May 20

May 20

St. Bernardino of Siena, (advertising, public relations; invoked against hoarseness), St. Ethelbert, (invoked against thieves)

Eliza Dolittle Day, Pick Strawberries Day, International  Virtual Assistants Day, National Bike to Work Day, National Defense Transportation Day, (could those 2 be related/),  Weights and Measures Day

1874- Levi Strauss marketed blue jeans with copper rivets for $13.50/dozen

1939 – First Chelsea flower show in London

1961- Orient Express made its last run

     

Birthdays:

William Fargo 1818

James Stewart 1908

Cher 1945

In the old days, people used to risk their lives in India or in the Americas in order to bring back products which now seem to us to have been of comically little worth. ---Levi Strauss



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