On May 20, 1873, San Francisco businessman Levi Strauss and Reno, Nevada, tailor Jacob Davis (above) were given a patent to create work pants reinforced with metal rivets, marking the birth of one of the world’s most famous garments: blue jeans.
(FoxNews) – A stained vest said to have been worn by King Charles I when he was beheaded in 1649 is set to go on display in London. The King’s execution is a key moment in British history.
Exactly 371 years ago on a bitterly cold Jan. 30, 1649, the king stepped out of the Banqueting House in Central London onto a scaffold, where his executioner awaited with an ax. A large crowd assembled to watch the beheading.
King Charles I’s Royalists were defeated by Parliament’s forces in the bloody English Civil Wars, which lasted from 1642 to 1651. In May 1646, after suffering a string of military defeats, the King had placed himself in the protection of a Scottish army but was handed over to the English Parliament nine months later.
Put on trial, the king was sentenced to death for high treason on Jan. 27, 1649 and beheaded three days later.
Other artifacts said to be from Charles I’s execution including gloves, a handkerchief, a sash, and fragments of a cloak will also be shown in the “Executions” exhibition, which opens on Oct. 16, 2020.
Elvis Presley’s first commercial recording session took place in Memphis, TN. on this day in 1954. He recorded "That’s All Right (Mama)" and "Blue Moon of Kentucky."
Elvis, Bill Black, Scotty Moore; Sam Phillips in foreground; Sun Records, Memphis, TN, 1954.