November 11, 2011

520 years ago
1491

Born on this date
Martin Bucer. French-born German religious reformer. Rev. Bucer joined the Dominican Order in 1507, and was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1516, based in Heidelberg. After meeting Martin Luther in 1518, he arranged for his monastic vows to be annulled, and joined the Protestant Reformation. Mr. Bucer attempted to reform the church in Wissembourg, but he was excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church, and was forced to flee to Strasbourg. He acted as a mediator between Mr. Luther and Huldrych Zwingli, who differed on the doctrine of the Eucharist, and tried to unite Protestants and Catholics in a national German church separate from Rome. In 1549, Mr. Bucer was ultimately forced into exile in England, where he influenced the second revision of the Book of Common Prayer. He died in Cambridge on February 28, 1551 at the age of 59.

220 years ago
1791

Born on this date
Josef Munzinger. Swiss politician. Mr. Munzinger was one of the first seven councillors elected to the Swiss Federal Council in 1848. He was President of the Confederation in 1851. Mr. Munzinger died on February 6, 1855 at the age of 63.

190 years ago
1821

Born on this date
Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Russian author. Mr. Dostoyevsky (or Dostoevsky) wrote 12 novels, four novellas, 16 short stories, and numerous other works, and is regarded as one of the world's greatest psychological novelists, exploring philosophical and religious themes in novels such as Crime and Punishment (1866); The Idiot (1869); The Devils (1872); and The Brothers Karamazov (1880). He died on February 9, 1881 at the age of 59, 15 days after suffering a pulmonary hemorrhage.

180 years ago
1831

Died on this date
Nat Turner, 31. U.S. slave. Mr. Turner led a slave rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia on August 21 that resulted in the deaths of 60 white people and at least 100 Negroes. He remained a fugitive for more than two months before being found on October 30. Mr. Turner was hanged in Jerusalem, Virginia, and his body was flayed, beheaded, and quartered.

140 years ago
1871

Defense
The Royal Canadian Rifles departed Québec for Britain.

Journalism
La Tribune de la presse du Parlement de Québec, possibly the oldest press ombudsman in the world, was founded.

120 years ago
1891

Born on this date
Rabbit Maranville. U.S. baseball player. Walter Maranville was a shortstop with the Boston Braves (1912-1920, 1929-1935); Pittsburgh Pirates (1921-1924); Chicago Cubs (1925); Brooklyn Robins (1926); and St. Louis Cardinals (1927-1928), batting .258 with 28 home runs and 884 runs batted in in 2,670 games. He was with the Braves when they won the World Series in 1914, and with the Cardinals when they won the National League pennant in 1928, batting .308 in both World Series. Mr. Maranville managed the Cubs for part of the 1925 season, compiling a 23-30 record. He was one of the most colourful characters in baseball history, inspiring anecdotes too numerous to be mentioned here. Mr. Maranville died of a heart attack at the age of 62 on January 6, 1954; he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame later that year.

110 years ago
1901

Born on this date
F. Van Wyck Mason. U.S. historian and author. Francis Van Wyck Mason wrote pulp adventure and historical short stories and novels. 25 of his novels featured a character named Hugh North, a prototype for James Bond. Mr. Mason drowned while swimming off the coast of Bermuda on August 28, 1978 at the age of 66.

Sam Spiegel. Austro-Hungarian-born U.S. movie producer. Mr. Spiegel worked in Germany before emigrating to Mexico in 1933 and the United States in 1938. He was an independent movie producer, using the alias S.P. Eagle until 1954, and winning Academy Awards for Best Picture for On the Waterfront (1954); The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957); and Lawrence of Arabia (1962). Mr. Spiegel was a notorious sexual degenerate, and died on December 31, 1985 at the age of 84.

100 years ago
1911

Weather
Many cities in the Midwestern United States broke their record highs and lows on the same day as a strong cold front rolled through. At least 13 tornadoes struck the Great Lakes, killing at least nine people and injuring 50 more.

Transportation
The Dominion Atlantic Railway (DAR) was formally leased to the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) for 999 years, effective January 1, 1912.

Football
CRU
ORFU
Toronto Amateur Athletic Club (3-2) 11 @ Hamilton (5-0) 18

90 years ago
1921

Americana
President Warren G. Harding dedicated the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Memorial Amphitheater in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.



80 years ago
1931

On the radio
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Richard Gordon and Leigh Lovell, on NBC
Tonight's episode: The Three Gables

Died on this date
Shibusawa Eiichi, 1st Viscount Shibusawa, 91. Japanese businessman. Mr. Eiichi was known as the "Father of Japanese capitalism," founding hundreds of corporations as well as the First National Bank.

Canadiana
Remembrance Day was observed under that name for the first time; since 1921 it had been known as Armistice Day.

Football
NFL
Staten Island (2-5-1) 12 @ Portsmouth (9-2) 14

70 years ago
1941

War
The British government claimed that seven more Italian ships had been sunk by British submarines in the Mediterranean Sea following the sinking of two convoys on November 9.

Diplomacy
The Finnish government sent a note to Washington rejecting the U.S. warning to halt the Finnish invasion of Russia or lose American friendship.

Politics and government
Manuel Quezon, running on the Nacionalista Party ticket, was re-elected by a wide margin to another four-year term as President of the Philippines.

Labour
The day after the U.S. National Defense Mediation Board rejected the Congress of Industrial Organizations United Mine Workers of America's demand for a closed shop, CIO President Philip Murray and UMW Secretary-Treasurer Thomas Kennedy resigned from the NDMB in protest. They had cast the only dissenting votes on the closed shop matter.

American Federation of Labor building craftsmen were ordered by their leaders to return to work at noon on November 12 after striking on $23 million worth of U.S. Navy and Marine construction in San Diego the previous day.

Boxing
Lenny Mancini (31-6-3) won a 10-round split decision over Canadian lightweight champion Dave Castilloux (92-16-7) before 4,000 fans at the Montreal Forum. It was Mr. Mancini's last fight before entering the U.S. Army.

Football
CRU
WIFU
Finals
Regina 12 @ Winnipeg 18 (Best-of-three series tied 1-1)

Quarterback Wayne Sheley scored 2 touchdowns to lead the Blue Bombers past the Roughriders at Osborne Stadium. Ches McCance scored the other Winnipeg touchdown and converted all 3 scores.

Baseball
The Baseball Writers Association of America named New York Yankees' center fielder Joe DiMaggio as the American League's Most Valuable Player for 1941. He batted .357 with 30 home runs and a league-leading 126 runs batted in as the Yankees won the World Series. The highlight of Mr. DiMaggio's season was a 56-game hitting streak, which remains the major league record.

60 years ago
1951

On television tonight
Out There, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Sense of Wonder, starring Casey Allen, Paul Anderson, and Russell Collins

Music
The single Cry, backed with The Little White Cloud that Cried, performed by Johnnie Ray and the Four Lads, was released on Okeh Records. Cry became one of the biggest hits of the 1950s, reaching #1 on the charts of both Billboard and Cash Box magazines. The Little White Cloud that Cried, which was written by Mr. Ray, reached #2 in Billboard.

War
U.S. delegates at Panmunjom listed their "non-negotiable" demands for a Korean truce, including a cease-fire line on the actual fighting front; safeguards against a Communist buildup during the cease-fire; and "quick and satisfactory" arrangements for a prisoner of war exchange.

Politics and government
Juan Perón and Hortencio Quijano were re-elected President and Vice President of Argentina, respectively, receiving 63.51% of the vote to 32.33% for the closest challenger, Unión Cívica Radical (Radical Civic Union) candidates Ricardo Balbín and Arturo Frondizi. The UCR boycotted a number of the elections to the Chamber of Deputies and all of the Senate races. The Peronist Party won 135 of 149 Chamber seats, with the UCR taking the remaining 14. The Peronists won all 15 Senate seats and all 14 provincial gubernatorial elections.

Former U.S. Senator Millard Tydings (Democrat--Maryland) offered Sen. Joseph McCarthy (Republican--Wisconsin) $10,000 if he could prove there were "57 card-carrying Communists" in the State Department.

Labour
Ronald Reagan was re-elected president of the American Federation of Labor Screen Actors Guild.

Football
NFL
Chicago Cardinals (1-6) 21 @ Los Angeles (5-2) 45
Detroit (4-2-1) 41 @ Chicago Bears (5-2) 28
Green Bay (3-4) 7 @ Pittsburgh (2-4-1) 28
New York Yanks (0-6-1) 14 @ San Francisco (4-3) 19
Philadelphia (3-4) 17 @ Cleveland (6-1) 20
Washington (2-5) 14 @ New York Giants (5-1-1) 28

50 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Crying/Candy Man--Roy Orbison (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy: La novia--Domenico Modugno (6th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Weiße Rosen aus Athen--Nana Mouskouri (4th week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (Dutch Top 40): Och was ik maar bij moeder thuis gebleven--Johnny Hoes (8th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Mirror): (Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame--Elvis Presley

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Big Bad John--Jimmy Dean (2nd week at #1)
2 Runaround Sue--Dion
3 Bristol Stomp--The Dovells
4 Please Mr. Postman--The Marvelettes
5 Hit the Road Jack--Ray Charles and his Orchestra
6 This Time--Troy Shondell
7 I Love How You Love Me--The Paris Sisters
8 Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)--Sue Thompson
--The Lennon Sisters
9 The Fly--Chubby Checker
10 Fool #1--Brenda Lee

Singles entering the chart were Language of Love by John D. Loudermilk (#71); Smile by Timi Yuro (#85); It's All Because by Linda Scott (#91); Up a Lazy River by Si Zentner and his Orchestra (#98); and Turn Around, Look at Me by Glen Campbell (#100). It's All Because was the B-side of I Don't Know Why, which charted at #51.

Vancouver's Top 10 (CFUN)
1 Flying Blue Angels--George, Johnny and the Pilots (2nd week at #1)
2 Goodbye Cruel World--James Darren
3 Language of Love--John D. Loudermilk
4 Blue Hawaii (LP)--Elvis Presley
5 Town Without Pity--Gene Pitney
6 God, Country and My Baby--Johnny Burnette
7 Let Me Tell You About Johnny--Dodie Stevens
8 Tower of Strength--Gene McDaniels
9 Runaround Sue--Dion
10 Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen--Neil Sedaka

Singles entering the chart were Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen; Walkin' with My Angel by Bobby Vee (#13); The Lion Sleeps Tonight by the Tokens (#27); Never Take it Away by the Redwoods (#43); Burma Shave by Roger Miller (#46); and I Don't Know Why by Linda Scott (#49).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKWX)
1 Blue Hawaii (LP)--Elvis Presley
2 Goodbye Cruel World--James Darren
3 Language of Love--John D. Loudermilk
4 Flying Blue Angels--George, Johnny and the Pilots
5 God, Country and My Baby--Johnny Burnette
6 Walk on By--Leroy Van Dyke
7 Tower of Strength--Gene McDaniels
8 Big Bad John--Jimmy Dean
9 In the Middle of a Heartache--Wanda Jackson
10 English Country Garden--Jimmie Rodgers

Singles entering the chart were Moon River, with versions by Jerry Butler; and Henry Mancini, his Orchestra and Chorus (#18); Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen by Neil Sedaka (#25); September in the Rain by Dinah Washington (#31); Dreamin' About You by Annette and the Vonnair Sisters (#35); Trade Winds by Dodie Stevens (#38); Walkin' with My Angel/Run to Him by Bobby Vee (#39); and Crazy by Patsy Cline (#40).

On television tonight
The Roaring 20's, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Everybody Loves Benny

Abominations
13 Italian Air Force servicemen, deployed to Congo (Leopoldville) as a part of the United Nations peacekeeping force, were massacred by a mob in Kindu.

Football
CFL
Eastern Semi-Final
Toronto 43 @ Ottawa 19

Western Semi-Finals (First game of 2-game total points series)
Edmonton 8 @ Calgary 10

Toronto quarterback Tobin Rote threw 4 touchdown passes to Ron Morris and rushed for 2 more touchdowns himself as the Argonauts ended the Rough Riders' reign as Grey Cup champions before 19,151 fans at Lansdowne Park. Ottawa trailed 21-0 at halftime, but quarterback Ron Lancaster threw touchdown passes of 7 yards to Bill Sowalski and 72 yards to Bob Simpson in the 3rd quarter to reduce the deficit to 21-13 before the Argonauts put the game away with 3 touchdowns in a span of just 3 minutes and 37 seconds. Russ Jackson relieved Mr. Lancaster late in the game and rushed 3 yards for the game's final touchdown.



Harvey Wylie returned an interception 70 yards for a touchdown in the last minute of the game to give the Stampeders the win over the Eskimos before 20,000 fans at McMahon Stadium. The Eskimos, who had trailed 4-1 after 3 quarters, had just taken the lead moments before Mr. Wylie's score on a touchdown pass from Don Getty to Bobby Walden, converted by Jackie Parker. Edmonton linebacker Al Ecuyer then intercepted a pass from Calgary quarterback Eagle Day, but Mr. Getty threw his interception to Mr. Wylie on the next play.

Canadian university
SIFL
Queen's (5-1) 7 @ McGill (4-2) 15
Western Ontario (2-4) 21 @ Toronto (1-5) 14

Tom Skypeck threw touchdown passes of 27 yards to Willie Lambert and 8 yards to Don Taylor as the Redmen defeated the Golden Gaels at Molson Stadium to end the regular season. Under the rules then in place, if the second-place team had beaten the first-place team at least once during the season, the second-place team had a right to request a playoff game to decide the league championship. The rematch was to take place a week later at Richardson Stadium in Kingston.

Whit Tucker rushed 54 yards for the winning touchdown, his second of the game, as the Mustangs beat the Varsity Blues before 7,136 fans at Varsity Stadium.

AFL
Oakland (2-7) 12 @ New York (5-4) 23

40 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in France (IFOP): Mamy Blue--Pop-Tops (4th week at #)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Did You Ever--Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood (6th week at #1)

Politics and government
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Clifford Hardin resigned in order to become vice-chairman of the Ralston-Purina Company. U.S. President Richard Nixon named Earl Butz, dean of continuing education at Purdue University and an Agriculture Department official in the administraton of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, to replace Mr. Hardin as Agriculture Secretary.

30 years ago
1981

Diplomacy
Antigua and Barbuda, which had recently obtained its independence from the United Kingdom, joined the United Nations.

20 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Alone--B'z

#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Onnellinen perhe--Ne Luumنet (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Germany (Media Control): (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams (5th week at #1)

10 years ago
2001

Died on this date
Volker Handloik 40. German journalist. Johanne, Sutton, 34; Pierre Bilaud, 31. French journalists. Messrs. Handloik and Billaud and Miss Sutton were covering the war in Afghanistan and travelling on a Northern Alliance armoured personnel carrier and were killed in an ambush in Dashti Qaleh, Takhar Province when they came under attack by Taliban troops with machine guns and a rocket-propelled grenade launcher. Australian journalist Paul McGeough and French journalist Véronique Reyberotte survived the attack.

Football
CFL
Eastern Semi-Final
Montreal 12 @ Hamilton 24

Archie Amerson scored 2 touchdowns and amassed 250 yards on pass receptions and kick returns to lead the Tiger-Cats past the Alouettes at Ivor Wynne Stadium. Quarterback Danny McManus scored the other Hamilton touchdown as they handed the Alouettes their eighth straight loss. One of the Montreal players whose career ended with this game was slotback Jock Climie, who was in his 12th season in the CFL.



Western Semi-Final
British Columbia 19 @ Calgary 28

Marcus Crandell threw a 4-yard touchdown pass to offensive lineman Marc Pilon, who was lined up as an eligible receiver, to put the Stampeders ahead of the Lions in the 4th quarter at McMahon Stadium, and they held on to end the Lions' reign as Grey Cup champions (see video). Earlier in the game, Mr. Crandell had connected with Marc Boerigter on a 68-yard touchdown pass. Mel Long scored the only B.C. touchdown on a pass from quarterback Damon Allen. B.C. kicker Matt Kellett missed 3 of 6 field goal attempts.

CIS
Hardy Cup
Regina 17 @ Manitoba 23

Ken Vermette rushed 30 times for 218 yards and a touchdown to help the Bisons defeat the Rams at Canad Inns Stadium in Winnipeg to win their first western title since 1973.