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May 20 is the 140th day of the year (141st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. International holidays and other major events April 1 - April Fools' Day April 4 - Qingming Festival (Mainland International holidays May 1 - Labour Day ( Pakistan) May 1 - Labour Day ( Singapore) International holidays and commemorations June 8 - Dragon Boat Festival ( Traditional Chinese) June 9 - Shavuot Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João Events 1256 - The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV Events 553 - The Second Council of Constantinople begins 1215 - Rebel Barons renounce their allegiance to King John Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. Events 558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen Events 1457 BC - Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. Events 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the Events 1204 - Baldwin IX Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. Events 1152 - Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and Events 878 - Syracuse Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. Events 334 BC - The Greek army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus. Events 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne Events 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors. Events 451 - The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place Events 927 - Simeon the Great, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies 1120 - Richard III of Capua is anointed Events 585 BC - A Solar eclipse occurs as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following Events 1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great (19th dynasty becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common International holidays May 1 - Labour Day ( Pakistan) May 1 - Labour Day ( Singapore) May 2007 is the fifth month of that year It began on a Tuesday and 31 days later ended on a Thursday. May 2006 was a month with thirty-one days The following events also occurred during the month May 2005 was the fifth month of that year It began on a Sunday and ended after 31 days on a Tuesday. May 2004: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September May 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September May 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September May 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 225 days remaining until the end of the year.

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 External links

Events

• 325 - The First Council of Nicaea – the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held. Events By Place Roman Empire Gladiatorial combat is outlawed in the Roman Empire The First Council of Nicaea, held in Nicaea in Bithynia (present-day İznik in Turkey) convoked by the Roman Emperor Constantine This is a general introduction to ecumenical councils For the Roman Catholic councils, see Catholic Ecumenical Councils. Church (disambiguation Christian Church and the word church are used to denote both a Christian association of people and a Place of worship
• 526 - An earthquake kills about 300,000 people in Syria and Antiochia. Events By Place Europe Athalaric succeeds Theodoric as king of the Ostrogoths, and Amalaric becomes king of the The following is a list of major Earthquakes. USGS list of significant earthquakes This is a list of significant earthquakes as listed by the Syria ( سوريّة or) officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic ar الجمهورية العربية السورية Antioch on the Orontes (Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Δάφνῃ Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου or Ἀντιόχεια ἡ Μεγάλη Antiochia ad Orontem also
• 685 - The Battle of Dunnichen or Nechtansmere is fought between a Pictish army under King Bridei III and the invading Northumbrians under King Ecgfrith, who are decisively defeated. Events By Place Byzantine Empire Justinian II succeeds Constantine IV as Emperor of the Byzantine Empire The Battle of Dunnichen or Battle of Nechtansmere ( Scottish Gaelic: Dúin Nechaín, Welsh: Linn garan) was fought between the The Battle of Dunnichen or Battle of Nechtansmere ( Scottish Gaelic: Dúin Nechaín, Welsh: Linn garan) was fought between the The Picts were a Confederation of tribes in what was later to become eastern and northern Scotland from Roman times until the 10th century King Bridei III (or Bridei m Beli; OIr: Bruide mac Bili) (616/628?-693 was king of Fortriu and overking of the Picts between 671 Ecgfrith (c 645– May 20, 685) was the King of Northumbria from 670 until his death
• 1217 - The Second Battle of Lincoln is fought near Lincoln, England, resulting in the defeat of Prince Louis of France by William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke. The Second Battle of Lincoln occurred at Lincoln Castle on 20 May 1217, during the First Barons' War, between the forces of the future Louis Lincoln (ˈlɪŋkən is a Cathedral city and County town of Lincolnshire, England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Louis VIII the Lion ( 5 September 1187 – 8 November 1226) reigned as King of France from 1223 to 1226 William Marshal 2nd Earl of Pembroke (1190 &ndash April 6, 1231) was a medieval English nobleman, and the son of the famous
• 1293 - King Sancho IV of Castile creates the Study of General Schools of Alcalá. Sancho IV the Brave (1257 or 1258 &ndash 25 April 1295, Toledo) was the King of Castile and León from 1284 to his death
• 1497 - John Cabot sets sail from Bristol, England, on his ship Matthew looking for a route to the west (other documents give a May 2 date). Giovanni Caboto ( c 1450 - c 1498 known in English as John Cabot, was an Italian Navigator and explorer commonly credited as the Bristol ( ˈbrɪstəl is a city, Unitary authority and ceremonial county in South West England, west of London Replica To celebrate the 500th anniversary of Cabot's voyage a replica of the Matthew was built in Bristol Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter.
• 1498 - Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrives at Kozhikode (previously known as Calicut), India. Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Dom Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira ('vaʃku dɐ 'gɐmɐ ( Sines or Vidigueira, Alentejo, Portugal, ca WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> For the district with the same name see Kozhikode District. WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> For the district with the same name see Kozhikode District. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country
• 1521 - Battle of Pampeluna: Ignatius Loyola is seriously wounded. The Battle of Pampeluna (also spelled Pamplona) occurred on May 20, 1521, between French and Spanish troops during the Saint Ignatius redirects here for other Saints see Ignatius. Ignatius of Loyola, also known as Íñigo Oñaz López de Loyola
• 1570 - Cartographer Abraham Ortelius issues the first modern atlas. Abraham Ortelius ( Abraham Ortels) ( April 2, 1527 – June 28, 1598) was a Belgian Cartographer and An atlas is a collection of Maps typically of Earth or a region of Earth but there are atlases of the other planets (and their satellites in the solar system
• 1609 - Shakespeare's Sonnets are first published in London, perhaps illicitly, by the publisher Thomas Thorpe. Shakespeare's sonnets, or simply The Sonnets, is a collection of Poems in Sonnet form written by William Shakespeare that deal with London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of Literature or Information &ndash the activity of making information available for public view Thomas Thorpe (c 1569 or 1570 &ndash 1635? was an English publisher most famous for publishing Shakespeare's sonnets and several works by Christopher Marlowe
• 1631 - The city of Magdeburg in Germany is seized by forces of the Holy Roman Empire and most of its inhabitants massacred, in one of the bloodiest incidents of the Thirty Years' War. Magdeburg ( Low Saxon: Meideborg ˈmaˑɪdebɔɐx the Capital city of the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The Holy Roman Empire ( HRE; German Heiliges Römisches Reich (HRR, Latin Sacrum Romanum Imperium (SRI was a union of territories in For the Mauritanian Thirty Years' War see Char Bouba war. For the band see The 30 Years War.
• 1690 - England passes the Act of Grace, forgiving followers of Roman Catholic James II. James II of England and Ireland James VII of Scotland (14 October 1633 &ndash 16 September 1701 was King of England, King of Scots, Later that same year James
• 1813 - Napoleon Bonaparte leads his French troops into the Battle of Bautzen in Saxony, Germany, against the combined armies of Russia and Prussia. Year 1813 ( MDCCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. This is about the battle in 1813 For the World War II battle see Battle of Bautzen (1945 In the Battle of Bautzen ( 20 - 21 May The Free State of Saxony (Freistaat Sachsen ˈzaksən Swobodny Stat Sakska is the easternmost federal state of Germany. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Prussia ( Latin: Borussia, Prutenia; Prūsija Prūsija Prusy Old Prussian: Prūsa) was most recently a historic state The battle ends the next day with a French victory.
• 1835 - Otto is named the first modern king of Greece. Year 1835 ( MDCCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Otto of Greece (Όθων Βασιλεύς της Ελλάδος Othon Vasileus tis Ellados) (1 June 1815 – 26 July 1867 was made the first modern king of Greece Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία
• 1840 - York Minster was badly damaged by fire
• 1845 - HMS Erebus and HMS Terror with 134 men under John Franklin sail from the River Thames in England, beginning a disastrous expedition to find the Northwest Passage. Year 1840 ( MDCCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year York Minster is a Gothic Cathedral in York, England and is the second largest of its kind in Northern Europe (largest is the Year 1845 ( MDCCCXLV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ross expedition After two years service in the Mediterranean Sea, Erebus was refitted as an exploration vessel for Antarctic service and on November War service Terror saw service in the War of 1812 against the United States. Sir John Franklin, FRGS ( April 16, 1786 &ndash June 11, 1847) was a British Royal Navy officer and The Thames ( is a major River flowing through southern England. The Northwest Passage is a sea route through the Arctic Ocean, along the northern coast of North America via waterways amidst the Canadian Arctic Archipelago All hands are lost.
• 1861 - American Civil War: The state of Kentucky proclaims its neutrality, which will last until September 3 when Confederate forces enter the state. Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South The Commonwealth of Kentucky ( is a state located in the East Central United States of America. For other uses of Neutral and Neutrality see Neutral A neutral country takes no side in a War between other parties Events 36 BC - In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius The Confederate States of America (also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States, and CSA) formed as the government set up from 1861
• 1862 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the Homestead Act into law. Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by Abraham Lincoln (February 12 1809 &ndash April 15 1865 the sixteenth President of the United States, successfully led his country through its greatest internal The' Homestead Act' was a United States Federal law that gave an applicant freehold title to 160 Acres (one quarter section or about 65 Hectares
• 1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Ware Bottom Church - in the Virginia Bermuda Hundred Campaign, 10,000 troops fight in this Confederate victory. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year The Battle of Ware Bottom Church was fought on May 20, 1864, between Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. The Commonwealth of Virginia ( is an American state The Bermuda Hundred Campaign was a series of battles fought at the town of Bermuda Hundred, outside Richmond Virginia, during May 1864 in the American Civil
• 1873 - Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Levi Strauss, born Löb Strauß, ( February 26, 1829 - September 26, 1902) was a German - Jewish immigrant Jacob W Davis (Youphes was born in Riga, Latvia in 1831 and came to Reno Nevada in June 1868 The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A patent is a set of Exclusive rights granted by a State to an inventor or his assignee for a fixed period of time in exchange for a disclosure of an Jeans are Trousers made from Denim. Mainly designed for work, they became popular among Teenagers starting in the 1950s. Copper (ˈkɒpɚ is a Chemical element with the symbol Cu (cuprum and Atomic number 29
• 1882 - The Triple Alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy is formed. Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Triple Alliance was a military alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy that lasted from 1882 until the start of World War I Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest
• 1883 - Krakatoa begins to erupt. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Krakatoa ( Indonesian: Krakatau) also spelled Krakatao or Krakatowa, is a volcanic island in the Sunda Strait The volcano's final and most notable explosion occurs on August 26. Plate tectonics and hotspots Divergent plate boundaries At the Events 1071 - Battle of Manzikert: The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Army at Manzikert.
• 1891 - History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope (shown at Edison's Laboratory for a convention of the National Federation of Women's Clubs). Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The history of film spans over a hundred years from the latter part of the 19th century to the beginning of the 21st century. The Kinetoscope is an early motion picture exhibition device Though not a Movie projector —it was designed for films to be viewed individually through the window
• 1896 - The six ton chandelier of the Palais Garnier falls on the crowd resulting in the death of one and the injury of many others. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year A chandelier is a branched decorative ceiling-mounted light fixture with two or more arms bearing lights The Palais Garnier, also known as the Opéra de Paris or Opéra Garnier, but more commonly as the Paris Opéra, is a 2200-seat
• 1902 - Cuba gains independence from the United States. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the first President of Cuba. Tomás Estrada y Palma ( Bayamo, July 9, 1832 – Santiago de Cuba, November 4, 1908) was a Cuban Political This page contains a list of Presidents of Cuba. This page also contains a list of Prime Ministers of Cuba from the creation of that office in 1940 until 1976 when it was abolished
• 1908 - Establishment of Boedi Oetoemo. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Budi Utomo (also Boedi Oetomo; "Pure Endeavor" founded in 1908 was the first native political society in the Dutch East Indies. Indonesians mark it as the National Awakening Day. The Republic of Indonesia ( (Republik Indonesia is a Country in Southeast Asia.
• 1916 - The Saturday Evening Post publishes its first cover with a Norman Rockwell painting ("Boy with Baby Carriage"). Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year The Saturday Evening Post was a weekly Magazine published in the United States from August 4, 1821 to February 8, Norman Percevel Rockwell ( February 3, 1894 &ndash November 8, 1978) was a 20th century American painter and Illustrator
• 1916 - The small town of Codell, Kansas is struck by a tornado. Codell is a town in Rooks County, Kansas, United States. The town is notable for its exceptional Tornado history This is a list of some Tornado records. Tornado outbreaks Most tornadoes in single outbreak The Super Outbreak of April 3-4 1974 spawned Incredibly, the same town was also hit in 1917 and 1918 on the exact same date. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
• 1920 - The Weimarer Nationalversammlung, the national assembly of Germany's Weimar Republic, is permanently dissolved. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar The National Assembly is either a Legislature, or the Lower house of a Bicameral legislature in some countries The term Weimar Republic ( ˈvaɪmarɐ repuˈbliːk is used by historians to signify the democratic and Republican period of Germany from 1919 to 1933
• 1920 - Montreal, Quebec radio station XWA broadcasts the first regularly scheduled radio programming in North America. Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk This article is about radio broadcasting for other uses see Radio (disambiguation. Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light.
• 1927 - By the Treaty of Jedda, the United Kingdom recognizes the sovereignty of King Ibn Saud in the Kingdoms of Hejaz and Nejd, which later merged to become the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. There have been two treaties known as the Treaty of Jedda, after the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah 1927 The 1927 Treaty of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Sovereignty is the exclusive Right to control a Government, a country, a people or oneself The King of Saudi Arabia is Saudi Arabia 's Head of state and Absolute monarch. King Saud King Faisal Mohammed King Khaled Nasr Saad al-Hejaz (also Hijaz, Hedjaz; الحجاز al-Ḥiǧāz, literally "the barrier" is a region in the west of present-day Saudi Arabia Nejd or Najd (literally "highland" نجد) is the central region of the Arabian Peninsula. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA ( المملكة العربية السعودية, al-Mamlaka al-ʻArabiyya as-Suʻūdiyya) or Suudi
• 1927 - At 07:52 Charles Lindbergh takes off from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, New York, on the world's first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean, touching down at Le Bourget Field in Paris at 22:22 the next day. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Long Island is an island located in southeastern New York, USA, its western shores directly across from Manhattan, from which the island stretches New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Paris - Le Bourget Airport (Aéroport de Paris - Le Bourget is an Airport located in Le Bourget and Dugny, 12 km north-northeast (NNE Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city
• 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. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Newfoundland — ˈn(jufənˌlænd (Terre-Neuve Talamh an Éisc — is a large island 15 km off the east coast of Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world
• 1940 - Holocaust: The first prisoners arrive at a new concentration camp at Auschwitz. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Holocaust (from the Greek el ''ὁλόκαυστον'' (el-Latn holókauston holos, "completely" and kaustos, "burnt" also known as Internment is the imprisonment or confinement of people commonly in large groups without trial "Auschwitz" redirects here For the town see Oświęcim Auschwitz-Birkenau () was the largest of Nazi Germany
• 1941 - World War II: Battle of Crete – German paratroops invade Crete. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Battle of Crete ( German Luftlandeschlacht um Kreta; Greek Μάχη της Κρήτης) was a battle during World War II Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers Paratroopers are Soldiers trained in Parachuting and generally operate as part of an airborne force. Crete ( Greek: Κρήτη transliteration: Krētē, modern transliteration Kriti) is the largest of the Greek islands and the
• 1949 - In the United States, the Armed Forces Security Agency, the predecessor to the National Security Agency) is established. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The National Security Agency/ Central Security Service ( NSA/CSS) is a cryptologic intelligence agency of the United States government
• 1949 - The Kuomintang regime declares Taiwan is under martial law. Taiwan ( Taiwanese: Tâi-oân/Tāi-oân (historically 大灣/台員/大員/台圓/大圓/台窩灣 is an Island in East Asia. Martial law is the system of rules that takes effect when the military takes control of the normal administration of justice
• 1954 - Chiang Kai-shek is selected for another term as President of the Republic of China by the National Assembly. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Chiang Kai-shek ( POJ: Chiúⁿ Kài-se̍k Jyutping: zoeng2gaai3sek6 GCB ( October 31, 1887 &ndash The President of the Republic of China ( is the Head of state of the Republic of China (ROC (commonly known as Taiwan since the 1970s The National Assembly of the Republic of China ( refers to several Parliamentary bodies that existed in the History of the Republic of China.
• 1956 - In Operation Redwing, (shot Cherokee), the first US airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean;
• 1965 - PIA Flight 705, a Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 720 - 040 B crashes while descending to land at Cairo International Airport, killing 119 of the 125 passengers and crew. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Operation Redwing was a United States series of 17 Nuclear test detonations from May to July 1956 The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Teller–Ulam design is a Nuclear weapon design which is used in Megaton -range Thermonuclear weapons and is more colloquially referred to as "the Bikini Atoll (also known as Pikinni Atoll) is an Atoll in one of the Micronesian Islands in the Pacific Ocean, part of Republic of the Marshall The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth 's Oceanic divisions Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Pakistan International Airlines Flight PK 705 was a Boeing 720 – 040 B that Crashed while descending to land on Runway 34 at Cairo Pakistan International Airlines Corporation, more commonly known as Pakistan International Airlines or PIA ( Urdu: پی آئی اے or پاکستان The Boeing Company is a major Aerospace and defense corporation originally founded by William E WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Cairo International Airport (Arabic مطار القاهرة الدولي is the busiest airport in Egypt and the primary hub for Star Alliance member
• 1969 - The Battle of Hamburger Hill in Vietnam ends. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Battle of Hamburger Hill was a battle of the Vietnam War which was fought between the United States and South Vietnam and North Vietnamese forces Vietnam (ˌviːɛtˈnɑːm Việt Nam) officially
• 1980 - In a referendum in Quebec, the population rejects by a 60% vote the proposal from its government to move towards independence from Canada. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) The 1980 Quebec referendum was the first Referendum in Quebec on the place of Quebec within Canada and whether Quebec should pursue a path toward sovereignty Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page
• 1983 - First publications of the discovery of the HIV virus that causes AIDS in the journal Science by Luc Montagnier and Robert Gallo individually. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Human immunodeficiency virus ( HIV) is a Lentivirus (a member of the Retrovirus family that can lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome A virus (from the Latin virus meaning Toxin or Poison) is a sub-microscopic infectious agent that is unable Science is the Academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and is considered one of the world's most prestigious Scientific Luc Montagnier (born August 18 1932 is a French virologist and joint recipient with Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Harald zur Hausen of the Robert Charles Gallo (born March 23, 1937) is a US biomedical researcher
• 1984 - The first line of the Miami Metrorail in Miami, Florida opens. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Metrorail is a Rapid transit system located in Miami, Florida, USA.
• 1985 - Radio Martí, part of the Voice of America service, begins broadcasting to Cuba. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Radio Martí is a radio and television broadcaster based in Miami Florida, financed by the United States government ( Broadcasting Board of Governors) Voice of America ( VOA) is the official external radio and Television broadcasting service of the United States federal government. The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la
• 1989 - The Chinese authorities declare martial law in the face of pro-democracy demonstrations, setting the scene for the Tiananmen Square massacre. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES Democracy is a form of government in which the supreme power is held completely by the people under a free electoral system The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 culminating in the Tiananmen Square Massacre (referred to in Chinese as the June Fourth Incident, to avoid confusion with two
• 1990 - The first post-Communist presidential and parliamentary elections are held in Romania. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania
• 1995 - In a second referendum in Quebec, the population rejects by a slight majority the proposal from its government to move towards independence from Canada. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 A referendum (plural referendums or referenda) ballot question, or plebiscite (from Latin plebiscita
• 1996 - Gay rights: 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 gays and lesbians. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) The LGBT rights movement in the United States seeks to achieve equality for all Americans regardless of their Sexual orientation or Gender identity The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the federal judiciary. Romer v Evans, 517 US 620 ( 1996) was a United States Supreme Court case dealing with civil rights and state laws The State of Colorado ( or chiefly by nonresidents) is a state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States of America. Homosexuality refers to sexual behavior with or attraction to people of the same sex or to a Homosexual orientation.
• 2002 - The independence of East Timor is recognized by Portugal, formally ending 23 years of Indonesian rule and 3 years of provisional UN administration (Portugal itself was the former colonizer of East Timor until 1976). See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. East Timor, also known as Timor-Leste (officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste) is a country in Southeast Asia. Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. The Republic of Indonesia ( (Republik Indonesia is a Country in Southeast Asia. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
• 2008 - United States Senator Ted Kennedy is diagnosed with a brain tumor. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy (born February 22 1932 is the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts and a member of the Democratic
• 2008 - Ma Ying-jeou is sworn in as President of the Republic of China (Taiwan). NOTICE*************** REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES

Births

• 1315 - Bonne of Luxembourg, wife of John II of France (d. Bonne of Luxemburg (also Bona ( May 20, 1315 &ndash September 11, 1349) was born Jutta the daughter of John the Blind of Luxemburg John II (16 April 1319 &ndash 8 April 1364 called John the Good (Jean le Bon was Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, and Duke of Normandy 1349)
• 1470 - Pietro Bembo, Italian cardinal (d. Pietro Bembo ( May 20, 1470 - either 11 January or 18 January, 1547 was an Italian scholar poet literary theorist and 1547)
• 1554 - Paolo Bellasio, Italian composer (d. Paolo Bellasio ( May 20, 1554 &ndash July 10, 1594) was an Italian composer and Organist of the late Renaissance 1594)
• 1593 - Salomo Glassius, German theologian (d. Salomo Glassius ( May 20, 1593 - July 27, 1656) was a German Theologian and biblical critic born at 1656)
• 1660 - Andreas Schlüter, German sculptor (d. Andreas Schlüter ( 20 May 1664 in Hamburg &ndash May 1714 was a German Baroque Sculptor and Architect 1714)
• 1663 - William Bradford, British-born printer (d. Year 1714 ( MDCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a William Bradford ( May 20, 1663 – May 23, 1752) was an early English printer in North America, and the head of a family 1752)
• 1706 - Seth Pomeroy, American gunsmith and soldier (d. Year 1752 ( MDCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar for European countries but not Great Britain) of Year 1706 ( MDCCVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Seth Pomeroy ( May 20, 1706 &ndash February 9, 1777) was an American Gunsmith and soldier from Northampton Massachusetts 1777)
• 1726 - Francis Cotes, English painter (d. Year 1777 ( MDCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1726 ( MDCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Francis Cotes ( 20 May 1726 – 16 July 1770) was an English painter, one of the pioneers of English pastel painting and 1770)
• 1737 - William Petty Fitzmaurice, British statesman (d. Year 1770 ( MDCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Friday Year 1737 ( MDCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a William Petty-FitzMaurice 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, KG, PC (2 May 1737 &ndash 7 May 1805 known as The Earl of Shelburne between 1761 and 1784 by which 1805)
• 1759 - William Thornton, West Indian-born architect (d. Year 1805 ( MDCCCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Year 1759 ( MDCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Dr William Thornton ( May 20, 1759 - March 28, 1828) was an American physician inventor painter and Architect who designed 1828)
• 1768 - Dolley Madison, First Lady of the United States (d. The year 1828 ( MDCCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1768 ( MDCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Dorothea Payne Todd "Dolley" Madison (May 20 1768 &ndash July 12 1849 was the wife of the 4th President of the United States, James Madison, and was First Lady of the United States is the unofficial title of the hostess of the White House. 1849)
• 1769 - Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician (d. Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1769 ( MDCCLXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a "Andreas Miaoulis" redirects here For the son of Dimitrios Miaoulis see Andreas Miaoulis (son of Dimitrios. 1835)
• 1772 - Sir William Congreve, English inventor (d. Year 1835 ( MDCCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1772 ( MDCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Sir William Congreve 2nd Baronet ( May 20 1772 &ndash May 16, 1828) was an English Inventor and Rocket artillery 1828)
• 1799 - Honoré de Balzac, French novelist (d. The year 1828 ( MDCCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1799 ( MDCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a 1850)
• 1806 - John Stuart Mill, English philosopher (d. For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link Year 1806 ( MDCCCVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common John Stuart Mill (20 May 1806 &ndash 8 May 1873 British Philosopher, political economist, civil servant and Member of Parliament, was an influential 1873)
• 1818 - William Fargo, co-founder of Wells, Fargo & Company (d. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1818 ( MDCCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common William George Fargo ( May 20, 1818 - August 3, 1881) pioneer American Expressman, was born in Pompey New York 1881)
• 1822 - Frédéric Passy, French economist, Nobel laureate (d. Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1822 (MDCCCXXII was a Common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Sunday of the Frédéric Passy ( May 20, 1822 - June 12, 1912) was a French economist and a joint winner (together with Henry Dunant The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor 1912)
• 1830 - Hector Malot, French writer (d. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting For the game see 1830 (board game. Year 1830 ( MDCCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display Hector Malot ( May 20, 1830 - July 17, 1907) was a French writer born in La Bouille, close to Rouen. 1907)
• 1838 - Jules Méline, French statesman (d. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1838 ( MDCCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Félix Jules Méline (20 May 1838 21 December 1925 was a French statesman prime minister from 1896 to 1898 1925)
• 1851 - Emil Berliner, German-born recording pioneer (d. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Emile Berliner ( May 20, 1851 – August 3, 1929) was a German -born American Inventor, best known for developing 1929)
• 1860 - Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Eduard Buchner (May 20 1860 &ndash August 13 1917 was a German chemist and zymologist, the winner of the 1907 Nobel Prize in Chemistry The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 1917)
• 1882 - Sigrid Undset, Norwegian author, Nobel laureate (d. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Sigrid Undset ( 20 May, 1882 &ndash 10 June, 1949) was a Norwegian novelist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred 1949)
• 1883 - King Faisal I of Iraq (d. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Faisal bin Al Hussein Bin Ali El-Hashemi, GCB, GCMG ( فيصل بن حسين Fayṣal ibn Ḥusayn; 20 May 1883 &ndash September 8 1933)
• 1894 - Chandrashekarendra Saraswati, Indian Hindu sage, Jivanmukta (d. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common His Holiness Jagadguru Shankaracharya Shri Chandrashekarendra Saraswati Swamigal ( May 20, 1894 &ndash Jivanmukta (from the Sanskrit words Jiva and Mukti) is someone who in the Advaita philosophy of Hinduism, 1994)
• 1895 - R. J. (Reginald Joseph) Mitchell, British aircraft designer (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Reginald Joseph Mitchell CBE, FRAeS, ( May 20, 1895 - June 11, 1937) was an aeronautical engineer, best known 1937)
• 1897 - Diego Abad de Santillán, Spanish anarchist (d. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Diego Abad de Santillán (1897&ndash1983 born Sinesio Vaudilio García Fernández, was an Author, Economist and leading figure in the Spanish 1983)
• 1899 - Alexander Deyneka, Ukrainian painter (d. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Alexander Alexandrovich Deyneka ( Russian: Александр Александрович Дейнека May 20, 1899, Kursk - June 12 1969)
• 1899 - John Marshall Harlan II, Justice of the U. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Marshall Harlan (May 20 1899 – December 29 1971 was an American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court from 1955 to 1971 S. Supreme Court (d. 1971)
• 1901 - Max Euwe, Dutch chess player (d. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Machgielis (Max Euwe (last name is pronounced /øwə/ ( May 20, 1901 – November 26, 1981) was a Dutch Chess Grandmaster 1981)
• 1906 - Giuseppe Siri, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Giuseppe Cardinal Siri ( May 20, 1906 &mdash May 2, 1989) was an Italian Prelate of the Roman Catholic 1989)
• 1908 - James Stewart, American actor (d. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year James Maitland Stewart (20 May 1908 – 2 July 1997 popularly known as Jimmy Stewart, was an American Film and stage Actor 1997)
• 1911 - Gardner Fox, American writer (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Gardner Francis Cooper Fox (Speed Saunders was initially credited to "E 1986)
• 1913 - William Hewlett, American engineer (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common William Redington Hewlett ( May 20, 1913 &ndash January 12, 2001) was the co-founder with David Packard, of the Hewlett-Packard 2001)
• 1914 - Corneliu Coposu, Romanian politician (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Corneliu Coposu ( May 20, 1914 &mdash November 11, 1995) was a conservative Romanian politician 1995)
• 1914 - Hideko Maehata, Japanese swimmer (d. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 was a Japanese breaststroke swimmer. She won gold medal for the Women's 200 m breaststroke in the 1936 Summer Olympics, and silver medal for the Women's 200 m breaststroke 1995)
• 1915 - Moshe Dayan, Israeli general (d. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Moshe Dayan, DSO (משה דיין born 20 May 1915 died 16 October 1981 was an Israeli military leader and politician 1981)
• 1916 - Trebisonda Valla, Italian athlete (d. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Trebisonda Valla, also known as Ondina Valla ( 20 May 1916 &ndash 16 October 2006) was an Italian female athlete 2006)
• 1916 - Alexei Petrovich Maresiev, Russian flying ace (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Alexei Petrovich Maresiev (Алексе́й Петро́вич Маре́сьев ( May 20, 1916 &ndash May 19, 2001) was a famous Russian fighter 2001)
• 1917 - Guy Favreau, French Canadian lawyer (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Guy Favreau PC, QC, BA, LLB ( May 20, 1917 &ndash July 11, 1967) was a Canadian 1967)
• 1917 - Bergur Sigurbjörnsson, Icelandic politician (d. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Bergur Sigurbjörnsson ( May 20 1917 &ndash July 28 2005) was an Icelandic magazine editor and politician 2005)
• 1918 - Edward B. Lewis, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Edward B Lewis ( May 20, 1918 &ndash July 21, 2004) was an American Geneticist, the winner of the 1995 Nobel The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 2004)
• 1919 - Gerhard Barkhorn, German fighter pilot (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Lieutenant-General Gerhard "Gerd" Barkhorn ( 20 March, 1919 - 8 January, 1983) was the second most successful Fighter A fighter aircraft is a Military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat with other Aircraft, as opposed to a Bomber, which is designed 1983)
• 1919 - George Gobel, American comedian (d. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) George Leslie Gobel ( May 20, 1919 - February 24, 1991) was an American Comedian, best known as the star of his own weekly NBC 1991)
• 1920 - John Cruickshank, Scottish airman, won Victoria Cross
• 1920 - Betty Driver, English singer and actress
• 1921 - Wolfgang Borchert, German writer (d. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar John Alexander Cruickshank, VC is a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the See below the section "Separate Commonwealth awards" Note that since Betty Mary Driver MBE (born 20 May 1920 in Leicester) is an English Singer, actress Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar 1947)
• 1921 - Hal Newhouser, American baseball player (d. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Harold "Prince Hal" Newhouser ( May 20, 1921 – November 10, 1998) was a professional Major League Baseball Pitcher 1998)
• 1925 - Chester Ludgin, American baritone (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Chester Ludgin ( May 20, 1925 – August 9, 2003) was a native of Brooklyn New York. 2003)
• 1926 - Bob Sweikert, American race car driver (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Robert Charles 'Bob' Sweikert (born May 20 1926 Los Angeles, California, died June 17 1956 Salem Indiana) 1956)
• 1926 - John Lucarotti, TV writer (d. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Lucarotti ( May 20, 1926 in Aldershot, Hampshire &mdash November 20, 1994) was a British-born Canadian Screenwriter 1994)
• 1927 - Bud Grant, American football coach
• 1927 - Franciszek Macharski, Polish Cardinal
• 1927 - David Hedison, American actor
• 1928 - Jack Kevorkian, controversial American medical doctor
• 1930 - Sam Etcheverry, American football player and coach
• 1931 - Ken Boyer, American baseball player (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Harry Peter "Bud" Grant Jr (born May 20 1927 is the longtime former American football Head coach of the Minnesota Vikings of the National Franciszek Macharski (born 20 May 1927 in Kraków) is a Polish Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Albert David Hedison Jr (b May 20, 1927, Providence Rhode Island) is an American actor who has made more than 150 appearances in film Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jack Kevorkian (kɛˈvɔrkiːɛn (born on May 26, 1928) is an Armenian-American Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sam "The Rifle" Etcheverry (born May 20, 1930 in Carlsbad New Mexico) is a former professional American and Canadian football Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kenton Lloyd Boyer ( May 20 1931 – September 7 1982) was an American Third baseman and manager in Major 1982)
• 1931 - Paul Evans, American furniture designer and sculptor (d. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Paul Evans is the name of Paul Evans (basketball coach, American college basketball coach Paul Evans (ice hockey (born 1955 Canadian ice 1987)
• 1932 - Bob Florence, American jazz pianist, composer, arranger (d. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Bob Florence ( 20 May 1932; Los Angeles &ndash 15 May 2008; Los Angeles was an American jazz arranger and pianist 2008)
• 1936 - Anthony Zerbe, American actor
• 1938 - Marinella, Greek singer and actress
• 1940 - Stan Mikita, Slovak-born ice hockey player
• 1940 - Sadaharu Oh, Japanese baseball player
• 1940 - Shorty Long, American musician (d. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Anthony Jared Zerbe (born May 20, 1936) is an American stage film and television Actor. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Marinella (Μαρινέλλα (born May 20 Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Stanislav "Stan" Mikita (born May 20 1940) is a Slovak born Canadian retired professional Ice hockey player generally Sadaharu Oh or officially Wang Chenchih ( Hepburn: Ō Sadaharu, born May 20 1940) is a former baseball player and manager of the Frederick Earl "Shorty" Long ( May 20, 1940 – June 29, 1969) was an African-American soul Singer, 1969)
• 1941 - Goh Chok Tong, Singaporean Senior Minister
• 1941 - John Strasberg, American actor
• 1941 - Manuel Isaias Lopez, Mexican child psychiatrist
• 1942 - Carlos Hathcock, American Marine sniper (d. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Goh Chok Tong ( Hokkien: Gô· Chok-tòng born May 20 1941) was the second Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore from The title "Senior Minister" was also a title used in Canada before " Deputy Prime Minister " was introduced in 1977 John Strasberg (born May 20, 1941 in New York) is the son of Lee and Paula Strasberg of the Actors Studio, and brother Manuel Isaias Lopez MD is a prominent Mexican child psychiatrist, trained in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, who founded the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gunnery Sergeant Carlos Norman Hathcock II ( May 20, 1942 &ndash February 23, 1999) was a United States Marine Corps READ DISCUSSION PAGE BEFORE MAKING ANY EDITS TO CAPTION BELOW http//en 1999)
• 1942 - Jill Jackson, American singer
• 1943 - Al Bano, Italian singer
• 1944 - Joe Cocker, British singer
• 1944 - Boudewijn de Groot, Dutch singer
• 1944 - Dietrich Mateschitz, Austrian businessman
• 1945 - Vladimiro Montesinos, Peruvian politician
• 1946 - Cher, American singer
• 1947 - Greg Dyke, British broadcast executive
• 1949 - Dave Thomas, Canadian comedian & actor
• 1950 - Yvon Lambert, French Canadian ice hockey player
• 1950 - Reinaldo Merlo, Argentine footballer
• 1951 - Mike Crapo, American politician
• 1952 - Roger Milla, Cameroonian footballer
• 1953 - Robert Doyle, Australian politician
• 1954 - Guy Hoffman, American musician (Violent Femmes)
• 1954 - David Paterson, American politician
• 1954 - Cindy Hensley McCain, wife of John McCain
• 1955 - Zbigniew Preisner, Polish film composer
• 1956 - Ingvar Ambjørnsen, Norwegian author
• 1956 - Dean Butler, American actor
• 1956 - William Michaelian, American novelist and poet
• 1958 - Ron Reagan, American talk show host
• 1958 - Jane Wiedlin, American singer (The Go-Go's)
• 1959 - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, American singer (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Paul & Paula ( Ray Hildebrand born December 21 1940, in Joshua Texas, and Jill Jackson born May 20 1942, in McCamey Texas Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Albano Carrisi (Al Bano (born May 20 1943) is an Italian singer Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Joe Cocker OBE (born 20 May 1944 is an English rock / Blues Singer who came to popularity in the 1960s and is most known for his gritty Boudewijn de Groot (born 20 May, 1944) is one of the most famous Dutch singer/songwriters Dietrich Mateschitz (born May 20, 1944 in Sankt Marein im Mürztal, Styria) is an Austrian businessman and Billionaire. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Vladimiro Lenin Montesinos Torres (born May 20, 1945) was the long-standing head of Peru 's intelligence service Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Cher ( IPA: /ʃɛr/ born Cherilyn Sarkisian, May 20 1946 Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gregory Dyke (born 20 May 1947) is a Journalist and broadcaster. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. See the David Thomas disambiguation page for other people with this name Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Yvon Lambert (born May 20, 1950 in Drummondville, Quebec) is a retired Canadian Ice hockey forward. Reinaldo Carlos Merlo (born May 20 1950 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a Football (soccer coach and former player Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Michael Dean "Mike" Crapo (pronounced "Cray-poe" (born May 20, 1951) is the junior United States Senator from Idaho Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Roger Milla (born Albert Roger Mooh Miller, May 20, 1952) is a Cameroonian former football forward. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Robert Doyle (born 20 May 1953) is an Australian politician He was Member for Malvern in the Legislative Assembly of Victoria from Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Guy Hoffman (born May 20, 1954 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is a Drummer and Vocalist, formerly of such bands as Oil Tasters The Violent Femmes, formed in Milwaukee Wisconsin, in 1980 are an American Alternative rock band noted for laying the groundwork for Folk punk. David Alexander Paterson (born May 20 1954 is an American politician and the current Governor of New York. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Zbigniew Preisner (ˈzbigɲɛf ˈpɾajsnɛɾ (born May 20, 1955 in Bielsko-Biała as Zbigniew Antoni Kowalski) is one of Poland 's Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ingvar Even Ambjørnsen-Haefs (born May 20, 1956 in Tønsberg)(Raist in Larvik is a Norwegian writer For the Australian field hockey player see Dean Butler (athlete Dean Butler William Michaelian, (born May 20, 1956) is an American novelist short-story writer and poet Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ronald Prescott Reagan (born May 20, 1958 in Los Angeles California) usually known as Ron Reagan, is the son of former President of the Jane Wiedlin (born May 20, 1958 in Oconomowoc Wisconsin, United States of the Los Angeles punk scene. For the 1960s band see The Go-Go's (1960s. The Go-Go’s are an all-female American Pop band formed in 1978 The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1997)
• 1959 - Bronson Pinchot, American actor
• 1960 - John Billingsley, American actor
• 1960 - Chuck Brodsky, American musician
• 1960 - Tony Goldwyn, American actor
• 1961 - Clive Allen, English footballer
• 1962 - Mike Jeffries, American soccer coach
• 1963 - David Wells, American baseball player
• 1965 - Ted Allen, American television host
• 1966 - Mindy Cohn, American actress
• 1966 - Dan Abrams, American TV reporter
• 1966 - Gina Ravera, American actress
• 1967 - Gabriele Muccino, Italian film director
• 1967 - Ramzi Yousef, Kuwaiti-born Pakistani terrorist
• 1967 - Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece
• 1968 - Timothy Olyphant, American actor
• 1968 - Waisale Serevi, Fijian rugby union and rugby sevens footballer
• 1969 - Brian Gerard James, American professional wrestler
• 1970 - Louis Theroux, British television presenter
• 1970 - Terrell Brandon, American basketball player
• 1971 - Šárka Kašpárková, Czech athlete
• 1971 - Tony Stewart, American race car driver
• 1972 - Tina Hobley, British television actress
• 1972 - Busta Rhymes, American singer and rapper
• 1973 - Elsa Lunghini, French singer and actress
• 1975 - Isaac Gálvez, Spanish cyclist (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Bronson Alcott Pinchot (born May 20, 1959) is an American Actor. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Billingsley (born May 20, 1960) is an American actor known for a number of memorable TV and film characters perhaps his most notable being the Chuck Brodsky (born on May 20, 1960 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania) is an American musician currently living in North Carolina. Anthony Howard "Tony" Goldwyn (born May 20, 1960) is an American Actor and director. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Clive Darren Allen (born Stepney, London, 20 May 1961) is a former English international football player and a prolific scorer for Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mike Jeffries (born May 20 1962 in Lynn Massachusetts) is a retired American Soccer player and current soccer coach Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. David Lee Wells (born May 20, 1963 in Torrance California) is a former Major League Baseball Starting pitcher. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Ted Allen (born Edward R Allen on May 20, 1965 in Columbus Ohio) is an American writer and Television personality Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Mindy Cohn (born May 20, 1966 in Los Angeles California) is an American actress best known for her role as Natalie Green Dan Abrams (born May 20 1966 is the Chief Legal Correspondent for NBC News, an anchor and legal analyst for MSNBC, and a substitute anchor on NBC Gina Ravera (born May 20, 1966) is an American Actress known for her role in the film Soul Food, in which she played the role of the Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Gabriele Muccino (born May 20, 1967) is an Italian director. He is the older brother of actor Silvio Muccino, who often appears in Ramzi Ahmed Yousef or Ramzi Mohammed Yousef (also transliterated as Ramzi Yusuf, Ramzi Youssef) (رمزي يوسف birth name possibly Abdul Basit Early life Crown Prince Pavlos was born on May 20, 1967 in Athens, to King Constantine II of Greece and Queen Anne Marie, by birth Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Timothy David Olyphant (born May 20 1968) is an American Actor. Waisale Tikoisolomoni Serevi (born 20 May 1968 in Qarani on the island of Gau, Fiji) is a Fijian Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Brian Gerard (BG James Voodoo Kin Mafia (2006-2008 On the November 16 airing of Impact!, The James Gang announced that they would now be known as Voodoo Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Louis Sebastian Theroux (born 20 May 1970) is a British broadcaster holding both British and US citizenship best known for his television Thomas Terrell Brandon (born) is a retired American professional Basketball player in the NBA. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Šárka Kašpárková (ˈʃaːrka ˈkaʃpaːrkovaː (born May 20, 1971 in Karviná) is a Czech athlete competing in the 100 m hurdles Anthony Wayne Stewart (born May 20, 1971 in Columbus Indiana) is an American race car driver/car owner/entrepreneur in NASCAR 's Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Tina Hobley (born 20 May, 1972 in Mill Hill, London) is an English actress. Trevor George Smith Jr, (born May 20 1972 better known as Busta Rhymes, is an American actor and Musician of Jamaican descent Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Elsa Lunghini, stage name Elsa (born May 20, 1973, in Paris) is a French Singer and Actress. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Isaac Gálvez López (May 20 1975 in Vilanova i la Geltrú, Catalonia - November 26 2006 Ghent) was a Spanish track and 2006)
• 1975 - Mark Zupan, American quadriplegic rugby player
• 1976 - Ramón Hernández, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1976 - Tomoya Satozaki, Japanese baseball player
• 1977 - Matt Czuchry, American actor
• 1977 - Leonardo Noeren Franco, Argentine footballer
• 1977 - Miriam Parrish, American television actress
• 1977 - Angela Goethals, American actress
• 1977 - Vesa Toskala, Finnish ice hockey player
• 1981 - Iker Casillas, Spanish footballer
• 1981 - Calico Cooper, American actress and dancer
• 1981 - Lindsay Taylor, American basketball player
• 1981 - Mark Winterbottom, Australian racing driver
• 1982 - Petr Čech, Czech footballer
• 1982 - Imran Farhat, Pakistani cricketer
• 1983 - Jr. NTR, Indian film actor
• 1986 - Dexter Blackstock, English footballer
• 1986 - LaLa Brown, American singer (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ramón José Hernández ɛɾˈnandɛθ/}} (born May 20, 1976 in Caracas, Venezuela) is a Major League Baseball Catcher Tomoya Satozaki (born May 20, 1976 in Naruto, Tokushima, Japan) is a Professional Baseball player for the Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Matthew Charles Czuchry ( born May 20, 1977) is an American Actor. Leonardo Noeren Franco (born May 20, 1977 in San Nicolás, Argentina) commonly known as Leo Franco is a professional Argentine Miriam Parrish (born May 20, 1977 in Bradenton Florida) is an American Soap opera actress. Angela Bethany Goethals (born May 20, 1977) is an American actress. Vesa Tapani Toskala (born on May 20, 1977 in Tampere, Finland) is a professional Ice hockey Goaltender currently Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Iker Casillas Fernández (ˈiker kaˈsiʎas (born May 20, 1981 in Móstoles, Madrid) is a Spanish football goalkeeper Calico Cooper (born 19 May 1981) is an American actress and the daughter of Shock Rocker musician Alice Cooper. Lindsay Corine Taylor (born May 20, 1981 in Poway California) is a American professional Basketball player and former college who Quick Facts Date of Birth 20 May, 1981 Birth Place Camperdown New South Wales Resides Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Petr Čech ( (born 20 May 1982 in Plzeň, Czechoslovakia, now Czech Republic is a Czech international football Imran Farhat (born 20 May, 1982 in Lahore) is a Pakistani Cricketer who has played 20 Tests and 26 One Day Internationals Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (born May 20, 1983) more popularly known as Jr Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Dexter Anthony Titus Blackstock (born May 20 1986) is an English footballer who currently plays for Queens Park Rangers in the Yolanda "LaLa" Brown ( May 20, 1986 – October 19, 2007) better known by her Stage name LaLa Brown, was 2007)
• 1988 - Carla Humphries, Filipina actress

Deaths

• 685 - King Ecgfrith of Northumbria (b. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Carla Humphries (born Madeleine Lauren Humphries on May 20, 1988 in California, U Events By Place Byzantine Empire Justinian II succeeds Constantine IV as Emperor of the Byzantine Empire Ecgfrith (c 645– May 20, 685) was the King of Northumbria from 670 until his death 645)
• 1277 - Pope John XXI (b. Events By Place Byzantine Empire The Byzantines recapture Alexandria from the Arabs Asia Pope John (numbering Pope John XXI (1215 – May 20, 1277) born Pedro Julião ( Latin, Petrus Iulianus) a Portuguese also 1215)
• 1285 - John II of Jerusalem, King of Cyprus (b. John II (1259 or ca 1267 &ndash Nicosia, May 20, 1285) was the eldest son of Hugh III of Cyprus and Isabella of Ibelin 1259)
• 1444 - Saint Bernardino of Siena, Italian Franciscan missionary (b. Saint Bernardino of Siena (sometimes Bernardine, September 8 1380 &ndash May 20, 1444) was an Italian priest preacher 1380)
• 1503 - Lorenzo de Medici, Italian patron (b. Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici ( August 4 1463 &ndash May 20, 1503) nicknamed the Popolano, was an Italian banker and politician 1463)
• 1506 - Christopher Columbus, Italian explorer (b. Christopher Columbus (1451 &ndash May 20 1506 was an Italian Navigator, colonizer 1451)
• 1550 - Ashikaga Yoshiharu, Japanese shogun (b. was the 12th Shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate who held the reigns of supreme power from 1521 through 1546 during the late Muromachi period of Japan 1510)
• 1622 - Osman II, Ottoman Sultan (b. Sultan Osman II (also known as Genç Osman meaning Young Osman in Turkish) ( Ottoman Turkish عثمان ثانى ‘Osmān-i sānī The Ottoman Dynasty (or the Imperial House of Osman) ( Turkish: Osmanlı Hanedanı) ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1299 to 1922 beginning with 1604)
• 1648 - King Wladislaus IV of Poland (b. This article is about the 17th century king of Poland For another person sometimes mentioned as Wladislaw IV of Poland in works of reference see the 14th century Władysław 1595)
• 1677 - George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, British statesman (b. 1612)
• 1713 - Thomas Sprat, English writer (b. Year 1713 ( MDCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Thomas Sprat (1635 &ndash 20 May 1713 English divine was born at Beaminster, Dorset, and educated at Wadham College Oxford, where he 1635)
• 1717 - John Trevor, British statesman (b. Year 1717 ( MDCCXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Sir John Trevor ( c 1637 &ndash 20 May 1717) was Speaker of the English House of Commons from 1685 to 1687 and from 1689 to 1695 1637)
• 1722 - Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (b. Year 1722 ( MDCCXXII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Sébastien Vaillant ( May 26, 1669 - May 20, 1722) was a French Botanist. 1669)
• 1732 - Thomas Boston, Scottish church leader (b. Year 1732 ( MDCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Thomas Boston ( March 17, 1676 - May 20, 1732) was a Scottish church leader 1676)
• 1782 - William Emerson, British mathematician (b. Year 1782 ( MDCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common William Emerson ( 14 May 1701 - 20 May 1782) English Mathematician, was born at Hurworth, near Darlington 1701)
• 1793 - Charles Bonnet, Swiss naturalist (b. Year 1793 ( MDCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Charles Bonnet ( March 13, 1720 &ndash May 20, 1793) Swiss naturalist and philosophical writer was born at Geneva 1720)
• 1825 - Papaflessas, Greek priest and government official (b. Year 1720 ( MDCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 1825 ( MDCCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Papaflessas (1788-1825 born George Flessas was a Greek patriot, Priest, and government official of the old Flessas Family. 1788)
• 1834 - Gilbert du Motier, French statesman (b. Year 1788 ( MDCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common 1757)
• 1841 - Joseph Blanco White, British theologian (b. Year 1757 ( MDCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link Joseph Blanco White ( 11 July 1775 - 20 May 1841) also known as José María Blanco Crespo was a Spanish theologian and 1775)
• 1873 - Sir George-Étienne Cartier, French-Canadian statesman (b. Year 1775 ( MDCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Sir George-Étienne Cartier, Bart, KCMG, PC ( September 6, 1814 &ndash May 20, 1873) was a French-Canadian 1814)
• 1896 - Clara Schumann, German pianist and composer (b. Year 1814 ( MDCCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Clara Josephine Wieck Schumann (September 13 1819 &ndash May 20 1896 was a German musician one of the most distinguished Pianists of the Romantic era, as 1819)
• 1909 - Ernest Hogan, blackface comedian and musician (b. Year 1819 ( MDCCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar in the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Ernest Hogan (born Ernest Reuben Crowders, 1865 - 1909 was the first African American entertainer to produce and star in a Broadway show ( The 1859)
• 1917 - Philipp von Ferrary, Italian philatelist (b. Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Philip Ferrari de La Renotière Herzog von Gallièra in Genua ( January 11, 1850 - May 20, 1917) was a legendary stamp collector, Philately is the study and collecting of revenue and postage stamps 1850)
• 1917 - Valentine Fleming, Scottish politician (b. For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link Major Valentine Fleming, DSO (1882 – 20 May 1917) was a British Conservative Member of Parliament who was killed in World War 1887)
• 1940 - Verner von Heidenstam, Swedish writer, Nobel laureate (b. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Carl Gustaf Verner von Heidenstam ( July 6, 1859 &ndash May 20, 1940) was a Swedish poet and novellist a laureate of the The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred 1859)
• 1946 - Jacob Ellehammer, Danish inventor (b. Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jacob Christian Hansen Ellehammer ( June 14 1871 – May 20 1946) was a Danish Watchmaker and Inventor born 1871)
• 1947 - Philipp Lenard, Austrian physicist, Nobel laureate (b. Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Philipp Eduard Anton von Lénárd ( June 7, 1862 &ndash May 20, 1947) was a German physicist and the winner of the The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1862)
• 1949 - Randolph West, American biochemist, known for the Dakin-West reaction (b. Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Dakin-West reaction is a Chemical reaction that transforms an Amino-acid into an Amino - Ketone using a Acid anhydride and a base 1890)
• 1956 - Max Beerbohm, English theater critic (b. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sir Henry Maximilian Beerbohm ( August 24, 1872 &ndash May 20, 1956) was an English parodist and caricaturist. 1872)
• 1961 - Josef "Pips" Priller, German fighter ace (b. Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Josef "Pips" Priller ( 27 July 1915 &ndash 20 May 1961) was a Luftwaffe World War II Fighter ace. A fighter aircraft is a Military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat with other Aircraft, as opposed to a Bomber, which is designed A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down several enemy Aircraft during aerial combat 1915)
• 1971 - Waldo Williams, Welsh poet (b. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Waldo ( Goronwy) Williams ( 30 September 1904 – 20 May 1971) was one of the leading Welsh -language Poets 1904)
• 1973 - Jarno Saarinen, Finnish motorcycle racer (b. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Jarno Karl Keimo Saarinen ( December 11, 1945 in Turku, Finland – May 20, 1973 in Monza, Italy) 1945)
• 1975 - Barbara Hepworth, British sculptor (b. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dame Barbara Hepworth DBE (January 10 1903 &ndash May 20 1975 christened Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth) was a major British 1903)
• 1976 - Syd Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (b. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sydney Harris "Syd" Howe (born - September 18, 1911 in Ottawa, Ontario – died - May 20, 1976) was a Canadian 1911)
• 1976 - Zelmar Michelini, Uruguayan politician, member of the Christian-Democrat party, and Héctor Gutiérrez Ruiz "disappeared"
• 1978 - Bjarne Brustad, Norwegian composer (b. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Zelmar Michelini (Montevideo May 20 1924 - Buenos Aires May 20, 1976) was a Uruguayan reporter and politician murdered in Buenos Aires in 1976 in the frame of Héctor Gutiérrez Ruiz (Montevideo 1934 - Buenos Aires 1976 was a Uruguayan political figure who died by assassination A forced disappearance occurs when an organization forces a person to vanish from Public view either by Murder or by simple Sequestration. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) 1895)
• 1989 - John Hicks, English economist, Nobel laureate (b. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Sir John Richard Hicks ( April 8, 1904 May 20, 1989) was one of the most important and influential Economists and Religious Inclusivists The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, officially named The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (Sveriges riksbanks pris i ekonomisk 1904)
• 1989 - Gilda Radner, American comedian and actress (b. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Gilda Susan Radner ( June 28, 1946 – May 20, 1989) was an Emmy Award -winning American Comedienne and Actress 1946)
• 1992 - Roger Keith Coleman, American convict
• 1996 - Jon Pertwee, British actor (b. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Roger Keith Coleman ( November 1, 1958 &ndash May 20, 1992) was a Grundy Virginia, Coal miner Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) John Devon Roland Pertwee (7 July 1919 – 20 May 1996 better known as Jon Pertwee, was an English Actor. 1919)
• 2000 - Jean Pierre Rampal, French flutist (b. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Jean-Pierre Louis Rampal ( 7 January 1922 &ndash 20 May 2000) was a celebrated French Flautist and has been personally "credited 1922)
• 2000 - Malik Sealy, American basketball player (b. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Malik Sealy ( February 1 1970 &ndash May 20 2000) was an American professional Basketball player active from 1992 until 1970)
• 2001 - Renato Carosone, Italian musician (b. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Renato Carosone ( 3 January 1920 &ndash 20 May 2001) was among the greatest figures of Italian music scene in the second half of the 1920)
• 2002 - Stephen Jay Gould, American paleontologist (b. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Stephen Jay Gould (September 10 1941 &ndash May 20 2002 was a prominent American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and historian of science Palaeontology redirects here For the Scientific journal, see Palaeontology (journal. 1941)
• 2005 - Paul Ricoeur, French philosopher (b. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Paul Ricœur (born February 27, 1913 in Valence France; died May 20, 2005 in Chatenay Malabry, France was a 1913)
• 2005 - William Seawell, United States Army Brigadier General (b. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common William Thomas Seawell ( 27 January 1918 in Pine Bluff Arkansas - 20 May 2005) was a Brigadier General in the United States 1918)
• 2007 - Norman Von Nida, Australian golfer (b. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Norman Guy Von Nida (14 February 1914 &ndash 20 May 2007 was an Australian golfer 1914)
• 2008 - Hamilton Jordan, former Carter White House Chief of Staff (b. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common William Hamilton McWhorter Jordan ( September 21 1944 &ndash May 20 2008) was Chief of Staff to President of the United States 1944)

Holidays and observances

• National Day in Cameroon
• East Timor National Day. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. National Day is a Holiday in Cameroon celebarated on 20 May. Cameroon has no single date of independence The Republic of Cameroon is a unitary republic of central and western Africa. East Timor, also known as Timor-Leste (officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste) is a country in Southeast Asia. The National Day is a designated date on which celebrations mark the Nationhood of a Nation or non-sovereign Country.

Saints in the Roman Catholic Church:

• Saint Bernardine of Siena
• Saint Lucifer
• Saint Austregisilus
• Saint Ivo of Chartres
• Abercius and Helena

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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A saint (from the Latin sanctus) is a human being to whom has been attributed (and who has generally demonstrated a high level of Holiness and Sanctity Saint Bernardino of Siena (sometimes Bernardine, September 8 1380 &ndash May 20, 1444) was an Italian priest preacher This is an article about a Catholic saint For belief systems which are concerned with the biblical Lucifer see Luciferianism. Saint Austregisilus ( Outril(le, Aoustrille) (died 624 was bishop of Bourges from 612 to 624 Ivo (Yves of Chartres (c 1040 - 23 December 1115 was the Bishop of Chartres during the late 12th century through to the early 13th century and was an important contributor to the understanding Abercius and Helena are Saints of the Catholic church. They are said to have been the children of Alphaeus the Apostle although this has been challenged

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