Historical Events In May - 20

1987  On this day in history götenborg wins 16th UEFA Cup at Dundee   

1987  Wrestler Jerry Lawler sues WWF & Harley Race for trademark name "king" on May - 20.   

1989  On this day in history china declares martial law in Beijing   

1989  Toonces The Cat takes the wheel on Saturday Night Live on this day in history.   

1989  On this day in history walter McConnel, 57, is oldest to reach 27,000' Mount Everest top   

1989  Anton Diffring, actor (Zeppelin, Fahrenheit 451), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1990  An estimated 2 million people across China protest Martial Law on May - 20.   

1990  On May - 20 hubble Space Telescope sends first photograph's from space   

1990  The Hubble Space Telescope sends its first photographs back to Earth on May - 20.   

1991  On May - 20 chicago Bull Michael Jordan, named NBA's MVP   

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  Julian Orbon De Soto, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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

1992  On May - 20 india launches its first satellite independently   

1992  Rap singer raps 597 syllables in 55.12 seconds on May - 20.   

1992  On May - 20 roger Keith Coleman, American convict   

1993  10 meter meteor comes within 150,000 km of Earth (1993KA) on this day in history.   

1993  On May - 20 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 May - 20.   

1994  Bobcat Goldthwait charged with misdemeanors for fire on Tonight Show on this day in history.   

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

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  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 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 May - 20.   

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 May - 20.   

2013  133 people are killed and 283 are injured in a continued wave of insurgency in Iraq on this day in history.   

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

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1315  On this day in history birth of bonne of Luxembourg, wife of John II of France (d. 1349)   

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

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  Melchior Bischoff, composer was born on May - 20.   

1554  On May - 20 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 this day in history death of john II of Jerusalem, King of Cyprus (b. 1259)   

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

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