05-19-2013, 07:07 PM
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Location: Maryland
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May 20th
1772 ~ Birthday of Sir William Congreve, English inventor (“By the rockets’ red glare”).
1806 ~ Birthday of John Stuart Mill, English philosopher.
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.
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.
1961 ~ U.S. marshals were sent to restore order in Montgomery, Alabama.
1977 ~ Birthday of Tiger Tyson, Porn actor.
1989 ~ Facing pro-democracy demonstrations, Chinese authorities declared martial law, setting the stage for the Tiananmen Square massacre.
2000 ~ Death of Jean Pierre Rampal, French flutist.
2002 ~ Death of Stephen Jay Gould, American paleontologist.
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