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PLAYBILL VAULT'S Today in Theatre History: OCTOBER 2 by David Gewirtzman and Ernio Hernandez and Robert Viagas

1890 Julius Henry Marx is born in New York. Under the nickname "Groucho," he and his brothers form one of the most enduring comedy acts ever, The Marx Brothers, rising from Vaudeville to Broadway, and later recreating their Broadway hits on film, including The Cocoanuts and Animal Crackers.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM on October 2, 2014

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