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  On this day in history china declares martial law in Beijing   

1989  Toonces The Cat takes the wheel on Saturday Night Live on May - 20.   

1989  On May - 20 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 May - 20 an estimated 2 million people across China protest Martial Law   

1990  Hubble Space Telescope sends first photograph's from space on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1991  On this day in history julian Orbon De Soto, composer, dies at 65   

1992  On May - 20 fC Barcelona wins 373 Europe Cup 1 at London   

1992  India launches its first satellite independently on this day in history.   

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

1992  Roger Keith Coleman, American convict on this day in history.   

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

1993  On May - 20 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  On May - 20 dallas Pratt, collector, dies at 79   

1995  On May - 20 cBS News fires co-anchor Connie Chung   

1996  Eric Davidson, comedy scriptwriter, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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

2006  On this day in history finland's Lordi wins the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest held in Athens.   

2007  On May - 20 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 May - 20 scientists announce that they have created a functional synthetic genome.   

2012  Tomislav Nikolić elected president of Serbia on May - 20.   

2013  133 people are killed and 283 are injured in a continued wave of insurgency in Iraq on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1364  On this day in history birth of henry Percy, [Harry Hotspur], British soldier/politican   

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

0685  On May - 20 death of king Ecgfrith of Northumbria (b. 645)   

1277  John XXI, [Petrus Juliani/Hispanus], Port Pope (1276-77), dies on May - 20.   

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  Henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 70-71)/France (1431-71), dies on this day in history.   

1503  On this day in history death of lorenzo de Medici, Italian patron (b. 1463)   

1506  Christopher Columbus, explorer, dies in poverty, in Spain at 55 on May - 20.