It's National Left-Handers Day, Putnam County

PUTNAM COUNTY, N.Y. – Thursday just so happens to be National Left-Handed Day in Putnam County and across the nation.

August 13 is National Left Handed Day.
Photo Credit: *Left Handed Hub*

08/13/2015 1:30 p.m.

To celebrate, here's some fun facts about left-handers.

Three of the last four presidents, including Barack Obama, have been left-handed. Left-handers tend to excel in tennis, baseball, swimming and fencing. Some famous left-handed athletes: swimmer Mark Spitz, former Yankees Ron Guidry and Andy Pettitte, and baseball legend Babe Ruth. Left-handers tend to hit puberty four or five months after right-handers. One in four Apollo astronauts were left-handed.

More information is available online at the Left-Handers Day website.

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