History Blog

May 20

Happy Birthday RIP George Gobel(1919–1991) James “Jimmy” Stewart(1908–1997) John “Joe” Cocker(1944–2014) ; Cherilyn “Cher” Sarkisian–75 Jane Wiedlin–63 Matt McCoy–63 Bronson Pinchot–62 Anthony Goldwyn–61 Owen Teale–60 Melinda “Mindy” Cohn–55 Timothy Olyphant–53 Jack Gleeson–29 ; 1873 – Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for pants called blue jeans with copper rivets.