Historical Events In May - 20

1987  Götenborg wins 16th UEFA Cup at Dundee on May - 20.   

1987  On May - 20 wrestler Jerry Lawler sues WWF & Harley Race for trademark name "king"   

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 this day in history an estimated 2 million people across China protest Martial Law   

1990  On May - 20 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  Soviet parliament approves law allowing citizens to travel abroad on this day in history.   

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

1991  Julian Orbon De Soto, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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  On May - 20 roger Keith Coleman, American convict   

1993  10 meter meteor comes within 150,000 km of Earth (1993KA) on this day in history.   

1993  On this day in history 274th & final "Cheers" on NBC   

1993  On May - 20 ukraine Premier Leonid Koetsjma resigns   

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 May - 20.   

1994  Dallas Pratt, collector, dies at 79 on May - 20.   

1995  On this day in history cBS News fires co-anchor Connie Chung   

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 this day in history.   

2007  On this day in history 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  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  Tomislav Nikolić elected president of Serbia on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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1315  Bonne of Luxembourg, wife of John II of France (d. 1349) was born on May - 20.   

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

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

1537  On May - 20 birth of hieronymus Fabricius Ab, Aquapend Italy, physician (De Formato Foetu)   

1547  On this day in history birth of melchior Bischoff, composer   

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

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

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 May - 20 john XXI, [Petrus Juliani/Hispanus], Port Pope (1276-77), dies   

1285  Death of John II of Jerusalem, King of Cyprus (b. 1259) on May - 20.   

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

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

1471  Henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 70-71)/France (1431-71), dies on this day in history.   

1503  On May - 20 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