2000 Death Peter Levi, poet, writer, professor of poetry, University of Oxford, Catholic, spent time in the priesthood, dies 1990 Death William Levi Dawson, composer, dies at 90 1987 Death Primo Levi, Italy, chemist/writer (Survival in Auschwitz), dies at 67 1980 Event Charlie Finley sells A's for $127M to Haas (owners of Levi Strauss) 1975 Death Carlo Levi, Italian writer (Parole Sono Pietre), dies at 72 1969 Death Levi Eshkol, Sjkolnik, premier (Israel), dies at 73 1964 Event Levi Eshkol forms Israeli government 1963 Event Levi Eshkol forms Israeli government 1963 Event Levi Eshkol replaces David Ben-Gurion as Israeli PM 1952 Birthday Wayne John Levi, Little Falls, New York, PGA golfer, 1983 Buick Open 1936 Birthday Levi Stubbs, rocker, 4 Tops-Same Old Song 1931 Birthday Peter Levi, born in Ruislip, England, poet, writer, professor of poetry, University of Oxford, Catholic, spent time in the priesthood 1919 Birthday Primo Levi, Italy, chemist/writer, Survival in Aushchwitz 1911 Birthday Edward Levi, professor, Intro to Legal Reasoning 1902 Birthday Carlo Levi, Italy, painter/novelist, Of Fear and Freedom 1899 Birthday William Levi Dawson, composer 1895 Birthday Levi Eshkol, Sjkolnik, Israeli Prime Minister, MWP, 1963-69 1881 Event Levi P. Morton, U.S. ambas to France drives 1st rivet in Stat of Liberty 1875 Death Eliphas Levi, French Author 1874 Event Levi Strauss markets blue jeans with copper rivets, price $13.50 doz 1850 Event Levi Strauss made his 1st blue jeans 1824 Birthday Levi Parsons Morton, R, 22nd U.S. Vice President, 1889 - 1893 1810 Birthday Eliphas Levi, French Author