DANTE OUT FOR REST OF SEASON IN LOSS TO BLACK GUELPHS

MVP SEASON ENDED January 27, 1302 Florence, Italy Dante Alighieri, star of the Florence White Guelphs and league MVP last year, is out for the season after sustaining an injury…

STALWART WALLY PIPP TAKES A DAY OFF

HE’LL BE BACK TOMORROW June 2, 1925 The Bronx, New York Wally Pipp, a fixture at first base for the last ten years, took a day off today, and the…

CALIGULA’S RACEHORSE THROWS DINNER PARTY

CELEBRATES NEW MARBLE STALL Rome A Summer Night, A.D. 38 Rome Incitatus is the most popular person in Rome these days, even though he’s not a person. He’s the emperor’s…

GENERAL WASHINGTON BETRAYED BY HIS OWN OFFICERS

December 4, 1783 New York City HUMILIATED BY INGRATES! General George Washington was shot in the back. The shots came from those who should have been his most trusted friends:…