Page 9: Historical Events In May - 20

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

1987  On this day in history wrestler Jerry Lawler sues WWF & Harley Race for trademark name "king"   

1989  On May - 20 china declares martial law in Beijing   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history hubble Space Telescope sends first photograph's from space   

1990  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

1992  FC Barcelona wins 373 Europe Cup 1 at London on this day in history.   

1992  India launches its first satellite independently on this day in history.   

1992  Rap singer raps 597 syllables in 55.12 seconds on May - 20.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1994  On May - 20 dallas Pratt, collector, dies at 79   

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  Finland's Lordi wins the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest held in Athens on this day in history.   

2007  On May - 20 clashes in Tripoli, Lebanon, spark the 2007 Lebanon conflict.   

2007  On May - 20 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  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 May - 20.   

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

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

0685  Death of King Ecgfrith of Northumbria (b. 645) on May - 20.   

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

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

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

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