Page 9: Historical Events In May - 20

1987  On this day in history götenborg wins 16th UEFA Cup at Dundee   

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

1989  China declares martial law in Beijing on May - 20.   

1989  On this day in history toonces The Cat takes the wheel on Saturday Night Live   

1989  Walter McConnel, 57, is oldest to reach 27,000' Mount Everest top on May - 20.   

1989  Anton Diffring, actor (Zeppelin, Fahrenheit 451), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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 May - 20.   

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 May - 20.   

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  On May - 20 india launches its first satellite independently   

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

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

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

1993  274th & final "Cheers" on NBC on May - 20.   

1993  Ukraine Premier Leonid Koetsjma resigns on this day in history.   

1993  On May - 20 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  On this day in history dallas Pratt, collector, dies at 79   

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

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

1997  On May - 20 virgilio Boat, president of Colombia (1986-90), dies   

2006  Finland's Lordi wins the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest held in Athens on May - 20.   

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

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

2012  On this day in history tomislav Nikolić elected president of Serbia   

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  Henry Percy, [Harry Hotspur], British soldier/politican was born on this day in history.   

1470  Pietro Bembo, cardinal/theologian was born on this day in history.   

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

1547  On May - 20 birth of melchior Bischoff, composer   

1554  On May - 20 birth of paulo Bellasio, composer   

1593  On May - 20 birth of jacob Jordaens, Flemish barok artist   

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

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

1444  Bernardinus van Siena, Italian saint, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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 May - 20.   

1503  Death of Lorenzo de Medici, Italian patron (b. 1463) on this day in history.   

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