Historical Events In May - 20

1987  On May - 20 götenborg wins 16th UEFA Cup at Dundee  

1987  On this day in history wrestler Jerry Lawler sues WWF & Harley Race for trademark name "king"  

1989  On this day in history china declares martial law in Beijing  

1989  Toonces The Cat takes the wheel on Saturday Night Live on this day in history.  

1989  Walter McConnel, 57, is oldest to reach 27,000' Mount Everest top on May - 20.  

1989  Anton Diffring, actor (Zeppelin, Fahrenheit 451), dies at 70 on May - 20.  

1990  On May - 20 an estimated 2 million people across China protest Martial Law  

1990  On May - 20 hubble Space Telescope sends first photograph's from space  

1990  On this day in history the Hubble Space Telescope sends its first photographs back to Earth  

1991  Chicago Bull Michael Jordan, named NBA's MVP on this day in history.  

1991  On May - 20 soviet parliament approves law allowing citizens to travel abroad  

1991  On May - 20 the Soviet government begins allowing citizens to leave the country if they wished  

1991  On May - 20 julian Orbon De Soto, composer, dies at 65  

1992  FC Barcelona wins 373 Europe Cup 1 at London on this day in history.  

1992  On this day in history india launches its first satellite independently  

1992  Rap singer raps 597 syllables in 55.12 seconds on May - 20.  

1992  On May - 20 roger Keith Coleman, American convict  

1993  10 meter meteor comes within 150,000 km of Earth (1993KA) on May - 20.  

1993  On this day in history 274th & final "Cheers" on NBC  

1993  On this day in history ukraine Premier Leonid Koetsjma resigns  

1993  On May - 20 max Klein, inventor (paint by numbers), dies at 77  

1994  On this day in history bobcat Goldthwait charged with misdemeanors for fire on Tonight Show  

1994  Dallas Pratt, collector, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1995  CBS News fires co-anchor Connie Chung on this day in history.  

1996  On this day in history eric Davidson, comedy scriptwriter, dies at 65  

1997  On this day in history virgilio Boat, president of Colombia (1986-90), dies  

2006  On May - 20 finland's Lordi wins the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest held in Athens.  

2007  On this day in history clashes in Tripoli, Lebanon, spark the 2007 Lebanon conflict.  

2007  On this day in history the ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum makes the largest single charitable donation in modern history, committing €7.41 billion to an educational foundation in the Middle East.  

2010  Five paintings worth €100 million are stolen from the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris on this day in history.  

2010  On this day in history scientists announce that they have created a functional synthetic genome.  

2012  On May - 20 tomislav Nikolić elected president of Serbia  

2013  On May - 20 133 people are killed and 283 are injured in a continued wave of insurgency in Iraq  

2017  On this day in history 142nd Preakness Stakes: Javier Castellano aboard Cloud Computing wins in 1 minute 55.98 seconds  

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1315  Bonne of Luxembourg, wife of John II of France (d. 1349) was born on May - 20.  

1364  Henry Percy, [Harry Hotspur], British soldier/politican was born on May - 20.  

1470  Pietro Bembo, cardinal/theologian was born on May - 20.  

1537  Hieronymus Fabricius Ab, Aquapend Italy, physician (De Formato Foetu) was born on May - 20.  

1547  Melchior Bischoff, composer was born on May - 20.  

1554  On May - 20 birth of paulo Bellasio, composer  

1593  Jacob Jordaens, Flemish barok artist was born on May - 20.  

1593  Salomo Glassius, German theologian (d. 1656) was born on May - 20.  

0685  Death of King Ecgfrith of Northumbria (b. 645) on May - 20.  

1277  On this day in history john XXI, [Petrus Juliani/Hispanus], Port Pope (1276-77), dies  

1285  Death of John II of Jerusalem, King of Cyprus (b. 1259) on this day in history.  

1444  Bernardinus van Siena, Italian saint, dies at 63 on May - 20.  

1449  On May - 20 peter, Prince/regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa Benfeitoria), dies  

1471  On this day in history henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 70-71)/France (1431-71), dies  

1503  Death of Lorenzo de Medici, Italian patron (b. 1463) on this day in history.  

1506  On May - 20 christopher Columbus, explorer, dies in poverty, in Spain at 55