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COVERED BY LIFE ON THIS DAY IN 1962
BASEBALL ALL-STAR IS 86 TODAY
Willie Howard Mays, Jr. was born in Westfield, Alabama.
Willie Mays is a Hall of Fame outfielder and 24-time All-Star known as the "Say
Hey Kid." He hit 660 home runs for the New York and San Francisco Giants
and the New York Mets and was a 2-time National League MVP as well as a
World Series Champion with the Giants in 1954.

ONE FOR EVERY INSTALLATION PROBLEM
Lucille Ball (left) and Vivian Vance from an episode of The Lucy Show
on CBS. (Original air dates: October 1, 1962 – March 11, 1968)

The series ran on NBC 1957–62 and then on ABC
1962–65. (1959 ad)
BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1867
Denton True "Cy" Young (March 29, 1867 – November 4, 1955)
Legendary 511-game winner Cy Young pitched three no-hitters throughout
his career, including a perfect game on May 5, 1904. He had most of his
success with the Cleveland Spiders and the Boston Americans and Red
Sox. The season-ending award for the top pitcher in the AL and NL was
named after him. He set the record for most career innings pitched with
7,356. Young was born in Gilmore, Ohio and quit school after sixth grade.
Baseball used for the first four innings in Game One of the first
modern World Series in 1903.

OLDEST VESPA SCOOTER UP FOR AUCTION
(FoxNews) – The Vespa scooter was designed as an affordable way to put
Italians back on the road after World War II, but this one’s not cheap.
The oldest-known existing Vespa is being auctioned online at Catawiki.com
and as of this writing it’s closing in on $175,000, with bidding set to end on
March 28.
The fully-documented “Serie 0” was actually the third Vespa built, the first two
having been lost to history. It’s been fully restored, with the paint carefully
stripped off to highlight its early construction methods, which include a hand-
hammered and soldered steel unibody. About 60 of these pre-production
models were manufactured before a formal assembly line was established.


Vespa is an Italian brand of scooter manufactured by Piaggio. The name
means “wasp” in Italian. The Vespa has evolved from a single model motor
scooter manufactured in 1946 by Piaggio & Co. S.p.A. of Pontedera, Italy
to a full line of scooters and one of seven companies today owned by
Piaggio.
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