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2 days ago · Operation Market Garden was an Allied military operation during the Second World War fought in the German-occupied Netherlands from 17 to 25 September 1944. Its objective was to create a 64 mi (103 km) salient into German territory with a bridgehead over the Nederrijn (Lower Rhine River), creating an Allied invasion route into northern Germany. [8]
1 day ago · When the Orioles were the St. Louis Browns, they played in only one World Series, the 1944 matchup against their Sportsman's Park tenants, the Cardinals. The Orioles won the first-ever American League Championship Series in 1969, and in 2012 the Orioles beat the Texas Rangers in the inaugural American League Wild Card game , where for the first ...
2 days ago · He played for the St. Louis Cardinals (1915–1926, 1933), New York Giants (1927), Boston Braves (1928), Chicago Cubs (1929–1932), and St. Louis Browns (1933–1937). He was named the National League (NL)'s Most Valuable Player (MVP) twice, and was a member of one World Series championship team.
May 26, 2024 · May 26, 2024. In September 1944, the Allied armies in western Europe, having broken out of Normandy and liberated Paris, stood poised to enter Germany itself. Hoping to end the war by Christmas, British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery conceived an audacious plan, code-named Market Garden, to seize bridges across the Rhine river in Holland and ...
5 days ago · Josh Gibson becomes MLB career and season batting leader as Negro Leagues statistics incorporated. Satchel Paige (born July 7, 1906?, Mobile, Alabama, U.S.—died June 8, 1982, Kansas City, Missouri) was an American professional baseball pitcher whose prowess became legendary during his many years in the Negro leagues; he finally was allowed to ...
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4 days ago · Possibly the most-notable moment in Browns’ history took place in a game against the Detroit Tigers on August 19, 1951, when publicity-savvy owner Bill Veeck sent to the plate 3-foot 7-inch (1.09-metre) Eddie Gaedel, who walked on four straight pitches. Cal Ripken, Jr., c. 1993. Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver, 1980.
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