This Month in History The year 1873 brought the birth of the blue jean. “Buffalo Bill,” William F. Cody opened his Wild West Show in 1883. In 1884, the Ringling Brothers circus premiered. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed Mother’s Day as a national holiday in 1914. Cheerioats, which became Cheerios, was launched in 1941. In 1963, James Whittaker became the first
