Reggie Jackson

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Reggie Jackson hitting his third home run in his third consecutive at-bat in game six of the 1977 World Series.

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: NPR - Reggie Jackson, Bob Gibson Slug It Out.	Aakanksha Gaur	Jan 18, 2025
	Anniversary information added.		May 14, 2024
	Add new Web site: California Sports Hall of Fame - Reggie Jackson.	Gloria Lotha	Apr 25, 2024
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Mar 15, 2024
	Add new Web site: Society for American Baseball Research - Reggie Jackson.	Aakanksha Gaur	Feb 09, 2023
	Add new Web site: Famous African Americans - Reggie Jackson.	Gloria Lotha	Sep 19, 2021
	Replaced photograph.	Amy Tikkanen	Apr 23, 2019
	Add new Web site: BlackPast - Biography of Reginald Martinez Jackson.	Emily Rodriguez	Mar 31, 2017
	Add new Web site: National Baseball Hall of Fame - Biography of Reggie Jackson.	Emily Rodriguez	Mar 31, 2017
	Add new Web site: African American Registry - Biography of Reggie Jackson.	Emily Rodriguez	Mar 31, 2017
	Add new Web site: Pennsylvania Center for the Book - Reginald Jackson.	Aakanksha Gaur	Mar 12, 2014
	Noted publication of Becoming Mr. October.	Richard Pallardy	Dec 06, 2013
	Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Entertainment - Biography of Reggie Jackson.	Shiveta Singh	Mar 02, 2009
	Article revised and updated.	Michael Ray	Mar 28, 2008
	Added new Web site: Baseball Library - Biography of Reggie Jackson.	Marco Sampaolo	Mar 27, 2008
	Added new Web site: Baseball Library - Biography of Reggie Jackson.	Marco Sampaolo	Mar 27, 2008
	Article revised.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Feb 15, 2002
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	May 04, 1999