Today in history

Today is Thursday, May 4, the 124th day of 2017 and the 46th day of spring. On this date in the SCV: In 1933, The Signal reported that Roy Wingate, secretary at Substation 6, took his car out of the garage and parked it, ready to go to work. After he got ready, he went out and found the car had disappeared. He called the police station and was asked to come to the station and give a description of the car. About six blocks from his home he saw the car, nicely parked at the curb, with brakes set and all. Whoever had tried to steal it pushed it the entire distance, but could not unlock the ignition and start the engine. Roy climbed in, unlocked it and it started as nicely as if it had never been moved.

Today’s Highlights in History:

In 1886, a labor demonstration in Chicago’s Haymarket

Square turned violent when a bomb exploded and

demonstrators began rioting. In 1959, the first Grammy Awards were held. In 1970, Ohio National Guardsmen killed four students at

Kent State University during an anti-war protest. In 1979, Margaret Thatcher became the first female prime

minister in British history. In 1998, “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski was sentenced to four life sentences plus 30 years in Sacramento, California.

Today’s fact: About 14.6 million Americans were members of a labor union in 2016.

Today’s sports: In 1963, Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Bob Shaw set the major league record for balks in a game, with five balks in a 7-5 loss to the Chicago Cubs.

Today’s number: 5 million – copies of Life magazine sold in two days, when the magazine published an excerpt from Ernest Hemingway’s “The Old Man and the Sea” on Sept. 1, 1952. Widely considered Hemingway’s finest work, the novel was awarded the Pulitzer Prize on this day in 1953.

Today’s moon: Between first quarter moon (May 2) and full moon (May 10).