Births on October 29

Fanny Brice

Born on October 29, 1891

Fanny Brice, American actress and singer (d. 1951)

Fania Borach (October 29, 1891 – May 29, 1951), known professionally as Fanny Brice or Fannie Brice, was an American comedienne, illustrated song model, singer, and theater and film actress who made many stage, radio, and film appearances. She is known as the creator and star of the top-rated radio comedy series The Baby Snooks Show.Thirteen years after her death, Brice was portrayed on the Broadway stage by Barbra Streisand in the 1964 musical Funny Girl; Streisand also starred in its 1968 film adaptation, for which she won an Oscar, and in the 1975 sequel, Funny Lady.

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Events on 1891

10 Mar

Strowger switch
Almon Strowger, an undertaker in Topeka, Kansas, patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
15 May

Rerum novarum
Pope Leo XIII defends workers' rights and property rights in the encyclical Rerum novarum, the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching.
20 May

Kinetoscope
History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.

Births on October 29

Fanny Brice

Born on October 29, 1891

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Strowger switch

Rerum novarum

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