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DYK
These articles that I started or contributed to significantly have been featured on Wikipedia's homepage in the Did You Know section for the best new articles:


 * ...that in 1961 the Portland Buckaroos hockey team beat the Seattle Totems in the Western Hockey League championship to win the Lester Patrick Cup in its first season of existence? April 22, 2007
 * ...that the Portland Power’s Natalie Williams was the leading scorer in the ABL during the 1997 to 1998 season? April 23, 2007
 * ...that in 1927, Oregon congressman Maurice E. Crumpacker drowned in San Francisco Bay after claiming he had been poisoned? May 5, 2007
 * ...that Pokey Allen, former head coach of the Portland State Vikings football team, appeared in television commercials threatening to have himself shot out of a cannon into the backyards of anyone not buying season tickets? May 19, 2007
 * ...that alpine skier Jean Saubert won one-third of all medals earned by the entire United States Olympic team at the 1964 Winter Olympics? May 22, 2007
 * ...that William R. Ellis served as mayor of two Iowa cities before being elected to represent Oregon in the United States Congress? May 29, 2007
 * ...that Hjalmar Hvam came up with the design for the world's first safety ski bindings while recovering from a skiing injury in the hospital? June 5, 2007
 * ...that in 1970, University of Oregon head baseball coach Don Kirsch fell to his death out of a second-story window at Stanford University Medical Center? July 5, 2007
 * ...that John Beckett is the only American football player to have been the team captain for two different Rose Bowl teams: the University of Oregon in 1917 and Mare Island in 1918? July 27, 2007
 * ...that in 1904, H. Chandler Egan won the U.S. Amateur golf championship, and was a member of both the U.S. college championship and the gold medal-winning United States Olympic golf teams? August 7, 2007
 * ...that University of Oregon athletic director Leo Harris gained the right to use Donald Duck as the school's mascot through an informal handshake deal he made with Walt Disney in 1947? August 27, 2007
 * ...that Spec Keene's Willamette University football team was stranded in Honolulu for two weeks following Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor? September 19, 2007
 * ...that long-time University of Oregon track coach Bill Hayward also played lacrosse for the world champion Ottawa Capitals? September 26, 2007
 * ...that Don Durdan was selected as the most valuable player of college football's Rose Bowl in 1942, and six years later, won a professional basketball championship with the Portland Indians? November 11, 2007
 * ...that the Platypus Trophy, awarded to the winner of the Civil War college football game between Oregon and Oregon State, was lost for more than 40 years before being found in a closet in 2005? December 3, 2007
 * ...that American swimmer Nancy Merki began swimming at age 8 after contracting polio, and set three national swimming records at age 13? January 22, 2008
 * ...that quarterback Jack Crabtree of the Oregon Ducks football team was named Most Valuable Player of the 1958 Rose Bowl even though his team lost the game? March 16, 2008
 * ...that Artie Wilson, who hit .402 in 1948 with the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro Leagues, is often considered the last professional major league baseball player to bat over .400 for a season? March 27, 2008
 * ...that leaders in Oswego, Oregon petitioned the United States Board on Geographic Names to change the name of the town's Sucker Lake to Oswego Lake? April 7, 2008
 * ...that even though his predecessor was a Republican, Democrat Kurt Schrader faced no Republican opponent in his 2002 run for the Oregon State Senate? April 20, 2008
 * ...that Richard Devlin, the majority leader of the Oregon State Senate, has faced Republican Bob Tiernan three times, in races for two offices? April 20, 2008
 * ...that John Dick, the high scorer in the first-ever NCAA men's basketball championship, would later command the U.S. Navy supercarrier USS Saratoga? April 22, 2008
 * ...that prior to his election to the Oregon State Senate, Rick Metsger was best-known as a sportscaster for a Portland, Oregon television station? May 14, 2008
 * ... that the Portland Armory in Portland, Oregon was the first building on the National Register of Historic Places to achieve a Platinum Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification? June 1, 2008
 * ... that Mel Krause lost his job as head coach of the University of Oregon's baseball team when the university cut its century-old baseball program in 1981? June 10, 2008
 * ... that Oregon State Senator Laurie Monnes Anderson is a first cousin of The Simpsons creator Matt Groening? October 7, 2008
 * ... that following his team's loss in the 1965 Rose Bowl, Oregon State Beavers football coach Tommy Prothro was hired as head coach at UCLA, where he led the team to victory in the following year's Rose Bowl? November 28, 2008
 * ... that in 1867, the Oregon Iron Company became the first company to smelt pig iron west of the Rocky Mountains? May 10, 2009
 * ... that the Portland, Oregon landmark Made in Oregon sign (pictured) originally advertised a brand of sugar? October 29, 2009
 * ... that 1930s NFL fullback "Iron Mike" Mikulak got his nickname because he wore a metal chest protector over his protuding sternum? January 7, 2010
 * ... that Wayne Morse won the Democratic primary in an attempt to reclaim his Senate seat in the 1974 Oregon United States Senate election but died prior to the general election? February 10, 2010
 * ... that interest in several primaries for the 1980 United States Senate election in Oregon was diminished partly due to the eruption of Mount St. Helens? April 4, 2010
 * ... that after he was re-elected in Oregon's 1992 U.S. Senate election, Bob Packwood endorsed his defeated rival Les AuCoin for U.S. Secretary of the Interior? April 14, 2010
 * ... that after retiring from politics, Oregon U. S. Senate candidate Rick Bauman organized bicycle tours, including Cycle Vietnam, the first-ever American-led bicycle tour of Vietnam? April 23, 2010
 * ... that Wally Johansen, a starting guard on the first-ever NCAA men's basketball championship team in 1939, later became president of the Oregon State Bar? July 16, 2010
 * ... that on July 19, 2010, Rich Cho became the first Asian American general manager in NBA history when he was hired by the Portland Trail Blazers? July 30, 2010
 * ... that the Wal-Mart brand of women's clothing White Stag was originally a company that manufactured downhill skiing apparel in Portland, Oregon, in the 1930s? September 26, 2010
 * ... that in a 2010 game against Notre Dame, Stanford football player Owen Marecic scored touchdowns on offense and defense—and did so within 13 game seconds? October 10, 2010
 * ... that during World War I the United States Army recruited over 28,000 soldiers for the Spruce Production Division, which harvested Sitka spruce in the Pacific Northwest? December 31, 2010
 * ... that new Stanford Cardinal football head coach David Shaw is the first Stanford alumnus to lead the team in over a quarter of a century? January 18, 2011
 * ... that an aborted family picnic was a major contributing factor that drove Harry Lonsdale to found his company, Bend Research, in Oregon instead of California? February 13, 2011
 * ... that in Oregon's 1990 U.S. Senate election, incumbent Mark Hatfield's opponent in the Republican primary was best known for having spent 40 days tree sitting to protest old-growth logging? April 13, 2011
 * ... that in Oregon's 1966 U.S. Senate election, each party's candidate had a position on the Vietnam War that was in direct opposition to the prevailing view of his own party? June 24, 2011
 * ... that Frank L. Roberts served in the Oregon Legislative Assembly with his daughter and two of his wives? November 15, 2011
 * ... that after the O&C Lands were revested to the United States government, 18 Oregon counties received federal payments that may have ended in 2012? March 16, 2012
 * ... that while serving as mayor of Portland, Oregon, Allen G. Rushlight once climbed inside the city crematory to repair it? May 3, 2012
 * ... that J. A. Chapman, a 19th-century mayor of Portland, Oregon, died after driving his buggy into a telephone wire? May 27, 2012
 * ... that Ellen Rosenblum is the first woman ever to serve as Oregon Attorney General? June 30, 2012
 * ... that the 1983 Oregon State vs. Oregon football game (often referred to as "The Toilet Bowl") was the last NCAA Division I college football game to end in a scoreless tie? October 2, 2013