Tag: April 30
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This Day in Pop Culture for April 30
1939: Lou Gehrig Plays His Last Game Lou Gehrig, baseball first baseman for the New York Yankees, played an incredible 17 seasons for the team before retiring on this day in 1939. A seven-time All-Star and six-time World Series champion, Gehrig won the Triple Crown in 1934 and was twice named the American League’s “Most…