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‘HIGH’ BALL CAUGHT ON THIS DAY IN 1926

In this rare news photograph, Babe Ruth  has just caught a baseball dropped
from an airplane at Mitchel Field (an early New York airport) in Garden City,
Long Island. The New York Times reports Ruth donned an army uniform to
drum up publicity for the Citizens Military Training Camps.

According to the Times account, Six times, baseballs were dropped from the
airplane and Ruth was sweating up a storm, running all over the field trying to
catch one. On the seventh attempt, Ruth caught a baseball from 300 feet up.

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FILM RELEASED 25 YEARS AGO TODAY

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Michael Keaton

Batman, a 1989 film directed by Tim Burton and produced by Jon
Peters, is the first installment of the Warner Bros.initial Batman
film series
 and was a critical and financial success, earning over
$400 million in box office totals.

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PROMOTING HIS FIRST BIG MOVIE ROLE

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1957

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IT WAS 75 YEARS AGO!

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Batman
made his debut in Detective Comics #27 (May 1939). He
was created by artist
Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger. Originally
referred to as "the Bat-Man."

Batman became a popular character soon after his introduction
and gained his own comic book title, Batman, in 1940.

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OWN A PIECE OF THE KING’S HISTORY!

Honeymoon_Hideaway 

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Pictured bottom right is Elvis Presley and his bride Priscilla

The "Honeymoon House" in Palm Springs, Calif., that has operated as an Elvis
Presley museum and rental for several years, offering tours, is up for sale. The
home’s listing explains that the "King of Rock and Roll" spent his honeymoon at
the home in 1967. The selling priceā€¦ just $9.5 million.

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