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Events on Tuesday 4 July 1939 1
1939Lou Gehrig's farewell speechThe luckiest man on the face of the earthLou Gehrig had been diagnosed with ALS, and at Yankee Stadium he called himself the luckiest man on the face of the earth. His streak of 2,130 consecutive games had ended weeks earlier. The speech is one of the best-known moments in American sport.