On This Day - May 20th 1873 – U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets is granted to Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis.
On This Day - May 20th 1883 – Krakatoa begins to erupt.
On This Day - May 20th 1927 – Charles Lindbergh takes begins the world's first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic.
On This Day - May 20th 1940 – The first concentration camp prisoners arrive at Auschwitz.
On This Day - May 20th 1983 – First publications of the discovery of the HIV virus that causes AIDS in the journal Science.
Today's Birthdays
Born On This Day - May 20th 1799 – Honoré de Balzac, French novelist (d. 1850)
Born On This Day - May 20th 1818 – William Fargo, co-founder of Wells, Fargo & Company (d. 1881)
Born On This Day - May 20th 1908 – James Stewart, American actor (d. 1997)
Born On This Day - May 20th 1913 – William Hewlett, American engineer and co-founder of the Hewlett-Packard Company (d. 2001)
Born On This Day - May 20th 1915 – Moshe Dayan, Israeli general (d. 1981)
Born On This Day - May 20th 1944 – Today is the birthday of Joe Cocker, English singer.
Born On This Day - May 20th 1946 – Today is the birthday of Cher, American singer.
Born On This Day - May 20th 1959 – Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, Hawaiʻian singer (d. 1997)
Born On This Day - May 20th 1972 – Today is the birthday of Busta Rhymes, American singer and rapper
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