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1985Gooden becomes youngest 20-game winner in history
On August 25, 1985, New York Mets pitcher Dwight Gooden becomes the youngest 20-game winner in Major League Baseball history.
Friday, August 25, 2017
Wednesday, August 23, 2017
Tuesday, August 15, 2017
Wild Weekend
On this day in 1969, the Woodstock Music Festival opens on a patch of farmland in White Lake, a hamlet in the upstate New York town of Bethel.
Monday, August 14, 2017
Thursday, August 10, 2017
Rose sets record
On this day in 1981, Pete Rose of the Philadelphia Phillies gets the 3,631st hit of his baseball career, breaking Stan Musial’s record for most hits by a National Leaguer. The record-breaking hit came in a game against the St. Louis Cardinals, the team with whom Musial had spent his entire career, and the former hits king was on hand to congratulate Rose.
Wednesday, August 9, 2017
Nagasaki Bombed
Nagasaki Bombed
On this day in 1945, a second atom bomb is dropped on Japan by the United States, at Nagasaki, resulting finally in Japan’s unconditional surrender.
On this day in 1945, a second atom bomb is dropped on Japan by the United States, at Nagasaki, resulting finally in Japan’s unconditional surrender.
Tuesday, August 8, 2017
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