Historical Events In May - 20

1987  On this day in history 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 this day in history toonces The Cat takes the wheel on Saturday Night Live  

1989  On this day in history walter McConnel, 57, is oldest to reach 27,000' Mount Everest top  

1989  On May - 20 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  On May - 20 the Hubble Space Telescope sends its first photographs back to Earth  

1991  On May - 20 chicago Bull Michael Jordan, named NBA's MVP  

1991  Soviet parliament approves law allowing citizens to travel abroad on this day in history.  

1991  On this day in history the Soviet government begins allowing citizens to leave the country if they wished  

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  India launches its first satellite independently on May - 20.  

1992  Rap singer raps 597 syllables in 55.12 seconds on this day in history.  

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  Max Klein, inventor (paint by numbers), dies at 77 on this day in history.  

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

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

1995  CBS News fires co-anchor Connie Chung on this day in history.  

1996  On May - 20 eric Davidson, comedy scriptwriter, dies at 65  

1997  On May - 20 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 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  On this day in history scientists announce that they have created a functional synthetic genome.  

2012  On May - 20 tomislav Nikolić elected president of Serbia  

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 May - 20.  

1364  On May - 20 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  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 May - 20.  

1593  Salomo Glassius, German theologian (d. 1656) was born on May - 20.  

0685  On this day in history death of king Ecgfrith of Northumbria (b. 645)  

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

1285  On this day in history 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  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.