1943 – Joe DiMaggio (New York Yankees) joined the U.S. Army as a voluntary inductee.
No jokes here, the man was a legend and served his country. Also lost a bunch of statistical years due to WWII. As Ted Williams said, “Joe DiMaggio was the greatest all-around player I ever saw.”
1996 – World chess champion Garry Kasparov beat the IBM supercomputer “Deep Blue” in Philadelphia, PA.
Rumored that Kasparov upon winning stood up and screamed “Suck it computer!” and broke into a Prime Time dance.
1963-On this day the greatest basketball player to ever walk the earth was born in Brooklyn, New York, later moving to Wilmington, North Carolina. Michael Jordan finished with 6 rings, 5 MVPS, 24 All-Star appearances, 6 Finals MVPS, 10 Scoring Titles, and won Rookie of the year among many other accolades. Jordan is the standard for which every basketball player strives to be. Love him or hate him, but you gotta respect him.
