On this day in 1927 Mae West was sentenced to ten days in jail for obscenity for her play Sex.
Born on this day in 1892 composer Germaine Tailleferre
Exactly what it says on the tin
On this day in 1927 Mae West was sentenced to ten days in jail for obscenity for her play Sex.
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