean Charest, increased from 2 seats to 20. Former Liberal MP John Nunziata was re-elected as an independent in the Toronto-area riding of York South-Weston. It was the first federal election in which this blogger worked as an official, serving as a poll clerk in Edmonton Strathcona.

Terrorism
Timothy McVeigh was convicted of murder and conspiracy in the April 19, 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168 people.

Scandal
The Ontario Securities Commission halted trading in the shares of Calgary-based mining company Bre-X after allegations surfaced of fraud in Indonesian drilling samples.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Finals
Anaheim 3 @ Ottawa 5 (Anaheim led best-of-seven series 2-1)

Dean McAmmond scored with 1:26 remaining in the 2nd period to break a 3-3 tie as the Senators defeated the Ducks at Scotiabank Place in the first Finals game to be played in Ottawa in 80 years. Mr. McAmmond's shot was deflected by Anaheim defenceman Chris Pronger into his own net. Mr. Pronger elbowed Mr. McAmmond in the head early in the 3rd period, ending Mr. McAmmond's series; typical of the National Hockey League's incompetent and/or crooked officiating, Mr. Pronger's dirty play wasn't penalized during the game. He was suspended, however, for game 4.

June 1, 2017

225 years ago
1792

Americana
Kentucky was admitted to the Union as the 15th state.

150 years ago
1867

Politics and government
Charles Stanley, Lord Monck was commissioned first Governor General of the Dominion of Canada, as the British North America Act took effect, with his service to begin on July 1, 1867.

130 years ago
1887

Born on this date
Harry Gardner. U.S. baseball pitcher. Mr. Gardner played with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1911-1912), compiling a 1-1 record with an earned run average of 4.46 in 14 games, batting .214 with no home runs or RBIs. He played over 408 games in 15 seasons in the minor leagues (1908-1924), winning at least 159 and losing at least 141. Mr. Gardner died on August 2, 1961 at the age of 74.

110 years ago
1907

Born on this date
Frank Whittle. U.K. military engineer. Sir Frank was an Air Commodore with the Royal Air Force who was credited with inventing the turbojet engine. He died on August 9, 1996 at the age of 89.

100 years ago
1917

Born on this date
Vince Lloyd. U.S. sportscaster. Vince Lloyd Skaff broadcast Chicago Cubs' games on radio and television for more than 30 years, beginning in the 1950s. He became the first radio voice of the Chicago Bulls in 1966-67, and also called games of the Chicago Bears, Chicago Fire, and Big Ten college football, as well as professional wrestling. Mr. Lloyd died of stomach cancer on July 3, 2003 at the age of 86.

William Standish Knowles. U.S. chemist. Dr. Knowles shared half of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Ryōji Noyori "for their work on chirally catalysed hydrogenation reactions." Dr. Knowles died on June 13, 2012, 12 days after his 95th birthday.

90 years ago
1927

Died on this date
Lizzie Borden, 66. U.S. murder suspect. Miss Borden was acquitted of the 1892 ax murders of her father and stepmother in Fall River, Massachusetts, but was still widely believed to be guilty. She and her sister Emma lived together until Emma moved out in 1905. Lizzie Borden died of pneumonia; Emma Borden died just nine days later at the age of 76.

J. B. Bury, 65. U.K. historian. Professor Bury was best known for his works on the later Roman Empire.

Diplomacy
William Phillips, the first U.S. Ambassador to Canada, arrived in Ottawa to set up the U.S. legation.

Transportation
The Peace Bridge between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York opened for traffic, to be officially dedicated on August 7, 1927.

Defense
The First Graving Dock in Esquimalt Harbour, British Columbia closed. It was replaced by the larger "Esquimalt Graving Dock," completed in 1924 and officially opened on July 1, 1927.

Law
All automobile drivers in Ontario were now required to have a driver's license.

Society
Provincial government liquor stores in Ontario started selling liquor to adults with $2 permits, as prohibition ended following repeal of the Ontario Temperance Act; the province had been dry since 1921.

80 years ago
1937

Politics and government
The Liberal government of T.D. Pattullo was re-elected in the British Columbia provincial election, taking 31 of 48 seats in the Legislative Assembly despite capturing only 37.34% of the popular vote. The Conservative Party, led by F.P. Patterson, won 8 seats; the leaderless Co-operative Commonwealth Federation won 7 seats; Labour Party candidate T.A. Uphill was elected in Fernie; and independent candidate R.W. Bruhn was elected in Salmon Arm.

Baseball
The St. Louis Browns sold pitcher Earl Caldwell to the Toronto Maple Leafs of the International League. Mr. Caldwell was 0-0 with a 6.83 earned run average in 9 games with the Browns in 1937.

“Bullfrog Bill” Dietrich pitched a no-hitter as the Chicago White Sox blanked the St. Louis Browns 8-0 at Comiskey Park in Chicago.

The Cleveland Indians scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 8th inning to defeat the Detroit Tigers 4-3 at League Park in Cleveland. Detroit first baseman Hank Greenberg hit his 11th home run of the season.

75 years ago
1942

War
Mexican President Manuel Avila Camacho signed a declaration of war, recognizing that a state of war had existed between Mexico and Germany, Italy, and Japan since May 22. British troops swept northwest of Bir Hacheim and occupied Segnali, an Axis military base. U.S. Army Lieutenant General Hap Arnold said in London that U.S. fliers and planes would soon join the U.K. Royal Air Force in attacks upon the Axis "which they cannot meet, defeat or survive." 27 more Czechs in Prague were executed in Prague and Brunn by Nazi authorities, bringing the total to 108 for the May 27 assassination attempt on Deputy Protector of Bohemia and Moravia Reinhard Heydrich. Japanese troops in Kwangtung Province, China advanced northward from Tsengshing and Sinkai.

Diplomacy
The Swedish-American liner SS Drottningholm arrived in Jersey City, New Jersey from Lisbon with 908 passengers, including Admiral William Leahy, U.S. Ambassador to France, and U.S. and Latin American diplomats exchanged for Axis officials.

Politics and government
Dr. Maynard Kruger was elected national chairman of the American Socialist Party to succeed Norman Thomas, who declined to serve again.

Law
The U.S. Supreme Court voted to invalidate a 1935 Oklahoma law providing for sterilization of criminals with three felony convictions.

Business
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that CBS and NBC were entitled to a judicial review of the Federal Communications Commission's regulations, issued in 1941, against chains of stations.

Baseball
The Boston Red Sox sold first baseman Jimmie Foxx to the Chicago Cubs. Mr. Foxx, who was in his seventh season with the Red Sox, was batting .270 with 5 home runs and 14 runs batted in in 30 games with Boston in 1942, giving him 524 homers in his 18-year major league career, all of which had been spent in the American League prior to the deal with Chicago.

70 years ago
1947

Diplomacy
Newly-installed Hungarian Prime Minister Lajos Dinnyes said that his government would seek "peaceful cooperation...especially with our great neighbour, the Soviet Union."

Defense
U.S. President Harry Truman's civilian Advisory Committee on Universal Training issued a report urging immediate unification of the armed forces and reintroduction of conscription, claiming that the alternative was "extermination" of the United States in a surprise attack.

Labour
U.K. Labour Secretary George Isaacs began a drive to bring more women into the industrial work force for the duration of the country's economic crisis.

Disasters
A tornado struck a heavily-settled farming district near Pine Bluff, Arkansas, killing 35 people.

60 years ago
1957

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Marianne--Terry Gilkyson and the Easy Riders (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Cindy, Oh Cindy--Margot Eskens (10th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Mirror): Butterfly--Andy Williams (4th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 All Shook Up--Elvis Presley (8th week at #1)
2 Love Letters in the Sand--Pat Boone
3 Little Darlin'--The Diamonds
4 So Rare--Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra
5 A White Sport Coat (And a Pink Carnation)--Marty Robbins
6 Dark Moon--Gale Storm
--Bonnie Guitar
7 School Day--Chuck Berry
8 Come Go with Me--The Dell-Vikings
9 Round and Round--Perry Como
10 Gone--Ferlin Husky

Singles entering the chart were My Dream by the Platters (#38); Can't Wait for Summer by Steve Lawrence (#58); and Shangri-La by the Four Coins (#60).

Defense
Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba forbade the movement of any French military force through Tunisia, except for supply purposes, without Tunisian government permission.

Transportation
Trans Canada Air Lines flew its first non-stop flight from Toronto to Vancouver, skipping the Winnipeg stopover. It took 8 hours, 32 minutes on a Super Constellation.

Track and field
Don Bowden, a junior at the University of Southern California, set an American record for the men's 1-mile run of 3 minutes 58.7 seconds at the Pacific Amateur Athletic Union meet in Stockton, California.

50 years ago
1967

Hit parade
#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Boston Burglar--Johnny McEvoy (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Retailer): Silence is Golden--The Tremeloes (3rd week at #1)

40 years ago
1977

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): I Don't Want to Talk About It/The First Cut is the Deepest--Rod Stewart (2nd week at #1)

Radio
CJAY began broadcasting in Calgary at 92.5 on the FM dial.

Baseball
The Chicago White Sox released pitcher Jim Bouton. Mr. Bouton, who had last pitched in the major leagues in 1970, was 0-6 with an earned run average of 5.26 in 10 games with the White Sox' farm team at Knoxville in the AA Southern League. He subsequently joined the independent Portland Beavers of the Class A Northwest League.

John Mayberry hit 3 home runs and drove in 5 runs, while Al Cowens batted 5 for 5 with a triple, 2 runs, and 1 RBI to help the Kansas City Royals beat the Toronto Blue Jays 11-3 before 33,004 fans at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto.

Rod Carew singled home Jerry Terrell and Butch Wynegar with the bases loaded and 2 out in the bottom of the 9th inning to climax a 3-run rally as the Minnesota Twins edged the New York Yankees 4-3 before 23,684 fans at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington.



Carl Yastrzemski hit solo home runs in the 6th and 7th innings to help the Boston Red Sox defeat the Texas Rangers 7-5 before 11,731 fans at Arlington Stadium. Mike Paxton pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings in relief of starting pitcher Luis Tiant to get his first major league win.

John Stearns' grand slam climaxed a 5-run 5th inning as the New York Mets beat the Montreal Expos 6-4 before 13,397 fans at Olympic Stadium in Montreal in a game that was televised by Radio-Canada. New York left fielder Dave Kingman hit a fair ball off a speaker, and since no one had ever hit a ball there before, there was some uncertainty as to whether the ball was in play (if I recall correctly, and my memory of the play is hazy), it was ruled out of play.

The Pittsburgh Pirates scored 3 unearned runs with 2 out in the top of the 1st inning and John Candelaria pitched a 2-hit shutout to improve his record for the season to 7-1 as the Pirates blanked the Philadelphia Phillies 3-0 before 28,234 fans at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia in a game that was called because of rain after 7 1/2 innings.

Steve Ontiveros singled home Jerry Morales with 1 out in the top of the 13th inning to break a 3-3 tie as the Chicago Cubs edged the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3 before 21,383 fans at Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis.

30 years ago
1987

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Australian Music Report): Slice of Heaven--Dave Dobbyn with Herbs (3rd week at #1)

Died on this date
Errol Barrow, 67. Premier of Barbados, 1961-1966; Prime Minister of Barbados, 1966-1976, 1986-1987. Mr. Barrow was an aviator with the U.K. Royal Air Force during World War II, and was first elected to the Barbadian Parliament in 1951 as a member of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP). Dissatisfied with the BLP's advocacy of incremental independence for Barbados, Mr. Barrow and several colleagues founded the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) in 1955. He led the DLP to victory in the 1961 general election, and served as Premier until Barbados obtained her independence from Britain in 1966. Mr. Barrow then served as Barbados' first Prime Minister, advocating Caribbean regional integration and opposing outside interference in Caribbean affairs. The DLP was defeated in the 1976 general election, but returned to power 10 years later. Mr. Barrow collapsed and died at his home; he was succeeded as Prime Minister by Erskine Sandiford.

Rashid Karami, 65. Prime Minister of Lebanon, 1955-1956; 1958-1960; 1961-1964; 1965-1966; 1966-1968; 1969-1970; 1975-1976; 1984-1987. Mr. Karami, an independent politician, had a political career of more than 30 years, and was Lebanon's Prime Minister 10 times. He advocated increased political power for the country's Muslim population, and was known as a man that Lebanon's President could call on in a crisis, despite political differences. He was killed and the country’s interior minister and several other people were injured when a bomb exploded in his helicopter during a flight to Beirut from his home town of Tripoli. It was believed that the bomb had been placed in his briefcase or under his seat. The co-pilot made an emergency landing. Mr. Karami had submitted his resignation on May 4, but President Amin Gemayel had not yet formally accepted it.

25 years ago
1992

Hit parade
#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): You Won't See Me Cry--Wilson Phillips (2nd week at #1)

Diplomacy
Yugoslavian Ambassador to Canada Goran Kapetanovic, a Bosnian Serb, resigned to protest Serbian violence. Canada supported United Nations sanctions against Serbia.

Politics and government
Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney named three non-politicians to the Privy Council: hockey legend Maurice "Rocket" Richard; newspaper tycoon Conrad Black; and Nobel Prize-winning scientist John Polanyi. The break with tradition was done to honour Canada's 125th birthday.

Environment
The European Community agreed to suspend fishing off Newfoundland's Grand Banks to help preserve dwindling stocks; the EU suggested that unusually cold and salty water were to blame, not overfishing.

Economics and finance
The Dow Jones industrial average closed at a new high of 3,413.21.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Finals
Pittsburgh 6 @ Chicago 5 (Pittsburgh won best-of-seven series 4-0)

Mario Lemieux scored a goal and 2 assists and was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the playoffs' most valuable player as he led the Penguins to their second consecutive Stanley Cup championship, edging the Blackhawks at Chicago Stadium.

20 years ago
1997

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (ARIA): MMMBop--Hanson

#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): If Tomorrow Never Comes--Joose

#1 single in Austria (Ö3): Blond--Rainhard Fendrich (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: I Believe I Can Fly--R. Kelly (6th week at #1)

Basketball
NBA
Finals
Utah 82 @ Chicago 84 (Chicago led best-of-seven series 1-0)

Michael Jordan's 20-foot field goal at the final buzzer gave the Bulls their win over the Jazz before 24,544 fans at United Center. Utah forward Karl Malone missed 2 free throws with 9.2 seconds left, and Mr. Jordan grabbed the rebound.

10 years ago
2007

Law
Warren Winkler of the Ontario Superior Court was appointed Chief Justice of Ontario.