Alexander Peter Grammas was an American professional baseball infielder, manager and coach. A native of Birmingham, Alabama, Grammas played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Redlegs and Chicago Cubs. He threw and batted right-handed, and was listed as 6 feet (1.83 m) tall and 175 pounds (79 kg). Grammas's family origins are from Agios Dimitrios, Greece.

1926Gus Grissom, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 1967)^[†]

Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom was an American engineer and pilot in the United States Air Force, as well as one of the original Mercury Seven selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for Project Mercury, a program to train and launch astronauts into outer space. Grissom went on to be a Project Gemini and Apollo program astronaut for NASA. As a member of the NASA Astronaut Corps, Grissom was the second American to fly in space in 1961. He was also the second American to fly in space twice, preceded only by Joe Walker with his sub-orbital X-15 flights.

Headlines from April 3, 1926

Mitchell Got $1,027 Pay for Hour's Flying; Made Up Lost Time of Trial Before Resigning

5 Dead, 92 Hurt in Collapse In Mexico City Movie House

COOLIDGE OPPOSES GENEVA INVITATION; Looks With Disfavor on Our Sending a Representative to Explain Reservations. HE THINKS THEY ARE CLEAR Geneva Expresses Astonishment at the Surprise Reported Here Over the League Move.

NORGE PLANS START NORTH ON TUESDAY; Amundsen's Dirigible Will Leave Italy for England if Weather Is Favorable. ITS WIRELESS IS INSTALLED Captain Wilkins Arrives Safely at Point Barrow, Alaska, After Flight From Fairbanks. NORGE PLANS START NORTH ON TUESDAY

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