Seventy-five years ago, on this day, May 25, two athletes accomplished great things in their careers.
On May 25, 1935, Babe Ruth hit the last three homeruns of his baseball career. He hit homeruns #712, #713 and #714 playing for the Boston Braves. They lost that game 11-7 to the Pittsburgh Pirates, and Babe Ruth retired from baseball just a few days later, after setting a lifetime record of homeruns that would stand for 39 years.
On the same day -- within a 45-minute time period -- Jesse Owens broke three world records and tied a fourth at the Big Ten's Western Conference Outdoor Track and Field Meet in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He was an Ohio State University sophomore, and 10,000 people showed up to see what he would do that day. He, indeed, gave them something to talk about: he tied the world record for the 100-yard dash and set new records in the broad jump, 200-yard dash and the hurdles.
Do you know someone who has accomplished something important? Maybe it's important on a world-wide scale, maybe it's only important to them. No matter the scope, write them a letter of congratulations. They deserve to hear that you're proud of them!
Letter writing topic for May 25, 2010
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