Lou Gehrig Hits Record 23rd Grand Slam
Stepping up to bat in the first inning with the bases loaded, Lou Gehrig hit the 23rd grand slam of his career on August 20, 1938. The Yankees’ “Iron Horse,” his record went unbroken for 75 years.
Stepping up to bat in the first inning with the bases loaded, Lou Gehrig hit the 23rd grand slam of his career on August 20, 1938. The Yankees’ “Iron Horse,” his record went unbroken for 75 years.
Hitting the first pitch he saw, Babe Ruth made history on August 11, 1929, becoming the first player in Major League Baseball history to hit 500 home runs.
The Games of the XXIX Olympiad opened in Beijing, China, on August 8, 2008. The games had the largest TV audience for an event up to that time, the longest torch relay, and the most participants for a Summer Olympics.
On July 20, 1968, Eunice Kennedy Shriver held the first International Special Olympic Games in Chicago, Illinois.
On July 19, 1996, the OLYMPHILEX stamp show opened in Atlanta, Georgia. The 1996 Olympic Games marked an important anniversary – 100 years since the start of the modern Olympic Games.
On May 30, 1911, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway held its first 200-lap, 500-mile race, dubbed the Indianapolis (or Indy) 500. Today, the speedway is the world’s largest sports facility, hosting “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.”
On May 2, 1920, the first game of the Negro National Baseball League was played in Indianapolis, Indiana. The league produced a number of top players that eventually joined the Major Leagues.
Rogers Hornsby, Sr., was born on April 27, 1896, in Winters, Texas. Considered one of the best hitters of all time, some of his records remain unbroken today.
On April 18, 1923, the Yankees played their first game in “The House that Ruth Built.”