Every Year REPUBLIC DAY (ITALY) 1730s BORN 1731: MARTHA WASHINGTON (U.S. FIRST LADY) 1840s BORN 1840: THOMAS HARDY (WRITER) 1860s BORN 1861: HELEN LOUISE HERRON TAFT (U.S. FIRST LADY) 1880s 1883: IN FORT WAYNE, INDIANA, THE FIRST BASEBALL GAME WAS PLAYED UNDER ELECTRIC LIGHTS AT […]

Mon, May 31, 2021 FightingIllini.com | @IlliniBaseball CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Illinois DH Justin Janas won the 2021 Big Ten regular season batting title with an average of .391 this season. Janas also led the conference with an on-base percentage of .506. “I didn’t really think about it much […]