In History – Levis Strauss patents blue jeans with copper rivets

TODAY IN HISTORY - May 20th:

1873 - Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis patent first blue jeans with copper rivets.  Levi Strauss & Co. is now a world-wide corporation employing more than 16,000 people.

 
1916 - Saturday Evening Post cover features Norman Rockwell painting
1926 - Thomas Edison says Americans prefer silent movies over talkies
1927 - At 7:40 AM, pilot Charles Lindbergh takes off from NY to cross Atlantic for Paris
1932 - Amelia Earhart leaves Newfoundland 1st woman fly solo across Atlantic
1973 - 25th Emmy Awards: Waltons, All in the Family & Mary Tyler Moore win
2003 - The reality series "America's Next Top Model", created by Tyra Banks, debuts on UPN

HAPPY BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY TO:

1908 - Jimmy Stewart [James], Indiana Pennsylvania, American actor (Mr Smith Goes to Washington, It's a Wonderful Life)
1946 - Cher [Cherilyn Sarkisian], El Centro, California, American singer and actress (I Got You Babe, Jack Lalane, Mask)
1971 - Tony Stewart, American race car driver

GOODBYE TO:

1506 - Christopher Columbus, explorer, dies in poverty, in Spain at 55
2012 - Robin Gibb, British singer song-writer, dies from colon and liver cancer at 62

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