Deaths: *1941 - Lou Gehrig, New York Yankees baseball player, from Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ("Lou Gehrig's Disease"). Events: *1925 - [Wally Pipp]?, first baseman of the New York Yankees, asks for a day off due to a headache. He is replaced in the lineup by Lou Gehrig, who also starts the next 2,128 games. |
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