On May 25, 1935, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Babe
Ruth hit his 714th home run, a record for career home runs that
would stand for almost 40 years. This was one of Ruth’s last games,
and the last home run of his career. Ruth went four for four on the
day, hitting three home runs and driving in six runs.

Babe Ruth touches home plate after his 714th and final home run
at Forbes Field it was his 3rd home run of the game!

SANDY KOZEL

Jack Roosevelt Robinson
(January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972)

On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson, age 28, become the first
African American player in Major League Baseball when he
stepped onto Ebbets Field in Brooklyn to compete for the
Brooklyn Dodgers.

MIKE GRACIA

MIKE GRACIA

Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004)

On January 29, 1936, the U.S. Baseball Hall of Fame elected its first members
in Cooperstown, New York: Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy
Matthewson and Walter Johnson.

The Hall of Fame actually had its beginnings in 1935, when plans
were made to build a museum devoted to baseball and its 100-
year history. A private organization based in Cooperstown called
the Clark Foundation thought that establishing the Baseball Hall
of Fame in their city would help to reinvigorate the area’s
Depression-ravaged economy by attracting tourists.