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Today in History: September 29, Willie Mays makes “The Catch”

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Sep 29, 2024

Today in History

Today is Sunday, Sept. 29, the 273rd day of 2024. There are 93 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:

On Sept. 29, 1954, Willie Mays of the New York Giants made a running, over-the-shoulder catch of a ball hit by Vic Wirtz of the Cleveland Indians in Game 1 of the 1954 World Series; “The Catch” would become one of the most famous plays in baseball history.

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In 1789, Congress officially established a regular army under the U.S. Constitution.

In 1938, British, French, German and Italian leaders concluded the Munich Agreement, which was aimed at appeasing Adolf Hitler by allowing Nazi annexa

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