Lou Gehrig smacks a double against the White Sox in 1938.
On this day in 1943, work was completed on the Pentagon and it was dedicated as the world’s largest office building located just outside
Washington, DC, in Arlington, VA. The structure covers 34 acres of
land and has 17 miles of corridors.
The first National Football League (NFL) Super Bowl was played on
this day in 1967. The Green Bay Packers defeated the Kansas City
Chiefs of the American Football League. The final score was 35-10.
Even though ticket prices averaged just $12, it was the only Super Bowl that
didn’t sell out. The game aired on two different networks, NBC and CBS and
drew in an audience of more than 61,000 fans. The popularity of the event
continued to grow after the leagues integrated.
Super Bowl I – Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
The Packers quarterback Bart Starr.
Football great and TV commentator Frank Gifford (second from left).
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On this day in 1997, Timothy McVeigh, a former U.S. Army soldier,
was convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role
in the 1995 terrorist bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal
Building in Oklahoma City.
Elizabeth was crowned queen of England at Westminster Abbey on
this day in 1953.
Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary) turned 92 in April.
On this day in 1979, Pope John Paul II arrived in his native Poland on
the first visit by a pope to a Communist country. The Pope is shown
kissing Polish ground upon his first return to his country.
It was on this day in 1941.
On July 4, 1939, Lou Gehrig delivered his famed "Luckiest Man"
speech in front of a sold out crowd in Yankee Stadium.
Babe Ruth attends the open casket funeral of Lou Gehrig on June
4, 1941.
Henry Louis Gehrig (born "Heinrich Ludwig Gehrig")
(June 19, 1903 – June 2, 1941)