Koufax’s total of 18 strikeouts in the game broke Dizzy Dean’s 26-
year-old National League record, and tied the major league record
held by Cleveland Indian ace Bob Feller.

SANDY KOZEL

1954 Topps Hank Aaron Rookie Card

On this day in 1954, Hank Aaron hit the first of his 755 major-league
home runs.

James Earl Ray (March 10, 1928 – April 23, 1998)

James Earl Ray, the convicted assassin of civil rights leader 
Martin Luther King Jr.,died at age 70 in a Nashville hospital
from complications related to kidney disease and liver failure
caused by hepatitis C.

CAMILLE BOHANNON

Adolf Hitler ( April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945) 

THE CUBAN EXODUS BEGAN ON THIS DAY IN 1980.

On this day in 1939, Ted Williams made his Major League
Baseball debut with the Boston Red Sox.

SANDY KOZEL

On this day in 1912.

On this day in 1865

Jackie Robinson became the first African American player in
Major League Baseball on this day in 1947.

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

ED DONAHUE

On this day in 2005 Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, center, blesses
the coffin containing the body of Pope John Paul II during his
funeral mass in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican.

Pablo Ruiz y Picasso (October 25, 1881 – April 8, 1973)

It was on this day in 1974.