June 19th

 On this day in Yankee history... 

1903: Lou Gehrig is born. 

1941: Joe DiMaggio hits in his 32nd consecutive game, en going 3 for 3, including a home run, against the White Sox on the way to 7-2 Yankee win. 

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1961: Roger Maris hits a 9th-inning home run off Kansas City A's pitcher Jim Archer, his 25th of the year, putting him seven games ahead of Babe Ruth's pace in 1927.  

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1979: At the Stadium, 36,211 fans show up to witness the return of Billy Martin as Yankee manager in a 5-4 loss to the Blue Jays. Martin was named to replace Bob Lemon the previous day, and begins his second stint as Yankee skipper a season earlier than previously announced. 

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2015: Alex Rodriguez joins the 3,000 hit club with a 1st-inning homer off Justin Verlander of Detroit. He becomes the 29th member of the club, and the third to do so with a long ball, after Wade Boggs and former teammate Derek Jeter, who in 2011 was the last player to collect the milestone hit.  

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