Mickey Charles Mantle (October 20, 1931 – August 13, 1995)

Baseball legend Mickey Mantle hit 536 home runs and led the New
York Yankees to seven World Series wins in the 1950s and ’60s.

On August 22, 1989, Nolan Ryan of the Texas Rangers became
the first pitcher in major league history to registered 5,000 career strikeouts. Ryan would go on to rack up a total of 5,714 strikeouts,
over 1,500 more than his closest competition.

Lynn Nolan Ryan Jr. ("the Ryan Express") is78 years old.

Former New York Yankees star Mickey Mantle died of liver
cancer at the age of 63. While he patrolled center field and
batted clean-up between 1951 and 1968, the Yankees won
12 American League pennants and seven World Series
championships.

In 2025, Deion "Coach Prime" Sanders is the head football coach
at the University of Colorado, entering his third season with the Buffaloes. He recently recovered from a scare with bladder cancer,
with his doctor declaring him cured after surgery.

Sanders is focused on the upcoming season, where Colorado
aims to compete for the Big 12 title and a College Football
Playoff berth. He is also managing his son Shedeur Sanders’
transition to the NFL, where Shedeur is starting for the
Cleveland Browns.

On July 11, 1914, in his major league debut, George Herman
“Babe” Ruth pitched seven strong innings to lead the Boston
Red Sox over the Cleveland Indians (now the Cleveland
Guardians), 4-3.

George Herman "Babe" Ruth
(February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948)