On this day:
1909: The Manhattan Bridge, one of the first suspension bridges ever constructed, was opened to traffic on this day.
2009: Both a Blue Moon and lunar eclipse occurred on the same day
Born on this day:
1869: Henri Matisse, French painter
Gone on this day:
1980: Marshall McLuhan, Canadian author, theorist
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