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 this day in history china declares martial law in Beijing   

1989  On May - 20 toonces The Cat takes the wheel on Saturday Night Live   

1989  On May - 20 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 this day in history.   

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 May - 20.   

1991  Soviet parliament approves law allowing citizens to travel abroad on this day in history.   

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  India launches its first satellite independently on May - 20.   

1992  Rap singer raps 597 syllables in 55.12 seconds on this day in history.   

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  274th & final "Cheers" on NBC on May - 20.   

1993  Ukraine Premier Leonid Koetsjma resigns on this day in history.   

1993  Max Klein, inventor (paint by numbers), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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  On May - 20 cBS News fires co-anchor Connie Chung   

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

2007  On this day in history 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  Five paintings worth €100 million are stolen from the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris on this day in history.   

2010  Scientists announce that they have created a functional synthetic genome on May - 20.   

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

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

2017  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1364  Henry Percy, [Harry Hotspur], British soldier/politican was born on May - 20.   

1470  On this day in history birth of pietro Bembo, cardinal/theologian   

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 this day in history.   

1593  Salomo Glassius, German theologian (d. 1656) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1285  On May - 20 death of john II of Jerusalem, King of Cyprus (b. 1259)   

1444  On May - 20 bernardinus van Siena, Italian saint, dies at 63   

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

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

1503  Death of Lorenzo de Medici, Italian patron (b. 1463) on this day in history.   

1506  On this day in history christopher Columbus, explorer, dies in poverty, in Spain at 55