Page 9: Historical Events In May - 20

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

1987  On May - 20 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  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  An estimated 2 million people across China protest Martial Law on May - 20.   

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  Chicago Bull Michael Jordan, named NBA's MVP on May - 20.   

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

1992  On this day in history 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 May - 20.   

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 May - 20.   

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

1994  On this day in history bobcat Goldthwait charged with misdemeanors for fire on Tonight Show   

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

1995  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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 May - 20 scientists announce that they have created a functional synthetic genome.   

2012  Tomislav Nikolić elected president of Serbia on May - 20.   

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  Bonne of Luxembourg, wife of John II of France (d. 1349) was born on May - 20.   

1364  Henry Percy, [Harry Hotspur], British soldier/politican was born on this day in history.   

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

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  Paulo Bellasio, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1593  On this day in history birth of salomo Glassius, German theologian (d. 1656)   

0685  Death of King Ecgfrith of Northumbria (b. 645) on this day in history.   

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

1285  On May - 20 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 May - 20 peter, Prince/regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa Benfeitoria), dies   

1471  On this day in history 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  Christopher Columbus, explorer, dies in poverty, in Spain at 55 on this day in history.