On This Day: October 6

On this day in history: Thomas Edison's first motion picture premiered in 1889, Moulin Rouge opened in Paris in 1989. Born: George Westinghouse, Elizabeth Shue

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On this day in history: Thomas Edison's first motion picture premiered in 1889, Moulin Rouge opened in Paris in 1989. Born: George Westinghouse, Elizabeth Shue

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