1902 Chicago White Sox

THE SEASON OF 1902. THE outlook for the new base ball season of 1902 is generally good, although somewhat dubious in spots, owing to the fact that relations between the two major leagues are still somewhat strained while minor league affairs are in tangled shape.

THE AMERICAN LEAGUE: has the best outlook, owing to the fact that it has greatly strengthened its circuit by the substitution of St. Louis for Milwaukee, and has furthermore rounded out its teams with a further infusion of National League star players. Much of the experimental material of the past season has been supplanted by the tried and known veterans, thus making it possible to balance the various teams and assure a close and exciting pennant race. The American League, furthermore, now enjoys the confidence of the public and also occupies the leading place in the base ball world, first, by reason of its all-round strength, and second, by reason of the semi-disorganized and weakened condition of its chief rival.

The Reach Official American League Base Ball Guide.: official American league baseball guide By Reach's official American league base ball guide. Published by A.J. Reach, 1902. Original from Harvard University.

Digitized Jul 25, 2008. Publisher varies: 1883-1927, A. J. Reach; 1928-1934 A. J. Reach, Wright & Ditson, Inc.; 1935-1939 American Sports Publishing Co.

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D-Day: Invasion June 6, 1944

D-Day: Invasion June 6, 1944 - A great invasion force stood off the Normandy coast of France as dawn broke on 6 June 1944: 9 battleships, 23 cruisers, 104 destroyers, and 71 large landing craft of various descriptions as well as troop transports, mine sweepers, and merchantmen—in all, nearly 5,000 ships of every type, the largest armada ever assembled.

The naval bombardment that began at 0550 that morning detonated large minefields along the shoreline and destroyed a number of the enemy's defensive positions. To one correspondent, reporting from the deck of the cruiser HMS Hillary, it sounded like "the rhythmic beating of a gigantic drum" all along the coast.

D»-Day: Invasion June 6, 1944

D-Day: Invasion June 6, 1944, Soldiers wade through surf and German gunfire to secure a beachhead during the Allied Invasion.

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In the hours following the bombardment, more than 100,000 fighting men swept ashore to begin one of the epic assaults of history, a "mighty endeavor," as President Franklin D. Roosevelt described it to the American people, "to preserve … our civilization and to set free a suffering humanity."

The attack had been long in coming. From the moment British forces had been forced to withdraw from France in 1940 in the face of an overwhelming German onslaught, planners had plotted a return to the Continent. Only in that way would the Allies be able to confront the enemy's power on the ground, liberate northwestern Europe, and put an end to the Nazi regime.

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