History Blog

May 20

Happy Birthday RIP George Gobel(1919–1991) James “Jimmy” Stewart(1908–1997) John “Joe” Cocker(1944–2014) ; Cherilyn “Cher” Sarkisian–76 Jane Wiedlin–64 Matt McCoy–64 Bronson Pinchot–63 Anthony Goldwyn–62 Owen Teale–61 Melinda “Mindy” Cohn–56 Timothy Olyphant–54 Jack Gleeson–30 ; 1873 – Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for pants called blue jeans with copper rivets.