History Blog

May 20

Happy Birthday RIP George Gobel(1919–1991) James “Jimmy” Stewart(1908–1997) John “Joe” Cocker(1944–2014) ; Cherilyn “Cher” Sarkisian–77 Jane Wiedlin–65 Matt McCoy–65 Bronson Pinchot–64 Anthony Goldwyn–63 Owen Teale–62 Melinda “Mindy” Cohn–57 Timothy Olyphant–55 Jack Gleeson–31 ; 1873 – Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for pants called blue jeans with copper rivets.