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Born on the same date a few years apart, Primo Carnera would take the Heavyweight Championship from Jack Sharkey in 1933. A clip plus boxing card resources.

Remembering August 16, the date which marks the passing of both Babe Ruth in 1948 and Elvis Presley in 1977. Bad day to be a legend.

Happy birthday to Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), with a gallery of Hemingway magazine appearances and cover shots as well as Hemingway resources including a magazine bibliography.

You might say this is Joe Louis’ day. Louis had big victories on June 22 in both 1937 and 38 knocking out James J Braddock and Max Schmeling. Clips of the fights.

Happy birthday to Pistol Pete Maravich with a brief discussion of his career, Pistol Pete magazines and values and a clip of him in action.

A complete reproduction of the original article “What Sank the Lusitania?” from the May 29, 1915 issue of The Scientific American magazine, May 29, 1915.

Happy birthday to home run king Sadaharu Oh (1940 – ), with a look at his career and a quick look at some of the Japanese ballplayers who’ve come to America in recent years.

Happy birthday to silent film actor and professional wrestler Bull Montana (1887-1950). Bull’s featured here on a movie card, also included are some excerpts about his career.

Happy 84th birthday to New York Yankee legend Yogi Berra (b. 1925) with classic images from inside The Sporting News plus some vintage wire photos showing the Hall of Fame backstop.

Details on the huge 50% off sale I’m running on 150-plus magazine titles this week only. Featured titles are The Atlantic Monthly, Harper’s Monthly, North American Review, Yale Review, and others–early 20th Century titles. Half off is my biggest sale ever, don’t miss it!

On this date in 1775 Paul Revere took his ride, but we take a look inside the January 1861 issue of The Atlantic Monthly instead to see where Longfellow actually makes Revere famous through poetry.

Happy birthday to our very dear friend, Turner Classic Movies (1994 – ). How Cablevision on Long Island made me wait so long for TCM. Plus a nice Gone With the Wind movie card illustrating the article.

Looking back to April 8, 1974 when Hank Aaron went deep off of Al Downing to surpass Babe Ruth for the All-Time Home Run record with 715 career home runs.

Paging through the April 7, 1969 issue of Newsweek Magazine and getting retro from ‘69 as they remember the late President Eisenhower, Bill Haley and His Comets, and much more.

Paging through the April 1965 issue of The Police Gazette with reports about baseball, boxing, Kim Novak, plus a little history of the magazine.