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Franklin bifocals Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Suez Canal traffic
[1869 - The Suez Canal opens to shipping]

Social Worker Grace Abbott
[1878 - Grace Abbott, social worker, born
in Grand Island, Nebraska]

Director Lee Strasberg
[1901 - Lee Strasberg (Israel Strassberg), director, acting teacher, born
in Budzanow, Austro-Hungary (now Budaniv, Ukraine]

Actor Mischa Auer
[1905 - Mischa Auer (Mikhail Semyonovich Unskovsky),
actor, born in St. Petersburg, Russia]

Actor Rock Hudson
[1925 - Rock Hudson (Roy Harold Scherer, Jr.), actor,
born in Winnetka, Illinois]

Olympic Decathlon Champion Bob Mathias
[1930 - Bob Mathias, Olympic & National Track
Hall of Fame athlete, born in Tulare, California]

Satirist Peter Cook    Comedian Peter Cook
[1937 - Peter Cook, actor, writer, comedian, born in Torquay, Devon, England]




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