Cooperstown philanthropist Stephen C. Clark – seeking a way
to celebrate and protect the National Pastime as well as an
economic engine for Cooperstown – asked National League
president Ford C. Frick if he would support the establishment
of a Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.

The idea was welcomed, and in 1936 the inaugural Hall of Fame
class of Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, Babe
Ruth and Honus Wagner was elected.

Stephen Carlton Clark
(August 29, 1882 – September 17, 1960)

Fans gather in front of the Hall of Fame on June 12, 1939 for
the first induction ceremony.

COOPERSTOWN, NY – JULY, 1939. The first inductees to
the Baseball Hall of Fame pose for a group portrait in Cooperstown in July of 1939. They are: top row left to
right Honus Wagner, Grover Cleveland Alexander, Tris
Speaker, Nap Lajoie, George Sisler, and Walter Johnson.
Front row Eddie Collins, Babe Ruth, Connie Mack, and
Cy Young.

Two-time Olympic gold medalist and Pro Football Hall of Fame
member James Francis "Jim" Thorpe came into this world on
this day in history, May 28, 1888.

Born in a one-room cabin in the geographical area that is now
Oklahoma, Thorpe was raised by Hiram and Charlotte Vieux
Thorpe on the Sac and Fox reservation, according to the
Oklahoma Historical Society.

Thorpe was given the Native American name "Wa-tho-huck,"
meaning "Bright Path" in Sac and Fox language.

This name would quickly turn prophetic, as Thorpe would
establish himself as one of the athletic superstars of the
20th century.         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         

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.

(NBC) CHARLOTTE, N.C. — As NASCAR celebrates its 75th
anniversary season, its Hall of Fame inducted three men
whose careers collectively spanned from the sport’s
beginnings to recent times.

Matt Kenseth, Hershel McGriff and Kirk Shelmerdine (above) 
were inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame on Friday night,
becoming the Hall’s 13th class.

Breakfast at tiffany’s (1961)

Audrey Hepburn (born Audrey Kathleen Ruston)
4 May 1929 – 20 January 1993)

Recognized as both a film and fashion icon, she was ranked
by the American Film Institute as the third-greatest female
screen legend from the Classical Hollywood cinema and was
inducted into the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame.

Hepburn’s grave in Tolochenaz, Switzerland.