Today in 1873,Levi Strauss began marketing their patented blue jeans with copper rivets.
Today in 1891,the first public motion picture show took place when 147 women visiting Thomas Edison’s lab viewed a film of a man bowling through a one-inch hole in a pine box.
Today in 1899,Jacob German of New York City became the first driver to be arrested for speeding. The posted speed limit was 12-miles per hour.
Today in 1927,Charles Lindbergh began his historic solo flight across the Atlantic at 7:40a ET. He began in Long Island and without the benefit of heat, radio or light, traveled 3600 miles and arrived in Paris 33-1/2 hours later. He was 25 years old at the time.