May 14, 2014

1,050 years ago
964

Died on this date
John XII, 37-44 (?). Roman Catholic Pope, 955-964. Born Octavianus, John XII succeeded Agapetus II as Pope. John XII was a secular prince as well as head of the Roman Catholic Church, and his reign is said to have been characterized by worldliness and immorality. He died while reportedly enjoying an adulterous sexual encounter, dying either from apoplexy or at the hands of a jealous husband. John XII was succeeded as Pope by Benedict V.

750 years ago
1264

War
In the Battle of Lewes in Sussex, King Henry III of England was captured and forced to sign the Mise of Lewes, making Simon de Montfort the de facto ruler of England.

210 years ago
1804

Exploration
The Lewis and Clark Expedition departed from Camp Dubois, Illinois and began its historic journey by travelling up the Missouri River.

200 years ago
1814

War
In the War of 1812, Americans landed a force of 600 at Port Dover, Upper Canada, burning settlements on Lake Erie.

140 years ago
1874

Football
U.S.-Canadian university
Exhibition
McGill 0 @ Harvard 3

The game before 500 fans at Jarvis Field in Cambridge, Massachusetts was played with 11 players per side. The game, perhaps the first game of modern football, resembled soccer, but players were permitted, under "Boston rules," to run with the ball if pursued. It was the first time that admission had been charged to a football game, and the first time that goalposts were used.

125 years ago
1889

Died on this date
Volney Howard, 79. U.S. politician and judge. Mr. Howard was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1836. He moved to the Republic of Texas in the 1840s and served as Attorney General of Texas for six months in 1846. Mr. Howard represented Texas' 2nd District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1849-1853, and then moved to California after being appointed to the state's Land Commission by President Franklin Pierce. He practiced law in San Francisco, Sacramento, and Los Angeles, serving as the latter's District Attorney from 1864-1867. Mr. Howard became a judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court in 1879; ill health led him to serve only one term and to decline a nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Society
The U.K. children's charity National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children was founded in London.

Baseball
The Pittsburgh Alleghenys suspended sore-armed pitchers Ed Morris and Pete Conway so that the club wouldn't have to pay them while they were disabled. Mr. Morris returned to action on June 8, but Mr. Conway was through as a player because of his injury.

110 years ago
1904

Olympics
The Summer Olympic Games opened in St. Louis, becoming the first Olympics to be held in the United States.

100 years ago
1914

Economics and finance
The Calgary Stock Exchange--now the Alberta Stock Exchange--was founded.

Baseball
Jim Scott of the Chicago White Sox pitched a no-hitter through 9 innings, but gave up 2 hits in the bottom of the 10th inning and lost 1-0 to the Washington Nationals at Griffith Stadium in Washington.

80 years ago
1934

Died on this date
Lou Criger, 62. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Criger was a catcher with the Cleveland Spiders (1896-1898); St.Louis Perfectos (1899) and Cardinals (1900); Boston Americans (1901-1906) and Red Sox (1907-1908); St. Louis Browns (1909, 1912); and New York Highlanders (1910), batting .221 with 11 home runs and 342 runs batted in in 1,012 games. Mr. Criger caught most of Cy Young's 511 pitching wins, and played in all 8 games of the first modern World Series, batting .231 as the Americans defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 5 games to 3 in 1903.

Baikuntha Shukla, 27. Indian terrorist. Mr. Shukla, an Indian nationalist, was hanged for the murder of Phanindra Nath Ghosh, a supporter of the government.

75 years ago
1939

Medicine
Lina Medina of Peru became the youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of 5 years, 7 months, 17 days.

Baseball
The Boston Red Sox scored 3 runs in the top of the 12th inning to break a 2-2 tie, and held on to defeat the Washington Nationals 5-4 before 17,000 fans at Griffith Stadium in Washington. The Nationals had runners on first and second bases with 2 out in the bottom of the 12th, but Buddy Myer grounded out to second base to end the game.

Red Ruffing pitched a 4-hitter to improve his 1939 record to 5-0 as the New York Yankees routed the Philadelphia Athletics 10-0 before 15,589 fans at Shibe Park in Philadelphia. The Yankees scored 6 runs in the 6th inning.

Ben Chapman batted 3 for 5 with 2 home runs, a triple, 2 runs, and 7 runs batted in to lead the Cleveland Indians over the Chicago White Sox 9-4 before 28,000 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago. It was the first time that Bob Feller's mother had ever seen her the Cleveland ace pitch in the majors, but she was knocked unconscious by a foul drive off the bat of Marv Owen of the White Sox. Fortunately, Mrs. Feller revived, and required only a few stitches. Mr. Feller pitched a 6-hit complete game to improve his 1939 record to 6-1.

The Detroit Tigers scored 3 runs in the 6th inning, 6 in the 7th, and 4 in the 8th as they overcame an early 4-0 deficit to crush the St. Louis Browns 14-4 in the first game of a doubleheader before 15,328 fans at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis. Hank Greenberg led the Detroit attack with 2 home runs, a single, 3 runs, and 4 runs batted in. Pinch hitter Rudy York hit a grand slam with none out in the top of the 9th to enable the Tigers to complete the sweep with a 7-4 win in the second game.

Pinch hitter Ken O'Dea led off the bottom of the 10th inning with a home run to give the New York Giants a 2-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies before 22,485 fans at the Polo Grounds. Carl Hubbell, making his first appearance since elbow surgery the previous August, pitched an 11-hit complete game to win the pitchers' duel over Max Butcher, who allowed 9 hits.

70 years ago
1944

War
French troops cut the Cassino-Formia road, a vital highway linking the two-main north-south routes out of Rome. Yugoslavian partisans reported the breaking of the enemy ring in Macedonia and the capture of the Stalingrad harbour in Dalmatia.

Crime
Harold R. Mason, 37, frequently a conductor on U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's special trains, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Washington on charges of threatening the President.

Literature
The U.S. Post Office banned Lillian Smith's novel Strange Fruit from the mails.

60 years ago
1954

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Secret Love--Doris Day (3rd week at #1)

Died on this date
Heinz Guderian, 65. 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.

50 years ago
1964

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand: Can't Buy Me Love--The Beatles

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Retailer): Don't Throw Your Love Away--The Searchers (2nd week at #1)

World events
Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, Egyptian President Gamal Abdul Nasser, Iraqi President Abdul Salam Arif, and Yemeni President Abdullah al-Sallal pushed buttons at a ceremony in southern Egypt to blow up a huge sand barrage and divert the Nile River into a canal, beginning the next stage of the Aswan High Dam project.

Politics and government
Ontario Premier John Robarts named William Davis Minister of University Affairs.

40 years ago
1974

Hit parade
#1 single in France: Waterloo--ABBA (3rd week at #1)

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Finals
Boston 2 @ Philadelphia 4 (Philadelphia led best-of-seven series 3-1)

30 years ago
1984

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Footloose--Kenny Loggins

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Somebody's Watching Me--Rockwell

Politics and government
Jeanne Sauvé took office as Canada's first female Governor General.

25 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): The Look--Roxette (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: Looking for Freedom--David Hasselhoff (3rd week at #1)

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Finals
Montreal 2 @ Calgary 3 (Calgary led best-of-seven series 1-0)

20 years ago
1994

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (ARIA): The Sign--Ace of Base (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy: Streets of Philadelphia--Bruce Springsteen (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Hooked on a Feeling--Tony Wilson

#1 single in Denmark (Nielsen Music Control & IFPI): The Most Beautiful Girl in the World--The Artist Formerly Known as Prince (Love Symbol) (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (VRT): Without You--Mariah Carey (4th week at #1)

#1 single in France (SNEP): It's Alright--East 17 (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): I Like to Move It--Reel 2 Real featuring the Mad Stuntman (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Inside--Stiltskin

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 The Sign--Ace of Base (6th week at #1)
2 Bump n' Grind--R. Kelly
3 The Most Beautiful Girl in the World--The Artist Formerly Known as Prince (Love Symbol)
4 I'll Remember--Madonna
5 Return to Innocence--Enigma
6 Baby I Love Your Way--Big Mountain
7 Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm--Crash Test Dummies
8 I Swear--All-4-One
9 Without You/Never Forget You--Mariah Carey
10 I'm Ready--Tevin Campbell

Singles entering the chart were Your Body's Callin' by R. Kelly (#72); Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer than They Are by Meat Loaf (#73); Ease My Mind by Arrested Development (#74); (She's) Some Kind of Wonderful by Huey Lewis and the News (#80); Leavin' by Tony Toni Tone (#85); Willing to Forgive by Aretha Franklin (#88); I Miss You by Aaron Hall (#95); and Old Times' Sake by Sweet Sable (#97). Old Times' Sake was from the movie Above the Rim (1994).

U.S.A. top 10 (Cash Box)
1 The Most Beautiful Girl in the World--The Artist Formerly Known as Prince (Love Symbol) (4th week at #1)
2 Baby, I Love Your Way--Big Mountain
3 I'll Remember--Madonna
4 The Sign--Ace of Base
5 Return to Innocence--Enigma
6 I'm Ready--Tevin Campbell
7 Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm--Crash Test Dummies
8 Without You/Never Forget You--Mariah Carey
9 Bump n' Grind--R. Kelly
10 So Much in Love--All-4-One

The only single entering the chart was Until I Fall Away by Gin Blossoms (#92).

Died on this date
W. Graham Claytor, Jr., 82. U.S. miltary officer and policitian. Mr. Claytor was commander of the U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Doyle, whose actions resulted in the rescue of 316 sailors from the sinking of the USS Indianapolis in August, 1945. Mr. Claytor served in the administration of U.S. President Jimmy Carter as Secretary of the Navy (1977-1979) and Deputy Secretary of Defense (1981). He led the U.S. passenger rail service Amtrak from 1982-1993.

Soccer
English FA Cup Final @ Wembley Stadium, London
Manchester United 4 Chelsea 0

Eric Cantona scored on penalty kicks in the 60th and 66th minutes to open the scoring and Mark Hughes scored in the 69th minute to clinch the victory for Manchester United before 79,634 fans.



10 years ago
2004

Politics and government
The Constitutional Court of South Korea overturned the impeachment of President Roh Moo-hyun and restored him to office, two months after the National Assembly had voted 193-2 to convict him on charges of illegal electioneering. Mr. Roh had expressed support for the new Uri Party, a technical violation of constitutional provisions for presidential impartiality.