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Shoe
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 HR in World Series
1969
Beatles release Ballad Of John and Yoko/Old Brown Shoe, in US
1965
John Bata, Czech 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 (PM U.S.S.R.) bangs his shoe on table at UN
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, Czech 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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