Wednesday 11 December 2013

November 19, 2013

520 years ago
1493


Exploration
Christopher Columbus went ashore on an island he first saw the day before, naming it San Juan Bautista (later renamed Puerto Rico).

310 years ago
1703


Died on this date
Eustache Dauger, aka Marchioly
. French prisoner. Known as "The Man in the Iron Mask," the prisoner was arrested in 1669 or 1670 under the name Eustache Dauger and held in a number of jails, including the Bastille in Paris, where he died under the name Marchioly. His face was covered with a mask of black cloth, and debate continues to this day as to his true identity.

150 years ago
1863


Americana
U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the national cemetery on the Civil War battlefield of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The full text of the speech reads:

Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived, and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives, that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate—we cannot hallow—this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they here gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
100 years ago
1913


Baseball
The New York Giants and Chicago White Sox continued their post-season exhibition tour, with games scheduled to be played in Tacoma, Washington in the morning and Seattle in the afternoon being cancelled because of rain. The teams then travelled to Victoria, British Columbia, whence they departed for Japan aboard RMS Empress of Japan.

75 years ago
1938


Football
CRU
IRFU
Finals
Ottawa 1 @ Toronto 9 (First game of 2-game total points series)

ORFU
Finals
Sarnia 9 @ Montreal 5 (First game of 2-game total points series)

The Argonauts scored all their points in the 4th quarter to defeat the Rough Riders before 20,000 fans at Varsity Stadium. Annis Stukus kicked a 25-yard field goal to get Toronto on the scoreboard, and then his younger brother Bill completed a 15-yard touchdown pass to Doug MacPherson, which Bill Stukus converted.

Ray Mullin kicked a field goal and 2 singles off missed field goals to give the Nationals a 5-0 lead at Alexandria Park, but the Imperials rallied for 9 straight points to win. Hugh "Bummer" Stirling punted for 2 singles in the 2nd quarter to make the score 5-2 at halftime. Mr. Stirling returned the 2nd half kickoff 65 yards, which didn't directly lead to a score, but affected the battle of field position. Jimmy Shanks rushed 1 yard for the game's only touchdown in the 3rd quarter; Mr. Stirling converted, and punted for a single in the 4th quarter.

Canadian university
Playoff
Western Ontario 0 @ McGill 9

Herbie Westman kicked all the points as the Redmen shut out the Mustangs before 13,000 fans at Molson Stadium in Montreal in a sudden-death playoff for the intercollegiate championship.

70 years ago
1943


War
The greatest force of U.K. Royal Air Force heavy bombers yet used, estimated at nearly 1,000, bombed Berlin and Ludwigshafen. In the first major setback for U.S.S.R. forces in four months, the Red Army abandoned Zhitomir in the face of an overwhelming German force. British forces in Italy gained 4-5 miles on the Sangro River front and captured Perano, 12 miles inland from the Adriatic Sea. U.S. aircraft continued their assault on Japanese positions in the Marshall and Gilbert Islands.

Abominations
Nazis liquidated Janowska concentration camp in Lemberg (Lviv), western Ukraine, murdering at least 6,000 Jews after a failed uprising and mass escape attempt.

Crime
John da Silva Purvis, convicted of spying for the Axis, was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment on each of two counts, with the terms to run concurrently.

Boxing
Beau Jack (56-8-2) regained the New York State Athletic Commission version of the world lightweight title with a 15-round unanimous decision over Bob Montgomery (55-7-3) before 17,466 fans at Madison Square Garden in New York. Mr. Montgomery had won the title from Mr. Jack with a 15-round unanimous decision six months earlier.

50 years ago
1963


On television tonight
The Fugitive, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Fatso, with guest stars Jack Weston, Burt Brinckerhoff, Glenda Farrell, and Vaughn Taylor

Education
U.S. President John F. Kennedy, speaking from the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, addressed the Officers of State Education Associations and the National Education Association regarding the nation's educational needs.



40 years ago
1973


Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Angie--Rolling Stones

#1 single in France: Viens te perdre dans mes bras--Frédéric François (2nd week at #1)

Music
The two-record album The Beach Boys in Concert was released on the Brother/Reprise label. The album was recorded during tours in late 1972 and mid-1973, and the members of the group who appeared on the album were Dennis Wilson, Carl Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Blondie Chaplin, and Ricky Fataar.

Space
Officials at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston said that if a leaky refrigeration loop could not be repaired, the Skylab 3 mission might have to be curtailed and astronauts Jerry Carr, Ed Gibson, and Bill Pogue brought back to Earth before setting a record for space endurance.

War
A Cambodian air force fighter plane dropped four 250-pound bombs on the palace of President Lon Nol, killing 3 and wounding 10. Lon Nol was unhurt.

Energy
Japan announced that oil and electric supplies to 11 major industries would be reduced by 10% beginning the following day because of the Arab oil boycott. The industries to be affected were steel; automobile; electric manufacturing; petro-chemical; automobile tire; chemical fibre; aluminum refining; non-ferrous metal smelting; cement; sheet glass; and paper-pulp manufacturing. Japan depended on the Middle East for more than 80% of its energy needs.

The United States Senate passed the National Emergency Energy Act. The bill's passage by the House of Representatives was delayed until after the Thanksgiving recess.

Oil
Shaheen Natural Resources and SNAW Progretti of Italy announced plans to build an oil refinery in Canso Strait in Nova Scotia with a capacity of 340 million litres (200,000 barrels) per day.

Labour
500 commuter train engineers in London began a 24-hour strike, tripling auto traffic into the city despite the threat of oil shortages and government pleas to leave cars at home.

Economics and finance
The Dow Jones industrial average declined 28.67 points.

30 years ago
1983


Hit parade
#1 single in France: Comment ça va--The Shorts

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): All Night Long (All Night)--Lionel Richie (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Uptown Girl--Billy Joel (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K.: Uptown Girl--Billy Joel (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): All Night Long (All Night)--Lionel Richie (2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 All Night Long (All Night)--Lionel Richie
2 Islands in the Stream--Kenny Rogers with Dolly Parton
3 Say Say Say--Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson
4 Total Eclipse of the Heart--Bonnie Tyler
5 Uptown Girl--Billy Joel
6 Cum On Feel the Noize--Quiet Riot
7 One Thing Leads to Another--The Fixx
8 Love is a Battlefield--Pat Benatar
9 True--Spandau Ballet
10 Suddenly Last Summer--The Motels

Singles entering the chart were Read 'Em and Weep by Barry Manilow (#67); Gold by Spandau Ballet (#79); Street of Dreams by Rainbow (#84); Let the Music Play by Shannon (#86); Blue World by the Moody Blues (#87); I Like by Men Without Hats (#89); and You Don't Believe by Alan Parsons Project (#90).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Islands in the Stream--Kenny Rogers with Dolly Parton (2nd week at #1)
2 All Night Long (All Night)--Lionel Richie
3 Modern Love--David Bowie
4 True--Spandau Ballet
5 In a Big Country--Big Country
6 Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)--Sheena Easton
7 Making Love Out of Nothing at All--Air Supply
8 Uptown Girl--Billy Joel
9 Say Say Say--Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson
10 Burning Down the House--Talking Heads

Singles entering the chart were Gold by Spandau Ballet (#44); I Won't Stand in Your Way by the Stray Cats (#47); Synchronicity II by the Police (#49); and Don't Stop by Chilliwack (#50).

Hockey
NHL
Bruce Hood became the first official to work in 1,000 NHL games when he took to the ice of the Montreal Forum as the referee in that night's game involving the Montreal Canadiens.

Football
CIAU
Vanier Cup @ Varsity Stadium, Toronto
Calgary 31 Queen's 21

Tim Petros rushed for a Vanier Cup-record 260 yards and accounted for 405 yards of total offense as the Dinosaurs defeated the Golden Gaels before 18,324 fans. However, he almost became the goat in the 4th quarter when, with Calgary leading 20-14, he fumbled a punt at his own 10-yard line and Queen's recovered and went on to score a converted touchdown to take a 21-20 lead. Calgary quarterback Greg Vavra then marched his team downfield and threw a 23-yard touchdown pass to Mike Siroishka to give the Dinosaurs the lead for good. Mr. Vavra, in his final university game, set a Vanier Cup record with 5 field goals.



25 years ago
1988


Hit parade
#1 single in Italy (FIMI): I Don't Want Your Love--Duran Duran (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Teardrops--Womack & Womack (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Teardrops--Womack & Womack (5th week at #1)

#1 single in France (SNEP): Amor de mis amores--Paco (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Stand Up for Your Love Rights--Yazz and the Plastic Population

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): First Time--Robin Beck

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Bad Medicine--Bon Jovi

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Wild, Wild West--Escape Club
2 Bad Medicine--Bon Jovi
3 Desire--U2
4 Kokomo--The Beach Boys
5 Kissing a Fool--George Michael
6 How Can I Fall?--Breathe
7 Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley (Free Baby)--Will to Power
8 The Loco-Motion--Kylie Minogue
9 Look Away--Chicago
10 I Don't Want Your Love--Duran Duran

Singles entering the chart were Two Hearts by Phil Collins (#45); Armageddon It by Def Leppard (#65); When the Children Cry by White Lion (#80); New Day for You by Basia (#84); Killing Me Softly by Al B. Sure! (#88); Some Come Running by Jim Capaldi (#89); and You Got It (The Right Stuff) by New Kids on the Block (#91). Two Hearts was from the movie Buster (1988).

Football
CIAU
Vanier Cup @ Varsity Stadium, Toronto
Calgary 52 St. Mary's 23

St. Mary's starting quarterback Chris Flynn was unable to play because of a head injury incurred in the previous week's Atlantic Bowl win, so receiver Bill Scollard, with only 12 minutes of experience at quarterback, played in his place. Mr. Scollard amassed 296 yards passing on a Vanier Cup-record 27 completions, but in the 4th quarter, the Dinosaurs took advantage of his inexperience when Dave Heaton intercepted one of his passes and set a Vanier Cup record with a 75-yard return for a touchdown. Calgary quarterback Bob Torrance led his team to victory in the 21st and last Vanier Cup ever played at Varsity Stadium.



20 years ago
1993


Diplomacy
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit opened in Seattle, attended by delegates from 15 Pacific Rim nations and the leaders of the governments of 12 nations. U.S. President Bill Clinton met with Chinese President Jiang Zemin for the first time, and Mr. Clinton told Mr. Jiang that because of concerns about human rights abuses in China, that the U.S. might not extend most-favored-nation trading status with China beyond June 1994.

Scandal
Ed Rollins, manager of Republican Party candidate Christine Todd Whitman's successful New Jersey gubernatorial campaign, said in a deposition that his November 9 statement that he had paid out $500,000 to Negro clergymen and Democratic Party workers to suppress Negro voter turnout was a fabrication, created as his way of getting a dig at rival campaign manager James Carville. Ms. Whitman had won the November 2 election by just 26,000 votes over incumbent Governor Jim Florio, a Democrat.

Art
Vincent van Gogh's Portrait of the Artist Without Beard sold at auction for U.S.$71.5 million.

10 years ago
2003


Terrorism
Canadian Solicitor General Wayne Easter acknowledged that Canada and other countries had provided information to U.S. authorities on Maher Arar, the Ottawa man who had been seized by U.S. authorities and sent to Syria during a stopover in New York. Mr. Easter also suggested that Canada might be more reluctant to share intelligence with the U.S. if the rights of Canadian citizens were not respected.

Diplomacy
China warned Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian that he "risks war" if he launched a bid for independence. China had long threatened military action against Taiwan, which it regarded as a renegade province.

Energy
A Canada-U.S. report blamed the August 2003 power blackout in southern Ontario and eight American states on short-circuited power lines and a faulty alarm system at an Ohio utility.

Health
The South African government approved a plan to give free anti-AIDS drugs to those who needed them. Over five million South Africans were reported to have AIDS.

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