It was on this date in 1913 that Mary Phelps Jacob received a patent for the modern brassiere. And it was on this date in 2019 that Olivia Newton-John's outfit from Grease was auctioned off for more than $400 million.
Mark's Almanac for November 3, 2021
![A poster from the 1978 film Grease.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/009c200/2147483647/strip/true/crop/220x341+0+0/resize/880x1364!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fac%2F13%2Fd0cb97584d348bc065a8c65f458f%2Fgrease-ver2.jpg)
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