May 11, 2014

125 years ago
1889

Died on this date
John Cadbury, 86. U.K. businessman. Mr. Cadbury, a chocolatier from Birmingham, England, developed the modern chocolate bar and founded the Cadbury Company.

Crime
U.S. Army paymaster Major Joseph Wham and his escort of 11 Buffalo Soldiers were ambushed while transporting over $28,000 in gold and silver coins from Fort Grant, Arizona Territory to Fort Thomas. Eight soldiers were wounded, and Sergeant Benjamin Brown and Corporal Isaiah Mays were awarded the Medal of Honor.

120 years ago
1894

Born on this date
Anton Mussert. Dutch politician. Mr. Mussert was one of the founders of the National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands (NSB) and its formal leader. He maintained his position during World War II, with German help, as German Fuehrer Adolf Hitler's "leader of the Netherlands people." Mr. Mussert was arrested on May 7, 1945 and was convicted of high treason in November 1945; on May 7, 1946, exactly a year after his arrest and four days before his 52nd birthday, he was executed by a firing squad on the Waalsdorpervlakte, a site near The Hague.

Martha Graham. U.S. dancer and choreographer. Miss Graham was probably the most influential American modern dancer of the 20th century. She formed her own company in 1926, and her dance technique is still taught today. Miss Graham choregraphed ballets from the mid-1920s until her death on April 1, 1991 at the age of 96.

Labour
4,000 Pullman Palace Car Company workers went on a wildcat strike in Illinois in response to recent wage reductions.

90 years ago
1924

Business
The automobile manufacturing firm Mercedes-Benz was formed as a result of Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.

75 years ago
1939

Baseball
The New York Yankees scored 9 runs in the first 4 innings and held on to defeat the St. Louis Browns 10-8 before 3,167 fans at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis. New York first baseman Lou Gehrig, no longer playing, took infield practice and wearing a righthanded glove, warmed up pitcher Monte Pearson. Russ Van Atta, who relieved Ewald Pyle after the rookie St. Louis starting pitcher had failed to retire any of the 5 batters he'd faced, allowed 7 hits and 7 runs--all earned--in 4 innings,with 3 bases on balls and 3 strikeouts, in the 208th and last game of his 7-year major league career.

The Chicago White Sox recorded just 4 hits, but defeated the Boston Red Sox 3-2 before 4,000 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago, as veteran Ted Lyons won a pitching duel over rookie Woodrow Rich, who suffered his first loss of the season. Jimmie Foxx hit his 5th home run of the season, a solo shot in the 9th inning, for the Red Sox.

Al Milnar pitched a 5-hitter, Roy Weatherly batted 5 for 5 with a run batted in, and Ken Keltner was 2 for 5 with a triple, a run, and 3 RBIs for the Cleveland Indians as they shut out the Philadelphia Athletics 7-0 before 2,500 fans at League Park in Cleveland.

The Washington Nationals scored a run in the 8th inning and 3 in the 9th as they overcame a 2-0 deficit to defeat the Detroit Tigers 4-2 before 4,294 fans at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. Joe Haynes pitched a 7-hit complete game to win the pitchers' duel over Dizzy Trout.

The New York Giants scored all their runs in the 1st inning as they beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-1 before 4,041 fans at the Polo Grounds in New York.

70 years ago
1944

Died on this date
Herbie Kay, 40. U.S. musician. Mr. Kay, born Herbert Kaumeyer, was a jazz trumpeter and bandleader who played in Chicago from the early 1930s to the early '40s, including a long-standing residency at the Blackhawk Restaurant. He formed a new band in Dallas, where he died.

War
Allied forces began a major offensive against the Axis Powers on the Gustav Line in Italy, with Canadian tanks seeing action near Monte Cassino. U.S.S.R. forces threw back a German tank-supported attack on their bridgehead on the western bank of the Dnieper River above Tirasopol. More than 20,000 Chinese troops crossed the Salween River in China's western Yunnan Province along a 100-mile front in a drive aimed at linking the Burma and Ledo roads.

Defense
Henry J. Kaiser said that production of the Brewster Aeronautical Corporation had increased 344% in the seven months since he had taken over the management.

Business
U.S. Commissioner Edwin Walker dismissed charges against Montgomery Ward & Co. manager Paul Sowell, who had been arrested on charges of removing a government poster from the company's Chicago plant. Mr. Walker rebuked the government agent who had brought the charges.

Baseball
Hal Trosky stole home plate and Ralph Hodgin stole second base on a double steal, and Mike Tresh doubled home Mr. Hodgin as the Chicago White Sox scored 2 runs in the top of the 16th inning to break a 2-2 tie as they defeated the Philadelphia Athletics 4-2 before 4,690 fans at Shibe Park in Philadelphia. Gordon Maltzberger pitched 8 1/3 innings of 5-hit scoreless relief to get the win and improve his 1944 record to 3-0.

60 years ago
1954

On television tonight
Suspense, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Operation Nightmare, starring Anne Burr and Douglas Rodgers

50 years ago
1964

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Non Ho L'Etá (Per Amarti)--Gigliola Cinquetti (5th week at #1)

40 years ago
1974

Hit parade
#1 single in the Netherlands (Veronica Top 40): Be My Day--The Cats (4th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K.: Waterloo--ABBA (2nd week at #1)

Australia's top 10 (Go-Set)
1 Seasons in the Sun--Terry Jacks
2 My Coo Ca Choo--Alvin Stardust
3 She Didn't Remember My Name--Osmosis
4 Daytona Demon--Suzi Quatro
5 You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me--New Seekers
6 Farewell Aunty Jack--Grahame Bond
7 The Lord's Prayer--Sister Janet Mead
8 Mockingbird--Johnny O'Keefe and Margaret McLaren
--Carly Simon and James Taylor
9 I Love You Love Me Love--Gary Glitter
10 Sorrow--David Bowie

The only single entering the chart was Hooked on a Feeling by Blue Swede (#34).

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): The Loco-Motion--Grand Funk (2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 The Show Must Go On--Three Dog Night
2 Dancing Machine--The Jackson 5
3 The Loco-Motion--Grand Funk
4 The Entertainer--Marvin Hamlisch
5 The Streak--Ray Stevens
6 Tubular Bells--Mike Oldfield
7 TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)--MFSB featuring the Three Degrees
8 Just Don't Want to Be Lonely--The Main Ingredient
9 Midnight at the Oasis--Maria Muldaur
10 You Make Me Feel Brand New--The Stylistics

Singles entering the chart were On and On by Gladys Knight and the Pips (#78); I'm Coming Home by the Spinners (#82); The Lone Ranger by Oscar Brown, Jr. (#87); Scratch by the Crusaders (#94); Please Come to Boston by Dave Loggins (#95); Standing in the Rain by the James Gang (#96); Teen Angel by Wednesday; and Time Will Tell by Tower of Power (#100).

Canada's top 10 (RPM)
1 The Loco-Motion--Grand Funk
2 TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)--MFSB featuring the Three Degrees
3 Oh My My--Ringo Starr
4 I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song--Jim Croce
5 Let it Ride--Bachman-Turner Overdrive
6 Best Thing that Ever Happened to Me--Gladys Knight and the Pips
7 The Lord's Prayer--Sister Janet Mead
8 Bennie and the Jets--Elton John
9 Tubular Bells--Mike Oldfield
10 Keep on Singing--Helen Reddy

Singles entering the chart were If I were a Carpenter by Leon Russell (#94); Electric Jewels by April Wine (#96); I Held Out by Fludd (#98); Bad, Bad Leroy Brown by Frank Sinatra (#99); and Rhoda by Robert David (#100).

Calgary's top 10
1 The Show Must Go On--Three Dog Night
2 The Loco-Motion--Grand Funk
3 Hooked on a Feeling--Blue Swede
4 Werewolf--Five Man Electrical Band
5 Oh My My--Ringo Starr
6 Dancing Machine--The Jackson 5
7 TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)--MFSB featuring the Three Degrees
8 (I've Been) Searchin' So Long--Chicago
9 Don't Stop Now--The Original Caste
10 Piano Man--Billy Joel
Pick hit of the week: Band on the Run--Paul McCartney & Wings

30 years ago
1984

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Girls Just Wanna Have Fun--Cyndi Lauper (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): People are People--Depeche Mode (3rd week at #1)

Law
The Canadian Parliament passed a bill creating the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), a civilian security agency to replace the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Security Service when dealing with espionage and terrorism.

Baseball
The Detroit Tigers defeated the California Angels 8-2 at Tiger Stadium to lift their record to 26-4, the best start in major league history.

25 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in Finland (Finnish Singles Chart): The Look--Roxette

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Hand on Your Heart--Kylie Minogue

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Prince of Wales Conference Finals
Montreal 4 @ Philadelphia 2 (Montreal won best-of-seven series 4-2)

Baseball
The Detroit Tigers, with the worst record in baseball, suffered a humiliating 3-1 loss in Toledo to their AAA farm team, the Toledo Mud Hens. Mud Hens' manager John Wockenfuss, a 40-year-old former Tigers' catcher, who had never pitched in the major leagues, was the winning pitcher.

20 years ago
1994

Died on this date
Timothy Carey, 65. U.S. actor. Mr. Carey was known for supporting roles in the movies The Killing (1956) and Paths of Glory (1957)--both directed by Stanley Kubrick--and for playing psychotic and violent characters in numerous other films. He produced, directed and starred in The World's Greatest Sinner (1962), a rarely-seen movie that has attained cult status.

Politics and government
Mario Dumont, 23, succeeded retiring Jean Allaire, 62, as leader of Action démocratique du Québec (ADQ), a party which was preparing for the Quebec provincial election to be held later in the year. Mr. Dumont did not yet hold a seat in the Quebec National Assembly.