Saturday’s Nostalgic News – May 20

“OTHER IMPORTANT EVENTS…”

• 1830 – The fountain pen was patented by H.D. Hyde.
• 1873 – Levi Strauss began marketing blue jeans with copper rivets.
• 1902 – The U.S. military occupation of Cuba ended.
• 1902 – Cuba gained its independence from Spain.
• 1916 – Norman Rockwell’s first cover on “The Saturday Evening Post” appeared.
• 1932 – Amelia Earhart took off to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She became the first woman to achieve the feat.

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