Quote of the Day
“Let us realize that: the privilege to work is a gift, the power to work is a blessing, the love of work is success!”
- David O. McKay

1927 - Babe Ruth signed a 3-year contract with the New York Yankees for $70,000 a year, making him baseball’s highest paid player.

1962 - On this night, Wilt Camberlain was unstoppable, making 36 field goals and 28 free throws for an even 100 points against the New York Knicks, at Hershey, Pennsylvania, to lead the Philadelphia Warriors to a 169-147 victory, and set a basketball world record.

1974 - Postage stamps for first-class mail jumped from 8 to 10 cents.

Yellowstone National Park in the state of Wyoming has more geysers than any other field known in the world.

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