ON THIS DAY: In 1868, the first department store in America opened in Salt Lake City -- Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution, founded by Brigham Young, is still in business. In the 1984 comedy MOSCOW ON THE HUDSON, Robin Williams plays a naive Russian musician who, inspired by his surroundings -- a delightfully decadent New York department store -- announces his defection to the West on the spot. [today's movie at IMDb]

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