Luther "Dummy" Taylor was born on this day (Feb. 21) in 1875. Luther Taylor, known as Dummy Taylor, played for the San Francisco Giants when they were in upper Manhattan, and later for the Kansas City Royals in the early 1900s. He not only "bridged a gap between hearing and nonbearing athletes," he "remains a unique link between Kansas City and the Giants." Read more in the New York Times

Here's a look at the history of closed captioning rules for television stations in the US. 2015 - The FCC (Federal Communication Commission) sets “quality” standards for captioning by TV broadcasters focusing on: Accuracy, synchronicity (timing with the words being captioned), completeness (from the start of a program to the end), and placement (the captions shouldn't obscure other important information). More info here . 2016 - A new set of rules related to captioning by TV