Page 9: Historical Events In May - 20

1987  Götenborg wins 16th UEFA Cup at Dundee on this day in history.   

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

1989  China declares martial law in Beijing on this day in history.   

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  Anton Diffring, actor (Zeppelin, Fahrenheit 451), dies at 70 on May - 20.   

1990  On May - 20 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 May - 20 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1992  On this day in history fC Barcelona wins 373 Europe Cup 1 at London   

1992  India launches its first satellite independently on May - 20.   

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

1992  On May - 20 roger Keith Coleman, American convict   

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

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

1993  On May - 20 ukraine Premier Leonid Koetsjma resigns   

1993  Max Klein, inventor (paint by numbers), dies at 77 on May - 20.   

1994  On May - 20 bobcat Goldthwait charged with misdemeanors for fire on Tonight Show   

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

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

1996  Eric Davidson, comedy scriptwriter, dies at 65 on May - 20.   

1997  Virgilio Boat, president of Colombia (1986-90), dies on May - 20.   

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

2007  Clashes in Tripoli, Lebanon, spark the 2007 Lebanon conflict on May - 20.   

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 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  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 this day in history birth of bonne of Luxembourg, wife of John II of France (d. 1349)   

1364  On May - 20 birth of henry Percy, [Harry Hotspur], British soldier/politican   

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 May - 20.   

1547  On this day in history birth of melchior Bischoff, composer   

1554  On this day in history birth of paulo Bellasio, composer   

1593  Jacob Jordaens, Flemish barok artist was born on May - 20.   

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  On May - 20 john XXI, [Petrus Juliani/Hispanus], Port Pope (1276-77), dies   

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 May - 20.   

1449  On this day in history peter, Prince/regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa Benfeitoria), dies   

1471  Henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 70-71)/France (1431-71), dies on this day in history.   

1503  On this day in history death of lorenzo de Medici, Italian patron (b. 1463)   

1506  Christopher Columbus, explorer, dies in poverty, in Spain at 55 on May - 20.