, German-American industrialist, inventor of jeans, Levi Strauss, dies. He made jeans, which for more than a century the most frequently worn piece of clothing. After him they are also called - Levis. Strauss noted that gold diggers required hardwearing trousers for their work. The first jeans were made of material used for tent awnings, were brown and worn with braces. That material was soon replaced by denim, a fabric made from of cotton, and dyed with indigo blue.
In 1802 Slovene mathematician Jurij Bartolomej Vega died.

In 1898, the New York born American composer George Gershwin is born. Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris and Porgy and Bess are three remarkable works that he created. In his musicals and compositions he brought together the rhythms of American jazz and European music.
In 1960, Cuban President Fidel Castro, gave the longest speech in the history of the United Nations, lasting 4 hours and 29 minutes.
In 1988 Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson had his gold medal taken from him after it was proven that he had taken prohibited stimulants.

In 2008 American actor Paul Newman died.
MUSIC HISTORY
1964 - Roy Orbison took the top spot on the American singles chart with the song 'Oh Pretty Woman'.
1969 - The Beatles released 'Abbey Road'. The final studio recordings from the group also featured George Harrison song 'Here Comes The Sun'.
1987 - With her song "Didn't We Almost Have It All" Whitney Houston began a two-week run on the American singles chart.
1987 - Michael Jackson is No.1 on the US album chart with 'Bad'.
2003 – At the age of 54 English singer Robert Palmer dies ('Addicted To Love').
BORN ON THIS DAY
1925 - Marty Robbins, US Country singer (1960 'El Paso').
1945 - Bryan Ferry, singer in the group Roxy Music (1976 'Let's Stick Together').
1947 - Lynn Anderson ('Rose Garden').
1948 - Olivia Newton-John (with John Travolta 'You're The One That I Want').