nd Today in 1876, the National Baseball League was formed in New York. Today in 1901,Female Army Nurse Corps was established as a permanent organization. Today in 1942,the “L.A. Times” urged security measures against Japanese-Americans. Today in 1964,GI Joe, the popular toy, first debuted. Today in 1980, the world found out that the FBI had conducted a sting operation targeting members of Congress using phony Arab businessmen. The operation was called "Abscam," a codename protested by Arab-Americans. Today in 1995, the Space Shuttle Discovery blasted off on a history-making mission from the Kennedy Space center in Florida. The pilot was astronaut Eileen Collins, thefirst woman ever to pilot a space shuttle.