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What Happened on May 20th This Day in History

Year	Name
2022	Russo-Ukrainian War: Russia claims full control of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol after a nearly three-month siege.
2019	The International System of Units (SI): The base units are redefined, making the international prototype of the kilogram obsolete.
2016	The government of Singapore authorised the controversial execution of convicted murderer Kho Jabing for the murder of a Chinese construction worker despite the international pleas for clemency, notably from Amnesty International and the United Nations.[14][15]
2013	An EF5 tornado strikes the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, killing 24 people and injuring 377 others.
2012	At least 27 people are killed and 50 others injured when a 6.0-magnitude earthquake strikes northern Italy.
2011	Mamata Banerjee is sworn in as the Chief Minister of West Bengal, the first woman to hold this post.
2002	The independence of East Timor is recognized by Portugal, formally ending 23 years of Indonesian rule and three years of provisional UN administration (Portugal itself is the former colonizer of East Timor until 1976).
1996	Civil 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.
1990	The first post-Communist presidential and parliamentary elections are held in Romania.
1989	The Chinese authorities declare martial law in the face of pro-democracy demonstrations, setting the scene for the Tiananmen Square massacre.
1985	Radio Martí, part of the Voice of America service, begins broadcasting to Cuba.
1983	First publications of the discovery of the HIV virus that causes AIDS in the journal Science by a team of French scientists including Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Jean-Claude Chermann, and Luc Montagnier.
1983	Church Street bombing: A car bomb planted by Umkhonto we Sizwe explodes on Church Street in South Africa's capital, Pretoria, killing 19 people and injuring 217 others.
1980	In a referendum in Quebec, the population rejects, by 60% of the vote, a government proposal to move towards independence from Canada.
1971	In the Chuknagar massacre, Pakistani forces massacre thousands, mostly Bengali Hindus.
1969	The Battle of Hamburger Hill in Vietnam ends.
1967	The Popular Movement of the Revolution political party is established in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
1965	One hundred twenty-one people are killed when Pakistan International Airlines Flight 705 crashes at Cairo International Airport.
1964	Discovery of the cosmic microwave background radiation by Robert Woodrow Wilson and Arno Penzias.
1956	In Operation Redwing, the first United States airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
1949	In the United States, the Armed Forces Security Agency, the predecessor to the National Security Agency, is established.
1948	Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek wins the 1948 Republic of China presidential election and is sworn in as the first President of the Republic of China at Nanjing.
1941	World War II: Battle of Crete: German paratroops invade Crete.
1940	The Holocaust: The first prisoners arrive at a new concentration camp at Auschwitz.
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.
1927	Treaty of Jeddah: The United Kingdom recognizes the sovereignty of King Ibn Saud in the Kingdoms of Hejaz and Nejd, which later merge to become the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
1927	Charles Lindbergh takes off for Paris from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, N.Y., aboard the Spirit of St. Louis on the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean, landing .mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-
1902	Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
1891	History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.
1883	Krakatoa begins to erupt; the volcano explodes three months later, killing more than 36,000 people.
1882	The Triple Alliance between the German Empire, Austria-Hungary and the Kingdom of Italy is formed.
1875	Signing of the Metre Convention by 17 nations leading to the establishment of the International System of Units.
1873	Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.
1864	American Civil War: Battle of Ware Bottom Church: In the Virginia Bermuda Hundred campaign, 10,000 troops fight in this Confederate victory.
1862	U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the Homestead Act into law, opening 84 million acres of public land to settlers.
1861	American Civil War: The state of Kentucky proclaims its neutrality, which will last until September 3 when Confederate forces enter the state. Meanwhile, the State of North Carolina secedes from the Union.
1840	York Minster is badly damaged by fire.
1813	Napoleon Bonaparte leads his French troops into the Battle of Bautzen in Saxony, Germany, against the combined armies of Russia and Prussia. The battle ends the next day with a French victory.
1802	By the Law of 20 May 1802, Napoleon Bonaparte reinstates slavery in the French colonies, revoking its abolition in the French Revolution.
1775	The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence is allegedly signed in Charlotte, North Carolina.
1741	The Battle of Cartagena de Indias ends in a Spanish victory and the British begin withdrawal towards Jamaica with substantial losses.
1645	Yangzhou massacre: The ten day massacre of 800,000 residents of the city of Yangzhou, part of the Transition from Ming to Qing.
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.
1609	Shakespeare's sonnets are first published in London, perhaps illicitly, by the publisher Thomas Thorpe.
1570	Cartographer Abraham Ortelius issues Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas.
1521	Ignatius of Loyola is seriously wounded in the Battle of Pampeluna.
1520	Hernando Cortes defeats Panfilo de Narvaez, sent by Spain to punish him for insubordination.
1498	Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama discovers the sea route to India when he arrives at Kozhikode (previously known as Calicut), India.
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).
1449	The Battle of Alfarrobeira is fought, establishing the House of Braganza as a principal royal family of Portugal.
1426	King Mohnyin Thado formally ascends to the throne of Ava.
1293	King Sancho IV of Castile creates the Estudio de Escuelas de Generales in Alcalá de Henares.
1217	The Second Battle of Lincoln is fought near Lincoln, England, resulting in the defeat of Prince Louis of France by William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke.
794	While visiting the royal Mercian court at Sutton Walls with a view to marrying princess Ælfthryth, King Æthelberht II of East Anglia is taken captive and beheaded.
685	The Battle of Dun Nechtain is fought between a Pictish army under King Bridei III and the invading Northumbrians under King Ecgfrith, who are decisively defeated.
491	Empress Ariadne marries Anastasius I. The widowed Augusta is able to choose her successor for the Byzantine throne, after Zeno (late emperor) dies of dysentery.
325	The First Council of Nicaea is formally opened, starting the first ecumenical council of the Christian Church.

Famous People Born on May 20

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Year	Name
1913	William Redington Hewlett, American engineer, co-founded Hewlett-Packard (d. 2001)
1986	Jiřina Svobodová, Czech pole vaulter
1985	Brendon Goddard, Australian footballer
1951	Thomas Akers, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut
1992	Cate Campbell, Malawian-Australian swimmer
1879	Hans Meerwein, German chemist (d. 1965)
1964	Edin Osmanović, Slovenian footballer, coach, and manager
1913	Carlos J. Gradin, Argentine Archaeologist (d. 2002)[19]
1943	Albano Carrisi, Italian singer, actor, and winemaker
1944	Dietrich Mateschitz, Austrian businessman, co-founder of Red Bull GmbH (d. 2022)

Famous People Deaths On May 20

Here is a list of some famous peope who died on May 20. For full list please click on the link above.

Date	Name
1782	William Emerson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1701)
1949	Damaskinos of Athens, Greek archbishop and politician, 137th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1891)
2002	Stephen Jay Gould, American paleontologist, biologist, and academic (b. 1941)
2012	Leela Dube, Indian anthropologist and scholar (b. 1923)
2005	Paul Ricœur, French philosopher and academic (b. 1913)
1444	Bernardino of Siena, Italian-Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1380)
1645	Shi Kefa, Chinese general and calligrapher (b. 1601)
2013	Flavio Costantini, Italian painter and illustrator (b. 1926)
1732	Thomas Boston, Scottish author and educator (b. 1676)
1062	Bao Zheng, Chinese magistrate and mayor of Kaifeng (b. 999)