Page 9: Historical Events In May - 20

1987  Götenborg wins 16th UEFA Cup at Dundee on this day in history.   

1987  Wrestler Jerry Lawler sues WWF & Harley Race for trademark name "king" on May - 20.   

1989  China declares martial law in Beijing on this day in history.   

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

1989  On May - 20 walter McConnel, 57, is oldest to reach 27,000' Mount Everest top   

1989  On this day in history anton Diffring, actor (Zeppelin, Fahrenheit 451), dies at 70   

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

1990  On this day in history hubble Space Telescope sends first photograph's from space   

1990  The Hubble Space Telescope sends its first photographs back to Earth on this day in history.   

1991  Chicago Bull Michael Jordan, named NBA's MVP on May - 20.   

1991  Soviet parliament approves law allowing citizens to travel abroad on May - 20.   

1991  On this day in history the Soviet government begins allowing citizens to leave the country if they wished   

1991  Julian Orbon De Soto, composer, dies at 65 on May - 20.   

1992  FC Barcelona wins 373 Europe Cup 1 at London on May - 20.   

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

1992  Rap singer raps 597 syllables in 55.12 seconds on this day in history.   

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

1993  On May - 20 ukraine Premier Leonid Koetsjma resigns   

1993  Max Klein, inventor (paint by numbers), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1994  On May - 20 bobcat Goldthwait charged with misdemeanors for fire on Tonight Show   

1994  On this day in history dallas Pratt, collector, dies at 79   

1995  CBS News fires co-anchor Connie Chung on May - 20.   

1996  Eric Davidson, comedy scriptwriter, dies at 65 on May - 20.   

1997  On May - 20 virgilio Boat, president of Colombia (1986-90), dies   

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

2007  Clashes in Tripoli, Lebanon, spark the 2007 Lebanon conflict on this day in history.   

2007  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 on May - 20.   

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

2010  Scientists announce that they have created a functional synthetic genome on this day in history.   

2012  On this day in history tomislav Nikolić elected president of Serbia   

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

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  On May - 20 birth of henry Percy, [Harry Hotspur], British soldier/politican   

1470  On this day in history birth of pietro Bembo, cardinal/theologian   

1537  Hieronymus Fabricius Ab, Aquapend Italy, physician (De Formato Foetu) was born on this day in history.   

1547  On May - 20 birth of melchior Bischoff, composer   

1554  Paulo Bellasio, composer was born on May - 20.   

1593  On May - 20 birth of jacob Jordaens, Flemish barok artist   

1593  On May - 20 birth of salomo Glassius, German theologian (d. 1656)   

0685  On this day in history death of king Ecgfrith of Northumbria (b. 645)   

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

1285  On this day in history death of john II of Jerusalem, King of Cyprus (b. 1259)   

1444  Bernardinus van Siena, Italian saint, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1449  Peter, Prince/regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa Benfeitoria), dies on this day in history.   

1471  On May - 20 henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 70-71)/France (1431-71), dies   

1503  On May - 20 death of lorenzo de Medici, Italian patron (b. 1463)   

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