June 12, 1839 –
Alexander Cartwright, and not, Abner Doubleday, should be credited with the invention of Baseball, which was not created on this date.
On the one hundredth anniversary of the apocryphal story, June 12, 1939, the National Baseball Hall of Fame opened in Cooperstown, New York (in an effort to bring tourists to town.)
The first five inductees were Walter Johnson, Honus Wagner, Ty Cobb, Christy Mathewson and Babe Ruth.
The Haus of Dcaligari 