Babe Ruth becomes the first player in Major League Baseball to hit 60 home runs. His record would stand until 1961.
James Meredith escorted onto Ole Miss campus
U.S. Marshals escort James Meredith, an African-American Air Force veteran, onto the campus of the University of Mississippi a midst severe rioting, officially integrating the school.
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