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1990 Bus accidentally touches high voltage wire in Karagpur India; 21 die

1980 Tim Hardin, U.S. singer (Bird on a Wire), dies of a drug overdose at 39

1961 East Germany begins erecting 5' high wall along the border with the west to replace the barbed wire put up Aug 13

1953 Earl Wilber Force "Wire" Lindo, rocker, Bob Marley and the Wailers

1943 Bill Duke, actor, Bird on a Wire, Predator

1941 Tim Hardin, Oregon, singer, If I Were a Carpenter, Bird on a Wire

1941 Glenn Moore, born in Portland, Oregon, rocker, jazz bassist, played with saxophonist Jim Pepper, recorded 'This is It' with Nick Brignola, 'Bird on Wire' with Tim Hardin

1913 Dane Clark, Brooklyn, actor, Wire Service, Bold Venture, Perry Mason

1906 Joseph F Glidden, inventor (barbed wire), dies

1887 Rowell Hodge patents barbed wire

1885 U.S. Congress condemns barbed wire around government grounds

1874 Joseph F. Glidden patents barbed wire

1867 1st barbed wire patented by Lucien B Smith of Ohio

1842 1st U.S. wire suspension bridge for general traffic opens in Penn

1813 Joseph Farwell Glidden, inventor, 1st coml useable barbed wire


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