LOOKING BACK

1921: Iowa became the first state to impose a cigarette tax, at 2 cents a package.

1947: Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers played in an exhibition against the New York Yankees at Ebbets Field, four days before his regular-season debut that broke baseball’s color line. (The Dodgers won, 14-6.)

1953: Oveta Culp Hobby became the first Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare.