On This Day: May 20
1570 — The world's first geographical atlas ("Teatrum Orbis Terrarium") with 53 large maps is printed in Antwerp
1742 — Russian polar explorer Semyon Chelyuskin
reaches the northernmost tip of Eurasia on a dog sled; the northernmost cape of Eurasia and several more northern spots would soon be named after him
1873 — Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis patent the first blue jeans with copper rivets. The day is now celebrated as the jeans birthday
1927 — Charles Lindbergh takes off from New York to cross the Atlantic from Paris aboard Spirit of St Louis. It was the first non-stop transatlantic flight
1965 —
Domodedovo Airport terminal complex opens near Moscow. It it now the second largest airport in Russia.
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