Henry Louis "Hank" Aaron, nicknamed "Hammer," or "Hammerin’ Hank," is
79 today. He is considered to be one of the greatest baseball players of all
time.

Lavonne "Pepper" Paire Davis (May 29, 1924 – February 3, 2013)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lavonne "Pepper" Paire-Davis, a star of the All
American Girls Professional Baseball League in the 1940s has died. Her
son, William Davis told the Associated Press she died of natural causes
in the Van Nuys section of Los Angeles on Saturday.

Paire-Davis was a model for the character played by Geena Davis in the
1992 hit "A League of Their Own," which also starred Rosie O’Donnell,
Madonna and Tom Hanks. as the team manager.

In 1944, Paire-Davis joined the league, created out of fear that World War
II would interrupt Major League Baseball, and played for 10 seasons. She
was a catcher and shortstop, and helped her teams win five championships.

The team 

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The First AFL-NFL World Championship Game, later known as Super Bowl I ,
was played on January 15, 1967 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in
Los Angeles, California. The National Football League (NFL) champion
Green Bay Packers defeated the American Football League (AFL)
champion Kansas City Chiefs by a score of 35–10.

Game MVP, Packers quarterback Bart Starr

   Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson (January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972)

Jackie Robinson became the first black Major League Baseball player since the
1880s when he debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. He was elected to
the Hall of Fame in 1962, his first year of eligibility. Robinson was a key factor
when the Dodgers won the 1955 World Series beating the Yankees in 7 games.