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–
