Former Harlem Globetrotter legend Meadowlark Lemon turns 81 today. Meadowlark played with the Globetrotters from 1955 until 1980. When I was growing up the Harlem Globetrotters stars were Meadowlark and the […]
On this day in 1956 Rocky Marciano announced he was retiring from boxing. He had turned professional in 1947 and retired with a record of 49-0-0. He had won the […]
The Greatest Athlete To Wear #10 is Pele. A number of notable #10’s-in soccer- aka football- Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldo, Robert Baggio… and Diego Maradona. It was hard picking between Pele and Maradona for ‘the […]
Omar Vizquel turns 46 today. Omar Vizquel is one of the finest defensive shortstops in baseball history. He won 9 Gold Gloves in a row and 11 total. He started […]
The United States Library of Congress was established on this day in 1800 when President John Adams signed legislation to appropriate $5000 to purchase ‘such books as necessary for the […]
On this day in 1953 Winston Churchill became Sir Winston Churchill as he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. At the time he was in his second go around as […]
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