August 20. Baseball record for Grand Slam Home Runs is set by Lou Gehrig in 1938.

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August 20, 1938.  Baseball record for Grand Slam Home Runs is set by Lou Gehrig at 23.

News Photograph of Lou Gehrig as he appeared in 1932 in Yankee Stadium.

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August 20. Al Lopez is born in 1908.

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August 19. East Coast Newspapers start California Gold Rush in 1939.