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On This Day In History - May 20th
1873
Levi and Davis are granted a patent for pants
German immigrant Levi Strauss, a mercantile shop owner serving the booming Gold Rush trade in San Francisco, and a former customer,
Russian immigrant Jacob Davis, receive a patent on Davis' invention,
a new and improved work pant made from denim jean fabric and
reinforced by copper rivets.
1932
Aviator Amelia Earhart tries for the history books
Taking to the skies from a Newfoundland starting point in her single-engine Lockheed Vega 5B, Amelia Earhart hopes to become the first woman to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean. Fourteen hours and 56 minutes later she will achieve her goal, landing in Northern Ireland.
1969
Bloody Battle of 'Hamburger Hill' ends in South Vietnam
Ten days of fierce fighting win US Airborne forces the scarred and decimated Hill 937 on Ap Bia Mountain. Hundreds were wounded or killed, almost 20,000 artillery rounds were fired, and 500 tons of ordinance dropped to secure what battle-weary GIs call ' Hamburger Hill.' 
1993
'Cheers' closes up after 11 seasons
The fictional bar 'where everybody knows your name' has its last call on TV, with an estimated 90 million viewers tuning in to make it one of the most-watched finales. The show had nearly been canceled for low ratings during its first season before becoming a mainstay of NBC's Thursday-night lineup.
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  A not-for-profit cooperative association of independent businesses, founded from an economic development research project on the
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With our first Co-Op meeting held March 14, 1983, to date we've worked with 65,642
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Co-Op companies have won virtually every award for business growth in Houston, some nationally and some even internationally.
 
Our Entrepreneurial Research Division conclusively demonstrated "entrepreneurship" could be taught in a classroom environment, resulting in colleges and universities, globally,
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