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May 20
May 20 is the 140th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (141st in leap years). There are 225 days remaining.
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Events
300-1899
1900-1999
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1902 - Cuba gains independence from the United States.
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1916 - The Saturday Evening Post publishes its first cover with a Norman Rockwell painting ("Boy with Baby Carriage").
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1916 - The town of Codell , Kansas is struck by a tornado.
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1917 - The town of Codell , Kansas is struck by a tornado.
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1918 - For the third consecutive year on this date, the town of Codell , Kansas is struck by a tornado.
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1920 - Montreal Quebec station XWA broadcasts the first regularly scheduled radio programming in North America.
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1927 - Treaty of Jedda : Saudi Arabia becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
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1927 - At 7:52 A.M Charles Lindbergh takes off from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, New York on the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean (he will touch down at Le Bourget Field in Paris at 10:22 P.M. the next day).
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1932 - Amelia Earhart takes off from Newfoundland to begin the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean by a female pilot, landing in Ireland the next day.
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1940 - Holocaust: The first prisoners arrive at a new concentration camp at Auschwitz.
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1941 - World War II: Battle of Crete - German troops invade Crete.
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1949 - In America the AFSA (predecessor of the NSA) is established.
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1954 - Chiang Kai-shek is selected for another term as President of the Republic of China by the National Assembly
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1965 - A Pakistani Airlines Boeing 720-B crashes on landing at Cairo, Egypt, airport killing 121 people.
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1971 - Soul singer Censored page releases the influencial album What's Going On
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1980 - Referendum in Quebec where the population rejects by a vote of 59% the proposal from its government to move towards independence from Canada.
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1985 - Propaganda: Radio Marti begins broadcasting to Cuba.
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1990 - The first post-Communist presidential and parliamentary elections are held in Romania.
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1992 - Amy Fisher, the so-called "Long Island Lolita," is arrested for shooting Mary Jo Buttafuoco on the front porch of her Massapequa, New York home.
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1993 - The television sitcom, Cheers ends an 11-year run on NBC (the show debuted on September 30, 1982).
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1996 - Censored page: The Supreme Court of the United States rules in Romer v. Evans against a law that would have prevented any city, town or county in the state of Colorado from taking any legislative, executive, or judicial action to protect the rights of Censored pages.
2000-2099
Births
1400-1899
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1470 - Pietro Bembo, Italian cardinal (d. 1547)
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1726 - Francis Cotes, English painter (d. 1770)
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1737 - William Petty Fitzmaurice, later 2nd Earl of Shelburn & 1st Marquess of Landsdowne, British statesman (d. 1805)
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1759 - William Thornton, original architect of the United States Capitol (d. 1828)
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1768 - Dolley Madison, First Lady of the United States (d. 1849)
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1772 - Sir William Congreve, inventor (d. 1828)
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1799 - Honoré de Balzac, novelist (d. 1850)
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1806 - John Stuart Mill, philosopher (d. 1873)
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1830 - Hector Malot, writer (d. 1907)
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1838 - Jules Méline, French statesman (d. 1925)
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1851 - Emil Berliner, telephone and recording pioneer (d. 1929)
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1882 - Sigrid Undset, author and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature 1928 (d. 1949)
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1883 - King Faisal I of Iraq (d. 1933)
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1894 - Adela Rogers St. Johns , author (d. 1988)
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1895 - R. J. (Reginald Joseph) Mitchell, British aircraft designer, developer of the Spitfire (d. 1937)
1900-1999
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1901 - Max Euwe, world chess champion (d. 1981)
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1903 - Barbara Hepworth, sculptor (d. 1975)
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1905 - Gerrit Achterberg , poet
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1906 - Giuseppe Cardinal Siri, senior cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (d. 1989)
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1908 - Jimmy Stewart, actor (d. 1997)
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1911 - Annie M. G. Schmidt , children's book writer
- 1911 - Gardner Fox, writer (d. 1986)
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1913 - William Hewlett, co-founder of Hewlett-Packard (d. 2001)
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1915 - Moshe Dayan, general (d. 1981)
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1916 - Corneliu Coposu , Romanian politician (d. 1995)
- 1916 - Trebisonda Valla, athlete
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1919 - George Gobel, comedian (d. 1991)
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1920 - Betty Driver, big band singer and actress
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1921 - Wolfgang Borchert, lyricist, narrator and dramatist (d. 1947)
- 1921 - Hal Newhouser, Baseball Hall of Famer (d. 1998)
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1927 - Bud Grant, Canadian and American football coach
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1930 - James McEachin , actor
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1931 - Ken Boyer , baseball player (d. 1981)
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1935 - Marinella, Greek singer
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1936 - Anthony Zerbe , actor
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1940 - Stan Mikita, Hockey Hall of Famer
- 1940 - Sadaharu Oh, baseball star
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1942 - David Proval , actor
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1944 - Censored page, singer
- 1944 - Boudewijn de Groot , singer
- 1944 - Dietrich Mateschitz, Austrian businessman and founder of Red Bull
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1946 - Cher, singer
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1952 - Roger Milla, Cameroonian football star
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1955 - Zbigniew Preisner, film composer
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1956 - Ingvar Ambjørnsen, Norwegian author
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1958 - Ron Reagan, dancer, talk show host, son of former President Ronald Reagan
- 1958 - Jane Wiedlin, singer
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1959 - Bronson Pinchot, actor
- 1959 - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, Hawaiian singer
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1960 - John Billingsley, actor (Star Trek: Enterprise)
- 1960 - Tony Goldwyn, actor
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1962 - Mike Jeffries, American soccer coach
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1966 - Mindy Cohn, actress
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1968 - Timothy Olyphant , actor
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1971 - Tony Stewart, motor racing driver
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1972 - Busta Rhymes, rap music singer
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1976 - Ramón Hernández, Major League Baseball All-Star
Deaths
600-1899
1900-1999
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Holidays and observances
Misc
Eliza Doolittle Day from My Fair Lady
May 19 - May 21 - April 20 - June 20 -- listing of all days
Last updated: 02-07-2005 02:11:59
Last updated: 04-25-2005 03:06:01
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