Page 9: Historical Events In May - 20
Wednesday, 17 September 2025
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 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 this day in history walter McConnel, 57, is oldest to reach 27,000' Mount Everest top
1989 Anton Diffring, actor (Zeppelin, Fahrenheit 451), dies at 70 on this day in history.
1990 On this day in history 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 On May - 20 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 this day in history soviet parliament approves law allowing citizens to travel abroad
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 On this day in history fC Barcelona wins 373 Europe Cup 1 at London
1992 India launches its first satellite independently on May - 20.
1992 Rap singer raps 597 syllables in 55.12 seconds on May - 20.
1992 Roger Keith Coleman, American convict on May - 20.
1993 On this day in history 10 meter meteor comes within 150,000 km of Earth (1993KA)
1993 On May - 20 274th & final "Cheers" on NBC
1993 Ukraine Premier Leonid Koetsjma resigns on this day in history.
1993 Max Klein, inventor (paint by numbers), dies at 77 on May - 20.
1994 Bobcat Goldthwait charged with misdemeanors for fire on Tonight Show on May - 20.
1994 On this day in history dallas Pratt, collector, dies at 79
1995 On this day in history cBS News fires co-anchor Connie Chung
1996 Eric Davidson, comedy scriptwriter, dies at 65 on this day in history.
1997 Virgilio Boat, president of Colombia (1986-90), dies on May - 20.
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 May - 20.
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 On this day in history five paintings worth €100 million are stolen from the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.
2010 On May - 20 scientists announce that they have created a functional synthetic genome.
2012 Tomislav Nikolić elected president of Serbia on May - 20.
2013 On this day in history 133 people are killed and 283 are injured in a continued wave of insurgency in Iraq
2017 142nd Preakness Stakes: Javier Castellano aboard Cloud Computing wins in 1 minute 55.98 seconds on May - 20.
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