1865: During the Civil War, Union forces routed Confederate soldiers in the Battle of Five Forks in Virginia. 1891: The Wrigley Co. was founded in Chicago by William Wrigley, Jr.
In 1977, the U.S. Senate followed the example of the House of Representatives by adopting, 86-9, a stringent code of ethics requiring full financial disclosure and limits on outside income.
On April 1, 1972: The first Major League Baseball players’ strike began; it lasted 12 days. Twenty years later, on April 1, 1992, the National Hockey League Players’ Association went