Pitcher Ray Caldwell Was Struck By Lightning During A Game But Won Anyway
Today in 1919, one of the strangest moments in the history of baseball: a pitcher won a game in which he was struck by lightning!
At Age 11, Venetia Burney Named Pluto
Today in 1918, the birthday of Venetia Burney, who at age eleven, did something few people have done: she named a planet!
The bad news about Pluto
"I hate to say it," my oldest said to his younger brother, "but the planet Pluto is the coldest planet in the solar system."