May 2, 2010

340 years ago
1670

Business
King Charles II of England granted a Royal Charter to his cousin Prince Rupert and a group of investors called The Governor and Company of Adventurers of England trading into Hudson's Bay; it became known as the Hudson's Bay Company.

270 years ago
1740

Born on this date
Elias Boudinot. U.S. politician. Mr. Boudinot was a lawyer and landholder in New Jersey who, as a Whig, was elected to the New Jersey provincial assembly in 1775. He represented New Jersey in the Continental Congress (1778, 1781-1783), and was President of the Continental Congress (1782-1783). Mr. Boudinot represented New Jersey in the U.S. House of Representatives (1789-1795), and was Director of the United States Mint (1795-1805). He was a devout Presbyterian, supported missionary work, and became president of the American Bible Society in 1816. Mr. Boudinot died on October 24, 1821 at the age of 81.

140 years ago
1870

Canadiana
George-Étienne Cartier introduced his Manitoba Act into the House of Commons; it received Royal Assent ten days later.

130 years ago
1880

Born on this date
Bill Horr. U.S. discus thrower, football player, and coach. Mr. Horr won a silver medal in Greek Style discus throw and a bronze medal in freestyle discus throw at the 1908 Olympic Games in London. He played tackle with Syracuse University, and was football coach at Northwestern University (1909) and Purdue University (1910-1912), compiling a record of 9-14-2. Mr. Horr died on July 1, 1955 at the age of 75.

Died on this date
Eberhard Anheuser, 73. German-born U.S. brewery magnate. Mr. Anheuser moved to the United States with two of his brothers in 1842, and settled in St.Louis. He was a soap and candle maker who took over the Bavarian Brewery Company in 1860, changing its name to Eberhard Anheuser and Company. Mr. Anheuser's daughter Lilly married Adolphus Busch, who took up more of the company's duties; the brewery was renamed Anheuser-Busch in 1879.

Tom Wills, 44. Australian sportsman. Mr. Wills was regarded as Australia's first cricketer of importance. He attended Rugby School in England, where he played cricket and rugby. Mr. Wills returned to Australia in 1856, and achieved his greatest popularity over the next five years. He was also regarded as a founder of Australian rules football in the late 1850s. Mr. Wills' father and 18 others were massacred by aborigines in 1861, but Mr. Wills coached an aboriginal cricket team in the late 1860s. He straddled the line between amateur and professional, and began to fall into disfavour in sporting circles. Mr. Willis increasingly took to drink, and became estranged from most of his family; he abruptly quit drinking on April 28, 1880, but fatally stabbed himself in the heart with a pair of scissors while going through alcohol withdrawal.

125 years ago
1885

Journalism
The popular American magazine Good Housekeeping went on sale for the first time.

120 years ago
1890

Born on this date
E.E. Smith. U.S. author. Edward Elmer Smith was a food engineer who was known as the "father of space opera" for creating the Lensman and Skylark series of science fiction novels. Dr. Smith died on August 31, 1965 at the age of 75.

Americana
Oklahoma Territory was organized from the western half of Indian Territory.

110 years ago
1900

Born on this date
W.J. Cash. U.S. journalist. Wilbur Joseph Cash, a native of South Carolina, was best known for his book The Mind of the South (1941). He wrote for The American Mercury and The Charlotte News, and often criticized Fascism and Nazism. Mr. Cash was in Mexico with his wife while he worked on a novel, and was found hanging by his necktie in the bathroom of their hotel room on July 1, 1941 at the age of 41; he had told his wife the previous day that he thought he was being followed by Nazi spies. Mexican authorities ruled Mr. Cash's death a suicide, and cremated his body.

100 years ago
1910

Born on this date
Sandy Bonnyman. U.S. military officer. First Lieutenant Bonnyman was a combat engineer with the United States Marine Corps during World War II who received numerous posthumous decorations, including the Medal of Honor, for his actions during the Battle of Tarawa, on November 23, 1943, when he was killed at the age of 33 while leading a demolition team of 21 Marines in an assault on a bombproof shelter containing 150 Japanese soldiers. The Japanese soldiers were flushed out, and many were killed, with 13 of the Marines surviving.

90 years ago
1920

Born on this date
Guinn Smith. U.S. pole vaulter. Mr. Smith won the American national championship in 1947 and won the gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympic Games in London. He died of emphysema on January 20, 2004 at the age of 83.

Jacob Gilboa. Czechoslovakian-born Israeli composer. Mr. Gilboa, born Erwin Goldberg, began as a pianist and emigrated to Palestine in 1938. His modernistic compositions included Twelve Glass Windows of Chagall in Jerusalem, for voice and instruments (1966). Mr. Gilboa died on May 9, 2007, a week after his 87th birthday.

Baseball
The Indianapolis ABCs hosted the first game of the Negro National League at Riverside Park.

Behind the 8-hit pitching of Jim Bagby (4-0), the Cleveland Indians defeated the Detroit Tigers 5-2 at Navin Field in Detroit, dropping the Tigers' 1920 record to 0-13.

Babe Ruth hit his second home run in as many games as part of a 5-run 6th inning, helping the New York Yankees defeat the Boston Red Sox 7-1 before 25,000 fans at the Polo Grounds in New York. Hank Thormahlen (3-0) pitched an 8-hit complete game victory and drove in 2 runs.

The day after playing a record 26 innings against the Boston Braves at Braves Field, the Brooklyn Robions returned home and lost 4-3 in 13 innings to the Philadelphia Phillies at Ebbets Field.

80 years ago
1930

Baseball
In Des Moines, Iowa, the Des Moines Devils scored 11 runs in the 1st inning as they defeated the Wichita Aviators 13-6 in a Western League game, opening the first ballpark with permanently-installed lights. It was also the first night game to be broadcast.

70 years ago
1940

War
The United States Chamber of Commerce, meeting in Washington, adopted a resolution asking the United States Congress to keep America out of war. Allied forces abandoned their landing ports in southern and central Norway, thereby giving Germany possession of all Norway south of Steinkjer. King Haakon VII of Norway and his family fled via the port of Molde.

Diplomacy
Mexican newspapers revived a 1911 claim that parts of El Paso, Texas belonged to Mexico.

Technology
The Paris office of Press Wireless, Inc. put into operation a new method of transmitting photographs by radio.

Politics and government
The United States Chamber of Commerce passed a resolution against the proposed merger of the Civil Aviation Administration and Air Safety Board.

Labour
The United States Chamber of Commerce asked the United States Congress to do away with the National Labor Relations Administration and the Wage-Hour Law, alleging that they inhibited economic growth.

Religion
Pope Pius XII canonized Maria Euphrasia Pelletier and Gemma Galgani.

60 years ago
1950

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

On television tonight
Suspense, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Death of a Dummy, starring Conrad Janis and Philip Loeb

War
The International Committee of the Red Cross asked the signatories of the 1949 Geneva Conventions on the rules of war to outlaw atomic weapons and "non-directed missiles."

Diplomacy
The Arab League's legal department ruled that Jordan did not violate Arab League policy by annexing Arab Palestine.

Politics and government
The Saar Legislative Assembly voted to join the Council of Europe.

The British Liberal Party rejected an invitation to campaign with the Conservative Party against the Labour Party government in the next general election.

Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (SCAP) in Japan General Douglas MacArthur advised Japan to consider outlawing the Communist Party as "an avowed satellite of an international predatory force" (the U.S.S.R.).

U.S. Senator Claude Pepper (Florida) lost his bid for the Democratic Party renomination to Representative George Smathers in the nation's most hotly-contested primary.

Crime
U.S. Federal Judge Jennings Bailey sentenced convicted influence-peddler John Maragon in Washington to a prison term of eight months to two years.

Law
The New York Supreme Court suspended former U.S. State Department official Alger Hiss from practicing law in the state. Mr. Hiss had been convicted in January of perjury.

Energy
U.S. President Harry Truman urged the Senate to approve an American-Canadian treaty authorizing increased hydroelectric power production from the Niagara River. He also sought backing for the proposed St. Lawrence Seaway and Power project.

Medicine
Medical researchers reported speedy improvement in a variety of unrelated diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis, by use of the hormones cortisone and ACTH.

Agriculture
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization reported that the world food situation had grown worse in 1950, with famine in China and serious corn crop failure due to drought in Argentina.

Economics and finance
The British government halted the dismantling of the huge Hermann Goering steel works in Watenstedt-Salzgitter.

50 years ago
1960

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Estremécete (All Shook Up)--Los Llopis (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in France (IFOP): Mustapha--Bob Azzam (6th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Stuck on You--Elvis Presley (2nd week at #1)
2 Greenfields--The Brothers Four
3 Sixteen Reasons--Connie Stevens
4 Sink the Bismarck--Johnny Horton
5 The Old Lamplighter--The Browns
6 Night--Jackie Wilson
7 Cradle of Love--Johnny Preston
8 Let the Little Girl Dance--Billy Bland
9 The Theme from "A Summer Place"--Percy Faith and his Orchestra
10 Sweet Nothin's--Brenda Lee

Singles entering the chart were He'll Have to Stay by Jeanne Black (#37); For Love by Lloyd Price and his Orchestra (#55); Theme from "The Unforgiven" (The Need for Love) by Don Costa, his Orchestra and Chorus (#74); Is it Wrong (For Loving You) by Webb Pierce (#75); All I Could Do was Cry by Etta James (#80); Right by My Side by Ricky Nelson (#83); Oh, Little One by Jack Scott (#86); Besame Mucho (Part 1) by the Coasters (#89); Mack the Knife by Ella Fitzgerald (#94); City Lights by Debbie Reynolds (#95); Think by James Brown and the Famous Flames (#97); Happy-Go-Lucky-Me by Paul Evans (#99); and Wheel of Fortune by LaVern Baker (#100). Theme from "The Unforgiven" (The Need for Love) was, as the title indicates, a version of the theme from the movie The Unforgiven (1960).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Music Vendor)
1 Stuck on You--Elvis Presley (2nd week at #1)
2 Greenfields--The Brothers Four
3 Sink the Bismarck--Johnny Horton
4 Night--Jackie Wilson
5 White Silver Sands--Bill Black's Combo
6 Sixteen Reasons--Connie Stevens
7 The Theme from "A Summer Place"--Percy Faith and his Orchestra
8 Cradle of Love--Johnny Preston
9 The Old Lamplighter--The Browns
10 Footsteps--Steve Lawrence

Singles entering the chart were Tell Me that You Love Me by Fats Domino (#77); No If's--No And's by Lloyd Price and his Orchestra (#85); My Empty Room by Little Anthony and the Imperials (#92); Romantica by Gordon Jenkins and his Orchestra (#93); 'Til Tomorrow by Janice Harper (#94); Right by My Side by Ricky Nelson (#95); La Montana, with versions by Roger Williams; and Frank DeVol and his Rainbow Strings (#96); I Really Want to Know by Tommy Edwards (#97); Ding-A-Ling by Bobby Rydell (#98); Lead Me On by Bobby Bland (#99); and Roll Call Company "J" by the Balladeers (#100).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKWX)
1 Stuck on You/Fame and Fortune--Elvis Presley (3rd week at #1)
2 Stairway to Heaven--Neil Sedaka
3 Cathy's Clown--The Everly Brothers
4 Cradle of Love--Johnny Preston
5 Sixteen Reasons--Connie Stevens
6 Step by Step--The Crests
7 Cherry Pie--Skip & Flip
8 Good Timin'--Jimmy Jones
9 Apple Green--June Valli
10 The Old Lamplighter--The Browns

Singles entering the chart were Lonely Weekends by Charlie Rich (#53); Another Sleepless Night by Jimmy Clanton (#55); Wonderful World by Sam Cooke (#56); Theme from "The Unforgiven" (The Need for Love) by Don Costa, his Orchestra and Chorus (#58); Everybody's Somebody's Fool by Connie Francis (#59); and Theme for Young Lovers by Percy Faith and his Orchestra (#60).

Died on this date
Caryl Chessman, 38. U.S. criminal. Mr. Chessman, a career criminal, was arrested near Los Angeles as the "Red Light Bandit," and was sentenced to death in 1948 on 17 counts of robbery, kidnapping, and rape. He acted as his own attorney and fought his case in courts of both law and public opinion, receiving eight stays of execution. His case attracted the support of the usual politically-correct suspects, and a few unusual ones, such as evangelist Billy Graham. Musician Ronnie Hawkins released a single titled The Ballad of Caryl Chessman in 1960. Mr. Chessman's book Cell 2455, Death Row (1954) was made into a movie of the same title in 1955, starring William Campbell. A made-for-television movie called Kill Me if You Can was shown in 1977, starring Alan Alda as Mr. Chessman. Caryl Chessman was executed in the gas chamber at San Quentin penitentiary. A phone call authorizing another stay of execution came just after the execution began, but arrived too late because the judge's secretary misdialled the number on her first attempt.





40 years ago
1970

Hit parade
#1 single in Rhodesia (Lyons Maid): Bridge Over Troubled Water (LP)--Simon & Garfunkel (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in France: Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)--John Ono Lennon (with the Plastic Ono Band)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): La prima cosa bella--Nicola Di Bari (6th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Mademoiselle Ninette--The Soulful Dynamics (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Spirit in the Sky--Norman Greenbaum

Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 Let it Be--The Beatles (2nd week at #1)
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 Instant Karma (We All Shine On)--John Ono Lennon (with the Plastic Ono Band)
7 Whole Lotta Love--Led Zeppelin
8 All I Have to Do is Dream--Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell
9 Temma Harbour--Mary Hopkin
10 A Little Ray of Sunshine--Axiom

Singles entering the chart were My Baby Loves Lovin' by White Plains (#29) and Who's Your Baby? by the Archies (#30).

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 El Condor Pasa--Simon & Garfunkel (Instrumental track by Los Incas) (4th week at #1)
2 Sympathy--Steve Rowland & the Family Dogg
3 All Kinds of Everything--Dana
4 Spirit in the Sky--Norman Greenbaum
5 Knock, Knock Who's There--Mary Hopkin
6 Good Morning Freedom--Blue Mink
7 Lay Down--Melanie en the Edwin Hawkins Singers
8 El Cóndor Pasa--Los Incas
9 Osaka--The Shoes
10 House of the Rising Sun--Frijid Pink

Singles entering the chart were Ruby is the One by Earth and Fire (#19); Red Rover by the Mailer Mackenzie Band (#29); Lonesome Tree by Machine (#30); Daughter of Darkness by Tom Jones (#34); and I Can't Tell the Bottom from the Top by the Hollies (#37).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 ABC--The Jackson 5 (2nd week at #1)
2 Let it Be--The Beatles
3 Spirit in the Sky--Norman Greenbaum
4 American Woman/No Sugar Tonight--The Guess Who
5 Instant Karma (We All Shine On)--John Ono Lennon (with the Plastic Ono Band)
6 Love or Let Me Be Lonely--The Friends of Distinction
7 Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)--Edison Lighthouse
8 Come and Get It--Badfinger
9 Vehicle--The Ides of March
10 Turn Back the Hands of Time--Tyrone Davis

Singles entering the chart were Daughter of Darkness by Tom Jones (#49); O-o-h Child/Dear Prudence by the 5 Stairsteps (#66); Soolaimón (African Trilogy II) by Neil Diamond (#68); Sugar Sugar/Cole, Cooke and Redding by Wilson Pickett (#76); Brother Rapp (Part 1) by James Brown (#77); Grover Henson Feels Forgotten by Bill Cosby (#80); (You've Got Me) Dangling on a String by the Chairmen of the Board (#86); Them Changes by Buddy Miles and the Freedom Express (#87); Darkness, Darkness by the Youngbloods (#93); Question by the Moody Blues (#94); Love Like a Man by Ten Years After (#98); Check Yourself by the I.A.P. (the Italian Asphalt & Pavement Company) (#99); and Darling Dear by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles (#100). Darling Dear was the B-side of Point it Out, which had entered the chart on December 13, 1969, peaked at #37 on January 10 and 17, 1970, and was no longer on the chart.

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Spirit in the Sky--Norman Greenbaum
2 ABC--The Jackson 5
3 American Woman--The Guess Who
4 Let it Be--The Beatles
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 or Let Me Be Lonely--The Friends of Distinction
9 Turn Back the Hands of Time--Tyrone Davis
10 Vehicle--The Ides of March

Singles entering the chart were Brother Rapp (Parts 1 and 2) by James Brown (#64); Baby Hold On by the Grass Roots (#73); Band of Gold by Freda Payne (#75); Question by the Moody Blues (#78); Into the Mystic by Johnny Rivers (#81); Sugar Sugar by Wilson Pickett (#83); (You've Got Me) Dangling on a String by the Chairmen of the Board (#86); Whoever Finds This, I Love You by Mac Davis (#88); If You Do Believe in Love by the Tee Set (#89); And My Heart Sang (Tra La La) by Brenda and the Tabulations (#91); Gone Movin' On by the Raiders (#92); Ride Captain Ride by Blues Image (#95); and Oh My My by the Monkees (#96).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Record World)
1 Spirit in the Sky--Norman Greenbaum
2 Let it Be--The Beatles
3 American Woman/No Sugar Tonight--The Guess Who
4 ABC--The Jackson 5
5 Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)--Edison Lighthouse
6 Come and Get It--Badfinger
7 Turn Back the Hands of Time--Tyrone Davis
8 Something’s Burning--Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
9 Love or Let Me Be Lonely--The Friends of Distinction
10 Woodstock--Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Singles entering the chart were It's All in the Game by the Four Tops (#62); Lay Down (Candles in the Rain) by Melanie with the Edwin Hawkins Singers (#75); Baby Hold On by the Grass Roots (#80); I Call My Baby Candy by the Jaggerz (#82); Question by the Moody Blues (#88); If You Do Believe in Love by the Tee Set (#91); Band of Gold by Freda Payne (#92); Take Me with You by the Honey Cone (#93); Let This Be a Letter (To My Baby) by Jackie Wilson (#96); Sweet Feeling by Candi Staton (#98); and God Bless by Arthur Conley (#100).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Spirit in the Sky--Norman Greenbaum
2 American Woman/No Sugar Tonight--The Guess Who
3 ABC--The Jackson 5
4 Let it Be--The Beatles
5 Come and Get It--Badfinger
6 You, Me and Mexico--Edward Bear
7 Love or Let Me Be Lonely--The Friends of Distinction
8 Up the Ladder to the Roof--The Supremes
9 Something’s Burning--Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
10 Instant Karma (We All Shine On)--John Ono Lennon (with the Plastic Ono Band)

Singles entering the chart were Soolaimón (African Trilogy II) by Neil Diamond (#73); United We Stand by the Brotherhood of Man (#81); It's All in the Game by the Four Tops (#89); Killer Joe by Quincy Jones (#90); Viva Tirado by El Chicano (#91); Patch of Blue by Frankie Valli & the 4 Seasons (#92); Morning, Noon and Night Time Too by Brian Browne (#95); We're All in This Together by Cat (#97); Bidin' My Time by Anne Murray (#98); Hitchin' a Ride by Vanity Fare (#99); and Gina Bold by Vann (#100). We're All in This Together was the other side of Solo Flight, which had entered the chart on April 18, peaked at #97 on April 25, and was no longer on the chart.

Calgary's Top 10 (Glenn's Music)
1 Let it Be--The Beatles (7th week at #1)
2 American Woman--The Guess Who
3 Little Green Bag--George Baker Selection
4 Something’s Burning--Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
5 Instant Karma (We All Shine On)--John Ono Lennon (with the Plastic Ono Band)
6 Mr. Monday--The Original Caste
7 Vehicle--The Ides of March
8 Tennessee Bird Walk--Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan
9 ABC--The Jackson 5
10 Spirit in the Sky--Norman Greenbaum
Pick hit of the week: My Baby Loves Lovin'--White Plains

Died on this date
Art Delaney, 73. U.S. baseball pitcher. Mr. Delaney played with the St. Louis Cardinals (1924) and Boston Braves (1928-1929), compiling a record of 13-22 with an earned run average of 4.26 in 67 games, batting .198 with 1 home run and 2 runs batted in. He played in at least 218 games in 7 seasons in the minor leagues--5 in the Pacific Coast League--from 1923-1931, winning at least 82 games and losing at least 70. Mr. Delaney's best season was 1926, when he was 21-13 with a 3.04 ERA with the Oakland Oaks.

War
Two days of heavy bombing raids by U.S. forces in North Vietnam north of the demilitarized zone concluded. A U.S. spokesman described the bombing as a "protective reaction." A joint task force of U.S. and South Vietnamese soldiers began a painstaking search of the Fishhook section of Cambodia among increasing indications that the enemy had already evacuated the area. The U.S., and S.V. forces discovered battalion-sized bases and substantial rice stores, but found no sign of the elaborate underground headquarters facility that was believed to house the Communist high command.

Archaeology
Professor Spyridon Marinatos, Greece's inspector general of antiquities, announced the discovery of the burial place of the Greek soldiers who fell in the Battle of Marathon 2,400 years ago.

Horse racing
Dust Commander, with Mike Manganello up, won the 96th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville in a time of 2:03 2/5, 1 length ahead of My Dad George, with High Echelon third.



Baseball
Jackie Hernandez singled home Jim Rooker from second base with 2 out in the bottom of the 17th inning to give the Kansas City Royals a 4-3 win over the Cleveland Indians before 8,016 fans at Municipal Stadium in Kansas City. Mr. Rooker, normally a starting pitcher, entered the game as a pinch runner in the bottom of the 15th inning and remained in the game in left field.

Thurman Munson singled home Roy White from second base with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th inning to climax a 3-run rally as the New York Yankees edged the Milwaukee Brewers 7-6 before 7,813 fans at Yankee Stadium. The rally began with a leadoff single by Jerry Kenney, followed by Bobby Murcer's 2-run home run.

30 years ago
1980

Hit parade
#1 single in France (IFOP): Le Banana Split--Lio (2nd week at #1)

South Africa's Top 10 (Springbok Radio)
1 Please Don't Go--KC and the Sunshine Band (6th week at #1)
2 I'm in the Mood for Dancing--The Nolans
3 Fly Too High--Janis Ian
4 Sun of Jamaica--Goombay Dance Band
5 Do That to Me One More Time--Captain & Tennille
6 Rapper's Delight--Sugarhill Gang
7 Message in a Bottle--The Police
8 We Belong to the Night--Ellen Foley
9 Ballad of Lucy Jordan--Marianne Faithfull
10 American Dream--The Dirt Band

The only single entering the chart was Romeo's Tune by Steve Forbert (#17).

Died on this date
George Pal, 72. Hungarian-born U.S. animator, producer, and director. Mr. Pal, born György Pál Marczincsak, worked in Germany and the United Kingdom before moving to the United States in 1939. He was awarded an honourary Academy Award in 1943 for the Puppetoons series of animated short films, but was perhaps best known for science fiction and fantasy movies including Destination Moon (1950); When Worlds Collide (1951); and 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964). Mr. Pal died of a heart attack.

Terrorism
Palestinian terrorists fired automatic rifles and threw hand grenades into a crowd of Jewish worshippers returning from Sabbath prayers, killing 5 people and wounding 17; one of the wounded later died. The assault took place near the former Jewish-owned Hadassah clinic in the Arab city of Hebron. The victims were Jewish settlers, members of an Israeli ultranationalist group called Gush Emunim. Responsibility for the attack was claimed by Al Fatah, the main group of the Palestinian Liberation Organization.

Labour
Swedish employers locked out 770,000 workers and labour unions responded with strikes involving more than 100,000 additional workers. Gunar Nilsson, chairman of the union confederation, commented, "Labour and capital can no longe cooperate in the fine old spirit." About 1/5 of the country's workers were involved in the dispute.

Economics and finance
The United States Labor Department announced that the unemployment rate had risen to 7% in April, the highest rate since August 1977. Much of the increase came from the automobile and housing industries.

25 years ago
1985

Died on this date
Larry Clinton, 75. U.S. musician. Mr. Clinton played trumpet and other instruments before becoming an arranger and then a bandleader. He was popular in the late 1930s and early 1940s, with his biggest hit being My Reverie (1938). Mr. Clinton interrupted his career to serve with the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. He resumed his musical career after the war, often leading a studio band accompanying pop singers.

Attilio Bettega, 32. Italian auto racing driver. Mr. Bettega was a rally driver who was killed during the fourth stage of the Tour de Corse in Corsica when he lost control of his Lancia and crashed into a tree which ruptured into the driver's seat and killed him instantly. Mr. Bettega's co-driver Maurizio Perissinot survived the crash uninjured.

Politics and government
In the Ontario provincial election, the governing Progressive Conservative Party, led by Premier Frank Miller, lost their majority, dropping from 70 seats in the provincial parliament to 52. The Liberals, led by David Peterson, took 48 seats, while the New Democratic Party, led by Bob Rae, won 25 seats and held the balance of power. Mr. Miller had been Premier for just over three months, replacing Bill Davis, who had held the office since 1971. The PCs had been in power since 1943.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Division Finals
Quebec 3 @ Montreal 2 (OT) (Quebec won best-of-seven series 4-3)

Peter Stastny scored at 2:22 of the 1st overtime period to give the Nordiques their win over the Canadiens at the Montreal Forum.



20 years ago
1990

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Vogue--Madonna (2nd week at #1)

Died on this date
William L. Dawson, 90. U.S. composer and choir director. William Levi Dawson, a Negro, was a classical trombonist before embarking on a teaching career at Tuskegee Institute (1931-1956) in Alabama, where he developed the Tuskegee Institute Choir into an internationally-recognized ensemble. As a composer, he was mainly known for arrangements and variations of spirituals, as well as Negro American Symphony (1934, revised 1952).

David Rappaport, 38. U.K.-born U.S. actor. Mr. Rappaport, a dwarf, appeared in such movies as Time Bandits (1981) and The Bride (1985), and starred in the television series The Wizard (1986-1987). He suffered from depression, and committed suicide by shooting himself in the chest.

Crime
400 police officers from New York, Quebec, and Ontario moved to restore order at the Akwesasne Indian reserve near Cornwall, Ontario, where a nine-hour gun battle the day before between pro- and anti-gambling factions had left two dead.

Diplomacy
Lithuanian President Vytautas Landsbergis said in a letter to French and West German leaders that Lithuania would consider suspending some pro-independence laws if that would get talks with the Kremlin underway.

Economics and Finance
The United States Commerce Department reported that leading economic indicators had risen 0.9% in March.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Conference Finals
Chicago 2 @ Edmonton 5 (Edmonton led best-of-seven series 1-0)

10 years ago
2000

Died on this date
Bob Homme, 81. U.S.-born Canadian television personality. Mr. Homme, who moved to Canada from Pittsburgh, was beloved by generations of Canadian children as host and title character of the long-running CBC television program The Friendly Giant from 1958-1984, where he played music and read stories aloud, accompanied by puppet sidekicks Rusty the Rooster and Jerome the Giraffe. Mr. Homme refused to make public appearances in character because he didn't want to destroy the illusion that he was actually a giant. The program, which was the most cheaply-produced show in the CBC lineup, was killed, supposedly for budgetary reasons, by the government of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.

Diplomacy
The latest Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations broke down after just two days.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Conference Semi-Finals
Philadelphia 4 @ Pittsburgh 3 (OT) (Pittsburgh led best-of-seven series 2-1)
Dallas 1 @ San Jose 2 (Dallas led best-of-seven series 2-1)

Baseball
The Atlanta Braves scored 3 runs in the top of the 8th inning as they defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-3 before 30,246 fans at Dodger Stadium for their 15th consecutive win, the longest such streak for a National League team in 49 years.

Kerry Wood (1-0) allowed 3 hits and 1 run--earned--in 6 innings, and hit his first home run of the season--a 2-run blow in the 2nd inning--as he led the Chicago Cubs to an 11-1 win over the Houston Astros before 38,121 fans at Wrigley Field in Chicago.

Wendell Magee's solo home run with 1 out in the top of the 12th inning broke a 6-6 tie as the Detroit Tigers edged the Boston Red Sox 7-6 before 22,897 fans at Fenway Park in Boston.

Cal Ripken, Jr. doubled home Jeff Conine with the tying run and scored the winning run on a single by Mike Bordick as the Baltimore Orioles scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 9th inning to defeat the Anaheim Angels 7-6 before 34,923 fans at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

The Oakland Athletics scored 2 runs in the top of the 10th inning to break a 5-5 tie, but the Kansas City Royals scored 3 in the bottom of the 10th to win 8-7 before 13,224 fans at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City.