05-19-2011, 07:47 PM
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Location: Maryland
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May 20th
1873 ~ Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis received a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.
1883 ~ The eruption of Krakatoa began, leading ultimately to the volcano's destruction three months later.
1896 ~ Death of Clara Schumann, German Pianist and Composer.
1901 ~ Birthday of Max Euwe, Dutch world chess champion.
1927 ~ Charles Lindbergh took off from Long Island, New York, on the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean, arriving in Paris the next day.
1940 ~ The first prisoners arrive at the Auschwitz concentration camp.
1961 ~ U.S. marshals were sent to restore order in Montgomery, Alabama.
1989 ~ Death of Gilda Radner, American comedian and actress.
2000 ~ Death of Jean Pierre Rampal, French flutist.
2002 ~ Death of Stephen Jay Gould, American paleontologist.
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