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 this day in history.   

1989  Walter McConnel, 57, is oldest to reach 27,000' Mount Everest top on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history chicago Bull Michael Jordan, named NBA's MVP   

1991  On this day in history soviet parliament approves law allowing citizens to travel abroad   

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

1991  On this day in history 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  On May - 20 rap singer raps 597 syllables in 55.12 seconds   

1992  On this day in history roger Keith Coleman, American convict   

1993  On May - 20 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  CBS News fires co-anchor Connie Chung on May - 20.   

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

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

2012  Tomislav Nikolić elected president of Serbia on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of bonne of Luxembourg, wife of John II of France (d. 1349)   

1364  On May - 20 birth of henry Percy, [Harry Hotspur], British soldier/politican   

1470  On May - 20 birth of pietro Bembo, cardinal/theologian   

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

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

1554  Paulo Bellasio, composer was born on this day in history.   

1593  Jacob Jordaens, Flemish barok artist was born on this day in history.   

1593  Salomo Glassius, German theologian (d. 1656) was born on this day in history.   

0685  Death of King Ecgfrith of Northumbria (b. 645) on this day in history.   

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

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

1444  On this day in history bernardinus van Siena, Italian saint, dies at 63   

1449  On this day in history peter, Prince/regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa Benfeitoria), dies   

1471  Henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 70-71)/France (1431-71), dies on May - 20.   

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

1506  Christopher Columbus, explorer, dies in poverty, in Spain at 55 on this day in history.