May 20

Events

 * - The – the first  of the  – is held.
 * - An kills  about 300,000 people in  and ia.
 * - The or  is fought between a  army under King  and the invading  under King, who are decisively defeated.
 * - The is fought near, , resulting in the defeat of  by.
 * - King creates the.
 * - sets sail from, , on his ship  looking for a route to the west (other documents give a  date).
 * -   arrives at  (previously known as ),.
 * - : seriously wounded in the battle.
 * -  issues the first modern.
 * - The city of in  is seized by forces of the  and most of its inhabitants massacred, in one of the bloodiest incidents of the.
 * - passes the, forgiving followers of.
 * - leads his  troops into the  in, , against the combined armies of  and . The battle ends the next day with a  victory.
 * - is named the first modern king of.
 * - and  with 134 men under  sail from the  in, beginning a disastrous expedition to find the . All hands are lost.
 * - : The state of proclaims its, which will last until  when  forces enter the state.
 * -  signs the  into law.
 * - : - In the ,  10,000 troops fight in this  victory.
 * - and  receive a   for blue  with copper rivets.
 * - The between,  and  is formed.
 * - The of  begins, leading ultimately to the 's destruction three months later.
 * - : First public display of 's prototype (shown at  for a convention of the ).
 * - The six ton of the  falls on the crowd resulting in the death of one and the injury of many others.
 * - gains independence from the .  becomes the first.
 * - and Ignatz first appear in 'The Dingbat Family' comic strip
 * - The  publishes its first cover with a painting ("").
 * 1916  - The small town of  is struck by a .  Incredibly, the same town was also hit in  and  on the exact same date
 * - The, the of 's , is permanently dissolved.
 * 1920  -   station  broadcasts the first regularly scheduled  programming in.
 * - By the, the recognizes the  of   in the Kingdoms of  and , which later merged to become the Kingdom of.
 * 1927  - At 07:52  takes off from  in, , on the world's first solo nonstop flight across the , touching down at  in  at 22:22 the next day.
 * - takes off from  to begin the world's first solo nonstop flight across the  by a female pilot, landing in  the next day.
 * - : The first prisoners arrive at a new at.
 * - : –   invade.
 * - In the, the (predecessor to the ) is established.
 * 1949  -  regime declare  is under the.
 * - is selected for another term as  by the
 * -, a   crashes while descending to land at , killing 119 of the 125 passengers and crew.
 * - The in  ends.
 * - In a in, the population rejects by a 60% vote the proposal from its government to move towards independence from.
 * - First publications of the discovery of the that causes  in the journal  by  and  individually.
 * - The first line of the in  opens.
 * -, part of the service, begins broadcasting to.
 * - The authorities declare  in the face of pro- demonstrations, setting the scene for the.
 * - The first post- presidential and s are held in.
 * - In a second in, the population rejects by a slight majority the proposal from its government to move towards independence from.
 * - : The rules in  against a law that would have prevented any city, town or county in the state of  from taking any legislative, executive, or judicial action to protect the rights of.
 * - becomes independent from n rule.

Births

 * -, wife of (d. )
 * -, Italian cardinal (d. )
 * -, Italian composer (d. )
 * -, German theologian (d. )
 * -, German sculptor (d. )
 * -, British-born printer (d. )
 * -, American gunsmith and soldier (d. )
 * -, English painter (d. )
 * -, British statesman (d. )
 * -, West Indian-born architect (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, Greek admiral and politician (d. )
 * - Sir, English inventor (d. )
 * -, French novelist (d. )
 * -, English philosopher (d. )
 * -, co-founder of Wells, Fargo & Company (d. )
 * -, French economist, (d. )
 * -, French writer (d. )
 * -, French statesman (d. )
 * -, German-born recording pioneer (d. )
 * -, German chemist, (d. )
 * -, Norwegian author, (d. )
 * - King (d. )
 * -, Indian Hindu sage, (d. )
 * -, British aircraft designer (d. )
 * -, Spanish anarchist (d. )
 * -, Ukrainian painter (d. )
 * 1899  -, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. )
 * -, Dutch chess player (d. )
 * -, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, American writer (d. )
 * -, American engineer (d. )
 * -, Romanian politician (d. )
 * -, Israeli general (d. )
 * -, Italian athlete (d. )
 * 1916  -, Russian flying ace (d. )
 * -, French Canadian lawyer (d. )
 * 1917  -, Icelandic politician (d. )
 * -, American geneticist, (d. )
 * -, American comedian (d. )
 * -, English singer and actress
 * -, German writer (d. )
 * 1921  -, American baseball player (d. )
 * -, American baritone (d. )
 * -, American race car driver (d. )
 * 1926  -, TV writer (d. )
 * -, American football coach
 * 1927  -, Polish Cardinal
 * 1927  -, American actor
 * -, Suicide doctor
 * -, American football player and coach
 * -, American baseball player (d. )
 * -, Greek singer
 * -, American actor
 * -, Slovak-born ice hockey player
 * 1940  -, Japanese baseball player
 * 1940  -, American musician (d. )
 * -, Singaporean
 * 1941  -, American actor
 * 1941  -, Mexican child psychiatrist
 * -, American Marine (d. )
 * 1942  -, American singer
 * -, Italian singer
 * -, British singer
 * 1944  -, Dutch singer
 * 1944  -, Austrian businessman
 * -, Peruvian politician
 * -, American singer
 * -, British broadcast executive
 * -, Canadian comedian & actor
 * -, French Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1950  -, Argentine footballer
 * -, American politician
 * -, Cameroonian footballer
 * -, Australian politician
 * -, drummer and vocalist
 * -, Polish film composer
 * -, Norwegian author
 * 1956  -, American actor
 * 1956  -, Novelist, short story writer, and poet
 * -, American talk show host
 * 1958  -, American singer
 * -, American singer
 * 1959  -, American actor
 * -, American actor
 * 1960  -, American musician
 * 1960  -, American actor
 * -, English footballer
 * -, American soccer coach
 * -, American baseball player
 * 1963  -, English television director and producer
 * -, American television host
 * -, American actress
 * -, Italian film director
 * 1967  -, Terrorist
 * 1967  -
 * -, American actor
 * 1968  -, Fijian rugby union and  legend
 * -, American professional wrestler
 * 1970  -, British television presenter
 * -, American race car driver
 * 1971  -, Czech athlete
 * -, British television actress
 * 1972  -, American singer and rapper
 * -, Spanish cyclist (d. )
 * 1975  -, American quadriplegic rugby player
 * -, Venezuelan baseball player
 * -, American actor
 * 1977  -, Argentine footballer
 * 1977  -, American television actress
 * 1977  -, Finnish ice hockey player
 * -, Spanish footballer
 * 1981  -, American actress and dancer
 * 1981  -, American basketball player
 * 1981  -, Australian racing driver
 * -, Czech footballer
 * 1982  -, Pakistani cricketer
 * -, Indian film actor
 * -, American actress
 * -, Only man to have ever actually taken a clear photograph of Bigfoot. However, it was immediately destroyed in a terrible fire that also killed his parents. Sorry Lee, I didn't want you to find out this way...

Deaths

 * - King (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, King of Cyprus (b. )
 * - Saint, Italian Franciscan missionary (b. )
 * -, Italian patron (b. )
 * -, Italian explorer (b. )
 * -, Japanese shogun (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * - King (b. )
 * -, British statesman (b. )
 * -, English writer (b. )
 * -, British statesman (b. )
 * -, French botanist (b. )
 * -, Scottish church leader (b. )
 * -, British mathematician (b. )
 * -, Swiss naturalist (b. )
 * -, Greek priest and government official (b. )
 * -, French statesman (b. )
 * -, British theologian (b. )
 * - Sir, French-Canadian statesman (b. )
 * -, German pianist and composer (b. )
 * -, blackface comedian and musician (b. )
 * -, Italian (b. )
 * 1917  -, Scottish politician (b. )
 * -, Swedish writer, (b. )
 * -, Danish inventor (b. )
 * -, Austrian physicist, (b. )
 * -, American biochemist, known for the Dakin-West reaction (b. )
 * -, English theater critic (b. )
 * -, Welsh poet (b. )
 * -, Finnish motorcycle racer (b. )
 * -, British sculptor (b. )
 * -, Uruguayan politician, member of the Christian-Democrat party, and ""
 * -, Norwegian composer (b. )
 * -, English economist, (b. )
 * 1989  -, American comedian and actress (b. )
 * -, British actor (b. )
 * -, French flutist (b. )
 * 2000  -, American basketball player (b. )
 * -, Italian musician (b. )
 * -, American (b. )
 * -, French philosopher (b. )
 * 2005  -, United States Army Brigadier General (b. )
 * -, Australian golfer (b. )

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