On this day in 1863 Robert E. Lee offered to resign after losing at the Battle of Gettysburg. Confederate President Jefferson Davis didn't accept it.
In 1988 on this day the Cubs tried to play their first night game at Wrigley Field. The weather, combined with Rick Sutcliffe's dawdling on the mound between pitches, didn't allow it to happen.
In 1974 on this day Richard Nixon resigned. Unlike the first two events, this was accepted. For more information on this topic visit your local library.
There have been 28 players with the last name of Lee in baseball history. The 1976 card of Bill Lee is the only one to feature a player with that last name. Leron and Mark played during this time, but they didn't get on a Kellogg's card.
There have been six players in MLB history with the last name of Nixon. None found there way onto a Kellogg's card. None played during the Kellogg's era. Otis was the closest with a debut in 1983.
As for the first night game at Wrigley Field, one Cub Hall-of-Famer is kissed by Morganna before homering, another plays on a slip-and-slide and I saw it all from the left-field bleachers.
1988 Cubs included Gossage, who keeps appearing in posts and whose autographed picture I saw in a restaurant at lunch today, Leon Durham and Andre Dawson, who I complain about his not having a Kellogg's card.
1988 Phillies included Lance Parrish, Mike Schmidt and Greg Gross.