History Blog

May 20

Happy Birthday RIP George Gobel(1919–1991) James “Jimmy” Stewart(1908–1997) John “Joe” Cocker(1944–2014) ; Cherilyn “Cher” Sarkisian–78 Jane Wiedlin–66 Matt McCoy–66 Bronson Pinchot–65 Anthony Goldwyn–64 Owen Teale–63 Melinda “Mindy” Cohn–58 Timothy Olyphant–56 Jack Gleeson–32 ; 1873 – Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for pants called blue jeans with copper rivets.