Short pants: The long and the short of it
The summer of 1936 saw a heat wave so dangerous at least five thousand people died.
It also saw the popularization of a cooler fashion alternative: shorts.
Correspondent Mo Rocca looks at the long history of short pants; how at one time, in Yonkers, N.Y., the wearing of shorts was illegal; and how hot pants and Daisy Dukes became high fashion.
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