July 4. Lou Gehrig gives ' luckiest man ' speech, 1939

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July 4, 1939. In Yankee Stadium, after diagnosis with a crippling disease, Lou Gehrig bids farewell to the fans of New York.

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July 4. Mickey Welch is born in 1859.