Today in History:  May 20
1674           John Sobieski becomes Poland's first king.
1774           Parliament passes the Coercive Acts to punish the colonists for their increasingly anti-British behavior. The acts close the port of Boston.
1775           North Carolina becomes the first colony to declare its independence.
1861           North Carolina becomes the last state to secede from the Union.
1862           President Lincoln signs the Homestead Act, providing 250 million acres of free land to settlers in the West.  
1874           Levi Strauss begins marketing blue jeans with copper rivets.
1902           The U.S. military occupation of Cuba ends.  We should have annexed it as a territory.
1927           Charles Lindbergh takes off from New York for Paris.
1930           The first airplane is catapulted from a dirigible.
1932           Amelia Earhart lands near Londonderry, Ireland, to become the first woman fly solo across the Atlantic.
1939           Pan American Airways starts the first regular passenger service across the Atlantic.
1961           A white mob attacks civil rights activists in Montgomery, Alabama.  Nayboobs continue to attack Civil Rights activists even to this day.
1969           In South Vietnam, troops of the 101st Airborne Division reach the top of Hill 937 after nine days of fighting entrenched North Vietnamese forces.
1970           100,000 people march in New York, supporting U.S. policies in Vietnam.  At least 100,000 people were on the CORRECT SIDE of this issue.

Born on May 20
1768           Dolley Madison, first lady of President James Madison.
1806           John Stuart Mill, British philospher and economist.
1818           William George Fargo, one of the founders of Wells, Fargo & Co.
1882           Sigrid Undset, Norwegian novelist (Kristin Lavransdatter).
1908           Jimmy Stewart, actor (It's a Wonderful Life, Mr Smith Goes to Washington).

FACT CHECK....

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In 1873, Levi Strauss & Company began using the pocket stitch design. Levi Strauss and a Reno Nevada-based Latvian tailor by the name of Jacob Davis co-patented the process of putting rivets in pants for strength. On May 20, 1873, they received U.S.Patent No.139,121. This date is now considered the official birthday of "blue jeans."

Hill 937 aka HAMBURGER HILL

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Hill 937 aka HAMBURGER HILL

You apparently don't make any attempt to read for comprehension --- the patent date is NOT the same thing as the date when it was first MARKETED.     Words actually have meaning -- so if you don't want to keep making an a** of yourself READ CAREFULLY .. consult a dictionary if you have to ... and then maybe you will understand what you are reading.

Where did I say marketing date was wrong.....you are the one with stupid reading skills. I included facts about the patent and "brith of blue jeans"...nothing more. Maybe going to multiple high schools you left your miniscule brain in a locker when you moved....and you had me banned ......what happened...you miss me that much????
Now go back to the steamroom stories.....much more your speed!!!

PS - Unlike you trolling the web to find info, the story of Levi Strauss was part of a legal course study I was in, so that is why I thought I would add that fact check....ESAD Buttwipe

Today in History May 22
1804           The Lewis and Clark Expedition officially begins as the Corps of Discovery departs from St. Charles, Missouri.
1856           Senator Preston Brooks of South Carolina strikes Senator Charles Sumner with a cane for Sumner's earlier condemnation of slavery.
1863           Union General Ulysses S. Grant's second attack on Vicksburg fails and a siege begins.
1868           The "Great Train Robbery" takes place as seven members of the Reno Gang make off with $98,000 in cash from a train's safe in Indiana.
1872           The Amnesty Act restores civil rights to Southerners.
1882           The United States formally recognizes Korea.
1908           The Wright brothers register their flying machine for a U.S. patent.
1947           The Truman Doctrine brings aid to Turkey and Greece.
1967           The children's program Mister Rogers' Neighborhood premiers.
1987           An Iraqi missile hits the American frigate USS Stark in the Persian Gulf.

Born on May 22
1844           Mary Cassatt, impressionist painter.
1859           Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author, creator of the Sherlock Holmes series.
1907           Laurence Olivier, actor.

Quite a good article about the Stark incident:
http://eightiesclub.tripod.com/id344.htm

May 23, 1997 - When asked by Aunt Ginny if he's like an all day sucker, ronnie says "No thanks, I already have one." and introduces her to his young friend Kevin.

Kevin?  I thought it was "Andy" ?

Today in History May 26
1835           A resolution is passed in the U.S. Congress stating that Congress has no authority over state slavery laws.
1864           The territory of Montana is organized.
1865           The last Confederate army surrenders in Shreveport, Louisiana.
1868           President Andrew Johnson is aquitted of all charges of impeachment.
1896           The last czar of Russia, Nicholas II, is crowned.
1938           The House Committee on Un-American Activities begins its work of searching for subversives in the United States.
1940           The evacuation of Allied forces from Dunkirk begins.
1946           A patent is filed in the United States for the H-bomb.
1958           Union Square, San Francisco, becomes a state historical landmark.
1961           The civil rights activist group, Freedom Ride Coordinating Committee, is established in Atlanta.
1961           A U.S. Air Force bomber flies across the Atlantic in a record of just over three hours.
1969           Apollo 10 returns to Earth.
1977           The movie Star Wars debuts.   MikeChristine, MobileTerminal, Alias and GrahamBonnet have been locked together in the same basement watching the movie over and over again.  Each of them take turns playing Princess Leia.

Born on May 26
1835           Edward Porter Alexander, artillery general during the American Civil War.
1886           Al Jolson, jazz singer and film actor.
1907           John Wayne [Marion Michael Morrison], American actor and film icon.
1919           Jay Silverheels, actor (The Lone Ranger).
1923           James Arness, actor (Gunsmoke).
1951           Sally Ride, astronaut, the first American woman in space.

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Today in History May 26
1835           A resolution is passed in the U.S. Congress stating that Congress has no authority over state slavery laws.
1864           The territory of Montana is organized.
1865           The last Confederate army surrenders in Shreveport, Louisiana.
1868           President Andrew Johnson is aquitted of all charges of impeachment.
1896           The last czar of Russia, Nicholas II, is crowned.
1938           The House Committee on Un-American Activities begins its work of searching for subversives in the United States.
1940           The evacuation of Allied forces from Dunkirk begins.
1946           A patent is filed in the United States for the H-bomb.
1958           Union Square, San Francisco, becomes a state historical landmark.
1961           The civil rights activist group, Freedom Ride Coordinating Committee, is established in Atlanta.
1961           A U.S. Air Force bomber flies across the Atlantic in a record of just over three hours.
1969           Apollo 10 returns to Earth.
1977           The movie Star Wars debuts.   MikeChristine, MobileTerminal, Alias and GrahamBonnet have been locked together in the same basement watching the movie over and over again.  Each of them take turns playing Princess Leia.

Born on May 26
1835           Edward Porter Alexander, artillery general during the American Civil War.
1886           Al Jolson, jazz singer and film actor.
1907           John Wayne [Marion Michael Morrison], American actor and film icon.
1919           Jay Silverheels, actor (The Lone Ranger).
1923           James Arness, actor (Gunsmoke).
1951           Sally Ride, astronaut, the first American woman in space.

Awwwww........isn't that special...........a feeble attempt at flaming...................I hear some of the videos are making the rounds at town hall... ..................hey ronnie I'm just getting warmed up............I have photos of you with pigs.....

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Stupidity must be a crime because he's serving a life sentence!

Today in History May 27
1564           John Calvin, one of the dominant figures of the Protestant Reformation, dies in Geneva.
1647           Achsah Young becomes the first woman known to be executed as a witch in Massachusetts.
1668           Three colonists are expelled from Massachusetts for being Baptists.
1907           The Bubonic Plague breaks out in San Francisco.
1919           A U.S. Navy seaplane completes the first transatlantic flight.
1935           The Supreme Court declares President Franklin Roosevelt's National Recovery Act unconstitutional.
1937           San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge opens.
1941           The German battleship Bismarck is sunk by British naval and air forces.
1942           German General Rommel begins a major offensive in Libya with his Afrika Korps.
1944           American General MacArthur lands on Biak Island in New Guinea.
1969           Construction begins on Walt Disney World in Florida.
1972           President Richard M. Nixon and Soviet Communist Party chief Leonid Brezhnev sign an arms reduction agreement.
1999           The international war crimes tribunal indicts Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic for war atrocities.

Born on May 27
1332           Dante Alighieri, Italian writer.
1794           Cornelius Vanderbilt, American industrialist and philanthropist.
1819           Julia Ward Howe, writer of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic."
1837           Wild Bill [James Butler] Hickok, American frontiersman and lawman.
1878           Isadora Duncan, dancer and choreographer.
1894           (Samuel) Dashiell Hammett, detective writer (The Maltese Falcon).
1907           Rachel Carson, biologist and writer (Silent Spring, The Sea Around Us).
1911           Hubert Humphrey, U.S. politician.  One of the truly great American political leaders of all time.
1923           Henry Kissinger, Secretary of State under President Nixon.