It is Sewing Machine Day! Yeah…what did you say? Oh, okay, a sewing machine is am 1830’s invention (thank you France) that allowed people to make clothes, blankets, curtains and other fabric items faster and, in many cases, sturdier. Before the sewing machine people (mostly women) connected pieces of cloth together with a needle and thread and their nimble finger and hands. After the sewing machine, a person would put two pieces of cloth together stick it under the sewing machine needle and work the pedal with their foot. And zoom away the seem or hem would be finished in no time at all. By hand, the work could take 10 times longer. So, even if you don’t have a sewing machine or don’t know how to use one, honor this great invention. For if it weren’t for the sewing machine, you would be making your own clothes yourself. Maybe there wouldn’t even be large clothing stores…Think about it!
HISTORY: Pioneer 10 left our solar system in 1983, the first satellite to do so. Thurgood Marshall was nominated to the US Supreme Court in 1967. James Braddock defeated Max Baer to become the heavyweight champion in 1935. In 1920, The US Postal Service ruled children may not be sent via parcel post. In 1777, Rhode Island banned the importation of slaves.
BIRTHDAYS: The Olsen twins (1986), Ally Sheedy (1962), Tim Allen (1953), Richard Thomas (1951), Malcolm McDowell (1943), Paul Lynde (1926), Ralph Edwards (1913), Dorothy L Sayers (1893) and William Butler Yeats (1865).
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