Wednesday, August 19, 2026

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Quote of the day

Quote of the Day
  • Virginia Woolf
    Never are voices so beautiful as on a winter's evening, when dusk almost hides the body, and they seem to issue from nothingness with a note of intimacy seldom heard by day.

This Day in History

This Day in History
  • Little Person Eddie Gaedel Has Major League Debut (1951)
    At 43 inches (1.1 m) tall, Gaedel became the shortest player in the history of Major League Baseball when he made a single plate appearance for the St. Louis Browns in 1951. He arrived on the field inside a replica cake honoring the American League's 50th anniversary, amusing the crowd by popping out of it. No one suspected his true reason for being there. Browns owner Bill Veeck—a showman fond of publicity stunts—had put Gaedel on the roster. What happened when Gaedel stepped up to the plate?

Word of the Day

Word of the Day

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