On May 20, 1873, Levi Strauss and Jacob W. Davis (above) 
received a patent for “Improvements in Fastening Pocket-
Openings.”

This was riveted denim work pants under the name Levi
Strauss & Co., a popular blue jean company that is still in
business today.

In 1999, the American Film Institute (AFI) ranked Jimmy Stewart 
third on its list of the greatest American male actors. He received numerous honors including the AFI Life Achievement Award in
1980, the Kennedy Center Honor in 1983, as well as the Academy Honorary Award and Presidential Medal of Freedom, both in 1985.

1957

George Wendt, best known for playing Norm on Cheers, died
peacefully in his sleep while at home early Tuesday morning,
on the 32nd anniversary of the Cheers series finale. He was 76.

Wendt was on Cheers for the entirety of the show’s epic run
from 1982–1993.

At 7:52 a.m., American aviator Charles A. Lindbergh took off
from Roosevelt Field on Long Island, New York, on the world’s
first solo, nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean and the first
ever nonstop flight between New York to Paris.

Lindbergh, a young airmail pilot, was a dark horse when he
entered a competition with a $25,000 payoff to fly nonstop
from New York to Paris. He ordered a small monoplane,
configured it to his own design, and christened it the Spirit
of St. Louis in tribute to his sponsor–the St. Louis Chamber
of Commerce.

Lindbergh’s achievement made him an international celebrity
and won widespread public acceptance of the airplane and
commercial aviation.

Sonny and Cher.

Entertainer Cher (Cheryl Sarkisian) rose from teenage pop star
("I Got You Babe") to Oscar-winning actress ("Moonstruck").

1987