1995: Cal breaks the record

<a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PESPT008391" title="Cal Ripken, Jr." href="/topic/sports/baseball/cal-ripken-jr.-PESPT008391.topic">Cal Ripken, Jr.</a> played in a string of 2,632 consecutive games, a major league baseball record that is known as "The Streak." On Sept. 6, 1995, he played in his 2,131st straight game, breaking <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PESPT002524" title="Lou Gehrig" href="/topic/sports/lou-gehrig-PESPT002524.topic">Lou Gehrig</a>'s record and becoming baseball's Iron Man.
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( Karl Merton Ferron, Baltimore Sun )

Cal Ripken, Jr. played in a string of 2,632 consecutive games, a major league baseball record that is known as "The Streak." On Sept. 6, 1995, he played in his 2,131st straight game, breaking Lou Gehrig's record and becoming baseball's Iron Man.

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