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6 days ago · The still accelerating Harley-Davidson passed Feller going 86 mph (138 km/h), yet even with a generous head start the ball beat the bike to the target by several feet. Feller's throw was calculated at the time to have reached 98.6 mph (158.7 km/h), later raised to 104 mph (167 km/h) using updated measuring methods.: 27
1 day ago · The following is a list of notable deaths in November 2019 . Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
2 days ago · Induction. 1982. Vote. 97.8% (first ballot) Henry " Hank " Louis Aaron (February 5, 1934 – January 22, 2021), nicknamed " Hammer " or " Hammerin' Hank ", was an American professional baseball right fielder and designated hitter who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), from 1954 through 1976. Considered one of the greatest ...
5 days ago · Venus Ebony Starr Williams [2] (born June 17, 1980) [3] is an American professional tennis player. A former world No. 1 in both singles and doubles, Williams has won seven Grand Slam singles titles, five at Wimbledon and two at the US Open. [4] She is widely regarded as one of the greatest female tennis players of all time.
6 days ago · His father was a Virginia planter who served as a delegate to the Continental Congress from 1774–77, signed the Declaration of Independence, and was Governor of Virginia from 1781–84. William Henry Harrison's brother, Carter B. Harrison, later became a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Virginia.
3 days ago · Major League Baseball agreed to let Griffith move his team to the Minneapolis-St. Paul region and allowed a new Senators team to be formed in Washington for the 1961 season. [35] Asked nearly two decades later why he moved the team, Griffith replied, "I'll tell you why we came to Minnesota, it was when I found out you only had 15,000 blacks here.
2 days ago · The City Series was the name of baseball games played between the Philadelphia Athletics and the Philadelphia Phillies of the National League, that ran from 1903 through 1955. After the A's move to Kansas City in 1955, the City Series rivalry came to an end. Since the introduction of interleague play in 1997, the teams have since faced each ...
