Opening of the Baseball Hall of Fame
On June 12, 1939, the Baseball Hall of Fame opened in Cooperstown, New York.
On June 12, 1939, the Baseball Hall of Fame opened in Cooperstown, New York.
On May 2, 1920, the first game of the Negro National Baseball League was played in Indianapolis, Indiana.
On April 18, 1923, the Yankees played their first game in “The House that Ruth Built.”
Major League Baseball’s first Black player, Jackie Robinson, was born on January 31, 1919, in Cairo, Georgia.
On January 15, 1892, Dr. James Naismith published the rules for a sport he’d invented – basketball.
On November 6, 1869, Rutgers College and the College of New Jersey (later named Princeton) played the first game of intercollegiate football in America.
Born on September 12, 1913, Jesse Owens broke several track and field records and won four Olympic gold medals. He was ranked as the greatest athlete in the history of his sport.
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.
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.