Professional baseball was born with the formation of the barnstorming Cincinnati Red Stockings on this day in history, March 15, 1869. “The onset of professionalism was no small step for baseball: players received a small but growing degree of financial stability, and
It has been reported that the Queen Mother was so thrifty that she only had two pairs of stockings and alternated between them. The unexpected disclosure was made in a 1946 letter by Marion Crawford, who served as Princess Margaret’s and Queen