Daily Local News (West Chester, PA)
TODAY IN HISTORY
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
May 20, 1927
Charles Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt Field on Long Island, New York, aboard the Spirit of St. Louis on his historic solo flight to France.
ALSO ON THIS DATE 1521
Ignatius of Loyola was wounded by a cannonball while defending Pamplona against the French; during his convalescence he turned to religion, becoming a leader of the CounterReformation and the founder of the Jesuits.
1873
Levi Strauss and tailor Jacob Davis received a U.S. patent for men’s work pants made with copper rivets.
1899
Taxi driver Jacob German was pulled over and arrested by a police officer riding a bicycle for speeding down Manhattan’s Lexington Avenue in his electric car at 12 miles an hour at a time when the speed limit was 8 mph; it was the first recorded speeding arrest in U.S. history.