July 5
This Day in Yankees History
The championships, trades, and milestones that happened on this date across 120+ years of Yankees baseball.
No franchise-defining moment landed on July 5-- but Yankees history never sits quiet for long. Here's what happened around this date.
Around This Week
Record / MilestoneJuly 6, 1933
The First MLB All-Star Game
Ruth's home run won the first All-Star Game on July 6, 1933, at Comiskey Park.
Retirement / CeremonyJuly 4, 1939
Lou Gehrig's Farewell Speech
Lou Gehrig delivers his famous "luckiest man on the face of the earth" speech at Yankee Stadium after his ALS diagnosis.