June 19, 2013

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Michael Martin!

220 years ago
1793

Society
The Upper Canada Assembly passed an act prohibiting the importation of slaves into the colony; it was the first such law in the British Empire.

200 years ago
1813

War
Francis, Baron de Rottenburg was appointed to command British forces in Upper Canada, as Roger Hale Sheaffe was transferred to Montreal. Baron de Rottenburg was also appointed President of Council and administrator of Upper Canada, serving until December 13, 1813.

110 years ago
1903

Canadiana
Barr colonists incorporated Regina, Northwest Territories as a city.

100 years ago
1913

Edmontonia
The first Canadian Pacific Railway train crossed the recently-opened High Level Bridge from the north side of the North Saskatchewan River to the south side.

Law
The Natives Land Act, 1913, aimed at regulating the acquisiton of land in South Africa by "natives," i.e., blacks, was implemented.

70 years ago
1943

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Taking a Chance on Love--Benny Goodman and his Orchestra (2nd week at #1)

60 years ago
1953

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): I Believe--Frankie Laine (9th week at #1)

Died on this date
Ethel Rosenberg, 37; Julius Rosenberg, 35. U.S. traitors. Mr. and Mrs. Rosenberg (Julius, then Ethel) were executed in the electric chair at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Ossining, New York, two years after being convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage in a time of war for passing information about U.S. development of the atomic bomb to the U.S.S.R. during World War II.

50 years ago
1963

Space
The Soviet missions Vostok 5 and Vostok 6 returned to Earth. Vostok 6, with Valentina Tereshkova aboard, landed in Russia at 8:20 universal time after three days in space; Vostok 5, with Valery Bykovsky aboard, landed in Kazakhstan at 11:06 universal time after a then-record five days in space. They were the last of the Vostok missions, and the last manned space flights for 16 months.

The U.S.A. launched the weather satellite Tiros 7, whose mission included photography of Earth's cloud cover and measurement of infrared in various spectral bands.

Football
The Canadian Football Hall of Fame added 6 builders and 13 players to the 1 builder (D. Wes Brown) and 2 players (Joe Breen and Brian Timmis) who had been named as the Hall's first members on November 29, 1962. The builders were Earl Grey, John De Gruchy, Seppi Dumoulin, Billy Foulds, Frank Hannibal, and Al Ritchie. The players were Harry Batstone, Ormond Beach, Lionel Conacher, Ernie Cox, Jack Jacobs, Eddie James, Fritz Hanson, Smirle Lawson, Pep Leadlay, Norm Perry, Ted Reeve, Jeff Russel, and Dave Sprague. Earl Grey, the Governor General of Canada who had donated the Grey Cup in 1909 for the championship of amateur football in Canada, was actually one of the 1962 honourees, but hadn't been publicly named because Hall officials hadn't been able to find any of his descendants to notify them in time for the announcement of the charter class in 1962.

40 years ago
1973

Hit parade
#1 single in Switzerland: Goodbye, My Love, Goodbye--Demis Roussos (2nd week at #1)

Space
Skylab 1 astronauts Pete Conrad and Paul Weitz performed a space walk, retrieving six canisters of exposed film and replacing them with fresh film for the Skylab 2 mission.

Diplomacy
U.S. President Richard Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev signed accords in Washington expanding cooperation in oceanography, transportation, and agricultural exchanges. Mr. Brezhnev pleaded with U.S. Congressional leaders not to let concerns over Jewish emigration from the U.S.S.R. stand in the way of cooperation in trade.

Crime
Albert Pass, former assistant to United Mine Workers' president Tony Boyle, was convicted on three counts of murder in the slayings of Mr. Boyle's rival Jock Yablonski and his wife and daughter, whose bodies were found in their home on January 5, 1970. Mr. Pass joined six others who had pleaded guilty or been convicted in the case, and was the highest-ranking union official to be convicted in the case to date. The special prosecutor hinted that at least one more arrest was forthcoming.

Hockey
WHA
Gordie Howe, who had retired in 1971 after 25 years with the Detroit Red Wings, came out of retirement to sign a 4-year, $1 million contract with the Houston Aeros. Joining Mr. Howe with the Aeros were his sons Mark and Marty.

30 years ago
1983

Hit parade
#1 single in Switzerland: Juliet--Robin Gibb

Space
The crew of U.S. space shuttle mission STS-7, aboard Challenger, released a communications satellite for the use of Southeast Asia.

Canadiana
B.C. Place Stadium opened in Vancouver. The 60,000-seat domed stadium cost $126 million to build. The first sports event held in the stadium was a Vancouver Whitecaps soccer game.

Track and field
Carl Lewis won the 100- and 200-meter dashes and the long jump at the United States outdoor track and field championships in Indianapolis.

25 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in Switzerland: Theme from S-Express--S-Express (3rd week at #1)

Diplomacy
The three-day summit of the world's seven leading industrial nations began in Toronto.

Basketball
NBA Finals
Detroit 102 @ Los Angeles Lakers 103 (Best-of-seven series tied 3-3)

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar made 2 free throws with 14 seconds remaining in regulation time as the Lakers edged the Pistons before 17,505 fans at The Forum in Inglewood, California. Isiah Thomas of the Pistons sprained his ankle in the 3rd quarter, but still finished with 43 points and 8 assists.

20 years ago
1993

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (ARIA): Informer--Snow (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): What is Love--Haddaway

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Encores--Dire Straits (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Cose della vita--Eros Ramazzotti

#1 single in France (SNEP): Your Latest Trick--Dire Straits (4th week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): What is Love--Haddaway (6th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): That's the Way Love Goes--Janet Jackson (6th week at #1)

Canada's top 10 (RPM)
1 That's the Way Love Goes--Janet Jackson (3rd week at #1)
2 Come Undone--Duran Duran
3 Have I Told You Lately that I Love You--Rod Stewart
4 Hero--David Crosby and Phil Collins
5 I Don't Wanna Fight--Tina Turner
6 In These Arms--Bon Jovi
7 Fields of Gold--Sting
8 Can't Do a Thing (To Stop Me)--Chris Isaak
9 Love Don't Live Here Anymore--Sven Gali
10 Sleeping Satellite--Tasmin Archer

Singles entering the chart included Can't Get Enough of Your Love by Taylor Dayne (#59); Believe by Lenny Kravitz (#60); Don't Look Down by Lindsey Buckingham (#79); and I Would Die for You by Jann Arden (#86).

Academia
U.S. publisher Walter Annenberg announced $365 million in cash grants to three universities and an obscure preparatory school in Hightstown, New Jersey. It was the largest such one-time gift in American history.

Basketball
NBA Finals
Chicago 98 @ Phoenix 108 (Chicago led best-of-seven series 3-2)

10 years ago
2003

Diplomacy
The United States and European Union both announced that they would not tolerate an Iranian atomic bomb and hinted that force could be used as a last resort to prevent countries from obtaining nuclear weapons.

Terrorism
U.S. officials announced the arrest three months earlier of truck driver Iyman Faris, a naturalized U.S. citizen, currently of Columbus, Ohio but originally from Pakistan, who they said was involved in a plot to destroy the Brooklyn Bridge. Mr. Faris had allegedly met terrorist leader Osama bin laden and sent messages to al-Qaeda officials discussing how to sever the suspension cables. Mr. Faris had agreed in May to plead guilty to charges of providing support for terrorists.

Economics and finance
The Canadian government of Prime Minister Jean Chretien promised $190 million in compensation for farmers affected by the Mad Cow Disease crisis, and up to $300 millin if the provinces also contributed to the plan.

Football
CFL
Saskatchewan (1-0) 20 @ Toronto (0-1) 18

Nealon Greene completed 2 late touchdown passes to Corey Grant, including a 53-yard score with 3 seconds remaining in regulation time, as the Roughriders shocked the Argonauts at SkyDome.

June 18, 2013

410 years ago
1603

Exploration
Samuel de Champlain left Quebec with Grave du Pont to go up the "River of Canada" (St. Lawrence River).

380 years ago
1633

Britannica
Charles I was crowned King of Scots at St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh.

220 years ago
1793

Exploration
Alexander Mackenzie reached the Fraser River in British Columbia.

100 years ago
1913

Born on this date
Sammy Cahn. U.S. songwriter. Mr. Cahn was nominated 23 times for the Academy Award for best song and won 4 times, for the lyrics to Three Coins in the Fountain (Three Coins in the Fountain, 1954); All the Way (The Joker is Wild, 1957); High Hopes (A Hole in the Head, 1959); and Call Me Irresponsible (Papa's Delicate Condition, 1963). He died on January 15, 1993 at the age of 79.

Sylvia Porter. U.S. economist and journalist. Mrs. Porter offered financial advice in colums with the New York Post, and later, New York Daily News, as well as American Banker and Ladies Home Journal. Her books included How To Make Money in Government Bonds (1939) and Sylvia Porter's Money Book (1975). Mrs. Porter died on June 5, 1991 at the age of 77.

90 years ago
1923

Transportation
Checker Taxi put its first taxi on the streets, in Chicago.

70 years ago
1943

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

60 years ago
1953

World events
The Egyptian Revolution of 1952 ended with the overthrow of the Muhammad Ali Dynasty and the declaration of the Republic of Egypt.

Disasters
129 people were killed when a United States Air Force C-124 crashed and burned near Tokyo.

50 years ago
1963

Died on this date
Pedro Armendáriz, 51. Mexican-born U.S. actor. Mr. Armendáriz appeared in many Mexican films from 1935-1963, winning the Ariel Award for Best Actor for La perla (1947) and El Rebozo de Soledad (1952). His Hollywood movies included The Fugitive (1947); Fort Apache (1948); 3 Godfathers (1948); and From Russia with Love (1963). Mr. Armendáriz was one of 91 members of the cast and crew of The Conqueror (1956) who developed cancer. The movie was filmed in an area of Utah near the site of U.S. atomic weapons tests in Nevada. He was terminally ill when he shot himself with a gun that he had smuggled into hospital in Los Angeles.

Boxing
Cassius Clay (19-0) scored a technical knockout of British and Commonwealth champion Henry Cooper (27-9-1) at 2:15 of the 5th round of a heavyweight bout before 55,000 fans at Wembley Stadium in London. Mr. Cooper knocked Mr. Clay down in the 4th round, but referee Tommy Little stopped the fight because of cuts to Mr. Cooper's face. Mr. Clay had predicted that he would win in 5 rounds.

30 years ago
1983

Hit parade
#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Comment ça va--The Shorts (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Every Breath You Take--The Police (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K.: Every Breath You Take--The Police (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A.: (Billboard): Flashdance...What a Feeling--Irene Cara (4th week at #1)

Canada's top 10 (RPM)
1 Flashdance...What a Feeling--Irene Cara (3rd week at #1)
2 Puttin' on the Ritz--Taco
3 Let's Dance--David Bowie
4 Time (Clock of the Heart)--Culture Club
5 Beat It--Michael Jackson
6 Electric Avenue--Eddy Grant
7 Overkill--Men at Work
8 Every Breath You Take--The Police
9 Sign of the Times--Mens Room
10 Solitaire--Laura Branigan

Singles entering the chart were Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' by Michael Jackson (#40); She Works Hard for the Money by Donna Summer (#43); Is There Something I Should Know by Duran Duran (#49); and Europa and the Pirate Twins by Thomas Dolby (#50).

Space
Astronaut Sally Ride became the first American woman in space when she lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida aboard the U.S. space shuttle Challenger as a member of the crew of mission STS-7. The mission was commanded by Robert Crippen, with the other crew members being Frederick Hauck, John Fabian, and Norman Thagard. The Canadian Anik C2 communications satellite was deployed to hover over the Pacific Ocean at an altitude of 22,000 miles.

Abominations
Mona Mahmudnizhad, 17, and nine other women were hanged in Shiraz, Iran because of their Bahá'í Faith.

Diplomacy
Salvadoran President Alvaro Magana cocluded two days of talks in Washington with U.S. President Ronald Reagan and congressional leaders. Mr. Magana asked for more military aid, but said he had no authority to negotiate with rebels on sharing power, a condition desired by some in Congress.

Pope John Paul II continued his visit to Poland with a stop at Jasna Gora monastery, home of the Black Madonna, the nation's holiest Roman Catholic icon. The pope praised the courage of the Polish workers who had stood up against the Communist government in August 1980.

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Edmonton (0-2) 9 @ Saskatchewan (1-1) 20

Cliff Olander played the 1st half at quarterback for the Eskimos in their loss to the Roughriders at Taylor Field in Regina, but was ineffective in what turned out to be his last CFL game. Mike Williams took over at quarterback in the 3rd quarter, but left with an injury. Rookie quarterback Matt Dunigan completed a pass to Mike Levenseller in teh last minute of the game for the only Edmonton touchdown.

25 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in France (SNEP): N'importe quoi--Florent Pagny (7th week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Gimme Five--Jovanotti (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You--Glenn Medeiros (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): The Boys in Green--Republic of Ireland Soccer Squad (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K.: Doctorin' the Tardis--The Timelords

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Together Forever--Rick Astley

Canada's top 10 (RPM)
1 One More Try--George Michael (2nd week at #1)
2 Together Forever--Rick Astley
3 Beds are Burning--Midnight Oil
4 Pink Cadillac--Natalie Cole
5 Circle in the Sand--Belinda Carlisle
6 I'm Still Searching--Glass Tiger
7 The Valley Road--Bruce Hornsby and the Range
8 Everything Your Heart Desires--Daryl Hall John Oates
9 Dirty Diana--Michael Jackson
10 Shattered Dreams--Johnny Hates Jazz

Singles entering the chart were I Don't Wanna Go On with You Like That by Elton John (#72); Fat by "Weird Al" Yankovic (#82); Hold on to the Nights by Richard Marx (#84); Under the Milky Way by the Church (#87); Rush Hour by Jane Wiedlin (#92); and Make Me Lose Control by Eric Carmen (#95). Fat was a spoof of Bad, Michael Jackson's hit from the fall of 1987.

20 years ago
1993

Hit parade
#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Mr. Vain--Culture Beat

#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): (I Can't Help) Falling in Love With You--UB40 (2nd week at #1)

Politics and government
Rebels in the party of Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa joined the opposition in a non-confidence vote in the Diet, defeating the government. Mr. Miyazawa, who had been accused of failing to deliver on promises to clean up corruption, dissolved the Diet and called for new elections.

Defense
U.S. Air Force Major General Harold Campbell was fined $7,000 and forced tor retire for referring to President Bill Clinton as a "dope-smoking," "draft-dodging" Commander in Chief--which was, of course, true.

Law
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the Constitution permitted government funding for a sign-language interpreter to accompany a deaf child in a parochial school

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Saskatchewan (0-1) 11 @ Calgary (1-0) 21

Baseball
Dennis Martinez of the Montreal Expos posted his 200th career major league win.

10 years ago
2003

Died on this date
Larry Doby, 79. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Doby became the first Negro player in the American League when he joined the Cleveland Indians in 1947. He played 13 seasons in the major leagues, with the Indians (1947-1955, 1958); Chicago White Sox (1956-1957, 1959); and Detroit Tigers (1959), batting .283 with 253 home runs and 970 runs batted in in 1,533 games. He had earlier played with the Newark Eagles of the Negro National League from 1942-1943 and 1946-1947. Mr. Doby led the American League in on-base percentage in 1950; runs, home runs, and slugging percentage in 1952; and home runs and RBIs in 1954. Mr. Doby finished his playing career with the Chunichi Dragons of the Japan Central League in 1962. Mr. Doby was the second Negro to be a major league manager, compiling a 37-50 record with the White Sox in 1978 after being promoted to the position in mid-season. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998. In addition to his baseball exploits, Mr. Doby played the Paterson Crescents of the American Basketball League in 1947-48, and was in the front office of the New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Association from 1980-1990.

Ernest Martin, 42. U.S. criminal. Mr. Martin was executed by lethal injection for the January 21, 1983 aggravated robbery and aggravated murder of 70-year-old Robert Robinson, a Cleveland drugstore owner. Mr. Martin had also been convicted of the aggravated robbery of security guard Ernel Foster, which took place on December 20, 1982.

War
A raid by U.S. forces near Tikrit, Iraq turned up 50 of deposed Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's security personnel and $8.5 million in cash.

Scandal
The Italian parliament passed legislation protecting five senior politicians, including Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, from prosecution while in office. Mr. Berlusconi was on trial on charges of corruption; the trial was suspended.

June 17, 2013

340 years ago
1673

Exploration
French explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet reached the Mississippi River and became the first Europeans to make a detailed account of its course.

240 years ago
1773

South Americana
Cúcuta, Colombia was founded by Juana Rangel de Cuéllar.

170 years ago
1843

War
British settlers and Maori warriors clashed in the Wairau Affray on South Island, the first serious clash of arms in the New Zealand Wars.

150 years ago
1863

War
In the U.S. Civill War, the Battle of Aldie took place Loudoun County, Virginia, with inconclusive results.

125 years ago
1888

Born on this date
Heinz Guderian. German military officer. General Guderian was the Wehrmacht's leading proponent of the use of tanks in World War II. He was Chief of the General Staff of the Army from July 21, 1944--the day after the failed assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler--until March 28, 1945, when he was dismissed by Mr. Hitler. General Guderian died on May 14, 1954 at the age of 65.

100 years ago
1913

Edmontonia
City council decided to begin numbering the city's streets. Certain well-known names, such as Jasper Avenue and Whyte Avenue, would be retained.

80 years ago
1933

Crime
At Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri, four U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation agents and captured fugitive Frank Nash were gunned down by gangsters led by Vernon Miller apparently attempting to free Mr. Nash.

60 years ago
1953

On the radio
I Was a Communist for the FBI, starring Dana Andrews
Tonight’s episode: Abby, as in Abbigale
http://www.otrrlibrary.org/OTRRLib/Library%20Files/I%20Series/I%20Was%20A%

Protest
The Soviet Union ordered a division of troops into East Berlin to quell a rebellion against the Communist regime that had begun the previous day with a strike by construction workers.

50 years ago
1963

Abominations
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8-1 in Abington School District v. Schempp against requiring the reciting of Bible verses and the Lord's Prayer in public schools (go here for the text of the judgement). The case had been initiated by Edward Schempp, a Unitarian Universalist and resident of Abington School District in Pennsylvania who was trying to probit the enforcement of a Pennsylvania state law requiring that at least 10 Bible verses be read, without comment, in school at the beginning of each school day in the public schools. Murray v. Curlett, a similar suit initiated by atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair, was consolidated with Mr. Schempp's case on appeal to the Supreme Court. The court upheld its ruling in Engel v. Vitale (1962) that it was unconstitutional for state officials to prescribe an official school prayer, and ruled that the Pennsylvania law and similar laws violated the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment prohibition on the establishment of religion.

Protest
One person was killed in a riot involving 2,000 people protesting the previous day's announcement by South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem of the Joint Communique to end the Buddhist crisis, which involved protests by the country's majority Buddhist population against their treatment by the government, which was composed mainly of Roman Catholics.

Politics and government
Ernest Manning, who had recently observed his 20th anniversary as Premier of Alberta, led his Social Credit government to another landslide victory in the provincial election, taking 60 of 63 seats in the legislature. The only non-Social Credit candidates to get elected were Liberals Mike Maccagno (Lac La Biche) and Bill Dickie (Calgary Glenmore), and Coalition candidate Frank Gainer in Banff-Cochrane. Party leaders who were defeated included Dave Hunter (Liberal--Athabasca); Neil Reimer (New Democratic Party--Edmonton Northeast); and Milt Harradence (Progressive Conservative--Calgary West).

Harry Hays resigned as mayor of Calgary because the position conflicted with his other position as Canada's Minister of Agriculture. Mr. Hays had been elected to the House of Commons as a Liberal in the federal election on April 8, 1963.

40 years ago
1973

Golf
Johnny Miller, who was six strokes off the lead at the beginning of the final round, shot 63 to finish 1 stroke ahead of John Schlee in the U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club near Pittsburgh. Mr. Miller's score was the lowest ever posted in the final round of a major tournament. First prize money was $35,000.

30 years ago
1983

Hit parade
#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Juliet--Robin Gibb (3rd week at #1)

Diplomacy
Pope John Paul II met privately in Warsaw with General Wojciech Jaruzelski, leader of Poland's governing Communist regime, after the two exchanged messages non national television. The pope said on TV that he hoped a program of social reform would soon be put into effect, while Gen. Jaruzelski replied that martial law had been an extreme but necessary measure, and that reform would go forward. At a mass in Warsaw, Pope John Paul said that the Polish people had a right to be sovereign masters of their land.

Salvadoran President Alvaro Magana began two days of meetings in Washington with U.S. President Ronald Reagan and U.S. congressional leaders.

Football
CFL
Pre-season
British Columbia (2-0) 24 @ Winnipeg (0-1) 23

25 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Im Nin'Alu--Ofra Haza

World events
Haitian President Leslie Manigat ousted Lieutenant General Henri Namphy, who had headed a military government until the election of Mr. Maingat in January 1988, and placed him under house arrest.

20 years ago
1993

Abominations
Major league baseball owners, meeting in Denver, voted 26-2 to expand the playoffs to eight teams, adding a wild card team to the three divisional champions in each league, to become effective in 1994. An extra round would be added to the playoffs, with the first round consisting of best-of-five series. The move not only resulted in the playoffs dragging on late into October, but, combined with the change from two divisions in each league to three, had the effect of destroying pennant races, and placing the emphasis on qualifying for a wild card position.

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Sacramento (1-0) 21 @ Winnipeg (0-1) 15

The game at Winnipeg Stadium marked the first appearance of the Gold Miners, the first American franchise in the Canadian Football League.

10 years ago
2003

Abominations
The Canadian government of Prime Minister Jean Chretien introduced legislation to legalize same-sex "marriages," while permitting churches and religious groups to "sanctify marriages as they see it." The decision followed rulings in favour of same-sex "marriages by courts in British Columbia, Quebec, and Ontario.

Politics and government
In the first election in Jordan since King Abdullah had dissolved parliament two years earlier, independent candidates loyal to the king won most of the 110 seats in the expanded legislature.

Health
The World Health Organization lifted its travel advisory for Taiwan, now that the epeidemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) was waning.

Football
CFL
Montreal (1-0) 23 @ Calgary (0-1) 20 (OT)

June 16, 2013

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Glory Bella!

1,650 years ago
363

War
Roman Emperor Julian marched back up the Tigris River and burned his fleet of supply ships. During the withdrawal, Roman forces suffered several attacks from the Persians.

130 years ago
1883

Disasters
183 children aged 3-14 were crushed to death at Victoria Hall in Sunderland, England when they were caught in a stampede of 1,100 children rushing to get prizes at the conclusion of a variety show.

110 years ago
1903

Exploration
Roald Amundsen departed Oslo to commence the first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage.

Business
The Ford Motor Company was incorporated.

80 years ago
1933

Politics and government
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt marked the end of his first 100 days in office by signing the National Industrial Recovery Act.

60 years ago
1953

On television tonight
Suspense, on CBS
Tonight's episode: See No Evil, starring John Conte and Betty Jane Watson

Died on this date
Margaret Bondfield, 80. U.K. politician. Miss Bondfield, a member of the Labour Party, was the first woman to hold a cabinet post in Great Britain, serving as Minister of Labour in the government of Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald from 1929-1931.

50 years ago
1963

Space
Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman and first civilian to go into space when the U.S.S.R. launched Vostok 6, the last of the Vostok missions, from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Vostok 5, with Valery Bykovsky aboard, was still in Earth orbit two days after launch.

Politics and government
David Ben-Gurion, Israel's Prime Minister and Minister of Defense from 1948-1954 and since 1955, announced his resignation from both posts for "personal reasons," effective June 26.

40 years ago
1973

Hit parade
#1 single in the Netherlands (Veronica Top 40): We were All Wounded at Wounded Knee--Redbone (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K.: Can the Can--Suzi Quatro

Australia's top 10 (Go-Set)
1 Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree--Dawn featuring Tony Orlando (3rd week at #1)
2 The Twelfth of Never--Donny Osmond
3 Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)--Deodato
4 Daisy a Day--Jud Strunk
5 Part of the Union--The Strawbs
6 Get Down--Gilbert O'Sullivan
7 Goondiwindi Grey--Tex Morton
8 Killing Me Softly with His Song--Roberta Flack
9 Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend--Lobo
10 Dead Skunk--Loudon Wainwright III

Singles entering the chart were Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine by Tom T. Hall (#30); My Love by Paul McCartney & Wings (#34); Suzie Darling by Barrie Crocker (#35); and Saw a New Morning by the Bee Gees (#38).

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): My Love--Paul McCartney & Wings (3rd week at #1)

Canada's top 10 (RPM)
1 Frankenstein--The Edgar Winter Group
2 I'm a Stranger Here--Five Man Electrical Band
3 Close Your Eyes--Edward Bear
4 Daisy a Day--Jud Strunk
5 Playground in My Mind--Clint Holmes
6 My Love--Paul McCartney & Wings
7 Pillow Talk--Sylvia
8 Daniel--Elton John
9 You are the Sunshine of My Life--Stevie Wonder
10 The Farmer's Song--Murray McLauchlan

Singles entering the chart were Glamour Boy by the Guess Who (#76); Block Buster by the Sweet (#79); Goin' Home by the Osmonds (#87); Rock Star by Warpig (#89); So Very Hard to Go by Tower of Power (#94); Dance a Little Step by Mashmakhan (#95); Natural High by Bloodstone (#96); I Have a Following by Ocean (#97); The Morning After by Maureen McGovern (#98); Bongo Rock by the Incredible Bongo Band (#99); and Soul Makossa by Manu Dibango (#100). The Morning After was from the movie The Poseidon Adventure (1972), and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song of 1972.

Died on this date
Louise Latimer, 60. U.S. actress. Miss Latimer's best-known movie was California Straight Ahead! (1937), in which she co-starred with John Wayne.

Diplomacy
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev began a nine-day visit to the United States.

Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi arrived in Ottawa to start an eight-day visit to Canada.

War
Initial reports on the latest cease-fire agreement in South Vietnam that had gone into effect the previous day stated that fighting was on a smaller scale than that accompanying the original cease-fire in January. However, commanders of opposing sides in South Vietnam failed to meet within the specified 24 hours.

30 years ago
1983

Society
U.S. President Ronald Reagan criticized the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling of the previous day upholding unrestricted rights to abortions, and called for legislation to "restore legal protections for the unborn."

Diplomacy
Pope John Paul II arrived in Warsaw to begin a week-long visit to Poland. It was his second visit to his homeland since assuming the papacy in 1978.

Economics and finance
The United States Commerce Department reported that housing starts had increased 19.1% in May.

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Montreal (2-0) 34 @ Ottawa (0-2) 13

25 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Eloise--Tino Casal (3rd week at #1)

Scandal
Former Arizona Governor Evan Mecham, who had been impeached and removed from office, was found not guilty of concealing a $350,000 campaign loan. His brother Willard, who had been Evan's treasurer during is successful gubernatorial campaign in 1986, was also acquitted. The defense attributed the failure to list the loan to Willard Mecham's bookkeeping error.

Basketball
NBA Finals
Los Angeles Lakers 94 @ Detroit 104 (Detroit led best-of-seven series 3-2)

20 years ago
1993

Basketball
NBA Finals
Phoenix 105 @ Chicago 111 (Chicago led best-of-seven series 3-1)

10 years ago
2003

Died on this date
Pierre Bourgault, 69. Canadian political activist. Mr. Bourgault was a longtime advocate of Quebec's separation from Canada, and was a member of the separatist Parti Québécois in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He ran for office just once, as a PQ candidate in the provincial election of 1970; he lost in the riding of Mercier to Premier Robert Bourassa, a Liberal.

War
U.S. forces in Iraq apprehended Abed Hamid Mahmoud al-Tikrit, former secretary to deposed President Saddam Hussein and fourth on the most-wanted list in Iraq.

Diplomacy
Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations condemned the government of Myanmar for its crackdown on opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her supporters.

June 15, 2013

150 years ago
1863

Business
Robert Benson acquired control of the Hudson's Bay Company for the International Financial Society, a syndicate of bankers based in London, England.

140 years ago
1873

Abominations
Renegade American whisky/fur traders massacred Assiniboine Indians in their camp in Cypress Hills, Northwest Territories (now part of Saskatchewan). The crime led to the formation of the North-West Mounted Police.

125 years ago
1888

Died on this date
Friedrich III, 56. Kaiser of Germany and King of Prussia, March 9-June 15, 1888. Friedrich III succeeded to the throne upon the death of his father, Wilhelm I, but was already suffering from terminal cancer of the larynx and died after just 99 days on the throne. He was succeeded by his son Wilhelm II.

100 years ago
1913

War
U.S. forces commanded by General John J. Pershing successfully concluded the four-day Battle of Bud Bagsak in the Philippines against Moro rebels.

90 years ago
1923

Baseball
Lou Gehrig made his major league debut with the New York Yankees as a pinch runner.

75 years ago
1938

Baseball
Johnny Vander Meer of the Cincinnati Reds, who had pitched a no-hitter against the Boston Bees four days earlier, became the first--and so far only--man to pitch two consecutive no-hitters as the Reds blanked the Brooklyn Dodgers 6-0 before 38,748 fans in the first night game ever played at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn.

50 years ago
1963

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Tamoure--Bill Justis (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Il Ballo del Mattone--Rita Pavone (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Schuld war nur der Bossa Nova--Manuela (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): I Like It--Gerry and the Pacemakers

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Sukiyaki--Kyu Sakamoto

Calgary's top 10
1 It's My Party--Lesley Gore (2nd week at #1)
2 Sukiyaki--Kyu Sakamoto
3 Tamoure--Bill Justis
4 I Will Follow Him--Little Peggy March
5 Two Faces Have I--Lou Christie
6 Six Days on the Road--Dave Dudley
7 Killer Joe--The Rocky Fellers
8 Da Doo Ron Ron--The Crystals
9 Reverend Mr. Black--The Kingston Trio
10 Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer--Nat King Cole
Pick hit of the week: Hello Stranger--Barbara Lewis

Space
The United States launched two satellites: Lofti 2A, whose mission was the measurement of intensity of very low frequency signals through the ionosphere; and Solar Radiation 4, whose mission was the measurement of solar ultraviolet and x-radiation.

Baseball
Juan Marichal of the San Francisco Giants pitched a no-hitter as the Giants edged the Houston Colt .45s 1-0 at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.

40 years ago
1973

Hit parade
#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Get Down--Gilbert O'Sullivan (6th week at #1)

Environment
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Acting Administrator Robert Fri proposed strict controls on transportation in 17 urban areas in order to curb pollution from smog. The controls included auto inspections, limits on gasoline sales and individual car usage. Mr. Fri said the aim was to change the public's "long-standing and intimate relation to private automobiles" and force substantial compliance with the Clean Air Act of 1970 by July 1, 1975. He acknowledged that it might not be practical in such cities as Los Angeles.

30 years ago
1983

Abominations
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld its 1973 ruling in Roe v. Wade giving women unrestricted rights to abortion.

Politics and government
Two motions in the Israeli Knesset calling for an investigation into Israel's military conduct in Lebanon in 1982 were defeated.

Economics and finance
The U.S. Federal Reserve Board announced that industrial production in the U.S.A. had risen 1.1% in May.

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Toronto (1-1) 24 @ Hamilton (1-1) 35

25 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Only One Woman--Alien (4th week at #1)

Terrorism
The Irish Republican Army claimed responsibility for a bomb that killed 6 British soldiers when it exploded in their car in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, location of an army headquarters. 10 civilians were injured.

World events
The parliament of the Soviet republic of Armenia passed a resolution calling for reunification of the Armenian Republic with a disputed region of the Azerbaijan Republic. The resolution expressed hope that Azerbaijan would accept reunification.

Diplomacy
Canada expelled eight Soviet diplomats for industrial espionage. The action wasn't made public until June 21.

Economics and finance
The United States Commerce Department reported that the balance of payments on current accounts had risen in the first quarter of 1988 to $39.75 billion from a revised $33.52 billion in the fourth quarter of 1987.

20 years ago
1993

Died on this date
John Connally, 76. U.S. politician. Mr. Connally was U.S. Secretary of the Navy under President John F. Kennedy from January 25-December 20, 1961, resigning to seek the Democratic party nomination for Governor of Texas. He was elected, and served as Governor of Texas from January 15, 1963-January 21, 1969. Mr. Connally and his wife were sitting in the limousine in front of President and Mrs. Kennedy in Dallas on November 22, 1963, when Mr. Kennedy was fatally shot. Mr. Connally was seriously wounded in the chest, wrist, and thigh, but recovered. He served as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury from February 11, 1971-Juen 12, 1972 under President Richard Nixon. Mr. Connally resigned to lead an organization called "Democrats for Nixon" in the 1972 election campaign, and switched his allegiance to the Republican party in May 1973.

James Hunt, 45. U.K. auto racing driver. Mr. Hunt drove in the Formula One circuit from 1973-1979, and won the world championship in 1976. He died of a heart attack.

Defense
Canada officially ended its peacekeeping role in Cyprus after 29 years. The remaining soldiers were to come home by the end of the month.

Politics and government
In his first election since taking office as Premier of Alberta in December 1992, Ralph Klein led his Progressive Conservatives to re-election, winning 51 of 83 seats in the provincial legislature. The Liberals, led by former Edmonton mayor Laurence Decore, won the remaining 32 seats.

10 years ago
2003

Died on this date
Hume Cronyn, 91. Canadian-born U.S. actor. Mr. Cronyn, a native of London, Ontario, was known for his stage and screen appearances with his wife Jessica Tandy. His movies included Shadow of a Doubt (1943); Lifeboat (1944); The Seventh Cross (1944); The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946); The Beginning or the End (1947); Brute Force (1947); and Cocoon (1985). Mr. Cronyn won an Emmy Award for his performance in the made-for-television movie Age-Old Friends (1989).

Golf
Jim Furyk won the U.S. Open at Olympia Fields, Illinois, finishing with a tournament record-tying score of 272, 8 under par. It was Mr. Furyk's first win in a major tournament.

Basketball
NBA Finals
New Jersey 77 @ San Antonio 88 (San Antonio won best-of-seven series 4-2)

Tim Duncan and David Robinson combined for 34 points and 37 rebounds as the Spurs defeated the Nets at SBC Center to won their second NBA championship. The iNets led by 9 points at one time, only to see the Spurs score the next 19 points.

June 14, 2013

150 years ago
1863

War
In the U.S. Civil War, a Union Army garrison, commanded by Major General Robert H. Milroy, was defeated by the Army of Northern Virginia, commanded by Lieutenant General Richard S. Ewell in the Shenandoah Valley town of Winchester, Virginia in the Second Battle of Winchester.

100 years ago
1913

Born on this date
Joe Morris. U.K.-born Canadian labour leader. A logger by trade, Mr. Morris was president of the Canadian Labour Congress from 1974-1978. He died on October 11, 1996 at the age of 83.

Disasters
About 300 people were killed when a tidal wave struck an area of northern India.

80 years ago
1933

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

This was an adaptation of The Lost Special, a story by A. Conan Doyle originally published in the August 1898 issue of The Strand Magazine as the third of a series of stories titled Round the Fire. These stories did not involve Sherlock Holmes. This was the last Sherlock Holmes broadcast until November 11, 1934, and the last to star Mr. Gordon and Mr. Lovell together.

50 years ago
1963

Hit parade
#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Welcome to My World--Jim Reeves

Space
The U.S.S.R. launched Vostok 5, with Valery Bykovsky aboard, from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

40 years ago
1973

Scandal
Testifying before the United States Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities in the 1972 election, Jeb Stuart Magruder, deputy director of the Committee to Re-Elect the President (CREEP), said that he and other high-ranking officials had plotted to bug the Democratic party opposition and then had attempted to cover up the affair. Mr. Magruder implicated then-Attorney General John Mitchell, White House counsel John Dean, and presidential adviser Bob Haldeman, but denied knowledge that President Richard Nixon had been involved. He admitted to perjury before the grand jury investigating the June 1972 break-in at the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., saying that Messrs. Mitchell, Dean, and Haldeman had known he would lie, and that he had told Mr. Haldeman the full Watergate story in January 1973.

Economics and finance
In compliance with the 60-day price freeze ordered the previous day by President Richard Nixon, steel, copper, rubber, and tire prices in the United States were cut, many of the cuts eliminating price increases implemented the previous week.

30 years ago
1983

Protest
Copper workers and four other labour organizations led a national day of protest in Chile against the regime of General Augusto Pinochet. Students, professional people, and advocates of human rights supported the protest, calling for a return to democracy.

World events
The parliament of Lebanon formally approved the troop-withdrawal plan already approved by Israel, but Syria remained opposed to withdrawing its own troops from Lebanon despite pressure from the United States and moderate Arab states.

Defense
About 100 U.S. soldiers arrived in Honduras to train Salvadoran soldiers to fight leftist rebels in El Salvador.

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Saskatchewan (0-1) 18 @ Calgary (2-0) 34

25 years ago
1988

Music
Pianist Angela Cheng of Edmonton became the first Canadian to win first prize at the Montreal International Music Competition.

War
Iran acknowledged that the Iranian troops who had invaded southern Iraq the previous day had not been able to hold onto Iraqi territory.

Politics and government
Former U.S. Senator Howard Baker announced his resignation as White House Chief of Staff effective July 1, saying he intended to resign because of the illnesses of his wife and stepmother. His deputy, Kenneth Duberstein, was chosen as his successor.

Defense
Lieutenant General Henri Namphy of Haiti ordered the transfer or retirement of 10 top military officials.

Basketball
NBA Finals
Los Angeles Lakers 86 @ Detroit 111 (Best-of-seven series tied 2-2)

20 years ago
1993

War
After three days of attacks against Somali warlord General Mohammed Farah Aidid, U.S. gunships had blasted weapons sites, helicopters had attacked a radio station, and an attack helicopter had demolished a rocket launcher.

Law
U.S. President Bill Clinton named Ruth Bader Ginsburg, known for her litigation on women's rights, to fill the latest vacancy on the Supreme Court of the United States.

10 years ago
2003

Died on this date
Dale Whittington, 43. U.S. auto racing driver. Mr. Whittington, like his older brothers Bill and Don, mainly drove sports cars. The three brothers were involved in a drug-smuggling operation with other auto racing figures in the mid-1980s. Bill and Don went to prison, but Dale avoided prison time. Dale qualified for the Indianapolis 500 in 1982, but was caught up in the crash involving Kevin Cogan on the final pace lap, and he was knocked out of the race after locking his brakes and colliding with Roger Mears. Mr. Whittington's death was attributed to a drug overdose.

Abominations
Voters in the Czech Republic overwhelmingly approved entry into the European Union in a referendum.

Politics and government
Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi fired his prime minister and called for the radical reform or abolition of the country's public sector, signalling that Libya may open up to foreign companies.

Despite losses in recent elections, the Parti Quebecois endorsed Bernard Landry as leader until the spring of 2005.

June 13, 2013

1,700 years ago
313

Religion
The Edict of Milan, signed by Constantine the Great and co-emperor Valerius Licinius granting religious freedom throughout the Roman Empire, was posted in Nicomedia.

640 years ago
1373

Diplomacy
The Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of 1373 between England and Portugal was signed between King Edward III of England and King Ferdinand and Queen Eleanor of Portugal. It established a treaty of "perpetual friendships, unions [and] alliances" between the two seafaring nations, and is the oldest active treaty in the world.

360 years ago
1653

War
In the First Anglo-Dutch War, English forces defeated Dutch forces in the second and last day of the Battle of the Gabbard off the coast of Suffolk, England, ensuring that England's control of the English Channel now extended to the North Sea.

340 years ago
1673

Canadiana
René-Robert Cavelier de La Salle built Fort Cataraqui at the mouth of the Cataraqui River at what is now Kingston, Ontario on the orders of Count Frontenac.

200 years ago
1813

War
In the War of 1812, Philip Vere Broke, commanding the British ship HMS Shannon, with 38 guns, defeated the U.S. warship Cheseapeake, commanded by James Lawrence, off Boston Harbor and towed her to Halifax as a prize.

180 years ago
1833

Died on this date
Robert Lyon. Canadian law student. Mr. Lyon was killed in Toronto by John Wilson in the last fatal duel in Upper Canada. The two law students and former friends quarrelled over remarks made by Mr. Lyon about a local teacher, Elizabeth Hughes. Mr. Wilson was acquitted of murder, and later married Miss Hughes and became a Member of Parliament and a judge.

160 years ago
1853

Transportation
The Northern Railroad reached Bradford, Ontario.

120 years ago
1893

Politics and government
U.S. President Grover Cleveland underwent secret, successful surgery to remove a large, cancerous portion of his jaw. The operation not revealed to the public until 1917, nine years after Mr. Cleveland's death.

100 years ago
1913

Born on this date
Ralph Edwards. U.S. radio and television host. Mr. Edwards created and produced a number of game shows, most notably Truth or Consequences, which ran on radio and television from 1940-1978. He's best remembered as the producer and host of the biographical program This is Your Life on radio and television from 1948-1961 and 1971-1972. Mr. Edwards died on November 16, 2005 at the age of 92.

60 years ago
1953

Hit Parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Hi-Lili Hi-Lo--Dinah Shore

#1 singles in the U.S.A. (Billboard): The Song from Moulin Rouge (Where is Your Heart)--Percy Faith and his Orchestra (Best seller--5th week at #1; Disc Jockey--5th week at #1; Jukebox--4th week at #1)

Literature
The June 13 issue of Collier's magazine contained the short story The Adventure of the Sealed Room by Adrian Conan Doyle and John Dickson Carr, the fifth in a series known as The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes.

50 years ago
1963

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (Record Retailer): From Me to You--The Beatles (7th week at #1)

40 years ago
1973

War
Representatives of the U.S.A., South Vietnam, North Vietnam, and the Viet Cong--the original signers of the January 27 cease-fire agreement in the Vietnam War--signed a new 14-point agreement calling for an end to all cease-fire violations in South Vietnam. The accord, the result of month-long negotiations between U.S. representative Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese representative Le Duc Tho, called for all military activities to cease on June 15 at 12 noon in South Vietnam. The U.S. pledged to end all reconnaissance flights over North Vietnam; to resume mine-sweeping operations in North Vietnamese waters within five days of signing; and to resume talks on aid to North Vietnam within four days of signing the document. Commanders of opposing forces in South Vietnam were to meet wherever their armies were in direct contact within 24 hours after the new cease-fire to prevent outbreaks of hostilities and insure medical supplies and care for all. Mr. Kissinger stressed that there was nothing in the agreement that committed the U.S. to cease its military operations in Cambodia.

Economics and finance
In an attempt to fight inflation, U.S. President Richard Nixon imposed a freeze on retail prices for 60 days. The freeze included food prices but excluded rents, interests, and dividends. Mr. Nixon said the 60-day period would be used to devise a new scheme to fight inflation and give Congress time to act on his request for broader authority to control exports on agricultural products and approve five other requests he had already put before Congress: new authority to reduce tariffs; approval of the Alaskan oil pipeline; authority to dispose of materials in the strategic stockpile; farm legislation to encourage higher production; and spending bills which followed his prescriptions rather than "noble-sounding budget-busters." He warned that controls could never "substitute for a free economy...We must not let controls become a narcotic and we must not become addicted."

Hockey
The Vancouver Canucks named Bill McCreary as their new coach, replacing the departed Vic Stasiuk.

30 years ago
1983

Space
The U.S. probe Pioneer 10, launched on March 2, 1972, became the first spacecraft to leave the solar system when it passe beyond the orbit of Neptune, the furthest planet from the Sun at the time.

Defense
The U.S.A. asked Canada for formal authority to test the cruise missile in Canada; approval was granted on July 15.

Politics and government
Four days after the U.K.'s governing Conservative party under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher had been re-elected in a landslide and one day after British Labour Party leader Michael Foot had announced his resignation, Social Democratic Party leader Roy Jenkins announced that he would also resign. The Social Democratic Party-Liberal Party Alliance had won just 23 seats in the House of Commons to 397 for the Conservatives and 209 for Labour, although the Alliance had captured 25% of the vote, just 3% less than Labour.

25 years ago
1988

War
Iran invaded southern Iraq and claimed to have inflicted heavy casualties. Iraq said that Iran had broken through border defenses, but had subsequently been defeated in a 19-hour battle east of Basra, in territory taken by Iraq three weeks earlier.

Diplomacy
Suren Arutyunyan, the new leader of the Armenian Communist Party, told a crowd of 100,000 that a "positive solution" would be found to a dispute over the Nagorno-Krabakh Autonomous Region in Azerbaijan, which was predominantly Armenian. A Soviet foreign ministry spokesman said that the situation in the Soviet republics of Armenia and Azerbaijan was out of control.

Mubarak-Awad, a Palestinian-American who had advocated civil disobedience in protest against Israeli control of occupied terrirories, was expelled by Israel and placed on a flight to New York. The United States protested the move.

Law
A jury in Newark, New Jersey found that Liggett Group, Inc., a tobacco company, was partly responsible for the death of Rose Cipollone, who had smoked cigarettes for 40 years until her death of lung cancer at the age of 58 in 1984. Mrs. Cipollone had smoked brands of three companies, but had smoked only Liggett products before 1966, when a U.S. federal label law required that all cigarettes be labelled as hazardous to health. The jury ruled that this labelling spared the other two companies from liability, but found that Liggett had breached an express warranty of safety by promoting its cigarettes with slogans such as "just what the doctor ordered." The jury found that because Mrs. Cipollone had learned of the dangers of smoking from other sources and had not quit smoking, she was 80% responsible for her death. The jury awarded $400,000 in compensation to Mrs. Cipollone, and found Liggett and the other defendants had not conspired to mislead the dangers of smoking before 1966 and had not fraudulently misrepresented facts.

20 years ago
1993

Hit parade
#1 single in Austria (Ö3): What is Love--Haddaway (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: What is Love--Haddaway

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): In Your Eyes--Niamh Kavanagh (4th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K.: (I Can't Help) Falling in Love With You--UB40 (2nd week at #1)

Died on this date
Gérard Côté, 79. Canadian runner. Mr. Côté, a native of Saint-Barnabé-Sud, Quebec, won the Boston Marathon in 1940, 1943, 1944, and 1948. His 1940 win was in record time, and helped him to win the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada's athlete of the year in 1940, becoming the first francophone to win the trophy. Mr. Côté was inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame in 1956.

Donald K. "Deke" Slayton, 69. U.S. astronaut. Mr. Slayton, a native of rural Wisconsin, was a bomber pilot with the U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II. On April 9, 1959, he was introduced as one of the original seven astronauts chosen for Project Mercury, the first program of United States manned missions. He was slated to fly Mercury-Atlas 7, the second orbital mission (following John Glenn's Friendship 7 mission on February 20, 1962), and had chosen Delta 7 as the name of his spacecraft. When he was diagnosed with idiopathic atrial fibrillation--a condition in which the heart occaasionally "skips" a beat--he was replaced for the mission by Scott Carpenter, and grounded by both the U.S. Air Force and National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Mr. Slayton then became NASA's "chief astronaut," the man who selected the crews for the various missions. In 1972 he was restored to active flight status, and was named as Docking Module Pilot for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, in which a U.S. Apollo spacecraft would dock with a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft. Mr. Slayton, along with Tom Stafford (Commander) and Vance Brand (Command Module Pilot) were in space from July 15-24, 1975, and were docked with the Soyuz 19 spacecraft manned by Alexey Leonov (Commander) and Valeri Kubasov (Flight Engineer) from July 17-19. Mr. Slayton retured from NASA in 1982, and later served as president of Space Services, Inc., a private company committed to sending commercial rockets into space. Mr. Slayton died of a brain tumour; his autobiography Deke!, written with Michael Cassutt, was published in 1994 and is well worth reading.

Politics and government
Canadian Defense Minister Kim Campbell was elected the new leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada at the party's convention in Ottawa, succeeding Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, who was retiring. Ms. Campbell's main challenger for the leadership was Environment Minister Jen Charest. Ms. Campbell took office as Canada's first female Prime Minister on June 25.

Tansu Ciller, an economist educated in the U.S.A., won the leadership of Turkey's ruling party, and was scheduled to take office as the country's first female Prime Minister in July.

War
Serb forces bombarded a Bosnian first aid centre at Gorazde; 50 were killed by the shells.

Basketball
NBA Finals
Phoenix 129 @ Chicago 121 (3 OT) (Chicago led best-of-seven series 2-1)

10 years ago
2003

Died on this date
Malik Meraj Khalid, 86. Prime Minister of Pakistan, 1996-1997. A Marxist, Mr. Khalid served as Pakistan's interim Prime Minister from November 5, 1996-February 17, 1997, after President Farooq Leghari dismissed the government of Benazir Bhutto. After parliamentary elections, Mr. Khalid was succeeded as Prime Minister by Nawaz Sharif.

Basketball
NBA Finals
San Antonio 93 @ New Jersey 83 (San Antonio led best-of-seven series 3-2)

June 12, 2013

220 years ago
1793

Exploration
Alexander Mackenzie reached the Continental Divide at Portage Lake, British Columbia; his party were the first Europeans to cross the Divide north of Spanish territories.

110 years ago
1903

Canadiana
Niagara Falls, Ontario was incorporated as a city.

100 years ago
1913

Born on this date
Jean Victor Allard. Canadian military officer. General Allard commanded forces in World War II and the Korean War, and signed the truce in the latter war on Canada's behalf in Panmunjon on July 27, 1953. He served as Chief of Defence Staff from 1966-1969, becoming the first francophone to hold the position. General Allard died on April 23, 1996 at the age of 82.

70 years ago
1943

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Taking a Chance on Love--Benny Goodman and his Orchestra

Abominations
Germany liquidated the Jewish ghetto in Brzeżany, Poland (now Berezhany, Ukraine). 1,180 Jews were led to the city's old Jewish graveyard and shot.

60 years ago
1953

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): I Believe--Frankie Laine (8th week at #1)

On television tonight
Tales of Tomorrow, on ABC
Tonight's episode: What Dreams May Come, starring Arnold Moss

This was the last episode of the series.

Golf
Ben Hogan shot a final round of 71 to finish 6 strokes ahead of Sam Snead and win the U.S. Open for the fourth time, tying a record shared by Willie Anderson and Bobby Jones. The tournament was held at the Oakmont Country Club near Pittsburgh.

50 years ago
1963

Died on this date
Medgar Evers, 37. U.S. civil rights activist. Mr. Evers, a field secretary with the National Association for the Advancement of Coored People who was attempting to end the University of Mississippi's policy of racial segregation, died 50 minutes after being shot outside in home in Jackson, Mississippi by Byron De La Beckwith, a membr of the White Citizens' Council. The assassination took place just hours after U.S. President John F. Kennedy had made a nationally-televised speech about his proposal for a civil rights act. Mr. De La Beckwith was arrested on June 21, but two jury trials resulted in deadlocked all-white, all-male juries, and Mr. De La Beckwith was freed. After new evidence came to light, Mr. De La Beckwith was tried again in 1994 and convicted, and he died in prison on January 21, 2001 at the age of 80.

Music
At Western Studios in Los Angeles, the Beach Boys recorded the songs Surfer Girl and Little Deuce Coupe. Surfer Girl, the first song ever written by Brian Wilson, had been recorded by the group in 1961 before signing with Capitol Records, and hadn't yet been released. The 1963 version was a completely new recording. The two songs were released as a single on July 22.

Edmontonia
Details for a proposed downtown coliseum complex were revealed at a special meeting of city council. The total cost would be $10, 250,000: $4.4 million for an arena--an oval below ground level--with 9,000 permanent seats and 3,000-4,000 portable seats; $1.9 million for an exhibition and convention centre with 70,000 square feet of space; $1.7 million for a little theatre with room for 700 spectators; and $2.25 million for a three-level underground parking facility with spaces for 700-800 cars. There was also to be a 24-storey office building whose cost was yet to be determined. The complex was to be built between 97-99 Sts. and Jasper-102 Aves. It would be linked with an underground rapid transit system that had yet to be built, with the entire project to be completed by 1967. Also at the meeting, a report was presented from the Stanford Research Institute that condemned the Edmonton Gardens as a fire hazard because of how much of the building was made of wood. The report also criticized the Gardens on the basis of comforts, cleanliness, and looks.

40 years ago
1973

Hit parade
#1 single in Switzerland: Goodbye, My Love, Goodbye--Demis Roussos

Scandal
Maurice Stans, former U.S. Treasury Secretary and director of the Committee to Re-Elect the President (CREEP), testified before the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities and denied all involvement in the June 1972 break-in at the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. He denied knowledge of a 1971 memo referring to his "discretionary fund" of about $1 million to be used to promote President Richard Nixon's re-election. Nor did Mr. Stans recall a request from Herbert Kalmbach, Mr. Nixon's personal attorney, to raise cash after the arrests of those involved in the break-in. He was also unaware of large amounts of campaign cash drawn by G. Gordon Liddy during the first five months of 1972.

30 years ago
1983

Hit parade
#1 single in Switzerland: Bruttosozialprodukt--Geier Sturzflug (4th week at #1)

Died on this date
Norma Shearer, 80. Canadian-born U.S. actress. Miss Shearer, a native of Montreal, won the Academy Award for best Actress of 1929-1930 for her performance in The Divorcee (1930). Her other movies included A Free Soul (1931); Private Lives (1931); Strange Interlude (1932); The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934); Romeo and Juliet (1936); Marie Antoinette (1938); The Women (1939); and Escape (1940). Miss Shearer was married to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio boss Irving Thalberg from 1927 until his death 10 years later.

Politics and government
Michael Foot announced that he would resign as leader of the British Labour Party. In the June 9 general election, Labour had won just 209 seats in the House of Commons and 28% of the vote to 397 seats and 42% of the vote for the governing Conservatives of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

Football
USFL
Michigan 42 Los Angeles 17

25 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in Switzerland: Theme from S-Express--S-Express (2nd week at #1)

Politics and government
In the second round of French parliamentary elections, the Socialists won 276 seats in the National Assembly, 13 short of a majority. The conservative alliance won 271 seats, the Communists 27, and the National Front 1. President Francois Mitterand said he would ask Premier Michel Rocard to form a new minority cabinet.

World events
Israeli Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin said that he had authorized Jewish settlers in the occupied territories to shoot Palestinians seen holding firebombs. Arab arsonists were suspected in the destruction of thousands of acres of Israel's scarce forests.

Health
On the first day of the 4th International Conference on AIDS in Stockholm, Dr. Jonathan Mann of the World Health Organization said that 5 million people in 130 countries carried HIV--the virus that caused AIDS--and that 150,000 people had developed AIDS, with the U.S.A. still leading the world with 61,580 cases. It was reported that an undetemined number of cases of infection would go undetected because the virus "hid" within the immune system.

20 years ago
1993

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (ARIA): Informer--Snow (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): All That She Wants--Ace of Base (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Encores--Dire Straits (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): What is Love--Haddaway (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in France (SNEP): Your Latest Trick--Dire Straits (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): What is Love--Haddaway (5th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): That's the Way Love Goes--Janet Jackson (5th week at #1)

Canada's top 10 (RPM)
1 That's the Way Love Goes--Janet Jackson (2nd week at #1)
2 Come Undone--Duran Duran
3 Have I Told You Lately that I Love You--Rod Stewart
4 Can't Do a Thing (To Stop Me)--Chris Isaak
5 Hero--David Crosby and Phil Collins
6 Sleeping Satellite--Tasmin Archer
7 Looking Through Patient Eyes--PM Dawn
8 The Crying Game--Boy George
9 Are You Gonna Go My Way--Lenny Kravitz
10 Livin' on the Edge--Aerosmith

Singles entering the chart included Tomorrow's Girls by Donald Fagen (#60); Tailspin by Bachman (#90); What a Good Boy by Barenaked Ladies (#92); and Your Latest Trick by Dire Straits (#99).

Politics and government
An election took place in Nigeria which was later annulled by the military Government led by Ibrahim Babangida.

10 years ago
2003

Died on this date
Gregory Peck, 87. U.S. actor. Mr. Peck won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962). His other movies included The Keys of the Kingdom (1944); Spellbound (1945); The Yearling (1946); Duel in the Sun (1946); Gentleman's Agreement (1947); Twelve O'Clock High (1949); The Gunfighter (1950); Roman Holiday (1953); Designing Woman (1957); The Big Country (1958); On the Beach (1959); The Guns of Navarone (1961); Cape Fear (1962); Mirage (1965); Arabesque (1966); Mackenna's Gold (1969); The Omen (1976); MacArthur (1977); and The Boys from Brazil (1978).

Abominations
The Convention on the Future of Europe ended with a draft European Union constitution that included more than 400 articles. The constitution called for the establishment of two permanent presidents, a parliament, and a foreign minister. If approved, the constitution would give EU laws precedence over those of the individual nations.

Economics and finance
The Quebec government of Premier Jean Charest issued its first budget since taking power in April. Business subsidies were slashed by nearly $800 million, government expenditures were cut, and spending was increased on health care and education.

Health
The World Health Organization lifted its travel advisory for mainland China, as only seven new cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) had been reported between June 1-12.

June 11, 2013

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Vivian Koshman!

830 years ago
1183

Died on this date
Henry the Young King, 28. Junior King of England, 1170-1183. Henry, the second of five sons of King Henry II of England, was crowned king during his father's lifetime, but because he died before his father--Henry II died in 1189--he isn't counted as part of the numerical succession of monarchs. Henry the Young King died of dysentery.

525 years ago
1488

Died on this date
James III, 36. King of Scotland, 1460-1488. James succeeded his father James II as king. An unpopular monarch, James III was killed in the Battle of Sauchieburn, in which he and his followers fought against rebellious noblemen. James III was succeeded on the throne by his eldest son James IV.

430 years ago
1583

Exploration
Humphrey Gilbert, who had been chartered to search for the Northwest Passage, and had received a patent from the English crown to explore and colonize America, left Plymouth on his second voyage with five ships: Delight; Raleigh; Golden Hind; Swallow; and Squirrel.

410 years ago
1603

Exploration
Samuel de Champlain explored 35 miles up the Saguenay River in New France.

225 years ago
1788

Exploration
Russian explorer Gerasim Izmailov reached Alaska.

125 years ago
1888

Born on this date
Bartolomeo Vanzetti. Italian-born U.S. anarchist. Mr. Vanzetti and fellow anarchist were convicted of murdering two men during the armed robbery of a shoe factory in South Braintree, Massachusetts in 1920. Despite much public protest about the fairness of their trials and convictions, Messrs. Sacco and Vanzetti were executed in the electric chair at Charlestown State Prison on August 23, 1927. Mr. Vanzetti was 39.

110 years ago
1903

Died on this date
Alexander I, 26. King of Serbia, 1889-1903; Draga, 28. Queen consort of Serbia, 1900-1903. King Alexander, of the House of Obrenović, and Queen Draga were assassinated--shot, and their bodies mutilated and disembowelled--by a group of army officers led by Captain Dragutin Dimitrijević, who wanted to replace the king with Peter Karađorđević, a son of Prince Aleksandar Karadjordjević, who had ruled Serbia from 1842 to 1858. The new king took the throne on June 15 as King Peter I.

100 years ago
1913

Born on this date
Vince Lombardi. U.S. football coach. A Brooklyn native who played on the line at Fordham University and became one of their "Seven Blocks of Granite," Mr. Lombardi was an assistant coach at the United States Military Academy from 1949-1953 and with the New York Giants of the National Football League from 1954-1958. Mr. Lombardi was in charge of the offense for the team that won the NFL championship in 1956 and the Eastern Conference title in 1958. In 1959 he became head coach of the Green Bay Packers, who had finished with a 1-10-1 record in 1958. Under Mr. Lombardi, the Packers won their first 3 games, and finished 7-5. They improved to 8-4 in 1960 and finished first in the Eastern Conference, losing 17-13 to the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFL championship game. The Packers then won consecutive NFL titles in 1961 and 1962, finishing the 1962 regular season with a 13-1 record. They narrowly missed the Western Conference title in 1963, declined slightly in 1964, and then won consecutive NFL crowns from 1965 through 1967. Mr. Lombardi’s last two Green Bay teams became the winners of the first two Super Bowls. In 1968 Mr. Lombardi resigned as head coach, but was unhappy serving just as general manager, and departed for the nation’s capital to become head coach and executive vice-president of the Washington Redskins. In his first season there, the Redskins finished 7-5-2, an improvement from a 5-9 record in 1968. Unfortunately, a particularly virulent form of colon cancer attacked him, and he was unable to complete the rebuilding job with the Redskins, dying on September 3, 1970 at the age of 57. In 10 years as a head coach in the NFL, Mr. Lombardi’s teams compiled a record of 98-30-6, a winning percentage of .754. His teams won 6 conference titles, 5 NFL championships, and 2 Super Bowls. An excellent biography of Vince Lombardi is When Pride Still Mattered by David Maraniss (1999).

Risë Stevens. U.S. opera singer. Miss Stevens, born Risë Steenberg, was a mezzo-soprano who sang with the Metropolitan Opera in New York City for more than 20 years. She died on March 20, 2013 at the age of 99.

Died on this date
Mahmoud Shevket Pasha, 57 (?). Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, January 23-June 11, 1913. Mahmoud served as Grand Vizier (chief minister) under Sultan Mehmed V. He was assassinated in Istanbul and succeeded by Said Halim Pasha.

75 years ago
1938

War
The Battle of Wuhan, in which Chinese forces commanded by Chiang Kai-shek defended the Chinese city of Wuhan against invading Japanese forces, began.

Horse racing
Pasteurized, with James Stout aboard, won the 70th running of the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park, New York, in a time of 2:29 2/5. Dauber, the winner of the Preakness Stakes and runner-up in the Kentucky Derby, placed second. Mr. Stout had also ridden Granville to victory in the 1936 Belmont Stakes.

Baseball
Johnny Vander Meer of the Cincinnati Reds pitched his first major league no-hitter as the Reds shut out the Boston Bees 3-0 at Crosley Field in Cincinnati.

70 years ago
1943

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

Diplomacy
In Hot Springs, Georgia, Canada signed an international agreement on post-war relief. It was the origin of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

50 years ago
1963

Died on this date
Thich Quang Duc, 65 or 66. South Vietnamese Buddhist monk. Mr. Duc immolated himself in the middle of a busy intersection in Saigon in protest against the persecution of Buddhists by the South Vietnamese government of President Ngo Dinh Diem. Malcolm Browne's photograph of the incident won a Pulitzer Prize.

Society
U.S. President John F. Kennedy addressed Americans from the Oval Office of the White House, proposing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in an effort to outlaw discrimination on the basis of race. The act would legislate equal access to public facilities, end segregation in education, and guarantee federal protection for voting rights.

Alabama Governor George Wallace stood at the door of Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama in an attempt to block two Negro students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, from attending that school. Later in the day, accompanied by federalized National Guard troops, the two were able to register.

40 years ago
1973

Labour
1,030 service workers at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton went on strike after government-mediated negotiations broke off.

30 years ago
1983

Hit parade
#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Comment ça va--The Shorts (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Every Breath You Take--The Police (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K.: Every Breath You Take--The Police (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A.: (Billboard): Flashdance...What a Feeling--Irene Cara (3rd week at #1)

Canada's top 10 (RPM)
1 Flashdance...What a Feeling--Irene Cara (2nd week at #1)
2 Puttin' on the Ritz--Taco
3 Let's Dance--David Bowie
4 Time (Clock of the Heart)--Culture Club
5 Beat It--Michael Jackson
6 Overkill--Men at Work
7 Rio--Duran Duran
8 Solitaire--Laura Branigan
9 She Blinded Me with Science--Thomas Dolby
10 Jeopardy--Greg Kihn Band

Singles entering the chart were Stand Back by Stevie Nicks (#43); Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler (#46); Never Gonna Let You Go by Sergio Mendes (#48); Candy Girl by New Edition (#49); and (Keep Feeling) Fascination by the Human League (#50).

Politics and government
Montreal businessman Brian Mulroney defeated former Prime Minister and incumbent leader Joe Clark on the fourth ballot to become the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada at the party's convention in Ottawa. Mr. Mulroney, who had never yet held a seat in either house of Parliament, captured 1,584 votes on the final ballot to 1,325 for Mr. Clark.

U.S. Senator Alan Cranston of California captured 39% of the vote to win a straw poll of delegates to the 1984 convention to select the Democratic party candidate for President of the United States of America. Former U.S. Vice-President Walter Mondale received 36% of the vote, and U.S. Senator Gary Hart (Colorado) took 22%.

Horse racing
Caveat, with Laffit Pincay, Jr. aboard, won the 115th running of the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park, New York, in a time of 2:27 4/5. It was the second of three straight Belmont Stakes victories for Mr. Pincay, who had won aboard Conquistador Cielo in 1982, and won with Swale in 1984. Slew o'Gold placed second.

25 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in France (SNEP): N'importe quoi--Florent Pagny (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Gimme Five--Jovanotti (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You--Glenn Medeiros (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): The Boys in Green--Republic of Ireland Soccer Squad

#1 single in the U.K.: With a Little Help from My Friends/She's Leaving Home--Wet Wet Wet/Billy Bragg featuring Cara Tivey (4th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): One More Try--George Michael (3rd week at #1)

Canada's top 10 (RPM)
1 One More Try--George Michael
2 Together Forever--Rick Astley
3 Beds are Burning--Midnight Oil
4 I'm Still Searching--Glass Tiger
5 Pink Cadillac--Natalie Cole
6 Shattered Dreams--Johnny Hates Jazz
7 Always on My Mind--Pet Shop Boys
8 Everything Your Heart Desires--Daryl Hall John Oates
9 Circle in the Sand--Belinda Carlisle
10 Love Changes Everything--Honeymoon Suite

Singles entering the chart were Heart of Mine by Boz Scaggs (#73); The Color of Love by Billy Ocean (#77); Paradise by Sade (#84); Tomcat Prowl by Doug and the Slugs (#87); and Nite and Day by Al B. Sure (#95).

Horse racing
Risen Star, with Eddie Delahoussaye aboard, won his second straight Triple Crown race, finishing first in the 120th running of the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park, New York, in a time of 2:26 3/5. Kingpost placed second, 14 1/4 lengths behind the winner, in the second-fastest Belmont Stakes ever run, behind only Secretariat's record time of 2:24 in 1973. Risen Star was Secretariat's son.

20 years ago
1993

Hit parade
#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Informer--Snow (7th week at #1)

#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): (I Can't Help) Falling in Love With You--UB40

Died on this date
Ray Sharkey, 40. U.S actor. Mr. Sharkey was best known for his starring role in the movie The Idolmaker (1980), for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical/Comedy. A longtime heroin addict, Mr. Sharkey died of complications from AIDS.

War
U.S. and allied forces delivered pounding air and ground attacks against the power base in the Somali capital of Mogadishu of the warlord responsible for ordering the June 5 ambush of United Nations peacekeepers.

Abominations
The United States Supreme Court ruled unanimously that a Florida city's statute prohibiting animal sacrifices violated the religious freedom of the movement known as Santeria.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that states could impose harsher sentences on criminals who chose their victims on the basis of race, religion, or other personal characteristics.

Basketball
NBA Finals
Chicago 111 @ Phoenix 108 (Chicago led best-of-seven series 2-0)

10 years ago
2003

Died on this date
David Brinkley, 82. U.S. journalist. Mr. Brinkley was a reporter with the National Broadcasting Company from 1943-1981; from 1956-1970 he co-hosted NBC's nightly newscast with Chet Huntley, which was known as the Huntley-Brinkley Report. Mr. Brinkley moved to the American Broadcasting Company in 1981 and hosted the Sunday panel show This Week with David Brinkley from 1981-1996.

Terrorism
A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up on a bus in Jerusalem, killing 16 and wounding more than 100.

Society
Canadian native leader David Ahenakew, former Grand Chief (1982-1985) of the Assembly of First Nations, was charged by the Saskatchewan Justice Department with wilfully promoting hatred because of remarks he had made in a December 13, 2002 speech in Saskatoon, when he had, among other things, blamed Jews in Germany for starting World War II.

Politics and government
The Canadian Parliament passed legislation reforming federal election financing. Corporate donations were reduced, but taxpayers were required to pay $1.75 per vote per party, based on the results of the previous election.

Basketball
NBA Finals
San Antonio 76 @ New Jersey 77 (Best-of-seven series tied 2-2)

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Calgary (1-1) 17 @ Winnipeg (1-1) 30

June 10, 2013

325 years ago
1688

Born on this date
james Francis Edward Stuart. Pretender to the thrones of England, Ireland, and Scotland. James was the son of King James II of England (James VI of Scotland), who was deposed in 1688. When James II died in 1701, his son claimed the thrones. His claim was recognized by King Louis XV of France and almost no one else. James died in Rome on January 1, 1766 at the age of 75.

300 years ago
1713

Born on this date
Princess Caroline of Great Britain. A native of Hanover, Caroline was the fourth child and third daughter of King George II. She died unmarried and childless on December 28, 1757 at the age of 44.

250 years ago
1763

Canadiana
Benjamin Franklin, deputy postmaster of British North America, initiated the first official postal service in what is now Canada, a route among Quebec, Trois-Rivieres, and Montreal.

220 years ago
1793

Franciana
The Jardin des Plantes museum opened in Paris. A year later, it became the first public zoo.

Politics and government
Following the arrests of Girondin leaders, the Jacobins gained control of the Committee of Public Safety, installing France's revolutionary dictatorship.

175 years ago
1838

Abominations
11 white colonists murdered 28 Australian Aborigines--mostly women, children, and old people--in the Myall Creek Massacre.

War
James Morreau led a rebel raiding party across the Niagara River in Upper Canada. They attacked St. Johns in Pelham Township on June 11, and got as far as Short Hills by June 21.

100 years ago
1913

Born on this date
Tikhon Khrennikov. Russian composer. Mr. Khrenikov wrote three symphonies, four piano concertos, two violin concertos, two cello concertos, operas, operettas, ballets, chamber music, incidental music and film music. He was secretary of the Union of Soviet Composers from 1948 until the dissolution of the U.S.S.R. at the end of 1991. Mr. Khrenikov died on August 14, 2007 at the age of 94.

80 years ago
1933

Horse racing
Hurryoff, with M. Garner aboard, won the 65th running of the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park in New York in a time of 2:32 3/5. Nimbus placed second.

60 years ago
1953

On the radio
I Was a Communist for the FBI, starring Dana Andrews
Tonight’s episode: The Red Octopus
http://otrrlibrary.org/OTRRLib/Library%20Files/I%20Series/I%20Was%20A%20Communist/IWCF%2053-06-10%20(60)%20The%20Red%20Octopus.mp3

40 years ago
1973

Died on this date
William Inge, 60. U.S. playwright. Mr. Inge, a native of Independence, Kansas, was known for plays set in the midwestern United States, such as Come Back, Little Sheba (1950); Picnic (1953); Bus Stop (1955); and The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1957). Mr. Inge won the Academy Award for his original screenplay for Splendor in the Grass (1961), a movie in which he made a cameo appearance as a minister. He committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning days before a production of his play The Last Pad, which had premiered in Phoenix in 1972, was about to open in Los Angeles.

30 years ago
1983

Hit parade
#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Juliet--Robin Gibb (2nd week at #1)

Politics and government
The candidates for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada made their speeches at the party's leadership convention. Former Prime Minister Joe Clark was attempting to hang onto his position against challenges from businessman Brian Mulroney, former Finance Minister John Crosbie, and hockey executive Peter Pocklington, among others.

Former Republican U.S. Congressman and independent presidential candidate John Anderson said that he was planning to form a new political party, rejecting the Republican and Democratic parties as captives of special interests and unwilling to experiment with new ideas.

Diplomacy
U.S. envoy to Latin America Richard Stone met with Nicaraguan leaders and said that their support for guerrilla movements in other countries was the major problem in American-Nicaraguan relations. Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said that he was willing to make a settelement with the U.S. but not with rebel groups inside Nicaragua.

Economics and finance
The United States Commerce Department reported that retail sales had increaed 2.1% in May, while the Labor Department reported that prices paid by producers for finshed goods had edged upward 0.3% in May.

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Ottawa (0-1) 4 @ Montreal (1-0) 14
Hamilton (0-1) 6 @ Toronto (1-0) 24
British Columbia (1-0) 52 @ Edmonton (0-1) 20

25 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Ella, Elle L'a--France Gall (4th week at #1)

Died on this date
Louis L'Amour, 80. U.S. author. Mr. L'Amour wrote 100 novels and more than 250 short stories, mainly in the Western genre. More than 320 million copies of his works had been sold by 2010.

10 years ago
2003

Space
The United States launched the Spirit Rover, beginning NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission.

Abominations
A three-member panel of the Ontario Court of Appeal ordered provincial officials to extend full marriage rights to same-sex couples, ruling unanimously that the common law definition of marriage as a male-female union was unconstitutional. The decision followed similar rulings by courts in Quebec and British Columbia, but was unique in taking effect immediately; some same-sex "weddings" took place that day.

World events
Israeli helicopters fired missiles into a car in Gaza occupied by Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi, second-ranking leader of the Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas. Mr. Rantisi was injured and a guard and bystander were killed.

Protest
large strikes and demonstrations took place throughout France in protest against pension reform.

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Toronto (2-0) 23 @ Hamilton (0-2) 5
Edmonton (2-0) 38 @ British Columbia (0-2) 9