Sunday 30 May 2010

May 30, 2010

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Nettee Sly!

1,940 years ago
70


War
Titus and his Roman legions breached the Second Wall of Jerusalem. Jewish defenders retreated to the First Wall. The Romans built a circumvallation, cutting down all trees within 10 miles.

1,000 years ago
1010


Born on this date
Renzong
. Emperor of China, 1022-1063. The son of Emperor Zhenzong of the Song dynasty, Renzong's reign was characterized by a foreign policy of pacifism. He died without an heir on April 30, 1063, a month before his 53rd birthday, and was succeeded on the throne by Yingzong.

500 years ago
1510


World events
During the reign of Emperor Zhengde, Ming dynasty rebel leader Zhu Zhifan was defeated by commander Qiu Yue, ending the Prince of Anhua rebellion.

370 years ago
1640


Died on this date
Peter Paul Rubens, 62
. Flemish painter. Sir Peter Paul was known for paintings of religious and historical subjects, and especially for paintings of fat "voluptuous" women. He'd have a field day in modern Edmonton.

200 years ago
1810


Law
The Quebec Bar/Barreau du Québec was founded.

190 years ago
1820


Born on this date
Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau
. Canadian politician. Mr. Chauveau, a Conservative, was a member of the Legislative Assembly in the Province of Canada from 1844-1867 and in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867-1873. While sitting in the House of Commons he served as the first Premier of Quebec from 1867-1873. Mr. Chauveau was appointed to the Canadian Senate in 1873, but resigned a year later to return to electoral politics, where he failed to be re-elected to the House of Commons. He died on April 4, 1890 at the age of 69.

120 years ago
1890


Born on this date
Roger Salengro
. French politician. Mr. Salengro served with the French Army in World War I, and was a German prisoner of war from 1915-1918. He was elected Mayor of Lille in 1925, and was re-elected in 1929 and 1935. Mr. Salengro also sat in the French National Assembly, first winning election in 1928, and re-election in 1932 and 1936. He was appointed Minister of the Interior in the leftist National Front cabinet of Prime Minister Léon Blum when they came to power in 1936. Right-wing groups accused Mr. Salengro of having been a deserter in World War I. Despite the fact that the charges were refuted by a military commission and condemned in a vote of the Assembly, Mr. Salengro committed suicide on November 17, 1936 at the age of 46.

100 years ago
1910


Born on this date
Franklin J. Schaffner
. Japanese-born U.S. film director. Mr. Schaffner won the Academy Award for Best Director for Patton (1970). His other movies included The Best Man (1964); Planet of the Apes (1968); Nicholas and Alexandra (1971); and Papillon (1973). He died of lung cancer on July 2, 1989 at the age of 69.

Auto racing
AAA
Championship Car Series
Two days after winning the 200-mile Wheeler-Schebler Trophy Race, Ray Harroun won the 50-mile Remy Brassard Trophy race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first of two races in 1910 with that name. Joe Dawson finished second and Frank Fox third in the 10-car field.

80 years ago
1930


Environment
Canada's National Parks Act was given royal assent; the parks were "dedicated to the people of Canada for their benefit, education and enjoyment, subject to the provisions of this Act and Regulations, and such Parks shall be maintained and made use of so as to leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations." The Act excluded industrial activities from parks; boundaries were made permanent; the category of Historical Parks was formally recognized.

Auto racing
Billy Arnold led for 198 of 200 laps and won the Indianapolis 500 at an average speed of 100.448 miles per hour. 38 drivers participated in the race.





Baseball
The New York Yankees traded pitcher Waite Hoyt and shortstop Mark Koenig to the Detroit Tigers for pitcher Ownie Carroll, infielder Yats Wuestling, and outfielder Harry Rice. Mr. Hoyt was 2-2 with an earned run average of 4.53 in 8 games with New York in 1930, while Mr. Koenig was batting .230 with no home runs and 9 runs batted in in 21 games with the Yankees. Mr. Carroll was 0-5 with a 10.63 ERA in 6 games with Detroit in 1930, while Mr. Wuestling was batting 0 for 9 with no RBIs in 4 games with Detroit, and Mr. Rice was hitting .305 with 2 homers and 21 RBIs in 37 games with the Tigers in 1930.

The Philadelphia Athletics released pitcher Howard Ehmke, ending his career. He had been the hero of the first game of the 1929 World Series as a surprise starter, striking out 13 Chicago Cubs in a 3-1 win. Mr. Ehmke was 0-1 with an earned run average of 11.70 in 3 games in 1930; for his major league career, he was 166-166 with a 4.47 ERA in 427 games, batting .208 with no home runs and 73 runs batted in in 429 games.

Heroics by Al Simmons enabled the Philadelphia Athletics to sweep a doubleheader from the Washington Nationals at Shibe Park in Philadelphia. by scores of 7-6 in 13 innings and 15-11. The Nationals were leading 6-3 with 2 out in the 9th inning of the first game, but Washington catcher Muddy Ruel neglected to chase a pop foul that could have been the final out. Two singles followed, and Mr. Simmons hit a home run to tie the game. He doubled in the 13 and scored the winning run, but injured a knee and didn’t start the second game. In the 5th inning, the Athletics were trailing 7-3 but had the bases loaded. Mr. Simmons came to bat as a pinch hitter and hit a grand slam off Bump Hadley to tie the game.

75 years ago
1935


Died on this date
Clay Weatherly, 25
. U.S. auto racing driver. Mr. Weatherly was killed in a crash on the 9th lap of the Indianapolis 500.

Auto racing
Kelly Petillo won the Indianapolis 500 at an average speed of 106.240 miles per hour.





Baseball
The Philadelphia Phillies swept a doubleheader from the Boston Braves by scores of 11-6 and 9-3 at Baker Bowl in Philadelphia. In the first game, Babe Ruth of the Braves struck out in the top of the first inning, and left the game in the bottom of the inning when he injured a knee chasing a fly ball. It was his last major league appearance.

63,943 fans jammed the Polo Grounds in New York to see the New York Giants sweep a Memorial Day doubleheader from the Brooklyn Dodgers 8-3 and 6-0. Mel Ott hit a grand slam for the Giants in the first inning of the first game, and Al Cuccinello, in his first appearance with the Giants, homered in the same inning. Roy Parmelee was the winning pitcher in the opener, while Freddie Fitzsimmons pitched a 2-hitter in the second game.

70 years ago
1940


War
Allied forces continued their escape from Dunkirk, France to Dover, England under harassment by the Germans.

Politics and government
The Belgian government-in-exile in Paris approved an order depriving King Leopold III of his throne.

The civil administration of the Netherlands was turned over to Arthur Seiss-Inquart, the Reich Commissioner.

Economics and finance
The Toronto Stock Exchange declined 25% after German military victories in Europe.

The U.S. Senate passed and sent to the House of Representatives the Hospital Construction Act, appropriating $10 million annually for rural hospital construction.

Auto racing
Wilbur Shaw won the Indianapolis 500, becoming the first driver to win the race in consecutive years, and winning for the third time in four years. Mr. Shaw’s average speed was 114.277 miles per hour; rain slowed the race, and the last 50 laps were run under caution. First prize money was $31,875.



Baseball
The New York Giants swept a Memorial Day doubleheader from the Brooklyn Dodgers 7-0 and 12-5 in 12 innings before 34,548 fans at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn to knock the Dodgers out of first place in the National League. Carl Hubbell gave up just a single by Johnny Hudson in the 2nd inning to win the first game, while Bill Lohrman went the distance to win the second game.

60 years ago
1950

On the radio

Philo Vance, starring Jackson Beck
Tonight’s episode: The Whirlaround Murder Case

On television tonight
Suspense, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Listen, Listen, starring Mildred Natwick

Politics and government
Independent candidates won 126 of 210 seats in the National Assembly in the South Korean legislative election. The Democratic Nationalist Party and Korean Nationalist Party each won 24 seats to lead the parties. The political orientation of the forthcoming National Assembly was unclear.

Defense
The Mid-Century Conference for Peace, founded a year earlier by a group (including physicist Albert Einstein and author Thomas Mann) opposed to the Atlantic pact, called for "negotiations within the United Nations" to end the Cold War.

Environment
The New York Times reported that a "dust bowl" even more extensive than that of the 1930s threatened the southwestern United States, where a drought was already nine months old.

Disasters
A record 671 accidental deaths were recorded for the May 26-30 Memorial Day holiday weekend in the United States.

Auto racing
Johnnie Parsons won the Indianapolis 500 at an average speed of 124.002 miles per hour. The race was stopped because of rain after 345 miles (138 of 200 scheduled laps).

Baseball
The Brooklyn Dodgers swept the Philadelphia Phillies in a doubleheader by scores of 7-6 in 10 innings and 6-4 before 34,700 fans at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn to move past the Phillies into first place in the National League. Bobby Morgan drew a base on balls with 2 out in the bottom of the 10th inning, and eventually scored on an error by Philadelphia shortstop Granny Hamner. Duke Snider of the Dodgers hit 3 consecutive home runs in the second game and narrowly missed a fourth when his drive hit the top of the right field screen and he was held to a single.

The St. Louis Cardinals swept a doubleheader from the Pittsburgh Pirates 17-13 and 8-5 before 33,182 fans at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, as Gerry Staley won both games in relief. Stan Musial’s only hit of the doubleheader was an inside-the-park home run in the 9th inning of the second game. Pittsburgh right fielder Gus Bell made his major league debut, batting 2 for 5 in each game, with a run and 2 runs batted in in the first game.

50 years ago
1960


Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): 16 Toneladas (Sixteen Tons)--José Guardiola

#1 single in France (IFOP): Mustapha--Bob Azzam (10th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Cathy's Clown--The Everly Brothers (2nd week at #1)
2 Stuck on You--Elvis Presley
3 Good Timin'--Jimmy Jones
4 He'll Have to Stay--Jeanne Black
5 Greenfields--The Brothers Four
6 Night--Jackie Wilson
7 Paper Roses--Anita Bryant
8 Sixteen Reasons--Connie Stevens
9 Burning Bridges--Jack Scott
10 Cradle of Love--Johnny Preston

Singles entering the chart were I'm Sorry by Brenda Lee (#76); Down Yonder by Johnny and the Hurricanes (#81); River, Stay 'Way from My Door by Frank Sinatra (#82); Alley-Oop by the Hollywood Argyles (#85); Spring Rain by Pat Boone (#86); Heartbreak (It's Hurtin' Me) by Little Willie John (#90); Alley-Oop by Dante and the Evergreens (#94); Comin' Down with Love by Mel Gadson (#95); When Will I Be Loved by the Everly Brothers (#96); Something Happened by Paul Anka (#98); Ain't Gonna Be That Way by Marv Johnson with the Rayber Voices (#99); and Maria by Johnny Mathis (#100).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKWX)
1 My Old Man's a Dustman--Lonnie Donegan
2 Cathy's Clown--The Everly Brothers
3 Stuck on You/Fame and Fortune--Elvis Presley
4 Paper Roses--Anita Bryant
5 Good Timin'--Jimmy Jones
6 Ding-A-Ling/Swingin' School--Bobby Rydell
7 Everybody's Somebody's Fool/Jealous of You (Tango Della Gelosia)--Connie Francis
8 Burning Bridges/Oh, Little One--Jack Scott
9 Happy-Go-Lucky-Me--Paul Evans
10 He'll Have to Stay--Jeanne Black

Singles entering the chart were That's All You Gotta Do/I'm Sorry by Brenda Lee (#47); Pennies from Heaven by the Skyliners (#50); Down Yonder by Johnny and the Hurricanes (#53); Pink Chiffon by Mitchell Torok (#54); La Montana (If She Should Come To You), with versions by Frank DeVol and his Rainbow Strings; and Roger Williams (#57); My Tani by the Brothers Four (#58); Mule Skinner Blues by the Fendermen (#59); and Mission Bell by Donnie Brooks (#60).

Died on this date
George Hildebrand, 81
. U.S. baseball player and umpire. Mr. Hildebrand was a left fielder who played 11 games with the Brooklyn Superbas in 1902, batting .220 with no home runs and 5 runs batted in. He played more than 1,000 games in 12 seasons in the minor leagues (1898-1909), and was credited with discovering the spitball. Mr. Hildebrand was an umpire in the American League (1913-1934), working 3,330 regular season games and 22 games in 4 World Series. He was behind the plate for the second game of the 1922 World Series between the New York Yankees and New York Giants, and called the game because of darkness with the game tied 3-3 after 10 innings. There appeared to be at least half an hour of sunlight remaining, and his decision was widely criticized.

Boris Pasternak, 70. Russian author and poet. Mr. Pasternak was best known for his novel Doctor Zhivago (1957) and his collection of poems, My Sister, Life (1917). Doctor Zhivago was smuggled out of the Soviet Union and first published in Milan in an Italian translation in 1957, and Mr. Pasternak was awarded the 1958 Nobel Prize in Literature in 1958 "for his important achievement both in contemporary lyrical poetry and in the field of the great Russian epic tradition." Mr. Pasternak was denounced by U.S.S.R. authorities and threatened with deportation, but the Soviet authorities backed off in the face of international criticism.

Auto racing
Jim Rathmann won the Indianapolis 500 at an average speed of 138.767 miles per hour. He had finished second in the race in 1952, 1957, and 1959.







40 years ago
1970


Hit parade
#1 single in Rhodesia (Lyons Maid): Carol OK--Chris Andrews (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in France: Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)--John Ono Lennon with the Plastic Ono Band (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): It's Five O'Clock--Aphrodite's Child

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Du--Peter Maffay

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Back Home--England World Cup Squad '70 (3rd week at #1)

Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 Bridge Over Troubled Water--Simon & Garfunkel
2 Let it Be--The Beatles
3 Spirit in the Sky--Norman Greenbaum
4 Travelin' Band/Who'll Stop the Rain--Creedence Clearwater Revival
5 Instant Karma (We All Shine On)--John Ono Lennon (with the Plastic Ono Band)
6 Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)--Edison Lighthouse
7 A Little Ray of Sunshine--Axiom
8 Everything is Beautiful--Ray Stevens
9 Tennessee Bird Walk--Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan
10 Knock Knock Who's There--Mary Hopkin

Singles entering the chart were Cecilia by Simon & Garfunkel (#26); Something's Burning by Kenny Rogers and the First Edition (#28); Boom-Sha-La-La-Lo by Hans Poulsen (#29); One Tin Soldier, with versions by Karen Young; and the Original Caste (#32); Hello by Normie Rowe (#33); Curly by Jimmy Hannan (#35); American Woman by the Guess Who (#36); What is Truth by Johnny Cash (#38); Love Moth by Liv Maesson (#39); and Honey Come Back by Glen Campbell (#40).

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 Up Around the Bend--Creedence Clearwater Revival
2 Cecilia--Simon and Garfunkel
3 El Condor Pasa--Simon & Garfunkel (Instrumental track by Los Incas)
4 Ruby is the One--Earth and Fire
5 Huilen Ii Voor Jou Te Laat--Corry en De Rekels
6 Sympathy--Steve Rowland & the Family Dogg
7 Mademoiselle Ninette--The Soulful Dynamics
8 Question--Moody Blues
9 Spirit in the Sky--Norman Greenbaum
10 I Can't Tell the Bottom from the Top--The Hollies

Singles entering the chart were Question; Gedeelten Uit Het Radio Wedstrijdverslag Feyenoord Celtic - Finale by Theo Koomen & Wim Hoogendoorn (#23); Yellow River by Christie (#31); She was Naked by Super Sister (#36); Without You by the Shuffles (#37); The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown) by Fleetwood Mac (#39); and Kitsch by Barry Ryan (#40).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Everything is Beautiful--Ray Stevens
2 American Woman/No Sugar Tonight--The Guess Who
3 Love on a Two-Way Street--The Moments
4 Cecilia--Simon & Garfunkel
5 Up Around the Bend/Run Through the Jungle--Creedence Clearwater Revival
6 Which Way You Goin' Billy?--The Poppy Family
7 The Letter--Joe Cocker with Leon Russell and the Shelter People
8 Turn Back the Hands of Time--Tyrone Davis
9 Vehicle--The Ides of March
10 Let it Be--The Beatles

Singles entering the chart were The Love You Save/I Found That Girl by the Jackson 5 (#45); Are You Ready? by Pacific Gas & Electric (#73); You, Me and Mexico by Edward Bear (#75); Don't it Make You Want to Go Home by Brook Benton with the Dixie Flyers (#88); Friends by Feather (#90); Some Beautiful by Jack Wild (#92); Lay a Little Lovin' on Me by Robin McNamara (#93); Heighdy-Ho Princess by Neon Philharmonic (#94); You Keep Me Hangin' On/Hurt So Bad by Jackie DeShannon (#96); Feelings by Barry Mann (#97); I Think I Love You Again by Brenda Lee (#98); Primrose Lane by O.C. Smith (#99); and I Can't Tell the Bottom from the Top by the Hollies (#100). Feelings was from the movie Getting Straight (1970).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Cecilia--Simon & Garfunkel
2 Up Around the Bend--Creedence Clearwater Revival
3 American Woman--The Guess Who
4 Turn Back the Hands of Time--Tyrone Davis
5 Everything is Beautiful--Ray Stevens
6 Which Way You Goin' Billy?--The Poppy Family
7 The Letter--Joe Cocker with Leon Russell and the Shelter People
8 Get Ready--Rare Earth
9 The Long and Winding Road--The Beatles
10 Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)--Diana Ross

Singles entering the chart were Trying to Make a Fool of Me by the Delfonics (#77); Man of Constant Sorrow by Ginger Baker's Air Force (#87); Spill the Wine by Eric Burdon and War (#91); Move Me, O Wondrous Music by the Ray Charles Singers (#94); Freedom Blues by Little Richard (#97); and Tighter, Tighter by Alive and Kicking (#100).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Record World)
1 Turn Back the Hands of Time--Tyrone Davis (2nd week at #1)
2 Up Around the Bend/Run Through the Jungle--Creedence Clearwater Revival
3 Vehicle--The Ides of March
4 Cecilia--Simon & Garfunkel
5 American Woman/No Sugar Tonight--The Guess Who
6 Love on a Two-Way Street--The Moments
7 Everything is Beautiful--Ray Stevens
8 For the Love of Him--Bobbi Martin
9 Get Ready--Rare Earth
10 Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)--Diana Ross

Singles entering the chart were Ball of Confusion (That's What the World is Today) by the Temptations (#66); The Love You Save by the Jackson 5 (#72); Don't it Make You Want to Go Home by Brook Benton with the Dixie Flyers (#80); Ain't That Loving You (For More Reasons than One) by Luther Ingram (#82); I Can't Tell the Bottom from the Top by the Hollies (#91); Tighter, Tighter by Alive and Kicking (#92); Steal Away by Johnnie Taylor (#93); Passport to the Future by Jean Jacques Perrey (#98); Trying to Make a Fool of Me by the Delfonics (#99); and If Love Rules the World by Bobby Bland (#100).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Up Around the Bend--Creedence Clearwater Revival
2 Cecilia--Simon & Garfunkel
3 Woodstock--Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
4 Mr. Monday--The Original Caste
5 Everything is Beautiful--Ray Stevens
6 My Baby Loves Lovin'--White Plains
7 American Woman/No Sugar Tonight--The Guess Who
8 Vehicle--The Ides of March
9 For the Love of Him--Bobbi Martin
10 A Song of Joy (Himno a la Alegria)--Miguel Rios

Singles entering the chart included I Want to Take You Higher by Sly & the Family Stone (#73); Dangling on a String by the Chairmen of the Board (#75); Are You Ready? by Pacific Gas & Electric (#80); Brother Rapp (Part 2) by James Brown (#93); Sympathy by Rare Bird (#94); (How Bout a Little Hand For) The Boys in the Band by the Boys in the Band (#96); Band of Gold by Freda Payne (#97); and Sugar Sugar by Wilson Pickett (#98).

Calgary's Top 10 (Glenn's Music)
1 Up Around the Bend--Creedence Clearwater Revival
2 Little Green Bag--George Baker Selection
3 The Long and Winding Road--The Beatles
4 American Woman--The Guess Who
5 My Baby Loves Lovin'--White Plains
6 Cecilia--Simon & Garfunkel
7 Everything is Beautiful--Ray Stevens
8 Let it Be--The Beatles
9 Puppet Man--The 5th Dimension
10 Mr. Monday--The Original Caste
Pick hit of the week: Hitchin' a Ride--Vanity Fare

Died on this date
Howie Gregory, 83
. U.S. baseball pitcher. Mr. Gregory posted a 0-1 record with an earned run average of 5.14 in 3 games with the St. Louis Browns in 1911. He won at least 225 games and lost at least 161 in 17 seasons in the minor leagues from 1909-1926, with four seasons of at least 22 wins in the Class A Western League.

War
U.S. casualties in Vietnam for the week were 165 dead and 757 wounded, most from increased Communist shelling.

Disasters
A crippled plane carrying 32 people fell on a car on a highway after takeoff in Atlanta, killing 5 in the car and 1 in the plane.

2 people were killed and 40 injured when a tank truck carrying liquid oxygen exploded in a Brooklyn hospital yard.

Auto racing
Al Unser led 190 of 200 laps and won the Indianapolis 500 for the first time, at an average speed of 155.749 miles per hour.





Baseball
Computerized punch-card ballots appeared in stores and ballparks as voting for the major league all-star game was returned to fans for the first time since 1957.

Roberto Pena’s inside-the-park grand slam off Les Cain in the 1st inning led the Milwaukee Brewers to a 9-7 win over the Detroit Tigers before 11,704 fans at County Stadium in Milwaukee.

Lee May singled to lead off the bottom of the 9th inning, advanced to third base on a double by Bernie Carbo, and scored on a 1-out single by Darrel Chaney to give the Cincinnati Reds a 5-4 win over the Montreal Expos before 23,839 fans at Crosley Field in Cincinnati. The Expos scored all their runs in the top of the first; after the first 2 batters were retired, Rusty Staub hit a solo home run, and John Bateman added a 3-run homer. Mr. Staub batted 5 for 5, with a double in addition to his homer.

30 years ago
1980


Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): What's Another Year--Johnny Logan

#1 single in France (IFOP): One Step Beyond--Madness (6th week at #1)

South Africa's Top 10 (Springbok Radio)
1 Sun of Jamaica--Goombay Dance Band (2nd week at #1)
2 Fly Too High--Janis Ian
3 Please Don't Go--KC and the Sunshine Band
4 Computer Games--MS
5 Brass in Pocket--Pretenders
6 I'm in the Mood for Dancing--The Nolans
7 Message in a Bottle--The Police
8 American Dream--The Dirt Band
9 We Belong to the Night--Ellen Foley
10 Together We are Beautiful--Fern Kinney

Singles entering the chart were Walking on the Moon by the Police (#18); and Crying by Don McLean (#20).

Religion
Pope John Paul II arrived in Paris to begin the first visit to France by a pope since 1814. He met the mayor of Paris, and addressed a crowd at the Place de la Concorde on the issue of religious drift. The Roman Catholic Church in France had seen its practicing participants in France decline to 15% of its professed membership.

25 years ago
1985

Baseball

Carmelo Martinez hit a three-run home run and a solo homer to lead the San Diego Padres to a 5-4 win over the Montreal Expos. Winning pitcher Andy Hawkins improved his record to 10-0

Dwight Gooden struck out 14 to lead the New York Mets to a 2-1 win over the San Francisco Giants. The only Giant run came on Alex Trevino’s first home run of the season.

20 years ago
1990


Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Black Velvet--Alannah Myles (2nd week at #1)

Edmontonia
City Council's executive committee voted unanimously to force motorcycles to park behind the Commercial Hotel on Whyte Avenue, and not in front.

War
Palestinian guerrillas in speedboats sought to attack the coast of Israel. Israeli security forces captured one boat and its five-man crew, which surrendered. 11 men landed in a second boat, but four were killed and the rest captured. A radical faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization claimed responsibility for the raid, saying that it was intended as revenge for the seven Palestinians killed on May 20 by a former Israeli soldier who had gone on a rampage.

Diplomacy
Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney concluded two days of meetings in Ottawa. Canadian officials announced that they would extend a line of credit to the U.S.S.R. to facilitate the purchase of goods and services by the Soviet Union. Mr. Gorbachev and his entourage, which included his wife Raisa, then flew to Washington.

Economics and finance
The United States Commerce Department reported that that the leading economic indicators had declined 0.2% in April. The Dow-Jones industrial average closed at its highest point for the month: 2878.56.

Health
The French banned imports of British beef and live cattle because of fears of mad cow disease.

Disasters
An earthquake struck northern Peru, killing at least 101 people.

10 years ago
2000


Diplomacy
U.S. President Bill Clinton began a European trip with a stop in Portugal, where he and Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio signed several pacts. Mr. Clinton also met with European Union officials to discuss trade.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Finals
Dallas 3 @ New Jersey 7 (New Jersey led best-of-seven series 1-0)

Jason Arnott and Petr Sykora each scored 2 goals as the Devils scored 7 goals on 26 shots to defeat the defending champion Stars at Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford.

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