Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Suzie Martin!
210 years ago
1800
Died on this date
William Cowper, 68. U.K. poet and hymnist. Mr. Cowper was a forerunner of English romantic poetry, writing of everyday life and the countryside. He was a devout Christian, despite suffering intermittent bouts of doubt and insanity, writing hymns that included Light Shining out of Darkness (1773). Mr. Cowper was a close friend of John Newton, and the two were associated in campaigning against slavery. Mr. Cowper died of dropsy.
160 years ago
1850
Born on this date
Luise Adolpha Le Beau. German composer. Miss Le Beau was a pianist who was a music teacher and critic when she wasn't composing. She wrote a symphony, chamber music, vocal works, and piano solo pieces. Miss Le Beau died on July 17, 1927 at the age of 77.
120 years ago
1890
Died on this date
Crowfoot, 59 or 60. Canadian Indian chief. Crowfoot, aka Isapo-Muxika, was chief of the Siksika (Blackfoot) First Nation in the part of the Northwest Territories that is now in southern Alberta. He played a key role in the negotiations with the government of Canada that produced Treaty 7.
110 years ago
1900
Born on this date
Wolfgang Pauli. Austro-Hungarian-born Swiss physicist. Dr. Pauli was awarded the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physics "for the discovery of the Exclusion Principle, also called the Pauli principle." The discovery involved spin theory, which is the basis of a theory of the structure of matter. Dr. Pauli also gave his name to the "Pauli effect," due to anecdotes about his ability to break experimental equipment just by being in its vicinity. He was a friend of the biggest figures in physics, including Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, and Werner Heisenberg, and was known for expressing his ideas in correspondence rather than in published papers. Dr. Pauli died of pancreatic cancer on December 15, 1958 at the age of 58.
Gladwyn Jebb, 1st Baron Gladwyn. U.K. diplomat and politician. Sir Gladwyn joined the British Diplomatic Service in 1924, and was acting Secretary-General of the United Nations from October 24, 1945-February 2, 1946. He served as U.K. Ambassador to the UN (1950-1954) and U.K. Ambassador to France (1954-1960) before being elevated to the House of Lords as Baron Gladwyn. He was deputy leader of the Liberal Party in the House of Lords (1965-1988), and was a Member of the European Parliament (1973-1976). Baron Gladwyn died on October 24, 1996 at the age of 96.
War
Canadian troops engaged Boers in the Battle of Israel's Port in South Africa.
90 years ago
1920
Diplomacy
At the San Remo conference, the principal Allied Powers of World War I adopted a resolution to determine the allocation of Class "A" League of Nations mandates for administration of the former Ottoman-ruled lands of the Middle East.
70 years ago
1940
War
Two Canadian Army battalions were held back in Scotland, on the way to join British force bound for Norway. Japan was reportedly sending 60,000 men into the southern part of the Chinese province of Shansi to halt a Chinese advance.
Diplomacy
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared Norway a belligerent, making Norwegian purchases in the U.S.A. subject to the cash and carry provisions of the Neutrality Law, and prohibiting Americans from travelling on Norwegian ships.
The U.S. State Department announced that Bertel Kuniholm would be the next U.S. representative to Iceland.
Abominations
Women were allowed to vote and run for office in Quebec provincial elections, 22 years after women were granted the federal vote, and after Premier Adélard Godbout succeeded in getting the Roman Catholic clergy to drop their opposition.
Europeana
Merkið, the flag of the Faroe Islands, was approved by the British occupation government.
Economics and finance
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a 0.5% increase in the wholesale price index for the first time in 1940.
60 years ago
1950
On the radio
Philo Vance, starring Jackson Beck
Tonight’s episode: The Shower Bath Murder Case
On television tonight
Suspense, on CBS
Tonight's episode: The Gentleman from America, starring Barry Nelson
War
The South Korean Army reported that it had killed or captured 700 guerrillas who had infiltrated from North Korea during the past month.
Defense
Admiral Forrest Sherman, chief of U.S. Naval Operations, presented the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee with the Navy's request for the authority to start building a $335-million "atomic age" fleet, to include nuclear submarines.
Politics and government
King Leopold III of Belgium rejected a Socialist demand that he promise to stay out of the country after turning the crown over to Prince Baudoin.
Transportation
British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, and Prince Edward Island signed an agreement with the federal government signed an agreement to build the first Trans-Canada Highway, from Nova Scotia to Vancouver.
Labour
The Congress of Industrial Organizations Communications Workers of America cancelled a nationwide strike of American Telephone & Telegraph workers after reporting agreement on all major issues.
50 years ago
1960
Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Estremécete (All Shook Up)--Los Llopis
#1 single in France (IFOP): Mustapha--Bob Azzam (5th week at #1)
U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Stuck on You--Elvis Presley
2 Greenfields--The Brothers Four
3 Sink the Bismarck--Johnny Horton
4 The Theme from "A Summer Place"--Percy Faith and his Orchestra
5 He'll Have to Go--Jim Reeves
6 Sixteen Reasons--Connie Stevens
7 Puppy Love--Paul Anka
8 The Old Lamplighter--The Browns
9 White Silver Sands--Bill Black's Combo
10 Sweet Nothin's--Brenda Lee
Singles entering the chart were When You Wish Upon a Star by Dion and the Belmonts (#85); Tell Me that You Love Me by Fats Domino (#89); Easy Lovin' by Wade Flemons (#92); No If's--No And's by Lloyd Price and his Orchestra (#93); Last Chance by Collay and the Satellites (#94); Another Sleepless Night by Jimmy Clanton (#95); (Doin' the) Lovers Leap by Webb Pierce (#96); Two Thousand, Two Hundred, Twenty-Three Miles by Patti Page (#97); Young Emotions by Ricky Nelson (#98); Beautiful Obsession by Sir Chauncey and his Exciting Strings (#99); and Dutchman's Gold by Walter Brennan with Billy Vaughn and his Orchestra (#100).
U.S.A. Top 10 (Music Vendor)
1 Stuck on You--Elvis Presley
2 Greenfields--The Brothers Four
3 The Theme from "A Summer Place"--Percy Faith and his Orchestra
--Hugo Winterhalter and his Orchestra
--Leroy Holmes and his Orchestra
4 Sink the Bismarck--Johnny Horton
5 He'll Have to Go--Jim Reeves
6 White Silver Sands--Bill Black's Combo
7 Sweet Nothin's--Brenda Lee
8 I Love the Way You Love--Marv Johnson
9 Sixteen Reasons--Connie Stevens
10 Night--Jackie Wilson
Vancouver's Top 10 (CKWX)
1 Stuck on You/Fame and Fortune--Elvis Presley (2nd week at #1)
2 Stairway to Heaven--Neil Sedaka
3 The Old Lamplighter--The Browns
4 Step by Step--The Crests
5 Sixteen Reasons--Connie Stevens
6 Footsteps--Steve Lawrence
7 Cradle of Love--Johnny Preston
8 Cherry Pie--Skip & Flip
9 Apple Green--June Valli
10 Night/Doggin' Around--Jackie Wilson
Singles entering the chart were Doggin' Around; Burning Bridges by Jack Scott (#36, charting with its other side, Oh, Little One); Nobody Loves Me Like You by the Flamingos (#45); For Love by Lloyd Price and his Orchestra (#55, charting with its other side, No If's--No And's); Jump Over/The Urge by Freddy Cannon (#47); Ding-A-Ling/Swingin' School by Bobby Rydell (#49); Tell Me that You Love Me by Fats Domino (#51); Promised Land of Love by Dean Morgan (#53); He'll Have to Stay by Jeanne Black (#54); Rockin' Red Wing by Sammy Masters (#56); Because They're Young by Duane Eddy and the Rebels (#57); Happy-Go-Lucky-Me by Paul Evans (#58); and Born to Be with You by the Echoes (#60). Because They're Young was the title song of the movie.
Defense
The United States Navy submarine USS Triton completed Operation Sandblast, the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.
Boxing
Sonny Liston (29-1) scored a technical knockout of Roy Harris (29-2) at 2:35 of the 1st round of a heavyweight bout at Sam Houston Coliseum in Houston.
40 years ago
1970
Hit parade
#1 single in Rhodesia (Lyons Maid): Bridge Over Troubled Water (LP)--Simon & Garfunkel
#1 single in France: Laisse-moi t'aimer--Mike Brant (6th week at #1)
#1 single in Italy (FIMI): La prima cosa bella--Nicola Di Bari (5th week at #1)
#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Mademoiselle Ninette--The Soulful Dynamics
#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): All Kinds of Everything--Dana (2nd week at #1)
Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 Let it Be--The Beatles
2 Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)--Edison Lighthouse
3 Ma Belle Amie--The Tee Set
4 Travelin' Band/Who'll Stop the Rain--Creedence Clearwater Revival
5 Bridge Over Troubled Water--Simon & Garfunkel
6 Whole Lotta Love--Led Zeppelin
7 All I Have to Do is Dream--Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell
8 Temma Harbour--Mary Hopkin
9 Instant Karma (We All Shine On)--John Ono Lennon (with the Plastic Ono Band)
10 A Little Ray of Sunshine--Axiom
Singles entering the chart were I.O.I.O. by the Bee Gees (#28); Wandrin' Star by Lee Marvin (#31); Kentucky Rain by Elvis Presley (#32); and Hey There Lonely Girl by Eddie Holman (#40).
Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 El Condor Pasa--Simon & Garfunkel (Instrumental track by Los Incas) (3rd week at #1)
2 All Kinds of Everything--Dana
3 Knock, Knock Who's There--Mary Hopkin
4 Sympathy--Steve Rowland & the Family Dogg
5 Lay Down--Melanie en the Edwin Hawkins Singers
6 El Cóndor Pasa--Los Incas
7 Spirit in the Sky--Norman Greenbaum
8 Good Morning Freedom--Blue Mink
9 I.O.I.O.--The Bee Gees
10 Down South--Rob Hoeke Boogie Woogie Quartet
Singles entering the chart were House of the Rising Sun by Frijid Pink (#19); Get Ready by the Rare Earth (#27); ABC by the Jackson 5 (#28); Can't Help Falling in Love by Andy Williams (#31); Kus Me Voor De Laatste Keer! by De Four Tak (#32); Wientie Groove by Oscar Harris and the Twinkle Stars (#36); Cecilia by John & Anne Ryder (#38); and Gimme Dat Ding by the Pipkins (#40).
U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 ABC--The Jackson 5
2 Let it Be--The Beatles
3 Spirit in the Sky--Norman Greenbaum
4 Instant Karma (We All Shine On)--John Ono Lennon (with the Plastic Ono Band)
5 American Woman/No Sugar Tonight--The Guess Who
6 Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)--Edison Lighthouse
7 Come and Get It--Badfinger
8 Love or Let Me Be Lonely--The Friends of Distinction
9 Bridge Over Troubled Water--Simon & Garfunkel
10 Turn Back the Hands of Time--Tyrone Davis
Singles entering the chart were Up Around the Bend/Run Through the Jungle by Creedence Clearwater Revival (#48); Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand) by Diana Ross (#49); Hum a Song (From Your Heart) by Lulu with the Dixie Flyers (#74); Lay Down (Candles in the Rain) by Melanie with the Edwin Hawkins Singers (#89); Fire and Rain by R.B. Greaves (#90); Band of Gold by Freda Payne (#93); I Got a Problem by Jesse Anderson (#95); Thank You Girl by Street People (#96); More than I Can Stand by Bobby Womack (#98); It's All in the Game by the Four Tops (#99); and Get Down People by the Fabulous Counts (#100).
U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 ABC--The Jackson 5
2 Spirit in the Sky--Norman Greenbaum
3 Let it Be--The Beatles
4 American Woman--The Guess Who
5 Instant Karma (We All Shine On)--John Ono Lennon (with the Plastic Ono Band)
6 Something’s Burning--Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
7 Come and Get It--Badfinger
8 Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)--Edison Lighthouse
9 Up the Ladder to the Roof--The Supremes
10 Love or Let Me Be Lonely--The Friends of Distinction
Singles entering the chart were Daughter of Darkness by Tom Jones (#59); Soolaimón (African Trilogy II) by Neil Diamond (#68); It's All in the Game by the Four Tops (#72); Patch of Blue by Frankie Valli & the 4 Seasons (#81); Killer Joe by Quincy Jones (#88); Roadhouse Blues by the Doors (#91); Sweet Feeling by Candi Staton (#94); You Know How it is with a Woman by Jefferson (#97); God Bless by Arthur Conley (#98); Can You Feel It by Bobby Goldsboro (#99); and Baby I Love You by Little Milton (#100).
U.S.A. Top 10 (Record World)
1 Let it Be--The Beatles (3rd week at #1)
1 ABC--The Jackson 5
2 Spirit in the Sky--Norman Greenbaum
3 Come and Get It--Badfinger
4 Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)--Edison Lighthouse
5 Easy Come, Easy Go--Bobby Sherman
6 American Woman/No Sugar Tonight--The Guess Who
7 Up the Ladder to the Roof--The Supremes
8 Instant Karma (We All Shine On)--John Ono Lennon (with the Plastic Ono Band)
9 Something’s Burning--Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
10 Love or Let Me Be Lonely--The Friends of Distinction
Singles entering the chart were Daughter of Darkness by Tom Jones (#67); Hum a Song (From Your Heart) by Lulu with the Dixie Flyers (#83); Soolaimón (African Trilogy II) by Neil Diamond (#85); Killer Joe by Quincy Jones (#89); Patch of Blue by Frankie Valli & the 4 Seasons (#93); Grover Henson Feels Forgotten by Bill Cosby (#96); Red Red Wine by Vic Dana (#97); Ride Captain Ride by Blues Image (#98); Uhh by Dyke and the Blazers (#99); and The Last of the Wine by the Robbs (#100).
Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Let it Be--The Beatles (3rd week at #1)
2 Instant Karma (We All Shine On)--John Ono Lennon (with the Plastic Ono Band)
3 ABC--The Jackson 5
4 Spirit in the Sky--Norman Greenbaum
5 Come and Get It--Badfinger
6 Easy Come, Easy Go--Bobby Sherman
7 Love or Let Me Be Lonely--The Friends of Distinction
8 You, Me and Mexico--Edward Bear
9 Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)--Edison Lighthouse
10 Up the Ladder to the Roof--The Supremes
Singles entering the chart were Up Around the Bend by Creedence Clearwater Revival (#67); That Same Old Feeling by Pickettywitch (#68); Don't Stop Now by Eddie Holman (#69); Puppet Man by the 5th Dimension (#75); Let Me Go to Him by Dionne Warwick (#77); The Letter by Joe Cocker with Leon Russell and the Shelter People (#78); Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand) by Diana Ross (#79); So Excited by B.B. King (#85); California Soul by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (#87); You're My Life by David Jensen (#88); Hum a Song (From Your Heart) by Lulu with the Dixie Flyers (#92); My Way by Brook Benton (#93); I'm Gonna Capture You by Terry Jacks (#94); My Baby Loves Lovin' by White Plains (#96); Fire and Rain by R.B. Greaves (#98); Daughter of Darkness by Tom Jones (#99); and All Kinds of Everything by Dana (#100).
Calgary's Top 10 (Glenn's Music)
1 Let it Be--The Beatles (6th week at #1)
2 American Woman--The Guess Who
3 Something’s Burning--Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
4 Instant Karma (We All Shine On)--John Ono Lennon (with the Plastic Ono Band)
5 Mr. Monday--The Original Caste
6 ABC--The Jackson 5
7 Spirit in the Sky--Norman Greenbaum
8 Come and Get It--Badfinger
9 Little Green Bag--George Baker Selection
10 Bridge Over Troubled Water--Simon & Garfunkel
Pick hit of the week: Vehicle--The Ides of March
Died on this date
Anita Louise, 55. U.S. actress. Anita Louise Fremault achieved popularity in the 1930s in movies such as A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935); The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936); Anthony Adverse (1936); Marie Antoinette (1938); and The Little Princess (1939). She played Nell McLaughlin in the television series My Friend Flicka (1956-1957), and thereafter virtually retired from acting. Miss Louise died from a stroke.
War
Allied military spokesmen said that 9,848 South Vietnamese and Viet Cong had been killed since they had begun a spring offensive in Cambodia on April 1, while 380 Americans and 2,036 South Vietnamese had been killed.
World events
The mutiny of members of the Trinidad Defense Force on April 21 that had resulted in the taking of hostages at the army barracks at Teteron ended withe the surrender of the mutineers. The mutiny had been a reaction to Prime Minister Eric Williams' declaration of a state of emergency, which in turn was a reaction to violence committed by Black Power activists.
Three Haitian Coast Guard cutters ended their intermittent shelling of Port-au-Prince, begun the previous day in an apparent revolt against the government of President Francois Duvalier.
Baseball
The El Paso Sun Kings set a Texas League record, scoring a single run in each inning as they edged the Shreveport Braves 10-9 in 10 innings in El Paso. The Pirates scored 4 in the top of the 9th inning to take a 9-8 lead, but the Sun Kings scored a run in the bottom of the 9th, and second baseman Rich Shribley singled home the winning run with 2 out in the bottom of the 10th.
30 years ago
1980
Hit parade
#1 single in France (IFOP): Le Banana Split--Lio
Died on this date
Cliff Lee, 83. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Lee was an outfielder with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1919-1920); Philadelphia Phillies (1921-1924); Cleveland Indians (1924); and Cincinnati Reds (1925-1926), batting .300 with 38 home runs and 216 runs batted in in 521 games. He played at least 851 games in 10 seasons in the minor leagues from 1914-1930, batting .280.
World events
Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini denounced the previous day's failed U.S. military attempt to rescue the hostages from the U.S. embassy in Tehran as a "stupid act" by U.S. President Jimmy carter, and warned that the hostages could be in danger if any further such rescue attempts ensued.
Disasters
A chartered British jetliner carrying vacationers crashed into a mountain on the canary island of Tenerife, killing all 146 people aboard.
Baseball
The Montreal Expos lost 8-7 in 11 innings to the Atlanta Braves before 6,929 fans at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium despite getting 3 home runs and 7 runs batted in from third baseman Larry Parrish. Jerry Royster drew a base on balls to lead off the bottom of the 11th inning and scored the winning run on a 1-out double by Chris Chambliss.
25 years ago
1985
Hockey
IIHF
Men’s World Championship @ Prague
U.S.S.R. 9 Canada 1
NHL
Stanley Cup
Division Finals
Montreal 3 @ Quebec 1 (Best-of-seven series tied 2-2)
Philadelphia 2 @ New York Islanders 6 (Philadelphia led best-of-seven series 3-1)
Chicago 7 @ Minnesota 6 (2 OT) (Chicago led best-of-seven series 3-1)
Edmonton 8 @ Winnipeg 3 (Edmonton won best-of-seven series 4-0)
Darryl Sutter scored at 1:57 of the 2nd overtime period to give the Black Hawks their win over the North Stars at Metropolitan Sports Center in Bloomington.
20 years ago
1990
Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Vogue--Madonna
Died on this date
Dexter Gordon, 67. U.S. musician. Mr. Gordon was a jazz tenor saxophonist whose career spanned almost 50 years. He also appeared in a number of movies as musician and/or actor, including Unchained (1955); Round Midnight (1986); and Awakenings (1990). Mr. Gordon died of kidney failure.
Space
The U.S. space shuttle Discovery deployed the 12.5-ton Hubble Space Telescope as part of mission STS-31. The $1.5-billion telescope, which had a 94.5-inch mirror, was put into orbit 381 miles above Earth.
Politics and government
Violeta Barrios de Chamorro was inaugurated as President of Nicaragua. She announced that she would retain General Humberto Ortega Saavedra, brother of outgoing President Daniel Ortega, as chief of the armed forces. A leader of the rebel Contras declared that the Contras would not demobilize as long as Gen. Ortega remained in power.
Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Division Finals
Boston 1 @ Montreal 4 (Boston led best-of-seven series 3-1)
New York Rangers 3 @ Washington 4 (OT) (Washington led best-of-seven series 3-1)
Baseball
The California Angels defeated the Boston Red Sox 3-1 before 19,843 fans at Fenway Park in Boston, behind the pitching of Kirk McCaskill. The only run came on an inside-the-park home run by 41-year-old Bill Buckner, for whom it was his last major league homer.
10 years ago
2000
Died on this date
David Merrick, 88. U.S. theatrical producer. Mr. Merrick, born David Margulois, was nominated for more than 40 Tony Awards, and won 11, in a Broadway career spanning more than 50 years from the 1940s to the 1990s.
Protest
Miami’s Cuban-American began a work-stoppage protest against the seizure of 6-year-old Elian Gonzalez from his Florida relatives by U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service thugs in order to be sent back to Cuba with his father. Miami Mayor Joe Carollo, angry that police chief William O’Brien had not warned him of the INS raid in advance, asked city manager Donald Warshaw to fire Mr. O’Brien. Several major league baseball players and coaches skipped their games to express sympathy for the cause.
Abominations
The Vermont House of Representatives voted 79-68 to approve a bill granting sodomite and lesbian couples the same legal rights enjoyed by real married couples.
Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Division Finals
San Jose 3 @ St. Louis 1 (San Jose won best-of-seven series 4-3)
In Their Voices: Revolutionary War Pension Applications – Robert Tucker
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