It was on this day in 1894 that Annie Cohen Kopchovsky, aka Annie Londonderry, set off on a bike trip that, over the next fifteen months, would make her the first woman to ride a bike around the world. Plus: meet a contraption that can hit a home run about twice as far as the ones in the big leagues.
A Woman to Know: Annie Londonderry Cohen (A Woman To Know)
First woman to cycle the globe begins journey (Jewish Women's Archive)
World's Longest Home Run (The "Mad Batter" Machine) (Smarter Every Day via YouTube)
