Cracker Jack started its "prize in every box" promotion on this
day in history, Feb. 19, 1912.
German immigrant F.W. Rueckheim first invented the now-
ubiquitous ballpark treat in the late 19th century.
According to SnackHistory.com. it was initially sold at his
small candy and popcorn shop, F. W. Rueckheim & Bro.
Frederick Rueckheim (1846 – 1937)
America met the Beatles on “The Ed Sullivan Show” on this day
in 1964. It is estimated that 73 million Americans were watching
that night as the Beatles made their live U.S. television debut.
The Beatles with TV host Ed Sullivan during their first appearance on his show.
On February 2, 1876, the National League of Professional
Baseball Clubs, which came to be more commonly known
as the National League (NL), was formed. The American
League (AL) was established in 1901 and in 1903, the first
World Series was held.
The first official game of baseball in the United States took
place in June 1846 in Hoboken, New Jersey.
February 1, 1978: Antislavery crusader and Civil War veteran
Harriet Tubman became the first African American woman to
appear on a U.S. postage stamp, the first in the Post Office’s
Black Heritage Series. Tubman’s appearance on stamps was
emblematic both of the progress made in recognizing African
Americans’ contributions to American history and the ongoing
effort to put abolitionists on equal footing with slaveowners in
the nation’s historical canon.
Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross)
(c. March 1822– March 10, 1913)
On this day in 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.
Today, with approximately 350,000 visitors per year, the Hall of
Fame continues to be the hub of all things baseball. It has elected
278 individuals, in all, including 225 players, 17 managers, 8
umpires and 28 executives and pioneers.
