On January 29, 1936, the U.S. Baseball Hall of Fame elected its first members
in Cooperstown, New York: Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Matthewson and Walter Johnson.

The Hall of Fame actually had its beginnings in 1935, when plans were made
to build a museum devoted to baseball and its 100-year history. A private organization based in Cooperstown called the Clark Foundation thought
that establishing the Baseball Hall of Fame in their city would help to
reinvigorate the area’s Depression-ravaged economy by attracting
tourists.

Thomas William Selleck

Actor Tom Selleck became known to TV audiences as Magnum PI on
CBS from 1980 to 1988  and later appeared as Frank Reagan on Blue
Bloods on CBS from 2010 to present. He earned a scholarship in
business administration at the University of Southern California after
being admitted on a basketball scholarship. Selleck is a California
Army National Guard veteran.