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Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977)

                 

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Madonna Louise Ciccone is 58 years young today.

Madonna grew up in an Italian-American household and was a straight A
student, as well as a cheerleader, in high school. After earning a degree
from the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance, she
moved to New York City to pursue dance. She received a Golden Globe
Award for Best Actress for her role as Eva Peron in the 1997 film Evita.

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REVIEWING PAST NEWS EVENTS

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Mickey Charles (“The Mick”) Mantle  
(October 20, 1931 – August 13, 1995)

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BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1918


Harold Peter Henry "Pee Wee" Reese
(July 23, 1918 – August 14, 1999)

Baseball player “Pee Wee” Reese was a 10-time MLB All-Star shortstop for the
Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers from 1940 to 1958. He helped lead the team
to a World Series Championship in 1955. Reese got his nickname, "Pee Wee,"
by being a champion marbles player. After retiring in 1958, he became manager
of the the Dodgers’ and led the team to another World Series Championship
in 1959.

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ACTOR BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1921


Kevin Joseph "Chuck" Connors (April 10, 1921 – November 10, 1992)

Connors played the role of frontiersman Lucas McCain on the ABC-TV series The Rifleman (1958-1963). He was both a professional basketball and baseball player
before turning to acting.

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A BASEBALL CARD FIND OF A LIFETIME!

One of seven identical Ty Cobb baseball cards — a baseball card find of a lifetime — that were found in a crumpled paper bag in a dilapidated house. The back of one of the Ty Cobb baseball cards.
The front and back of one of the Ty Cobb baseball cards found.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — From a crumpled paper bag in a dilapidated house came 
a baseball card find of a lifetime. Seven of them, actually.

Card experts in Southern California said Wednesday that they have verified the 
legitimacy and seven-figure total value of seven identical Ty Cobb cards from
the printing period of 1909 to 1911. Before the recent find. there were only
about 15 known to still exist.

Joe Orlando, the president of Professional Sports Authenticator in Newport 
Beach, California, who verified the find, said it is "spectacular" and “miraculous”
to have come across such a cache.

Orlando said in a statement…."I am not sure if any other baseball card find is
more remarkable than this new discovery.”

 


Tyrus Raymond "Ty" Cobb  (December 18, 1886 – July 17, 1961)

Ty Cobb, nicknamed "The Georgia Peach", was an Major League Baseball
outfielder. He was born in rural Narrows, Georgia. Cobb spent 22 seasons
with the Detroit Tigers, the last six as the team’s player-manager, and finished
his career with the Philadelphia Athletics.

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