Births on October 4

Frankie Crosetti

Born on October 4, 1910

Frankie Crosetti, American baseball player and coach (d. 2002)

Frank Peter Joseph Crosetti (October 4, 1910 – February 11, 2002) was an American baseball shortstop. Nicknamed "The Crow", he spent his whole seventeen-year Major League Baseball playing career with the New York Yankees before becoming a coach with the franchise for an additional twenty seasons. As a player and third base coach for the Yankees, Crosetti was part of seventeen World Championship teams and 23 World Series participants overall (1932–1964), the most of any individual.

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Events on 1910

11 May

Glacier National Park (U.S.)
An act of the U.S. Congress establishes Glacier National Park in Montana.
4 Jul

Jack Johnson (boxer)
African-American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out white boxer Jim Jeffries in a heavyweight boxing match, sparking race riots across the United States.
15 Jul

Alzheimer's disease
In his book Clinical Psychiatry, Emil Kraepelin gives a name to Alzheimer's disease, naming it after his colleague Alois Alzheimer.
18 Sep

Suffrage
In Amsterdam, 25,000 demonstrate for general suffrage.
7 Nov

Wright brothers
The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse.

Births on October 4

Frankie Crosetti

Born on October 4, 1910

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Events on 1910

Glacier National Park (U.S.)

Jack Johnson (boxer)

Alzheimer's disease

Suffrage

Wright brothers