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On This Day (by Bruce)
Events and birthdays around the world on this day
In 1825 Hannah Lord Montague of New York grabs her scissors and creates the first detachable collar on one of her husband's shirts, in order to reduce her laundry load.
In 1837 Dwight Lyman Moody, evangelist, born.
In 1840 John Boyd Dunlop, developed the pneumatic rubber tire, born.
In 1848 Belle Starr, entertainer of the wild west, born.
In 1878 Andre-Gustave Citroen, French automaker, born.
In 1887 Giuseppe Verdi's opera Otello premiers.
In 1900 Adlai E. Stevenson, statesman, born.
In 1919 Red Buttons, comedian, actor, born.
In 1921 N.Y. Yankees purchase 20 acres in the Bronx for Yankee Stadium.
In 1937 FDR proposes enlarging Supreme Court, plan failed because critics feared it would allow "court packing" in his favor.
In 1946 Charlotte Rampling (in England), actress, born.
In 1948 Barbara Hershey (in Atlanta, Georgia), actress, born.
In 1969 Bobby Brown, singer, married to Whitney Houston, born.
In 1983 After being expelled from Bolivia, former Nazi Gestapo official Klaus Barbie was brought to Lyon, France to stand trial for alleged war crimes.
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