July 30, 2013

430 years ago
1583

Exploration
Humphrey Gilbert reached the coast of Newfoundland. He sailed south to Funk Island, which he named Penguin Island (Auks), and rounded Baccalieu Island and Cape St. Francis.

280 years ago
1733

Religion
The first Masonic Grand Lodge in the future United States was constituted in Massachusetts.

175 years ago
1838

Died on this date
James Morreau. Canadian rebel. Mr. Morreau was hanged at Niagara, Upper Canada for his part in the Short Hills Raid by Hunter's Lodge Patriots on the Niagara Peninsula from June 21-23, 1838.

150 years ago
1863

Born on this date
Henry Ford. U.S. industrialist. Mr. Ford built his first car in 1896 and founded the Ford Motor Company in 1903. He died on April 7, 1947 at the age of 83.

Diplomacy
Chief Pocatello of the Shoshone tribe signed the Treaty of Box Elder, agreeing to stop the harassment of emigrant trails in southern Idaho and northern Utah.

80 years ago
1933

Baseball
Dizzy Dean of the St. Louis Cardinals set a major league record for a single game by striking out 17 batters as the Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 8-2 at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis.

70 years ago
1943

On the radio
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, on MBS
Tonight's episode: Murder in the Waxworks

Died on this date
Benjamin Dale, 58. U.K. composer. Mr. Dale was a professor at the Royal Academy of Music for many years. He was best known for his Sonata in D minor for piano (1905) and The Flowing Tide (1943). He collapsed and died during one of the final rehearsals for the première of the latter work, 13 days after his 58th birthday.

War
British forces drove into German defenses south of Catania in Sicily, while Canadians and Americans also made advances. U.K. Royal Air Force bombers dropped 2,300 tons of bombs on Hamburg, with the loss of 28 bombers. U.S. trooops on New Georgia Island repulsed a Japanese counterattack in the northern sector of the Munda front.

Protest
Thousands of Italian workers stormed the Cellari jail in Milan and released 200 political prisoners as Italian troops disobeyed orders to fire on the demonstrators.

Religion
Pope Pius XII directed that $40,000 of Holy See funds be used to restore Roman Catholic churches in the United Kingdom damaged in Nazi bombing raids.

Health
The U.S. Public Health Service reported that polio was spreading in Texas, California, Washington, Kansas, and New York.

The British government reported that because of the work of the Rockefeller Foundation control program, there had not been a case of yellow fever among Allied personnel in East Africa since 1939.

Business
Radio Corporation of America announced an agreement to sell the NBC Blue radio network for $8 million to Edward Noble, owner of New York radio station WMCA.

50 years ago
1963

Music
The single Tip of My Tongue by Tommy Quickly was released in the United Kingdom on Picadilly Records. The song was written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney.

Football
CFL
The Ottawa Rough Riders sold quarterback Ron Lancaster to the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Mr. Lancaster had split the Ottawa quarterbacking duties with Russ Jackson from 1960-1962, but his playing time had diminished toward the end of his third season. The performance of rookie Ottawa quarterback Tommy Lee in two pre-season games in 1963 had led to the sale of Mr. Lancaster to Saskatchewan.

Baseball
The Los Angeles Dodgers traded veteran relief pitcher Ed Roebuck to the Washington Senators for infielder Marv Breeding. Mr. Roebuck had been with the Dodgers since 1955; he was 2-4 in 29 games in 1963, but his playing time had recently diminished, and he criticized manager Walter Alston at the time of the trade. Mr. Breeding had played with the Baltimore Orioles from 1960-1962, and was hitting .274 in 58 games with the Senators in 1963.

40 years ago
1973

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Heaven is My Woman's Love--Col Joye

#1 single in France: La maladie d'amour--Michel Sardou (5th week at #1)

Scandal
Testifying before the United States Senate Select Committee on Campaign Activities, former presidential aide Bob Haldeman said that neither he nor President Richard Nixon had been involved in the June 1972 break-in at the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. or the subsequent cover-up. He confirmed the testimony of former presidential aide John Ehrlichman that White House counsel John Dean had misled Mr. Nixon about the affair. Mr. Haldeman told the committee that he had listened to the tape of Mr. Dean's March 21 meeting with Mr. Nixon and that it was totally at variance with Mr. Dean's account of the meeting.

Abominations
Former Greek King Constantine called the previous day's referendum resulting in the abolition of the monarchy "a blatant and shameless fraud" and opposition politicians claimed thousands of complaints of wrongdoing at the polls.

Environment
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency granted auto manufacturers the year's third extension for meeting stringent emission standards. A year's extension, from 1976 to 1977, was set for meeting emission standards for nitrogen oxides.

Health
Distillers Company, which manufactured the drug thalidomide in Britain, agreed to pay more than £20 million in compensation to those born with birth defects as a result of their mothers taking the drug during pregnancy.

Baseball
Jim Bibby pitched a no-hitter for the Texas Rangers as they blanked the Oakland Athletics 6-0 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.

30 years ago
1983

Hit parade
#1 single in France: L'Italiano--Toto Cutugno (8th week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'--Michael Jackson

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Wrapped Around Your Finger--The Police

#1 single in the U.K.: Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)--Paul Young (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Every Breath You Take--The Police (4th week at #1)

U.S.A. top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Every Breath You Take--The Police (3rd week at #1)
2 Electric Avenue--Eddy Grant
3 Never Gonna Let You Go--Sergio Mendes
4 Flashdance...What a Feeling--Irene Cara
5 Our House--Madness
6 Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'--Michael Jackson
7 She Works Hard for the Money--Donna Summer
8 Too Shy--Kajagoogoo
9 Is There Something I Should Know--Duran Duran
10 Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)--Eurythmics

Singles entering the chart were Tell Her About It by Billy Joel (#47); Don't Cry by Asia (#52); Making Love Out of Nothing at All by Air Supply (#71); Far from Over by Frank Stallone (#72); Lady Love (One More Time) by George Benson (#78); You're Driving Me Out of My Mind by Little River Band (#82); I Love Rocky Road by "Weird Al" Yankovic (#88); and True by Spandau Ballet (#90). I Love Rocky Road was a spoof of the 1982 hit I Love Rock and Roll by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts.

Canada's top 10 (RPM)
1 Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'--Michael Jackson (2nd week at #1)
2 Every Breath You Take--The Police
3 Flashdance...What a Feeling--Irene Cara
4 Electric Avenue--Eddy Grant
5 White Wedding--Billy Idol
6 Come Dancing--The Kinks
7 Is There Something I Should Know--Duran Duran
8 Puttin' on the Ritz--Taco
9 Hot Girls in Love--Loverboy
10 China Girl--David Bowie

Singles entering the chart were (She's) Sexy and 17 by the Stray Cats (#42); Don't Cry by Asia (#46); and Rise Up by Parachute Club (#49).

Died on this date
Lynn Fontanne, 96. U.K.-born U.S. actress. Miss Fontanne starred with her husband Alfred Lunt on Broadway in such plays as The Guardsman (1924); Arms and the Man (1925); Pygmalion (1926); Strange Interlude (1928); Design for Living (1933); The Taming of the Shrew (1935); Idiot's Delight (1936); There Shall Be No Night (1940); and The Visit (1958). The couple were given a special Tony Award in 1970.

Howard Dietz, 86. U.S. publicist and songwriter. Mr. Dietz was Vice President in Charge of Publicity at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios from 1942-1957, but his association with the company went back further. He has been credited with creating Leo the Lion as the studio's mascot and Ars Gratia Artis as its slogan. Mr. Dietz and Arthur Schwartz were a songwriting team, with Mr. Dietz writing lyrics for more than a dozen Broadway musicals, including The Band Wagon (1931), with songs such as Dancing in the Dark and died after a long battle with Parkinson's disease.

Diplomacy
Foreign ministers from nine Latin American countries ended a meeting without agreeing on measures to avert war.

Football
CFL
British Columbia (2-1) 34 @ Hamilton (1-3) 20

Sammy Greene's 113-yard kickoff return for a touchdown was the big play for the Lions as they defeated the Tiger-Cats at Ivor Wynne Stadium. B.C. kicker Lui Passaglia missed a convert--his first such miss in his 8-year CFL career.

25 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Tell Me--Nick Kamen (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Fast Car--Tracy Chapman (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Push It--Salt-n-Pepa (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in France (SNEP): Nuit de folie--Début de Soirée (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You--Glenn Medeiros (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You--Glenn Medeiros (4th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Roll With It--Steve Winwood

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Pour Some Sugar on Me--Def Leppard (2nd week at #1)
2 Roll With It--Steve Winwood
3 Hold on to the Nights--Richard Marx
4 The Flame--Cheap Trick
5 Hands to Heaven--Breathe
6 Sign Your Name--Terence Trent D'Arby
7 Make Me Lose Control--Eric Carmen
8 New Sensation--INXS
9 1-2-3--Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine
10 Rush Hour--Jane Wiedlin

Singles entering the chart were Don't Worry Be Happy by Bobby McFerrin (#79); Fallen Angel by Poison (#80); Always There for You by Stryper (#84); I Feel Free by Belinda Carlisle (#85); Don't Be Cruel by Cheap Trick (#87); Skin Deep by Cher (#88); The Dead Heart by Midnight Oil (#89); and Nice 'n' Slow by Freddie Jackson (#90).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 The Flame--Cheap Trick
2 Roll With It--Steve Winwood
3 New Sensation--INXS
4 In Your Soul--Corey Hart
5 Foolish Beat--Debbie Gibson
6 Make it Real--The Jets
7 Lost in You--Rod Stewart
8 Make Me Lose Control--Eric Carmen
9 I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That--Elton John
10 One More Try--George Michael

Singles entering the chart were Missed Opportunity by Daryl Hall John Oates (#72); Here with Me by REO Speedwagon (#75); A Woman Loves a Man by Joe Cocker (#81); The Dead Heart by Midnight Oil (#86); If You Go This Time by Platinum Blonde (#88); Walk, Don't Run by Malcolm Buie (#91); When it's Love by Van Halen (#94); The Twist (Yo, Twist!) by the Fat Boys with Stupid Def Vocals by Chubby Checker (#96); and Sweet Child o' Mine by Guns 'N' Roses (#98).

Football
CFL
Hamilton (2-1) 45 @ Calgary (0-3) 20

Rick Worman played the entire game at quarterback for the Stampeders at McMahon Stadium, while Rick Johnson spent the entire game on the sidelines, and was cut from the team before their next game.

20 years ago
1993

Died on this date
Edward Bernard Raczyński, 101. 4th President-in-exile of Poland, 1979-1986. Count Raczyński was a career diplomat who fled to the United Kingdom early in World War II, and held various positions in the government-in-exile before assuming the presidency at the age of 87. He resigned seven years later, and died in London.

Jay Scott, 43. U.S.-born Canadian journalist. Mr. Scott, born Jeffrey Scott Beaven, was a native of Lincoln, Nebraska who moved to Canada in 1969 as a draft dodger, wrote under the name Scott Beaven with the Calgary Albertan in the 1970s before going to Toronto in 1977 and becoming the film critic with The Globe and Mail. He won three National Newspaper Awards. Mr. Scott was a sodomite who died of AIDS.

Protest
Over 100 southwestern Nova Scotia fishermen ended an 8-day marine blockade at Yarmouth after the Canadian department of Fisheries and Oceans ordered foreign trawlers fishing 75 miles off the south coast to leave.

Economics and finance
Speculators attacked the franc, threatening the European monetary system. Parity with the mark was near collapse as currency traders mounted a drive against both French and German central banks.

Football
CFL
Ottawa (1-3) 24 @ British Columbia (3-2) 28

Cory Philpot caught a 10-yard touchdown pass from Danny Barrett in the 2nd quarter and returned a kickoff 91 yards for a touchdown in the 3rd quarter for the winning score as the Lions defeated the Rough Riders before 22,667 fans at B.C. Place Stadium in Vancouver.

10 years ago
2003

Died on this date
Sam Phillips, 80. U.S. record producer. Mr. Phillips owned Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee, and was responsible for launching the careers of such artists as Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison, and Howlin' Wolf in the mid-1950s.

Music
Almost 450,000 people attended a benefit concert at Downsview Airport, near Toronto, for a benefit concert for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). With the Rolling Stones as the headline act, it was the largest attendance ever at a rock concert in Canada.

War
A total of 50 U.S. troops had been killed in hostile fire in Iraq since the end of major combat operations had been announced on May 1.

Politics and government
A Shiite politician was appointed as the first to serve in a rotating presidency in Iraq.

Society
U.S. President George W. Bush spoke out against sodomite marriage, saying "I believe a marriage is between a man and a woman, and I think we ought to codify that one way or the other."

Transportation
In Mexico, the last "old style" Volkswagen Beetle rolled off the assembly line.