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This Week in Odd History (August 18, 1951): Eddie Gaedel Makes Baseball History
Posted on August 17, 2011 | No CommentsThis week in Odd History, Edward Carl Gaedel became, if not the first major league baseball player to achieve a perfect 1.000 on-base percentage (OBP), at the least the shortest. At just 3'7", Gaedel still holds the record for the shortest major league player of all time. -
This Week in Odd History (April 13-15, 1788): The Doctors’ Riot
Posted on April 12, 2011 | No CommentsThis Week in Odd History, at least five people were killed and many more (including John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and Baron von Steuben) injured when rioting broke out over the discovery of "resurrected" corpses at Columbia College, which was at the time the only medical school in New York City. -
This Week in Odd History (March 29, 1973): Sacheen Littlefeather Refuses Brando’s Oscar
Posted on March 28, 2011 | No CommentsThis Week in Odd History, a young woman in beaded doeskin took the stage at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, in Los Angeles, California, to decline Marlon Brando’s Best Actor Oscar for The Godfather. Her name, she said, was Sacheen Littlefeather, and she had a message... -
Revisiting the Battle of Los Angeles: February 24, 1942
Posted on March 10, 2011 | 1 CommentOn the eve of Battle: Los Angeles, it seemed appropriate to take a look back at the original Battle of Los Angeles, which was waged on the night of February 24 and 25, 1942, when the United States Army mistook a weather balloon for a... -
This Week in Odd History (March 7, 1897): Dr. Kellogg Serves Corn Flakes at the San
Posted on March 7, 2011 | 2 CommentsThis Week in Odd History, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg dished up the first serving of corn flakes at the Battle Creek Sanitarium, known affectionately as the San. -
This Week in Odd History (March 3, 1855): Congress Creates the Camel Corps
Posted on February 28, 2011 | 2 CommentsThis week in Odd History, Congress appropriated $30,000 for the creation of the US Camel Corps. The camels were to be used in the American Southwest, where the arid conditions and harsh terrain made the use of horses impractical. Although the Camel Corps had some... -
This Week in Odd History (August 14, 1515): The Iron Maiden Makes Her Debut
Posted on August 17, 2010 | 4 CommentsThis Week in Odd History, a coin forger was stuffed inside a cabinet shaped like a Russian doll. The spikes lining the interior “penetrated his arms, and his legs in several places, and his belly and chest, and his bladder and the root of his... -
This Week in Odd History: Kepler’s Mother Arrested for Witchcraft (August 7, 1620)
Posted on August 2, 2010 | 5 CommentsThis Week in Odd History, Johannes Kepler’s elderly mother Katharina was arrested on suspicion of witchcraft in Leonberg, a charming little town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Mrs. Kepler wasn’t the first member of the family to run into trouble with the witch-hunting authorities. She had been... -
This Week in Odd History: The First Singing Telegram is Delivered (July 28, 1933)
Posted on July 27, 2010 | 3 CommentsThis Week in Odd History, a star-struck fan sent crooner Rudy Vallee a telegram to commemorate his 32nd birthday. George P. Oslin, a public relations director for Western Union, saw a golden opportunity to elevate the telegram from a conduit for tragedy to a cause...
