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The Yankee duo reunited – Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth (r) on Lou Gehrig Day (July 4, 1939). Lou Gehrig's number 4 was retired by the New York Yankees in 1939.. The 1939 season would be the final time Yankees fans saw the team's starting veteran first baseman Lou Gehrig in action and in the uniform of the team he played for many years, given his declining health.
The Yankees held notable ballpark celebrations to recognize the careers of two of their all-time greats, first for Lou Gehrig on July 4, 1939 (several weeks after he was forced to retire young because of ALS), [4] and Babe Ruth in April 1948. [5] Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day was held on July 4, 1939, and remains baseball's most famous such ...
The 1939 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the seventh playing of the mid-summer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 11, 1939, at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, New York City, the home of the New York Yankees of the ...
The fast food chain is giving away free medium fries each Friday for McDonald’s app users with a minimum purchase of $1. The salty deal will last until Dec. 31. The salty deal will last until ...
The 1939 World Series featured the three-time defending champion New York Yankees against the Cincinnati Reds, who were making their first Series appearance since winning the scandal-tainted 1919 World Series. The Yankees swept the Series in four games for the second straight year, winning their record fourth consecutive title (they would later ...
In honor of National French Fry Day on July 12, the fast-food chain is serving up its word-famous fries -- for free. Here's how to get them.
The free Big Mac offer launches the first of McDonald’s’ 12 days of free menu items, adding a bit of holiday magic to the season. See: How Much Is McDonald’s Worth?
The McDonald's 1984 Olympics promotion was a food giveaway blunder that ended up costing the fast-food restaurant chain much more than expected, when the Soviet Union and their Eastern Bloc countries boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California .