Joe DiMaggio dies at 84 Associated Press. HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -- Joe DiMaggio, the elegant Yankee Clipper whose 56-game hitting streak endures as one of the most remarkable records in baseball or any ...

2005 — Tiger Woods records another ruthless performance at St. Andrews, closing with a 2-under 70 to win the British Open for his 10th career major. He wins by five shots, the largest margin in any ...

Joe DiMaggio only ever asked one person to sign a baseball for him — Mikhail Gorbachev. In 1987, the Yankee Clipper was invited by the Reagan White House to a state dinner honoring the Russian ...

JOE DiMAGGIO: The Hero's Story. By Richard Ben Cramer. Simon & ... brief responses by the ballplayer define the tension from which DiMaggio was never free until his death last year at 84.

Writing an unofficial biography is a game. The author (in this case Richard Ben Cramer) tries to reach friends and acquaintances before the subject (Joe DiMaggio) can swear them to secrecy.

Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio at the premiere of her movie “The Seven Year Itch” on June 2, 1955. AP. DiMaggio, who was 12 years Monroe’s senior, had just retired from the New York Yankees.

A timeline of Joe DiMaggio's life. 1900 February: Baseball’s American League is founded. 1914 August: Triggered by the murder of Archduke Francis Ferdinand in Sarajevo, European nations stumble ...

Betty Bonney, a singer who was a favorite of jitterbuggers and other musical hepcats of the swing era with hit recordings such as “Joltin’ Joe DiMaggio,” which celebrated the New York ...