1986 Event Doubleday Publishing sells New York Mets to Nelson Doubleday and Fred Wilpon 1973 Birthday Mark Doubleday, Australian baseball infielder 1996 Olympics 1953 Event Alexander Cartwright founded baseball and not Abner Doubleday 1933 Birthday Nelson Doubleday, publisher, Doubleday, owner for the New York Mets 1908 Event Mills Committee declares baseball was invented by Abner Doubleday 1907 Event Abraham Mills' commission declares Abner Doubleday invented baseball 1899 Birthday Nelson Doubleday, U.S., publisher, Doubleday 1893 Death Abner Doubleday, credit with inventing baseball, dies on 74th birthday 1864 Death Thomas Donnely Doubleday, U.S. Union Col, dies in an accident 1862 Birthday Frank Nelson Doubleday, publisher/founder, Doubleday and Co
