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[SPEAKER_00]: On this day August 23, 1904.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Harry D. Weed received a patent for tire chains, an invention meant to help vehicles get better traction on snow, ice and mud.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Early automobiles were still new and rose were often rough, unpaid, or dangerous in bad weather.

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[SPEAKER_00]: weeds design gave drivers a practical way to make cars more useful in difficult conditions.

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[SPEAKER_00]: It was a small invention, but it helped solve a very real problem as automobiles began moving beyond dry city streets and into everyday travel.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Also on this day, August 23rd, 1973,

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[SPEAKER_00]: A bank robbery began in Stockholm, Sweden, that later helped popularize the term, Stockholm, syndrome.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Also on this day, August 23rd, 1927.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Nikola Soko and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed in Massachusetts after a controversial murder trial.