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.
SANDY KOZEL
On July 5, 1975, Arthur Ashe defeated the heavily favored Jimmy Connors to became the first African-American male ever to win Wimbledon, the most coveted championship in tennis.
Arthur Robert Ashe Jr.
(July 10, 1943 – February 6, 1993)
A collection of rare autographs and memorabilia, including a
spacesuit from Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins, is being
auctioned for more than $62,000, according to the Tyler
Morning Telegraph in Texas.
According to records, Collins wore the NASA flight suit in the
days and months following his return to Earth with the Apollo
11 mission in July 1969.
The suit was removed from his personal locker just six months
after the historic flight following his retirement from NASA in
January 1970.
Other highlights of the auction include a love letter from Elizabeth
Taylor to Richard Burton, with a starting price of $44,000, James
Dean’s high school yearbook, signed by the actor, with a starting
price of nearly $12,000 and a set of Beatles autographs from 1963, starting at over $12,500.
(FOX NEWS)
Michael Collins (1930-2021)
SANDY KOZEL
Elvis Presley sang "That’s Alright Mama" during a recording session at Sun Studio on July 5, 1954. He was on acoustic rhythm guitar, Scotty Moore was on electric lead guitar, and
Bill Black was on string bass1. The song was originally
written by Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup.
From left, Elvis Presley, Bill Black, Scotty Moore and Sam Phillips at Memphis Recording Service, 706 Union Avenue,
in 1954. On the night of July 5 that year, Phillips would
record the threesome doing “That’s All Right.”
From the March 1911 issue of Pictorial Review.
The Pictorial Review was an American women’s magazine
published from 1899 to 1939.
Based in New York, the Pictorial Review was first published
in September 1899. The magazine was originally designed to
showcase dress patterns of German immigrant William Paul
Ahnelt’s American Fashion Company..
