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| U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for May 2 | ||
| By: PR Newswire Association LLC. - 02 May 2015 | Back to overview list |
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WASHINGTON, May 2, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau: IRON HORSE Profile America — Saturday, May 2nd. One of major league baseball's most dramatic and poignant moments occurred on this date in 1939. The New York Yankees' famously durable first baseman, Lou Gehrig, removed himself from the lineup, breaking his streak of 2,130 consecutive games played. Gehrig never played again, and was shortly diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. That wasting — usually fatal — disease, in fact took his life in another two years. In return, he gave it its unofficial name. May is ALS Awareness Month, noting that 12,000 Americans are diagnosed with ALS, with some 5,600 new cases reported each year. Research into treatments and a cure for this scourge takes place in many of the nation's 6,700 medical laboratories and 6,700 hospitals. Profile America is beginning its 19th year as a public service of the U.S. Census Bureau. Sources: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/gehrig-ends-streak Profile America is produced by the Center for New Media and Promotions of the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available as produced segments, ready to air, on the Internet at http://www.census.gov (look for "Multimedia Gallery" by the "Newsroom" button). Logo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110428/DC91889LOGO
SOURCE U.S. Census Bureau 
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