"The Raven" is first published, baseball and football induct their first hall of fame classes, the Gulf War fighting takes to the ground, and President George W. Bush coins the phrase "Axis of Evil," all on this day.
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1936: Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, Babe Ruth and Honus Wagner are announced as the first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame.