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2000 Jeff MacNelly, cartoonist, Shoe, dies at 52
1969 Met Cleon Jones awarded 1st base when shoe polish on ball proves he is hit by a pitch, he scores on a home run in World Series 1969 Beatles release Ballad Of John and Yoko/Old Brown Shoe, in US 1965 John Bata, Czechoslovakian shoe manufacturer, dies at 67 1961 Former nazi leader Johannes Vorster becomes South Africa's minister of justice (if the shoe fits...) 1960 Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe at United Nations General Assembly 1947 Jeff MacNelly, Puliter Prize-winning cartoonist, Shoe 1947 Tennis shoe introduced 1946 "If the Shoe Fits" closes at Century Theater New York City after 20 performances 1946 "If the Shoe Fits," opens at Century Theater New York City for 20 performances 1945 U.S. government announces end of shoe rationing 1943 Shoe rationing begins in U.S. (may purchase up to 3 more pairs in 1942) 1937 Stephen Rubin, English attorney/shoe manufacturer, Reebok, Adidas 1931 Imelda Marcos, politician/shoe collector/1st lady of Philippines 1922 1st Thom McAn shoe store opens, on Third Avenue New York City 1921 Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti convicted in Dedham Massachusetts, of killing their shoe company's paymaster 1898 Jan Bata, Czechoslovakian shoe manufacturer 1889 Jan E Matzeliger, Suriname inventor (shoe lacing machine), dies 1885 John Matzeliger of Suriname patents shoe lacing machine 1858 Lyman Blake patents shoe manufacturing machine 1852 Jan E Matzeliger, Surinamese inventor, shoe lacing machine |
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