May 20: Significance, Events, and How to Celebrate Natural Disasters & Epidemics

1991  Chicago Bull Michael Jordan, named NBA's MVP.   

1991  Soviet parliament approves law allowing citizens to travel abroad   

1991  The Soviet government begins allowing citizens to leave the country if they wished.   

1991  Julian Orbon De Soto, composer, dies at 65.   

1992  In this year, FC Barcelona claims 373 Europe Cup 1 at London.   

1992  India launches its inaugural satellite independently   

1992  Rap singer raps 597 syllables in 55.12 seconds.   

1992  Roger Keith Coleman, American convict.   

1993  10 meter meteor comes within 150000 km of Earth (1993KA)   

1993  274th and final "Cheers" on NBC.   

1993  Ukraine Premier Leonid Koetsjma steps down.   

1993  Max Klein, inventor (paint by numbers), dies at 77.   

1994  Bobcat Goldthwait charged with misdemeanors for fire on Tonight Show.   

1994  Dallas Pratt, collector, dies at 79.   

1995  CBS News fires co-anchor Connie Chung.   

1996  Eric Davidson, comedy scriptwriter, dies at 65   

1997  Virgilio Boat, president of Colombia (1986-90), dies   

2006  In this year, Finland's Lordi claims the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest held in Athens.   

2007  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   

2010  Scientists announce that they have created a functional synthetic genome.   

2012  Tomislav Nikolić elected president of Serbia.   

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

2017  In this year, 142nd Preakness Stakes: Javier Castellano aboard Cloud Computing claims in 1 minute 55.98 seconds.   

2017  In this year, US President Donald Trump starts his 1st foreign trip arriving in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia   

2018  Two cyclists attacked by a cougar, 1 dies, in North Bend, Washington State   

2018  In this year, President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela claims a second term in an election marked by boycotts and acussations of vote rigging.   

2018  K-pop boy band BTS are the inaugural Koreans to perform at the Billboard Music Awards   

2018  In this year, The Tradition, Greystone G and CC: Spaniard Miguel Ángel Jiménez claims by 3 from American trio Joe Durant, Steve Stricker and Gene Sauers.   

2021  Following international pressure, and nearly 250 deaths, Israel agrees to a ceasefire deal to end the conflict with Gaza militants, effective the next day at 2:00 AM local time.[101].   

2024  Actress Scarlett Johansson says OpenAI tried to hire her voice and when she refused created a synthetic voice, known as Sky, for an update to ChatGPT very similar to hers [1].   

2024  Lai Ching-te is sworn in as the 8th President of Taiwan, after his predecessor Tsai Ing-wen stepped down after eight years [1]   

2024  The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court seeks arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas leader in Gaza Yahya Sinwar over alleged war crimes.   

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