Readers of the New York Times on the morning of Sept. 10, 2001, found a front page lead on how congressional leaders were in talks about economic stimulus and below-the-fold stories on school dress codes and the morning television ratings races.

The summer of 1950 was just another post-war summer, and on June 23 the Indians’ Luke Easter hit the longest ball in Cleveland Stadium history, 477 feet, into the upper deck at Muny, the “mistake on the lake,” Section 4.