Here's your Today in History:
Feb 10 1863 -
Midgets Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren married in a ceremony promoted and orchestrated by P.T. Barnum, reception tickets $75 (adjusted for inflation, $1250 in today's dollars). Commodore Nutt served as best man.
February 10, 1870 - The YWCA is founded (New York City).
Feb 10 1920 -
Major League Baseball bans the spitball. Pitchers who had been throwing spitballs could continue, and the practice ended completely in 1934 when the last one, Burleigh Grimes, retired.
Feb 10 1981 -
Eight people were killed, 198 injured, when fire broke out at the Las Vegas Hilton hotel-casino. (A
busboy was later found guilty of setting the fire.)
Feb 10 1993 -
In a TV interview, former human and black man, Michael Jackson tells Oprah Winfrey that he suffers from a skin disorder causing it to whiten.
And so it goes.
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