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Top News // 5 years ago
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On July 4, 1939, Lou Gehrig gave his "luckiest man on the face of the Earth" speech in announcing his retirement from the New York Yankees.
The Almanac
Top News // 6 years ago
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In 1997, NASA's Pathfinder reached Mars to become the first U.S. spacecraft to land on the planet in more than two decades.
The Almanac
Top News // 7 years ago
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On July 4, 1910, African American boxer Jack Johnson took on former undefeated heavyweight champion James J. Jeffries, beating him in 15 rounds, to stake his claim as the as the greatest heavyweight in the world.
Top News // 2 decades ago
Sister of advice columnists dies
Helen Brodkey, the sister of advice columnists Abigail Van Buren and Ann Landers, died at the age of 92, in Omaha.
Top News // 2 decades ago
Ann Landers-Dear Abby feud on again
The daughter of the late advice columnist Ann Landers says her cousin and Dear Abby columnist Jeanne Phillips is trying to cash in on her aunt's death.
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'Ann Landers' dead at 83
"Eppie" Lederer, better known as Ann Landers, the world's most widely syndicated newspaper columnist, died Saturday afternoon. She was 83.

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Dear Abby is the name of the advice column founded in 1956 by Pauline Phillips under the pen name Abigail Van Buren and carried on today by her daughter, Jeanne Phillips, who now owns the legal rights to the pen name.

According to Pauline Phillips, she came up with the pen name, Abigail Van Buren, by combining the name of a biblical figure, Abigail in the Book of Samuel, with the last name of former U.S. President Martin Van Buren.

The column was syndicated by McNaught Syndicate from 1956 until 1966, when it moved to Universal Press Syndicate. Dear Abby's current syndication company claims the column is known for its "uncommon common sense and youthful perspective".

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