85K views · 5.5K reactions | The Shot Heard 'Round the World happened on this day in 1951. Bobby Thomson hit a three-run homer to win the NL pennant for the New York Giants. | MLB | Facebook

Five years before “the shot heard ’round the world,” New York City was already testing how far the British Army could push—and how far ordinary people would push back. The spark wasn’t a musket line on a village green. It was a pole of wood planted in the ground. After the Stamp Act was repealed, New Yorkers celebrated by raising a Liberty Pole—a public symbol of resistance and political identity. It wasn’t just decoration. It was a message: we remember what Parliament tried to do, and we’re wat

The Shot Heard Round the World! 🌎 #OTD in Suns history: Gar Heard drains the buzzer-beater to force a third overtime in the 1976 NBA Finals, with Al McCoy on the call! | Phoenix Suns