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Straw
1983 Peter Arne, actor (Straw Dogs), bludgeoned to death in London at 62

1971 Alice Tissot, actress (Italian Straw Hat), dies of cancer at 81

1950 Susan George, born in London, England, actress, Straw Dogs, Mandingo

1934 Colin Welland, born in Liverpool, England, actor, Straw Dogs, Sweeney

1925 Sam Peckinpah, born in Fresno, California, film director, Wild Bunch, Straw Dogs

1888 1st wax drinking straw patented, by Marvin C Stone in Washington D.C.

1851 1st baseball uniforms worn, New York Knickerbockers wear straw hat, white shirt and blue long trousers

1809 Mary Kies is 1st woman issued a U.S. patent (weaving straw)



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