On January 19,  1972, 36-year-old Sandy Koufax, the former
Los Angeles Dodgers star, became the youngest player
elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. "This is the only thing
that’s made having to retire early a little easier," says Koufax,
who retired at age 30. "This is the biggest honor I’ve ever
been given, not just in baseball, but in my life."

Koufax made his Major League Baseball debut in 1955.

Koufax, nicknamed "the Left Arm of God,"
turned 90 in December.

                        
CAMILLE BOHANNON

The federal government under Roosevelt (above) decided
to limit the production of certain crops such as wheat to “stabilize” supplies and prices.

On this day in 1943 In a wartime rationing effort, the US
government banned the sale of sliced bread—in theory,
to conserve wax paper and the steel used in bread-
slicing machines.

After huge backlash, they rescind the order in less than
two months.

               
CAMILLE BOHANNON

On January 17, 1953, a prototype Chevrolet Corvette sports
car made its debut at General Motors’ Motorama auto show
at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.