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Historical Events In May - 20

Friday, 29 March 2024

1926  On May - 20 belgian Government of Jaspar takes power  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1926  Congress passes Air Commerce Act, licensing of pilots & planes on May - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1926  Railway Labor Act became law on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1926  Thomas Edison says Americans prefer silent movies over talkies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1926  Belgian govt of Jaspar takes power on May - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1926  On this day in history dick Pougher, cricketer (17 & 3-26 in only Test for Engld 1892), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1927  On this day in history at 7 40 AM, Lindbergh takes off from New York to cross Atlantic for Paris  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1927  Britain recognises the independence of Saudi Arabia on May - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1927  Charles Lindbergh takes off from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, NY to begin his historic solo flight to Paris on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1927  Saudi Arabia becomes independent of Great Britain (Treaty of Jedda) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1927  At 7:40 AM, Lindbergh takes off from NY to cross Atlantic for Paris on May - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1927  On this day in history at 7:40 AM, Lindbergh takes off from New York to cross Atlantic for Paris  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1930  The first airplane catapulted from a dirigible, Charles Nicholson, pilot on May - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1930  On this day in history university of California dedicates $1,500 to research on prevention & cure of athlete's foot  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1930  On May - 20 1st airplane catapulted from a dirigible, Charles Nicholson, pilot  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1932  Amelia Earhart leaves Newfoundland first woman fly solo across Atlantic on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1932  On this day in history amelia Earhart takes off from Newfoundland to begin her historic solo flight to Ireland  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1932  On May - 20 engelbert Dollfuss becomes chancellor of Austria  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1932  On this day in history amelia Earhart leaves Newfoundland 1st woman fly solo across Atlantic  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1935  On May - 20 ivans, [Jacob van Schevichaven], lawyer/detective writer, dies at 68  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1939  "3 Little Fishies" by Kay Kyser hits #1 on May - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1939  Pan Am begins regular transatlantic airmail and passenger service across the North Atlantic on May - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1939  The first regular transatlantic airmail service begins (NY to Marsseille France) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1939  On this day in history "3 Little Fishies," by Kay Kyser hits #1  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1939  On May - 20 joe Carr, NFL hall of famer/NFL president (1921-39), dies at 59  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1940  Concentration camp is established at Auschwitz on May - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1940  On this day in history general Guderians tanks reach The Channel  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1940  On May - 20 igor Sikorsky unveils his helicopter invention  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1940  On this day in history gen Guderians tanks reach The Channel (British expeditionary army)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1940  On May - 20 amar Singh, cricketer (of pneumonia Indian pace bowler 1932-36), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1941  On this day in history former Dutch PM Colijn says Netherlands Indies not ready for independence  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1941  German soldiers invade Crete on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1941  Sgt. Alfred Clive HULME 23rd NZ Battalionwon the Victoria Cross for valor at various places in Greece on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1941  On May - 20 archer's "Christian Calendar & Gregorian Reform" published  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In May - 20

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1315  On this day in history birth of bonne of Luxembourg, wife of John II of France (d. 1349)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1364  On this day in history birth of henry Percy, [Harry Hotspur], British soldier/politican  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1470  On May - 20 birth of pietro Bembo, cardinal/theologian  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1537  On May - 20 birth of hieronymus Fabricius Ab, Aquapend Italy, physician (De Formato Foetu)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1547  Melchior Bischoff, composer was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1554  On May - 20 birth of paulo Bellasio, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1593  Jacob Jordaens, Flemish barok artist was born on May - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1593  On this day in history birth of salomo Glassius, German theologian (d. 1656)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In May - 20

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0685  Death of King Ecgfrith of Northumbria (b. 645) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1277  John XXI, [Petrus Juliani/Hispanus], Port Pope (1276-77), dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1285  Death of John II of Jerusalem, King of Cyprus (b. 1259) on May - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1444  Bernardinus van Siena, Italian saint, dies at 63 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1449  Peter, Prince/regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa Benfeitoria), dies on May - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1471  Henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 70-71)/France (1431-71), dies on May - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1503  On May - 20 death of lorenzo de Medici, Italian patron (b. 1463)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1506  Christopher Columbus, explorer, dies in poverty, in Spain at 55 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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