On This Day:
Tuesday April 1, 2014 This is the 91st day of the year, with 274 days remaining in 2014. Fact of the Day: baseball cards The first nationally distributed baseball cards were made by Goodwin & Co. of New York City in 1887 and inserted by cigarette makers into packs of cigarettes and tobacco. Goodwin issued the "Old Judge" card, a small picture card that was inserted into packs of Old Judge brand tobacco to stiffen the packs and to boost sales. In order to compete, other tobacco companies began placing cards in their packs as well. All of these cards were much smaller than the cards of today and remain extremely rare and valuable. One of the most famous tobacco-issued baseball cards is the 1909 T-206 Honus Wagner card. It has sold at auctions for over $1 million. Topps Company began to produce baseball cards in 1951.
Holidays All Fools' Day / April Fools' Day.
Feast day of St. Agilbert, St. Gilbert of Caithness, St. Tewdric, St. Walaric, St. Catharine of Palma, St. Melito, St. Valery, St. Hugh of Bonnevaux, and St. Hugh of Grenoble.
Anguilla: Constitution Day.
Bulgaria: Saint Lasarus's Day.
Iran: Islamic Republic Day.
Taiwan: Birthday of Kuan Yin, Goddess of Mercy.
Events 1621 - Leaders of the Plymouth colonists, acting on behalf of King James I, made a defensive alliance with Massasoit, chief of the Wampanoags.
1778 - Oliver Pollock created the dollar sign.
1789 - The U.S. House of Representatives held its first meeting, in New York City; Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania was elected the first Speaker of the House.
1826 - Samuel Morey of New Hampshire patented the internal-combustion engine.
1863 - The first U.S. wartime conscription law was enacted.
1864 - The first travel accident policy was issued, by The Travelers Insurance Company to James Batterson, who also received the first general insurance policy issued by the firm.
1865 - At the Battle of Five Forks, General Robert E. Lee began his final offensive of the Civil War.
1918 - The Royal Air Force was established in Britain with the amalgamation of the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS).
1920 - Germany's Workers Party changed its name to the Nationalist Socialist German Worker's Party (Nazis).
1924 - Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler was sentenced to five years in prison for leading the Nazis' unsuccessful "Beer Hall Putsch" in the German State of Bavaria.
1929 - The yo-yo was introduced by Louie Marx.
1939 - The Spanish Civil War ended with the official recognition of Francisco Franco's government.
1956 - Chet Huntley began his successful news career with NBC.
1960 - The first weather satellite in the world, TIROS-I, was launched from Cape Canaveral.
1963 - The soap opera "General Hospital" began its run on TV. "The Doctors" soap opera also premiered that day.
1970 - President Richard Nixon signed a measure banning cigarette advertising on radio and television.
2001 - Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic was arrested on corruption charges after a standoff with the police in Belgrade.
2003 - U.S. troops rescued Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch from a hospital in Nasiriyah, Iraq; she had been held prisoner since March 23.
Births 1868 - Edmond Rostand, French poet and playwright.
1873 - Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer.
1883 - Lon Chaney, American silent film actor.
1884 - Florence Blanchfield, American nurse, first woman fully ranked officer of the U.S. Army.
Deaths 1984 - Marvin Gaye, American singer, shot to death by his father, Marvin Gaye Sr.
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