Page 9: Historical Events In May - 20

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

1987  Wrestler Jerry Lawler sues WWF & Harley Race for trademark name "king" on this day in history.   

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

1989  On May - 20 toonces The Cat takes the wheel on Saturday Night Live   

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  An estimated 2 million people across China protest Martial Law on this day in history.   

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 May - 20.   

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

1992  On May - 20 rap singer raps 597 syllables in 55.12 seconds   

1992  Roger Keith Coleman, American convict on May - 20.   

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 May - 20.   

1993  On this day in history max Klein, inventor (paint by numbers), dies at 77   

1994  Bobcat Goldthwait charged with misdemeanors for fire on Tonight Show on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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  On May - 20 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 this day in history.   

2010  On May - 20 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 May - 20.   

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  142nd Preakness Stakes: Javier Castellano aboard Cloud Computing wins in 1 minute 55.98 seconds on May - 20.   

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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 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  Melchior Bischoff, composer was born on May - 20.   

1554  On May - 20 birth of paulo Bellasio, composer   

1593  On this day in history birth of jacob Jordaens, Flemish barok artist   

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

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

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

1285  On May - 20 death of john II of Jerusalem, King of Cyprus (b. 1259)   

1444  On May - 20 bernardinus van Siena, Italian saint, dies at 63   

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

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

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

1506  On this day in history christopher Columbus, explorer, dies in poverty, in Spain at 55