History Blog

May 20

Happy Birthday RIP George Gobel(1919–1991) James “Jimmy” Stewart(1908–1997) John “Joe” Cocker(1944–2014) ; Constance Towers–92 Cherilyn “Cher” Sarkisian–79 Jane Wiedlin–67 Matt McCoy–69 Bronson Pinchot–66 Anthony Goldwyn–65 Owen Teale–64 Melinda “Mindy” Cohn–59 Timothy Olyphant–57 Matt Czuchry–48 Jack Gleeson–33 ; 1873 – Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for pants called blue jeans with copper rivets.