In 1955 the Cannon Street YMCA All-Stars, an all-Black Little League team from Charleston, South Carolina, won the city and state championships by default. Local white teams withdrew from the tournament rather than play them, and the league refused to let the team play in the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The boys, then aged 11 and 12, were invited to the event but could only watch the final from the stands. Seventy years later, in August 2025, the surviving players returned to Williamsport and were recognised before the championship game.

Hampi is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Karnataka, India, with more than 1,600 surviving remains spread over 4,100 hectares. It was the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire from 1336 to 1565. Travellers from Persia and Portugal described it as a prosperous, wealthy and grand city with temples, markets and farms along the Tungabhadra River. By 1500 it was estimated to be the world's second-largest city after Beijing, and probably India's richest at the time. In 1565 a coalition of Muslim sultanates defeated the Vijayanagara Empire, its capital was conquered and destroyed, and the city was left in ruins. Hampi remains a religious centre, with the active Virupaksha Temple at its heart.