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What happend on 20. May in History
In our data base we found 355 events happened on 20. May:
• 325: The First Council of Nicea – the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 526: An earthquake kills about 300,000 people in Syria and Antiochia. [category: Events]
• 685: Ecgfrith of Northumbria (b. 645) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
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• 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. [category: Events]
• 1277: Pope John XXI (b. 1215) [category: Deaths]
• 1285: John II of Jerusalem (b. 1259) [category: Deaths]
• 1293: King Sancho IV of Castile creates the Study of General Schools of Alcalá. [category: Events]
• 1315: Bonne of Luxembourg (d. 1349) [category: Births]
• 1444: Bernardino of Siena, Italian missionary and saint (b. 1380) [category: Deaths]
• 1470: Pietro Bembo, Italian cardinal (d. 1547) [category: Births]
• 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). [category: Events]
• 1498: Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama discovers the sea route to India when he arrives at Kozhikode (previously known as Calicut), India. [category: Events]
• 1503: Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici, Italian banker and politician (b. 1463) [category: Deaths]
• 1506: Christopher Columbus, Italian explorer, discovered the Americas (b. 1451) [category: Deaths]
• 1521: Battle of Pampeluna: Ignatius Loyola is seriously wounded. [category: Events]
• 1550: Ashikaga Yoshiharu, Japanese shogun (b. 1510) [category: Deaths]
• 1554: Paolo Bellasio, Italian composer (d. 1594) [category: Births]
• 1570: Cartographer Abraham Ortelius issues Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas. [category: Events]
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• 1593: Salomo Glassius, German theologian (d. 1656) [category: Births]
• 1609: Shakespeare's sonnets are first published in London, perhaps illicitly, by the publisher Thomas Thorpe. [category: Events]
• 1622: Osman II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1604) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1648: Wladislaus IV of Poland (b. 1595) [category: Deaths]
• 1663: William Bradford, English printer (d. 1752) [category: Births]
• 1664: Andreas Schlüter, German sculptor (d. 1714) [category: Births]
• 1677: George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, English statesman (b. 1612) [category: Deaths]
• 1706: Seth Pomeroy, American gunsmith and soldier (d. 1777) [category: Births]
• 1713: Thomas Sprat, English writer (b. 1635) [category: Deaths]
• 1717: John Trevor, English statesman (b. 1637) [category: Deaths]
• 1722: Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (b. 1669) [category: Deaths]
• 1726: Francis Cotes, English painter (d. 1770) [category: Births]
• 1732: Thomas Boston, Scottish church leader (b. 1676) [category: Deaths]
• 1737: William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, English statesman (d. 1805) [category: Births]
• 1759: William Thornton, West Indian-born architect (d. 1828) [category: Births]
• 1768: Dolley Madison, American wife of James Madison, First Lady of the United States (d. 1849) [category: Births]
• 1769: Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician (d. 1835) [category: Births]
• 1772: Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet, English inventor, developed Congreve rockets (d. 1828) [category: Births]
• 1775: Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence signed in Charlotte, North Carolina [category: Events]
• 1776: Simon Fraser, Canadian explorer (d. 1862) [category: Births]
• 1782: William Emerson, English mathematician (b. 1701) [category: Deaths]
• 1793: Charles Bonnet, Swiss naturalist (b. 1720) [category: Deaths]
• 1799: Honoré de Balzac, French novelist (d. 1850) [category: Births]
• 1802: By the Law of 20 May 1802, Napoleon Bonaparte reinstates slavery in the French colonies, revoking its abolition in the French Revolution [category: Events]
• 1806: John Stuart Mill, English philosopher (d. 1873) [category: Births]
• 1812: Count Hieronymus von Colloredo, Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg (b. 1732) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1818: William Fargo, American businessman and politician, co-founded Wells Fargo and American Express (d. 1881) [category: Births]
• 1822: Frédéric Passy, French economist, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (d. 1912) [category: Births]
• 1824: Cadmus M. Wilcox, American general (d. 1890) [category: Births]
• 1825: Papaflessas, Greek priest and politician (b. 1788) [category: Deaths]
• 1830: Hector Malot, French writer (d. 1907) [category: Births]
• 1834: Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, French military officer (b. 1757) [category: Deaths]
• 1838: Jules Méline, French statesman (d. 1925) [category: Births]
• 1840: York Minster is badly damaged by fire [category: Events]
• 1841: Joseph Blanco White, English theologian (b. 1775) [category: Deaths]
• 1851: Emile Berliner, German-American inventor, invented the Gramophone record (d. 1929) [category: Births]
• 1860: Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1917) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1862: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the Homestead Act into law. [category: Events]
• 1864: American Civil War: Battle of Ware Bottom Church – in the Virginia Bermuda Hundred Campaign, 10,000 troops fight in this Confederate victory. [category: Events]
• 1873: George-Étienne Cartier, French-Canadian statesman (b. 1814) [category: Deaths]
• 1873: Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets. [category: Events]
• 1875: Hendrik Offerhaus, Dutch rower (d. 1953) [category: Births]
• 1875: Signing of the Metre Convention by 17 nations leading to the establishment of the International System of Units. [category: Events]
• 1880: Ana Néri, Brazilian nurse (b. 1814) [category: Deaths]
• 1882: Sigrid Undset, Norwegian author, Nobel laureate (d. 1949) [category: Births]
• 1882: The Triple Alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy is formed. [category: Events]
• 1883: Faisal I of Iraq (d. 1933) [category: Births]
• 1883: Johnny Arthur, American actor (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1883: Krakatoa begins to erupt. The volcano's final and most notable explosion occurs on August 26. [category: Events]
• 1884: Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo becomes the king of the Zulu Nation. [category: Events]
• 1886: Ali Sami Yen, Turkish founder of Galatasaray Sports Club (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1889: Karin Molander, Swedish actress (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1891: History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope. [category: Events]
• 1894: Chandrashekarendra Saraswati, Indian Hindu sage, Jivanmukta (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1895: R. J. Mitchell, English aircraft designer, designed Supermarine Spitfire (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1896: Clara Schumann, German pianist and composer (b. 1819) [category: Deaths]
• 1896: The six ton chandelier of the Palais Garnier falls on the crowd below resulting in the death of one and the injury of many others. [category: Events]
• 1897: Diego Abad de Santillán, Spanish author, economist, and anarchist (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1899: Alexander Deyneka, Ukrainian painter (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1899: John Marshall Harlan II, American jurist, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1899: The first traffic ticket in the US: New York City taxi driver Jacob German was arrested for speeding while driving 12 miles per hour on Lexington Street. [category: Events]
• 1901: Max Euwe, Dutch chess player (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1902: Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President. [category: Events]
• 1906: Giuseppe Siri, Italian cardinal (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1908: Francis Raymond Fosberg, American botanist (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1908: James Stewart, American actor (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1908: Louis Daquin, French director (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1908: Budi Utomo organization is founded in Dutch East Indies, beginning the Indonesian National Awakening. [category: Events]
• 1909: Ernest Hogan, American comedian and composer (b. 1859) [category: Deaths]
• 1911: Annie M. G. Schmidt, Dutch writer (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1911: Gardner Fox, American writer (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1913: William Reddington Hewlett, American engineer, co-founded Hewlett-Packard (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1914: Corneliu Coposu, Romanian politician (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1914: Hideko Maehata, Japanese swimmer (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1915: Moshe Dayan, Israeli general (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1915: Peter Copley, English actor (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1916: Alexei Petrovich Maresiev, Russian pilot (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1916: Trebisonda Valla, Italian athlete (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1916: The Saturday Evening Post publishes its first cover with a Norman Rockwell painting (Boy with Baby Carriage). [category: Events]
• 1917: Bergur Sigurbjörnsson, Icelandic politician (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1917: Guy Favreau, French-Canadian lawyer (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1917: Philipp von Ferrary, Italian philatelist (b. 1850) [category: Deaths]
• 1917: Valentine Fleming, Scottish politician (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1918: Edward B. Lewis, American geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1919: George Gobel, American comedian (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1919: Gerhard Barkhorn, German pilot (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1920: Betty Driver, English singer, actress, and author (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1920: John Cruickshank, Scottish lieutenant, recipient of the Victoria Cross [category: Births]
• 1920: Montreal, Quebec radio station XWA broadcasts the first regularly scheduled radio programming in North America. [category: Events]
• 1921: Hal Newhouser, American baseball player (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1921: Wolfgang Borchert, German writer (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1923: Edith Fellows, American actress (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1924: Zelmar Michelini, Uruguayan journalist and politician (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1925: Alexei Tupolev, Soviet engineer and aircraft designer (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1925: Chester Ludgin, American baritone (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1926: Bob Sweikert, American race car driver (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1926: George Hurst, Scottish conductor (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1926: John Lucarotti, English-Canadian author (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1927: Bud Grant, American football coach [category: Births]
• 1927: David Hedison, American actor [category: Births]
• 1927: Franciszek Macharski, Polish cardinal [category: Births]
• 1927: Oscar Stribolt, Danish actor (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
• 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. He touched down at Le Bourget Field in Paris at 22:22 the next day. [category: Events]
• 1927: Treaty of Jedda: 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. [category: Events]
• 1929: Ahmed Hamdi, Egyptian soldier d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1929: Gilles Loiselle, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1930: Sam Etcheverry, American football player and coach (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1931: Ken Boyer, American baseball player (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1931: Paul R. Evans, American furniture designer and sculptor (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1931: Ernest Noel, British businessman and MP (b. 1831) [category: Deaths]
• 1932: Bob Florence, American pianist, composer, and arranger (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1933: Constance Towers, American actress [category: Births]
• 1935: José Mujica, Uruguayan politician, 40th President of Uruguay [category: Births]
• 1936: Anthony Zerbe, American actor [category: Births]
• 1938: Marinella, Greek singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1940: Michel Vastel, French-Canadian journalist, columnist, and author (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1940: Sadaharu Oh, Japanese baseball player [category: Births]
• 1940: Shorty Long, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1940: Stan Mikita, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1940: Verner von Heidenstam, Swedish writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1859) [category: Deaths]
• 1940: Holocaust: The first prisoners arrive at a new concentration camp at Auschwitz. [category: Events]
• 1941: Goh Chok Tong, Singaporean politician, Senior Minister [category: Births]
• 1941: John Strasberg, American actor [category: Births]
• 1941: Manuel Isaias Lopez, Mexican psychiatrist [category: Births]
• 1941: World War II: Battle of Crete – German paratroops invade Crete. [category: Events]
• 1942: Carlos Hathcock, American Marine Corps sniper (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1942: Jill Jackson, American singer (Paul & Paula) [category: Births]
• 1942: Raymond Chrétien, Canadian ambassador [category: Births]
• 1943: Albano Carrisi, Italian singer, actor, and winemaker (Al Bano and Romina Power) [category: Births]
• 1944: Boudewijn de Groot, Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1944: Dietrich Mateschitz, Austrian businessman, co-founded Red Bull GmbH [category: Births]
• 1944: Joe Cocker, English singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (The Grease Band) [category: Births]
• 1945: Vladimiro Montesinos, Peruvian politician [category: Births]
• 1946: Bobby Murcer, American baseball player (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1946: Cher, American singer, actress, producer, and director (Sonny & Cher) [category: Births]
• 1946: Dave Despain, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1946: Robert Chua, Hong Kong broadcaster [category: Births]
• 1946: Jacob Ellehammer, Danish aviation pioneer and engineer (b. 1871) [category: Deaths]
• 1947: Greg Dyke, English journalist and broadcaster [category: Births]
• 1947: John Corapi, American priest [category: Births]
• 1947: Georgios Siantos, Greek politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1947: Philipp Lenard, German physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1862) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Chiang Kai-shek is elected as the first President of the Republic of China. [category: Events]
• 1949: Dave Thomas, Canadian comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1949: Robert Morin, French-Canadian director and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1949: Archbishop Damaskinos of Athens (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1949: Randolph West, American biochemist, known for the Dakin-West reaction (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1949: In the United States, the Armed Forces Security Agency, the predecessor to the National Security Agency, is established. [category: Events]
• 1950: Reinaldo Merlo, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1950: Yvon Lambert, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1951: Mike Crapo, American politician [category: Births]
• 1951: Thomas Akers, American astronaut [category: Births]
• 1952: Roger Milla, Cameroonian footballer [category: Births]
• 1953: Norbert Siegmann, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1953: Robert Doyle, Australian politician [category: Births]
• 1954: Cindy McCain, American businesswoman and philanthropist, wife of John McCain [category: Births]
• 1954: David Paterson, American politician [category: Births]
• 1954: Guy Hoffman, American singer, drummer, and composer (Violent Femmes, Oil Tasters, and BoDeans) [category: Births]
• 1954: Robert Van de Walle, Belgian judoka [category: Births]
• 1955: Zbigniew Preisner, Polish composer [category: Births]
• 1956: Dean Butler, American actor [category: Births]
• 1956: Ingvar Ambjørnsen, Norwegian author [category: Births]
• 1956: William Michaelian, American novelist and poet [category: Births]
• 1956: Max Beerbohm, English critic (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
• 1956: Zoltán Halmay, Hungarian swimmer (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1956: In Operation Redwing (shot Cherokee), the first United States airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. [category: Events]
• 1957: Yoshihiko Noda, Japanese politician, Prime Minister of Japan [category: Births]
• 1958: Jane Wiedlin, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress (The Go-Go's and Frosted) [category: Births]
• 1958: Ron Reagan, American radio host, son of Ronald Reagan [category: Births]
• 1959: Bronson Pinchot, American actor [category: Births]
• 1959: Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, American singer-songwriter and musician (Makaha Sons of Ni'ihau) (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1959: Susan Cowsill, American singer-songwriter and musician (The Cowsills and Continental Drifters) [category: Births]
• 1960: John Billingsley, American actor [category: Births]
• 1960: Tony Goldwyn, American actor [category: Births]
• 1961: Clive Allen, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1961: Josef Priller, German nazi military aviator (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1962: Mike Jeffries, American soccer player and coach [category: Births]
• 1963: David Wells, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1964: Edin Osmanović, Slovenian football manager [category: Births]
• 1964: Kōichirō Gemba, Japanese politician [category: Births]
• 1964: Rudy Lewis, American singer (The Drifters) (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 1965: Stu Grimson, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1965: Ted Allen, American chef and author [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1966: Dan Abrams, American reporter [category: Births]
• 1966: Mindy Cohn, American actress [category: Births]
• 1967: Gabriele Muccino, Italian director [category: Births]
• 1967: Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece [category: Births]
• 1967: Ramzi Yousef, Kuwaiti-Pakistani terrorist [category: Births]
• 1968: Timothy Olyphant, American actor [category: Births]
• 1968: Waisale Serevi, Fijian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1968: Operation OAU begins during the Nigerian Civil War [category: Events]
• 1969: Brian Girard James, American wrestler, agent, and producer [category: Births]
• 1969: The Battle of Hamburger Hill in Vietnam ends. [category: Events]
• 1970: Louis Theroux, English broadcaster [category: Births]
• 1970: Terrell Brandon, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1971: Tony Stewart, American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1971: Šárka Kašpárková, Czech athlete [category: Births]
• 1971: Waldo Williams, Welsh poet (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Busta Rhymes, American rapper, producer, and actor (The Conglomerate and Leaders of the New School) [category: Births]
• 1972: Tina Hobley, English actress [category: Births]
• 1973: Elsa Lunghini, French singer-songwriter and actress [category: Births]
• 1973: Jarno Saarinen, Finnish motorcycle racer (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: Andrew Sega, American musician and composer (Iris, Stromkern, and Five Musicians) [category: Births]
• 1975: Isaac Gálvez, Spanish cyclist (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1975: Juan Minujín, Argentine actor [category: Births]
• 1975: Mark Zupan, American rugby player and actor [category: Births]
• 1975: Pascal Denis, Canadian figure skater [category: Births]
• 1975: Tahmoh Penikett, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1975: Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Ramón Hernández, Venezuelan baseball player [category: Births]
• 1976: Tomoya Satozaki, Japanese baseball player [category: Births]
• 1976: Héctor Gutiérrez Ruiz, Uruguayan politician (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Syd Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Zelmar Michelini, Uruguayan politician (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Angela Goethals, American actress [category: Births]
• 1977: Chad Muska, American skateboarder [category: Births]
• 1977: Leonardo Noeren Franco, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Matt Czuchry, American actor [category: Births]
• 1977: Tiger Tyson, American porn actor [category: Births]
• 1977: Vesa Toskala, Finnish ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1978: Hristos Banikas, Greek chess player [category: Births]
• 1978: Nils Schumann, German athlete [category: Births]
• 1978: Pavla Hamáčková-Rybová, Czech athlete [category: Births]
• 1979: Alessandro Hirata, Brazilian jurist [category: Births]
• 1979: Andrew Scheer, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1979: Jana Pallaske, German actress and singer (Spitting Off Tall Buildings) [category: Births]
• 1979: Jayson Werth, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Rick Edwards, English television host [category: Births]
• 1980: Agnes Kittelsen, Norwegian actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Austin Kearns, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1980: Cauã Reymond, Brazilian actor [category: Births]
• 1980: Kassim Osgood, American football player and agent [category: Births]
• 1980: In a referendum in Quebec, the population rejects by a 60% vote the proposal from its government to move towards independence from Canada. [category: Events]
• 1981: Iker Casillas, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Lindsay Taylor, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1981: Mark Winterbottom, Australian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1981: Morgan Knabe, Canadian swimmer [category: Births]
• 1981: Sean Conlon, English singer and composer (Five) [category: Births]
• 1982: Candace Bailey, American actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Daniel Ribeiro, Brazilian director [category: Births]
• 1982: Imran Farhat, Pakistani cricketer [category: Births]
• 1982: Jack Anthony, American singer-songwriter, musician, and composer [category: Births]
• 1982: Natalia Podolskaya, Russian singer [category: Births]
• 1982: Petr Čech, Czech footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Sierra Boggess, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1983: Chad Connell, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1983: Daniel Belle, Australian singer [category: Births]
• 1983: Emma Williams, English actress [category: Births]
• 1983: Michaela McManus, American actress [category: Births]
• 1983: N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Indian actor [category: Births]
• 1983: Roger Huerta, American mixed martial artist [category: Births]
• 1983: Óscar Cardozo, Paraguayan footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: First publications of the discovery of the HIV virus that causes AIDS in the journal Science by Luc Montagnier. [category: Events]
• 1984: Augusto Midana, Bissau-Guinean wrestler [category: Births]
• 1984: Keith Grennan, American football player [category: Births]
• 1984: Kenny Vasoli, American singer-songwriter and musician (The Starting Line and Person L) [category: Births]
• 1984: Mauro Rafael da Silva, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Naturi Naughton, American singer, rapper, and actress (3LW) [category: Births]
• 1984: Patrick Ewing, Jr., American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1985: Brendon Goddard, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Chris Froome, English cyclist [category: Births]
• 1985: Radio Martí, part of the Voice of America service, begins broadcasting to Cuba. [category: Events]
• 1986: Anthony Neely, Taiwanese-American singer and musician [category: Births]
• 1986: Casey Parker, Panamanian porn actress and model [category: Births]
• 1986: Dexter Blackstock, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Eilidh MacQueen, Scottish actress [category: Births]
• 1986: Jiřina Ptáčníková, Czech pole vaulter [category: Births]
• 1986: Louisa Krause, American actress [category: Births]
• 1986: Robert Emms, English actor [category: Births]
• 1986: Stéphane Mbia, Cameroonian footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Vitória Frate, Brazilian actress [category: Births]
• 1986: Yon González, Spanish actor [category: Births]
• 1987: Julian Wright, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1987: Kristopher Van Varenberg, American actor [category: Births]
• 1987: Mike Havenaar, Dutch-Japanese footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Sergei Kostitsyn, Russian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1988: Carla Humphries, Filipino actress [category: Births]
• 1988: Comfort Fedoke, American dancer and actress [category: Births]
• 1988: Miyu Nagase, Japanese singer and guitarist (Zone) [category: Births]
• 1988: Nathaniel Brown, American actor and director [category: Births]
• 1988: Yusuf Kasal, Turkish footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Gilda Radner, American comedian and actress (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: John Hicks, English economist, Nobel laureate (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: The Chinese authorities declare martial law in the face of pro-democracy demonstrations, setting the scene for the Tiananmen Square massacre. [category: Events]
• 1990: The first post-Communist presidential and parliamentary elections are held in Romania. [category: Events]
• 1991: Mara Lopez, Filipino actress [category: Births]
• 1992: Cate Campbell, Australian swimmer [category: Births]
• 1992: Roger Keith Coleman, American coal miner and convicted murder (b. 1958) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Caroline Zhang, American figure skater [category: Births]
• 1994: Frida Sandén, Swedish singer [category: Births]
• 1995: Brandon Zibaka, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1996: Madeline Taylor, American actress [category: Births]
• 1996: Jon Pertwee, English actor (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 2000: Jean-Pierre Rampal, French flutist (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Malik Sealy, American basketball player (b. 1970) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Renato Carosone, Italian pianist and bandleader (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Stephen Jay Gould, American paleontologist (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 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 is the former colonizer of East Timor until 1976). [category: Events]
• 2005: Paul Ricoeur, French philosopher (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: William Seawell, American general (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Norman Von Nida, Australian golfer (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Hamilton Jordan, American politician, 8th White House Chief of Staff (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Arthur Erickson, Canadian architect, designed Roy Thomson Hall (b.1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Lucy Gordon, English model and actress (b. 1980) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Macho Man Randy Savage, American professional wrestler and actor (b. 1952) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, Libyan terrorist, conducted the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing (b. 1952) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Andrew B. Steinberg, American lawyer, Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Aviation and International Affairs (b. 1958) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Bob Bethell, American politician (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Eugene Polley, American engineer, inventor of the first wireless remote control for television (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Geoffrey Evans, Irish serial killer (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Robin Gibb, English singer-songwriter and musician (Bee Gees) (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• _: Abercius and Helena [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Aurea of Ostia [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Austregisilus [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Baudilus [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Bernardino of Siena [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Day of Remembrance (Cambodia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Emancipation Day (Florida) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: European Maritime Day (European Council) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Cuba from the United States in 1902. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence Day, celebrates the independence of East Timor from Indonesia in 2002. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Indonesian National Awakening (Indonesia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Ivo of Chartres [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Lucifer of Cagliari [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: May 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Day (Cameroon) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Sanctan [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: World Metrology Day [category: Holidays and observances]