One of two surviving bobbleheads of the 1961-1962 New York Yankees team was auctioned for almost $60,000.
The first ever National Bobblehead Day is celebrated.
To commemorate the 40th anniversary of Candlestick Park, the San Francisco Giants gave 20,000 visitors a Willie Mays bobblehead. This giveaway is attributed with bringing bobbleheads back in style after interest waned in the 1970's.
As one of the first sets of human bobbleheads that weren't athletes, the Fab Four pioneered the U.S.'s pop culture bobblehead explosion.
The first sports bobblehead made featured a generic basketball player.
Made from ceramics, bobbleheads were imported to Europe from China in the 1760's.
Called "temple nodders," the earliest known bobbleheads were modeled after Buddha and other religious figures.
