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Today is Friday, May 20, 2011...


On this date in 1506, the great Italian explorer Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid, Spain.

On this date in 1873, Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive patent for blue jeans.

On this date in 1899, Jacob German, operator of a taxicab for the Electric Vehicle Company, became the first driver to be arrested for speeding. He was driving 12 mph.

On this date in 1927 at 7:52 a.m., American aviator Charles A. Lindbergh takes off from Roosevelt Field on Long Island, New York in The Spirit of St. Louis.

On this date in 1956, the United States conducts the first airborne test of an improved hydrogen bomb, dropping it from a plane over the tiny island of Namu in the Bikini Atoll.

Today's birthdays include Bronson Pinchot, David Paterson, Cher, Joe Cocker, George Gobel, and Jimmy Stewart.
 
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