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  • Babe Ruth Makes Home-Run RecordCreated: 2009-07-02 @ 01:35:04 GMT     Updated: 2009-07-02 @ 01:36:45 GMT
    On September 30, 1927, in the second-to-last game of the season, Babe Ruth hit his 60th home run in a single season, making a new record that lasted for 34 years…
  • Babe Ruth - A Biography of the Famous Baseball Player Babe RuthCreated: 2009-07-01 @ 18:39:45 GMT     Updated: 2009-07-02 @ 01:39:01 GMT
    Babe Ruth is often referred to as the greatest baseball player who ever lived. In 22 seasons, Babe Ruth hit a record 714 home runs. Many of Babe Ruth's numerous records for both pitching and hittin…
  • Where Were You When You First Heard of the Space Shuttle Challenger …Created: 2009-06-23 @ 02:03:13 GMT     
    Some events in history are so memorable that we remember the exact time and place in which we first heard of the event. Where were you on January 28, 1986 when you first heard that the Space Shuttl…
  • 1918 Spanish Flu PandemicCreated: 2009-06-19 @ 01:54:08 GMT     
    In 1918, the garden-variety flu mutated into a deadly virus. This new, lethal virus, which became known as the Spanish flu, swept around the world in three waves, killing an estimated 50 million to…
  • 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic PicturesCreated: 2009-06-18 @ 21:42:41 GMT     
    A fantastic collection of pictures from the deadly 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, including tent hospitals, people wearing preventative masks, a sick child, no spitting signs, and much more…
  • 1918 Spanish Flu Children's RhymeCreated: 2009-06-18 @ 17:45:01 GMT     
    When the Spanish flu killed millions of people around the world in 1918, it affected everyone. While the adults walked around wearing masks, children skipped rope to this rhyme…
  • 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic -- The Spanish Flu That Killed Millions in…Created: 2009-06-18 @ 17:01:26 GMT     Updated: 2009-06-19 @ 01:42:14 GMT
    In three waves, the Spanish flu spread quickly, killing an estimated 50 million to 100 million people around the world…

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