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A meeting of two sports legends: New York Yankees icon Babe Ruth pays a visit to Knute Rockne and Notre Dame's football team circa 1926.
▲ 18 r/OldSchoolCool

A meeting of two sports legends: New York Yankees icon Babe Ruth pays a visit to Knute Rockne and Notre Dame's football team circa 1926.

Ruth reportedly joked about trying out for the squad, which would have been rather amusing considering he was already 31 years old by this time.

u/HawkeyeTen — 3 days ago
▲ 39 r/Presidents

98 years ago this month, Calvin Coolidge nominated Genevieve R. Cline to be the first female federal judge in American history, to fill a vacant seat on the US Customs Court. She was successfully confirmed by the Senate on May 25, 1928, and served for 25 years.

She was succeeded in 1953 by Judge Mary H. Donlon, another early female federal judge who was appointed by Eisenhower.

u/HawkeyeTen — 4 days ago
▲ 10 r/TheWayWeWere

The ore would eventually be loaded onto rail cars and taken down to the docks on Lake Superior, where it would join the products of many similar mines in being delivered by ship to steel mills.

u/HawkeyeTen — 17 days ago