On February 27, 2006, baseball pioneer Effa Manley became the
first woman elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Manley, who
died in 1981, was co-owner of the Newark (New Jersey) Eagles,
a Negro League powerhouse, and a huge advocate for Black
ballplayers and civil rights causes.

Photo of Effa in a Newark Eagles ball cap while being
instructed on how to hold a bat by one of her players.

Today is the day to go back in time. It’s National Retro Day!

It’s your day to look back – and think of easy times.

According to National Day Calendar, Hermelinda A. Aguilar
and Robert and Tina Duran founded National Retro Day to
take a look back at how life was before social media, the
internet, and smartphones became a necessity of our daily
lives.

Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor
(27 February 1932 – 23 March 2011)

Elizabeth Taylor began her career as a child actress in the early
1940s and was one of the most popular stars of the classical
Hollywood cinema in the 1950s. She then became the world’s
highest paid movie star in the 1960s, remaining a well-known
public figure for the rest of her life. In 1999, the American Film
Institute ranked her seventh on its greatest female screen
legends list.

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Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra in the 1963 epic drama film.

On February 27, 1827, a group of masked and costumed
students danced through the streets of New Orleans,
Louisiana, marking the beginning of the city’s famous
Mardi Gras celebrations.

Mardi Gras is French for "Fat Tuesday", reflecting the
practice of the last night of consuming rich, fatty foods
in preparation for the fasting season of Lent.

A beloved figure in the NASCAR broadcasting world has
died. 

Andrew Lorenz, a former driver turned media figure,
passed away following an illness.

Lorenz, who played an important role behind the scenes
in the NASCAR world, had been dealing with heart issues
and was hospitalized for 10 days and under Hospice care
for 12 days.