Women who were close enough to see higher-level positions on the corporate ladder yet couldn't reach them faced a barrier referred to as a glass ceiling, according to a 1986 article in The Wall Street Journal.
Baseball in Canada. anada claims the first recorded account of a baseball game, which occurred in Beechville, Ontario on June 4, 1838, described in a detailed letter written by Dr. Adam E. Ford, but not published until 38 years later on May 5, 1886, in a magazine called Sporting Life.
First African American to Play Baseball in the Major Leagues. In 1947, on opening day at Ebbets Field, Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color line, changing a game and a country forever. Robinson's stunning career with the Brooklyn Dodgers struck a blow to America's deep-seated racial stereotypes.