on this date in history 2000 the human genome was roughly mapped for the first time, 1819 abner doubleday was born possibly the founder of baseball, babe didrikson american female athlete was born in 1914, madagascar independence gained in 1960 from the french, in 1976 the cn tower was built in toronto the tallest building in the world at the time, 1284 pied piper took children away never to be seen again or so the legend goes, 1870 the united states made christmas an official holiday,
