April 11, 2010

240 years ago
1770

Born on this date
George Canning. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1827. Mr. Canning, a Tory, represented various constituencies in the House of Commons from 1793 until his death, holding numerous cabinet posts, including Foreign Secretary (1807-1809, 1822-1827). He was a brilliant orator and dominant personality, and achieved diplomatic success. When the Earl of Liverpool resigned as Prime Minister in 1827, Mr. Canning was chosen to succeed him, ahead of the Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel. They declined to serve under him, and the split in the Tory Party made it difficult for Mr. Canning to form a government. He took office as Prime Minister on April 12, 1827, but his health broke, and he died on August 8 at the age of 57, after just 119 days in office; it was the shortest tenure as Prime Minister to date.

120 years ago
1890

Died on this date
Joseph Merrick, 27. U.K. medical patient. Mr. Merrick developed severe physical deformities in childhood, leading him to be exhibited as a sideshow freak known as the "Elephant Man." Because of the size of his head, Mr. Merrick had to sleep sitting up, and according to his physician and friend Frederick Treves, he died of a dislocated neck in an attempt to sleep lying down like normal people. Mr. Merrick was the subject of the play (1979) and movie (1980) The Elephant Man.

110 years ago
1900

Defense
The United States Navy acquired its first submarine, the Holland.

100 years ago
1910

Born on this date
António de Spínola. 14th President of Portugal, 1974. General Spínola was Governor of Portuguese Guinea from 1968-1973, and served as President of Portugal from May 15-September 30, 1974. Although he was President for just four months, General Spínola played an important role in Portugal's transition to democracy following the "Carnation Revolution" of 1974. General Spínola died on August 13, 1996 at the age of 86.

80 years ago
1930

Died on this date
Wayland Dean, 27. U.S. baseball pitcher. Mr. Dean played with the New York Giants (1924-1925); Philadelphia Phillies (1926-1927); and Chicago Cubs (1927), compiling a record of 24-36 with an earned run average of 4.87 in 96 games, batting .250 with 6 home runs and 31 runs batted in in 127 games. His best season was 1925, when he was 10-7 with a 4.64 ERA. Mr. Dean played at least 4 seasons in the minor leagues (1922-1923, 1928-1929), compiling a record of at least 32-20. He was 21-8 with a 3.27 ERA in 36 games with the Louisville Colonels of the AA American Association in 1922, and returned to the Colonels in 1928, when his season was cut short after he became ill with tuberculosis. Mr. Dean played as an outfielder with the Dayton Aviators of the Class B Central League in 1929, batting .317 with 22 homers and 113 RBIs in 134 games. He was forced to retire after the season, and died of tuberculosis.

70 years ago
1940

At the movies
Secrets of a Model, directed by Sam Newfield, and starring Cheryl Walker, Harold Daniels, and Phyllis Barry, opened in theatres.



War
U.K. First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill told the House of Commons that German Fuehrer Adolf Hitler "has committed a grave strategic error" by invading Norway and Denmark, and that Britain would seize control of the Norwegian coast.

Diplomacy
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued a proclamation barring all U.S. shipping from the expanded war theatre in Norway and Denmark.

Politics and government
Women were allowed into the chamber of the Quebec National Assembly for the first time, to hear Premier Adélard Godbout's speech asking for the vote for Quebec women.

The United States House of Representatives approved a bill for reapportionment based on the current census.

U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed the Civil Aviation Administration and the Air Safety Board and the transfer of the agency to the Commerce Department.

Japan's effort to gain control of the Shanghai Council of International Settlement failed, as election results gave the United Kingdom 5 seats and Japan and the United States 2 seats each.

Health
Dr. Simon Ruskin told the American Chemical Society meeting in Cincinnati that vitamin C was useful in combating allergies.

Science
Dr. Mary Pennington received the American Chemical Society Garvan Medal for 1940 for distinguished work in chemistry.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Finals
New York Rangers 2 @ Toronto 1 (2 OT) (New York led best-of-seven series 3-2)

Muzz Patrick scored the winning goal for the Rangers at 11:43 of the 2nd overtime period at Maple Leaf Gardens.

60 years ago
1950

On the radio
Philo Vance, starring Jackson Beck
Tonight’s episode: The Nylon Murder Case

Beyond Tomorrow, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Incident at Switchpath, starring Michael O'Day and Brett Marsden

On television tonight
Suspense, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Steely, Steely Eyes, starring Betty Garde

Diplomacy
The U.S.S.R. charged that an American B-29 bomber had flown over Latvia and exchanged shots with Soviet fighter planes. Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky called the incident "an unheard-of violation of the elementary rules of international law." The U.S.A. denied the Soviet story and any U.S. violation.

Defense
Thai Prime Minister Pibul Songgram announced that Thailand had been granted $10 million in U.S. military equipment under the Military Assistance Program.

Protest
Communists failed in their plans to block the landing of Italy's first Atlantic pact arms shipment from the United States when the freighter Exolina, expected to land in Bari, arrived in Naples.

Politics and government
Jordanians elected a new 40-member Parliament, the first to include representatives from Arab Palestine. All candidates were independent, since parties were banned at the time.

The Bolivian government banned the Communist Party.

The Yugoslavian government attempted to reduce its bureaucracy by eliminating the Agriculture, Forestry, Light Industry, Commerce, and State Supplies ministries. All were replaced with small councils of non-cabinet status.

U.S. Senator Scott Lucas (Democrat) and former Representative Everett Dirksen (Republican) won their parties' Senate nominations in Illinois primary elections.

Former Communist editor Louis Budenz, speaking in Midland, Michigan, said that he could name "400 concealed Communists" in the United States, but would not do so because of the threat of libel suits.

Religion
The Congress of Federated Dutch Reformed Churches of Southern Africa, meeting in Bloemfontein, endorsed a government policy of total racial segregation.

Technology
General Electric revealed the development of secret rocket motors that drove guided missiles faster, farther, and more accurately than the German V-2 engine.

Dr. Erwin Mueller of Berlin's Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Physical Chemistry reported the development of an inexpensive "field electron microscope" which brought "medium-size" molecules into view.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Finals
New York 1 @ Detroit 4 (Detroit led best-of-seven series 1-0)

Joe Carveth, George Gee, Jim McFadden, and Gerry Couture scored for the Red Wings in the 2nd period as they came from behind to beat the Rangers at Olympia Stadium. Buddy O'Connor opened the scoring for New York in the 1st period.

50 years ago
1960

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Ansiedad--Nat King Cole (5th week at #1)

#1 single in France (IFOP): T'aimer follement--Dalida (2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 The Theme from "A Summer Place"--Percy Faith and his Orchestra (8th week at #1)
2 Puppy Love--Paul Anka
3 He'll Have to Go--Jim Reeves
4 Wild One--Bobby Rydell
5 Greenfields--The Brothers Four
6 Sweet Nothin's--Brenda Lee
7 Sink the Bismarck--Johnny Horton
8 Mama--Connie Francis
9 I Love the Way You Love--Marv Johnson
10 Footsteps--Steve Lawrence

Singles entering the chart were Fame and Fortune by Elvis Presley (#71); Earth Angel (#74)/Pledging My Love (#86) by Johnny Tillotson; The Ties that Bind by Brook Benton (#88); Jenny Lou by Sonny James (#91); Paper Roses by Anita Bryant (#94); How Deep is the Ocean by Miss Toni Fisher (#95); Just a Closer Walk with Thee by Jimmie Rodgers (#98); and The Madison Time (Part 1) by the Ray Bryant Combo (with Eddie Morrison) (#99).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKWX)
1 Sink the Bismarck--Johnny Horton
2 Stuck on You/Fame and Fortune--Elvis Presley
3 The Old Lamplighter--The Browns
4 Puppy Love--Paul Anka
5 Angela Jones--Johnny Ferguson
6 Footsteps--Steve Lawrence
7 Wild One/Little Bitty Girl--Bobby Rydell
8 The Theme from "A Summer Place"--Percy Faith and his Orchestra
9 Sixteen Reasons--Connie Stevens
10 Let the Little Girl Dance--Billy Bland

Singles entering the chart were The Madison Time by the Ray Bryant Combo (with Eddie Morrison) (#40, charting with The Madison by Al Brown's Tunetoppers); The Ties that Bind by Brook Benton (#47, charting with its other side, Hither and Thither and Yon); Ooh Poo Pah Doo by Jessie Hill (#48); Mountain of Love by Harold Dorman (#49); At My Front Door by Dee Clark (#51); Wake Me When it's Over by Andy Williams (#57); Good Timin' by Jimmy Jones (#58); A Star is Born (A Love Has Died) by Mark Dinning (#59); and Joshua Fit the Battle o' Jericho/Just a Closer Walk with Thee by Jimmie Rodgers (#60).

40 years ago
1970

Hit parade
#1 single in Rhodesia (Lyons Maid): Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head--B.J. Thomas (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in France: Laisse-moi t'aimer--Mike Brant (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): La prima cosa bella--Nicola Di Bari (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Whole Lotta Love--Led Zeppelin (6th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Bridge Over Troubled Water--Simon & Garfunkel (3rd week at #1)

Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)--Edison Lighthouse
2 Whole Lotta Love--Led Zeppelin
3 Let it Be--The Beatles
4 All I Have to Do is Dream--Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell
5 Travelin' Band/Who'll Stop the Rain--Creedence Clearwater Revival
6 Venus--Shocking Blue
7 Temma Harbour--Mary Hopkin
8 Ma Belle Amie--The Tee Set
9 Two Little Boys--Rolf Harris
10 Don't Cry Daddy/Rubberneckin'--Elvis Presley

Singles entering the chart were I'm Your Little Boy by Heintje (#37) and Love Moth by Liv Maesson (#40).

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 El Condor Pasa--Simon & Garfunkel (Instrumental track by Los Incas)
2 Lay Down--Melanie en the Edwin Hawkins Singers
3 Let it Be--The Beatles
4 Dear Ann--George Baker Selection
5 El Cóndor Pasa--Los Incas
6 Knock, Knock Who's There--Mary Hopkin
7 Bridge Over Troubled Water--Simon & Garfunkel
8 Down South--Rob Hoeke Boogie Woogie Quartet
9 Who'll Stop the Rain--Creedence Clearwater Revival
10 No Dogs Allowed--José Feliciano

Singles entering the chart were All Kinds of Everything by Dana (#12); Spirit in the Sky by Norman Greenbaum (#23); Huilen is Voor Jou te Laat by Corry en De Rekels (#24); Osaka by the Shoes (#26); Sofia Loren by Jack De Nijs (#30); and Simple Song of Freedom by Tim Hardin (#35).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Let it Be--The Beatles
2 ABC--The Jackson 5
3 Instant Karma (We All Shine On)--John Ono Lennon (with the Plastic Ono Band)
4 Spirit in the Sky--Norman Greenbaum
5 Bridge Over Troubled Water--Simon & Garfunkel
6 Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)--Edison Lighthouse
7 House of the Rising Sun--Frijid Pink
8 Come and Get It--Badfinger
9 Easy Come, Easy Go--Bobby Sherman
10 The Rapper--The Jaggerz

Singles entering the chart were Love on a Two-Way Street by the Moments (#56); Love Land by Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (#64); What is Truth by Johnny Cash (#66); Cecilia by Simon & Garfunkel (#68); So Excited by B.B.King (#75); Hey Lawdy Mama by Steppenwolf (#77); He Made a Woman Out of Me by Bobbie Gentry (#79); Viva Tirado (Part 1) by El Chicano (#89); Airport Love Theme by Vincent Bell (#90); Oh Happy Day by Glen Campbell (#95); You Make Me Real/Roadhouse Blues by the Doors (#97); I Can't Leave Your Love Alone by Clarence Carter (#99); and Angelica by Oliver (#100).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Let it Be--The Beatles (3rd week at #1)
2 ABC--The Jackson 5
3 Instant Karma (We All Shine On)--John Ono Lennon (with the Plastic Ono Band)
4 Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)--Edison Lighthouse
5 Spirit in the Sky--Norman Greenbaum
6 House of the Rising Sun--Frijid Pink
7 Bridge Over Troubled Water--Simon & Garfunkel
8 Easy Come, Easy Go--Bobby Sherman
9 Come and Get It--Badfinger
10 He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother--Hollies

Singles entering the chart were What is Truth by Johnny Cash (#60); Oh Happy Day by Glen Campbell (#69); Cecilia by Simon & Garfunkel (#71); Don't Stop Now by Eddie Holman (#73); Puppet Man by the 5th Dimension (#78); The Seeker by the Who (#80); Fire and Rain by R.B. Greaves (#85); So Excited by B.B.King (#87); Brown Paper Bag by the Syndicate of Sound (#88); Angelica by Oliver (#89); He Made a Woman Out of Me by Bobbie Gentry (#90); My Baby Loves Lovin' by White Plains (#97); I Who Have Nothing by Liquid Smoke (#98); More than I Can Stand by Bobby Womack (#99); and Stealing Love by the Emotions (#100).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Record World)
1 Let it Be--The Beatles
2 ABC--The Jackson 5
3 Instant Karma (We All Shine On)--John Ono Lennon (with the Plastic Ono Band)
4 Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)--Edison Lighthouse
5 Spirit in the Sky--Norman Greenbaum
6 House of the Rising Sun--Frijid Pink
7 Come and Get It--Badfinger
8 Easy Come, Easy Go--Bobby Sherman
9 Bridge Over Troubled Water--Simon & Garfunkel
10 Up the Ladder to the Roof--The Supremes

Singles entering the chart were Cecilia by Simon & Garfunkel (#69); Miss America by Mark Lindsay (#79); Oh Happy Day by Glen Campbell (#81); The Seeker by the Who (#85); So Excited by B.B.King (#86); He Made a Woman Out of Me by Bobbie Gentry (#87); My Wife, the Dancer by Eddie & Dutch (#88); Viva Tirado by El Chicano (#90); Open Up My Heart by the Dells (#91); Cinnamon Girl by the Gentrys (#92); I Can't Leave Your Love Alone by Clarence Carter (#93); Demonstration by Otis Redding (#96); I Who Have Nothing by Liquid Smoke (#97); and Anyone Can Move a Mountain by Don Anthony (#99).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Let it Be--The Beatles
2 Instant Karma (We All Shine On)--John Ono Lennon (with the Plastic Ono Band)
3 House of the Rising Sun--Frijid Pink
4 Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)--Edison Lighthouse
5 Bridge Over Troubled Water--Simon & Garfunkel
6 Spirit in the Sky--Norman Greenbaum
7 ABC--The Jackson 5
8 Come and Get It--Badfinger
9 Easy Come, Easy Go--Bobby Sherman
10 Evil Ways--Santana

Singles entering the chart were Make Me Smile by Chicago (#69); You Need Love Like I Do (Don't You) by Gladys Knight and the Pips (#71); To the Other Woman (I'm the Other Woman) by Doris Duke (#72); Cole, Cook and Redding by Wilson Pickett (#73); Hey Lawdy Mama by Steppenwolf (#74); The Girls' Song by the 5th Dimension (#75); Come Running by Van Morrison (#76); Get Back John by Inner City Mission (#89); You Make Me Real by the Doors (#91); July 12, 1939 by Charlie Rich (#92); Every Man Hears Different Music by Gainsborough Gallery (#97); Miss America by Mark Lindsay (#98); Airport Love Theme by Vincent Bell (#99); and Open Up My Heart by the Dells (#100).

Calgary's Top 10 (Glenn's Music)
1 Let it Be--The Beatles (4th week at #1)
2 Instant Karma (We All Shine On)--John Ono Lennon (with the Plastic Ono Band)
3 Come and Get It--Badfinger
4 Spirit in the Sky--Norman Greenbaum
5 Bridge Over Troubled Water--Simon & Garfunkel
6 American Woman--The Guess Who
7 Every Man Hears Different Music--Gainsborough Gallery
8 House of the Rising Sun--Frijid Pink
9 Something’s Burning--Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
10 Time to Get it Together--Country Coalition
Pick hit of the week: Mr. Monday--The Original Caste

Died on this date
John O'Hara, 65. U.S. author. Mr. O'Hara, who was known for his fine ear for dialogue, had more than 200 short stories published in The New Yorker. His novels included Appointment in Samarra (1934); BUtterfield 8 (1935); Hope of Heaven (1938); Pal Joey (1940); A Rage to Live (1949); Ten North Frederick (1955); and From the Terrace (1958). Mr. O'Hara was very bitter about not receiving the Nobel Prize for Literature, and figured that part of the reason was that he wrote about rich people in Pennsylvania instead of poor Irish people.

Cathy O'Donnell, 46. U.S. actress. Miss O'Donnell, born Ann Steely, was known for her performances in films-noir such as They Live by Night (1948) and Side Street (1949). Her other movies included The Best Years of Our Lives (1946); The Miniver Story (1950); and The Man from Laramie (1955). Miss O'Donnell's most famous role was that of Tirzah, the sister of Juda Ben-Hur in Ben-Hur (1959). She died of a cancer-related cerebral hemorrhage.

Space
Apollo 13, with Jim Lovell (Commander), Fred Haise (Lunar Module Pilot), and Jack Swigert (Command Module Pilot) aboard, lifted off for the Moon from Cape Kennedy, Florida. The time of liftoff was 13:13 Central Time, which some considered a bad omen.





War
U.S. casualties in Vietnam for the week were 101 dead.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Quarter-Finals
Chicago 4 @ Detroit 2 (Chicago led best-of-seven series 3-0)
Boston 3 @ New York 4 (Boston led best-of-seven series 2-1)
St. Louis 2 @ Minnesota 4 (St. Louis led best-of-seven series 2-1)
Pittsburgh 5 @ Oakland 2 (Pittsburgh led best-of-seven series 3-0)

Bobby Hull scored 2 goals and 2 assists to lead the Black Hawks over the Red Wings at Olympia Stadium. Chicago goalie Tony Esposito made 41 saves. The Red Wings outshot the Black Hawks 20-9 in the 3rd period.

Jean Ratelle, Walt Tkaczuk, Rod Gilbert, and Ted Irvine scored for the Rangers as they held on to edge the Bruins in a fight-filled game at Madison Square Garden. Billy Speer, Bobby Orr, and Fred Stanfield scored the Boston goals. The teams combined for 174 minutes in penalties, 132 in the 1st period--both playoff records at the time. Derek Sanderson of the Bruins and Dave Balon of the Rangers both received 5-minute fighting majors, 10-minute misconducts, and game misconducts. The game took 3 hours and 6 minutes to play.

Bill Goldsworthy scored 2 goals for the North Stars as they beat the Blues at Metropolitan Sports Center in Bloomington. Tom Polanic and Danny O'Shea scored the other Minnesota goals, while Ab McDonald and Red Berenson scored for St. Louis.

Ken Schinkel scored 3 goals for the Penguins in their win over the Seals before 8,819 fans at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena. Nick Harbaruk and Jean Pronovost scored the other Pittsburgh goals, while Earl Ingarfield and Ted Hampson scored for Oakland.

AHL
Calder Cup
Quarter-Finals
Hershey 2 @ Springfield 3 (Best-of-seven series tied 1-1)

Gord Labossiere scored in the 1st period to open the scoring, and Doug Robinson and Marc Dufour scored 28 seconds apart in the 2nd period to give the Kings a 3-0 lead as they held on to edge the Bears at Eastern States Coliseum. Bob Barber and Ron Leiter scored 28 seconds apart for Hershey later in the 2nd period.

CHL
Adams Cup
Finals
Omaha 1 @ Iowa 3 (Best-of-seven series tied 1-1)

Canadian junior
Memorial Cup
Toronto 6 @ Montreal 4 (Montreal led best-of-seven series 2-1)

Steve Vickers scored 2 goals and Lorne Stamler, Gavin Kirk, Dale Tallon, and Steve Shutt scored for the Marlboros as they beat the junior Canadiens before 9,361 fans at the Montreal Forum. Rick Martin, Bobby Guindon, Gilbert Perreault, and Bobby Lalonde scored the Montreal goals.

30 years ago
1980

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Brass in Pocket--Pretenders

#1 single in France (IFOP): One Step Beyond--Madness (3rd week at #1)

South Africa's Top 10 (Springbok Radio)
1 Please Don't Go--KC and the Sunshine Band (4th week at #1)
2 Do That to Me One More Time--Captain & Tennille
3 Rapper's Delight--Sugarhill Gang
4 Ballad of Lucy Jordan--Marianne Faithfull
5 Tired of Toein' the Line--Rocky Burnette
6 Carrie--Cliff Richard
7 You're Only Lonely--J.D. Souther
8 I'm in the Mood for Dancing--The Nolans
9 Babe--Styx
10 Fly Too High--Janis Ian

Singles entering the chart were Sun of Jamaica by Goombay Dance Band (#17); and We Belong to the Night by Ellen Foley (#19).

Diplomacy
Japan endorsed the European Economic Community’s standard diplomatic demand for the hostages at the U.S. embassy in Iran to be released.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Preliminary Round
Montreal 4 @ Hartford 3 (OT) (Montreal won best-of-five series 3-0)
Minnesota 4 @ Toronto 3 (OT) (Minnesota won best-of-five series 3-0)
New York Rangers 2 @ Atlanta 4 (New York led best-of-five series 2-1)
Chicago 4 @ St. Louis 1 (Chicago won best-of-five series 3-0)
Philadelphia 3 @ Edmonton 2 (2 OT) (Philadelphia won best-of-five series 3-0)
Buffalo 4 @ Vancouver 5 (Buffalo led best-of-five series 2-1)
New York Islanders 4 @ Los Angeles 3 (OT) (New York won best-of-five series 3-0)

Yvon Lambert’s goal 29 seconds into overtime at Hartford Civic Center ended the Whalers’ first season in the National Hockey League, and ended the careers of Gordie Howe and Bobby Hull.



Al McAdam scored 32 seconds into overtime to win the series for the North Stars at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto.

Ken Linseman scored 3:56 into the 2nd overtime period to end the Oilers’ first NHL season.

At the Forum in Los Angeles, Ken Morrow scored his first NHL overtime goal at 6:55 to enable the Islanders to advance to the second round of the playoffs.

Baseball
In a 5-3 loss to the San Diego Padres before 20,569 fans at San Diego Stadium, Darrell Evans of the San Francisco Giants tied a National League record for third basemen by making 3 errors in one inning (the 7th). Catcher Mike Sadek added an error of his own in the 7th, contributing to a pair of unearned runs that made the difference in the game.

25 years ago
1985

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Division Semi-Finals
Boston 3 @ Montreal 5 (Best-of-five series tied 1-1)
Los Angeles 2 @ Edmonton 4 (Edmonton led best-of-five series 2-0)

Baseball
Gorman Thomas hit 3 home runs to lead the Seattle Mariners to a 14-6 win over the Oakland Athletics at the Kingdome in Seattle.

20 years ago
1990

Died on this date
Harold Ballard, 86. Canadian hockey and football executive. Mr. Ballard was part of a group that acquired control of the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League as well as the junior Toronto Marlboros in 1961, and became the principal owner after the death of his partner, Stafford Smythe, in 1971. Both Mr. Ballard and Mr. Smythe had been stealing from Maple Leaf Gardens’ shareholders, but prosecutors concentrated their efforts on Mr. Smythe, who died from a bleeding ulcer before he could be convicted and sentenced. As a result, Mr. Ballard received a light sentence and served just a few months in prison. In 1978 Mr. Ballard bought the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League; they made the playoffs every year that he owned them, and won the Grey Cup in 1986. Mr. Ballard was a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame (for no observable reason) and Canadian Football Hall of Fame (for buying the Tiger-Cats and keeping the team going when nobody else wanted them). He died after several years of declining health. It was amusing in his last years to see how the value of Maple Leaf Gardens stock increased whenever Mr. Ballard was reported to be ailing, and the value dropped whenever his condition improved.

World events
British customs officers seized what they believed to be the barrel of a massive gun from a ship bound for Iraq.

Hockey
Stanley Cup
Division Semi-Finals
Buffalo 4 @ Montreal 2 (Best-of-seven series tied 2-2)
Boston 6 @ Hartford 5 (Best-of-seven series tied 2-2)
New York Rangers 6 @ New York Islanders 1 (Rangers led best-of-seven series 3-1)
New Jersey 1 @ Washington 3 (Best-of-seven series tied 2-2)

Baseball
At Anaheim Stadium, Mark Langston made his first start with the California Angels, and was removed from the game after 7 innings when he was leading and had a no-hitter going against his old team, the Seattle Mariners. Mike Witt, who had pitched a perfect game in 1984, relieved, and finished with 2 hitless innings of his own in a 2-0 win for the Angels before 25,632 fans.

Mike Norris of the Oakland Athletics, making his first major league appearance in 7 years, relieved Mike Moore in the 8th inning, pitched 2 scoreless innings as the Athletics lost to the Minnesota Twins 3-0 before 27,775 fans at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. Winning pitcher Kevin Tapani pitched 6 innings. Mike Bordick made his major league debut, playing second base for the Athletics in the 9th inning.

10 years ago
2000

Died on this date
Diana Darvey, 54. U.K. entertainer. Miss Darvey was an actress, singer, and dancer in musical theatre who was best known for her five appearances on The Benny Hill Show (1974-1977). She died 10 days before her 55th birthday, after a fall at her home.

Abominations
The Canadian House of Commons voted to give sodomite and lesbian couples the same social and tax benefits as straight couples.

Diplomacy
Leaders and delegates from backward nations were participating in a summit meeting in Havana under the auspices of the Group of 77, which now included 133 nations. United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan addressed the conference, warning of the danger in having "extreme wealth and extreme poverty side by side," and urged a more equitable distribution of the world’s income.

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak met with U.S. President Bill Clinton in Washington.

Law
British historian David Irving was branded by a judge an anti-Semitic racist and an apologist for Adolf Hitler. The judge ruled that American scholar Deborah Lipstadt was justified in calling Mr. Irving a holocaust denier.

Environment
Canadian Environment Minister David Anderson brought in new legislation aimed at protecting Canada's endangered wildlife; the act listed some 340 Canadian species as endangered.

Baseball
The Boston Red Sox scored 8 runs in the 2nd inning on their way to a 13-4 win over the Minnesota Twins before 33,114 fans at Fenway Park in Boston.

The Detroit Tigers defeated the Seattle Mariners 5-2 before 39,168 fans in the first major league game at Comerica Park in Detroit.

Kevin Elster hit 3 home runs to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 6-5 win over the San Francisco Giants before 40,930 fans in the first major league game at Pacific Bell Park in San Francisco.