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Nov. 25 – In 1986, the Iran-Contra affair erupted as President Reagan and Attorney General Edwin Meese…
Nov. 26 – In 1942, President Roosevelt ordered…
Nov. 27 – In 1973, the Senate voted 92-3 to confirm Gerald R. Ford as vice president, succeeding Spiro T. Agnew, who’d resigned.
Nov. 28 – In 1943, President Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin met in Tehran during World War II…
Nov. 18 – In 1976, Spain’s parliament approved a bill to establish a democracy after 37 years of dictatorship.
Nov. 19 – In 1863, President Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address as he dedicated a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield in Pennsylvania.
Nov. 20 – In 1945, 24 Nazi leaders went on trial before an international war crimes tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany….
Nov. 21 – n 1995, the presidents of three rival Balkan states agreed to make peace in Bosnia, ending nearly four years of terror and ethnic bloodletting that have left a quarter of a million people dead in the worst war in Europe since World War II…
Nov. 22 – In 1963, President Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas…
Nov. 24 – In 1963, Jack Ruby shot and mortally wounded…

Burlesque Dancing

Ann Corio

November 24, 2014

Ann Corio's This Was Burlesque - Phoenix Flame, Tassel Twirler A dancer in…

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Sherry Britton

November 23, 2014

On the Road with Sherry Britton. Best of Burlesque Tour, 1966 16mm black…

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Immodesty Blaize

November 23, 2014

Immodesty Blaize, la regina del Burlesque Watch Immodesty's performance on Italy's "Dancing with…

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Candy Barr

November 23, 2014

Candy Barr Candy Barr (July 6, 1935 – December 30,…

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Dirty Martini (burlesque)

November 23, 2014

Dirty Martini Tease-O-Rama May 20th - 21at, 2012. Bimbo's 365 Club in San…

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Marion Martin

November 23, 2014

They Got Me Covered (1943) This is a clip from 1943's THEY GOT…

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Gypsy Rose Lee

November 23, 2014

Put the Blame on Mame Gypsy Rose Lee sings and dances in a…

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Lydia Thompson

November 23, 2014

Eliza Weathersby - Lydia Thompson Troupe - British Blondes - Ixion Burlesque Born…

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Burlesque Dancing

November 23, 2014

Crystal Starr Advertisement for a burlesque troupe, 1898 American burlesque is…

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