June 10, 1942: The Lidice Massacre

June 10, 1942: The Nazis perpetrate the Lidice massacre in Czechoslovakia, as revenge for the assassination of "Protector" Reinhard Heydrich.

All 173 men over 15 years of age from the village were executed. Another 11 men who were not in the village were arrested and executed soon afterwards, along with several others already under arrest. The 184 women and 88 children were deported to concentration camps. A few children considered racially suitable for Germanisation were handed over to SS families, and the rest were sent to the Chełmno extermination camp, where they were gassed to death.

About 340 people from Lidice died because of the German reprisal. After the war ended, only 153 women and 17 children returned.

This is why you stop Nazis before they get the power to do this.

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June 10, 1942 was a Wednesday. These baseball games were played:

* The New York Yankees lost to the Detroit Tigers, 4-1 at Yankee Stadium. Johnny Murphy, in relief of Marv Breuer, gave up a home run to Ned Harris in the top of the 11th inning. Al Benton went the distance for win. Joe DiMaggio went 0-for-4 with a walk.

* The New York Giants beat the Cincinnati Reds, 6-1 at Crosley Field in Cincinnati. Mel Ott went 0-for-3 with a walk.

* The Boston Red Sox beat the St. Louis Browns, 10-3 at Fenway Park in Boston. Ted Williams went 0-for-3 with 2 walks, but had an RBIs on 2 groundouts.

* The Chicago White Sox beat the Philadelphia Athletics, 4-1 at Shibe Park in Philadelphia.

* The Cleveland Indians beat the Washington Senators, 4-3 at Griffith Stadium in Washington. In the top of the 12th, Red Embree grounded to short, a fielder's choice that scored Ray Mack with the winning run.

* The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Boston Braves, 3-0 at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. Rip Sewell pitched a 4-hit shutout. Former Pirate Paul Waner went 1-for-3 with a walk for the Braves.

* The Chicago Cubs beat the Philadelphia Phillies, 5-2 at Wrigley Field in Chicago.

* And the Brooklyn Dodgers and the St. Louis Cardinals were rained out at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis. The game was made up on August 27. The Dodgers won, 4-1. Curt Davis went the distance, and had 2 RBIs in his own cause. Rookie Stan Musial went 1-for-4.