Welcome to the history tricks where any resemblance to a boring old history lesson is purely coincidental.

Hello and welcome to the show time after time after time we referred when we were talking about Althea Gibson to another amazing

athlete, Babe Diddrixen Zaharias. We thought in the interest of spring break, a spring sport, fabulous celebrations of women in sport with the Olympics, you know, coming up.

We thought we would bring you again the story of Babe Diddrixen-Zaharias to refresh your mind.

How can I add anything to that? So without further ado, on with the show.

And here's your 32nd summary.

Babe Dydrichson Zaharias was the best all-round athlete the world has ever seen.

She took names and kicked Petooties all over the track, the court, the alley, the

diamond, and the course. She never met a sport she couldn't conquer. The end. Let's talk about Babe Diedrichson Zaharius.

But first let's drop her into history. In 1930, comic icons Betty Boop and Blondie first appeared. Twinkies were invented, Scotch tape began to be marketed, and the Sanders Court and Cafe opened, eventually ditching gasoline to focus on chicken, Kentucky Fried Chicken, what is formerly known as the planet Pluto was discovered and first photographed.

Happy Days are here again, hit number one in the music charts.

Marlena Dietrich started her

international breakthrough role and Betty Davis signed her first Hollywood movie

contract. The Bank of Italy became the Bank of America. Tim Horton of Hockey and Coffee Fame,

Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong of Space Fame,

Joey and Woodward, Steve McQueen, Sandra Day O'Connor,

Harvey Milk, Shell Silverstein,

Sean Connery, Ray Charles, and Warren Buffett were all born.

D.H. Lawrence, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Mary Harris Jones died.

And in 1930

Babe Deidrixin left her childhood life to begin a career as a multi-sport athlete.

Mildred Ella Deidrixin was born on June 26th, 1911 in Port Arthur, Texas in a house her father had built with his own two hands.

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