Freddie G. Whitaker

Born in Saint Louis, Missouri on a canoe during Hurricane Sam.

Jul 4, 1942

Read about it hereFleeing from the hurricane, a pregnant Rose Whitaker hopped into a canoe as the floods took over her neighborhood streets. As the rapids carried her farther out of town, she gave birth to her son with no one around to help.

Was found in the woods being raised by hamsters

Jan 1, 1948

Unfortunately, Whitaker's mother died from canoe poisening. Whitaker was not heard from again until 1948 when he was found in the woods by hunters. He was curled up in a nest being fed by a mother hamster.

Invents the hamster hat

Jan 1, 1955

Whitaker invents the hamster hat and sells 1,000,000 in the first year.