2011 Event The Ames Straw Poll for 2012 Presidential election candidates is taken; Michele Bachmann is the winner 1983 Death Peter Arne, actor (Straw Dogs), bludgeoned to death in London at 62 1971 Death Alice Tissot, actress (Italian Straw Hat), dies of cancer at 81 1950 Birthday Susan George, born in London, England, actress, Straw Dogs, Mandingo 1934 Birthday Colin Welland, born in Liverpool, England, actor, Straw Dogs, Sweeney 1925 Birthday Sam Peckinpah, born in Fresno, California, film director, Wild Bunch, Straw Dogs 1888 Event 1st wax drinking straw patented, by Marvin C Stone in Washington D.C. 1851 Event 1st baseball uniforms worn, New York Knickerbockers wear straw hat, white shirt and blue long trousers 1809 Event Mary Kies is 1st woman issued a U.S. patent (weaving straw)
