Lou Gehrig Events

1939 Jul 4 Lou Gehrig Delivers His "Luckiest Man" Farewell Speech
"Fans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about the bad break I got. Yet today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth. I have been in ballparks for seventeen..." —Lou Gehrig at Yankee Stadium on July 4, 1939
1995 Sep 6 Cal Ripken Jr. Sets Consecutive Games Played Record
With Grace, Ripken Becomes a Legend By Mark Maske Washington Post Staff Writer September 7, 1995 BALTIMORE, SEPT. 6 — Now Cal Ripken stands alone. The Baltimore Orioles' non...