On this day: July 4

POSTED: 02:29 PM PDT Jun 27, 2012    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PDT Jul 03, 2012 

A country is born -- and later expands, an "Iron Horse" retires and we lose three presidents, all on this day in history.

July 4 OTD - Lou Gehrig
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Library of Congress

1939: Lou Gehrig, recently diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, tells a crowd at Yankee Stadium that he considers himself "The luckiest man on the face of the Earth" as he announces his retirement from baseball.

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