1965 Event Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, Inc applies for a NL franchise 1961 Event England applies for membership in European Common Market 1953 Event West Germany applies to NATO 1938 Event Babe Ruth applies for job of St. Louis Browns' manager 1934 Event NFL adopts player waiver rule; applies after 6th game of season 1922 Event Buck Weaver, a Black Sox, applies unsuccessfully for reinstatement 1918 Event Washington catcher Eddie Ainsmith applies for deferment from the draft Secretary of War Newton D. Baker rules baseball players are not draft exempt 1888 Event John Boyd Dunlop, applies to patent pneumatic tire 1877 Event John Stevens, applies for a patent for his flour rolling mill 1849 Event Abraham Lincoln applies for a patent; only U.S. president to do so 1793 Event Eli Whitney applies for a patent on cotton gin
