Historical Events In May - 20

1987  On May - 20 götenborg wins 16th UEFA Cup at Dundee   

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

1990  On May - 20 an estimated 2 million people across China protest Martial Law   

1990  Hubble Space Telescope sends first photograph's from space on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history the Hubble Space Telescope sends its first photographs back to Earth   

1991  Chicago Bull Michael Jordan, named NBA's MVP on this day in history.   

1991  Soviet parliament approves law allowing citizens to travel abroad on May - 20.   

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

1991  On May - 20 julian Orbon De Soto, composer, dies at 65   

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

1992  On May - 20 india launches its first satellite independently   

1992  On this day in history rap singer raps 597 syllables in 55.12 seconds   

1992  Roger Keith Coleman, American convict on May - 20.   

1993  On May - 20 10 meter meteor comes within 150,000 km of Earth (1993KA)   

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

1993  Ukraine Premier Leonid Koetsjma resigns on May - 20.   

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 May - 20.   

1994  Dallas Pratt, collector, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1995  CBS News fires co-anchor Connie Chung on May - 20.   

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

1997  Virgilio Boat, president of Colombia (1986-90), dies on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

2010  Five paintings worth €100 million are stolen from the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris on May - 20.   

2010  On May - 20 scientists announce that they have created a functional synthetic genome.   

2012  Tomislav Nikolić elected president of Serbia on this day in history.   

2013  On May - 20 133 people are killed and 283 are injured in a continued wave of insurgency in Iraq   

2017  On May - 20 142nd Preakness Stakes: Javier Castellano aboard Cloud Computing wins in 1 minute 55.98 seconds   

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1315  On May - 20 birth of bonne of Luxembourg, wife of John II of France (d. 1349)   

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

1470  Pietro Bembo, cardinal/theologian was born on May - 20.   

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  Paulo Bellasio, composer was born on May - 20.   

1593  Jacob Jordaens, Flemish barok artist was born on this day in history.   

1593  On May - 20 birth of salomo Glassius, German theologian (d. 1656)   

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

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 this day in history.   

1444  Bernardinus van Siena, Italian saint, dies at 63 on May - 20.   

1449  Peter, Prince/regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa Benfeitoria), dies on May - 20.   

1471  On May - 20 henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 70-71)/France (1431-71), dies   

1503  On this day in history 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