Madame Francisquy Hutin first introduced ballet in the U.S. when she staged The Deserter at the Bowery Theater in New York City
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American Guernsey Cattle Club founded, in New York City –
Fire began that destroyed 1,526 buildings, Baltimore, Maryland –
Aviatrix Amelia Earhart wed George Putnam –
Walt Disney’s movie Pinocchio debuted –
Shoe rationing was announced in the United States in response to the shortage of leather during World War II. Citizens were restricted to three pairs of new shoes a year until 1945 –
U.S. astronaut, Bruce McCandless II, became the first human to fly in space with a jet backpack while untethered to a spacecraft –
