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What happened in history on this day: May 20?
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- 325 - First Christian ecumenical council opens at Nicaea, Asia Minor.
- 526 - Earthquake kills 250,000 in Antioch, Byzantium (Syria).
- 685 - Picts win Battle of Dunnichen.
- 1277 - John XXI [Petrus Juliani/Hispanus] Port Pope (1276-77), dies.
- 1293 - Earthquake strikes Kamakura Japan, 30,000 killed.
- 1303 - Treaty of Paris restores Gascony to British in Hundred Years War.
- 1310 - Shoes were made for both right and left feet.
- 1347 - Rienzo calls Rome for people's tribunal.
- 1364 - Birth of Henry Percy [Harry Hotspur], British soldier/politican.
- 1444 - Bernardinus van Siena Italian saint, dies at age 63.
- 1449 - Peter Prince/regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa Benfeitoria), dies.
- 1470 - Birth of Pietro Bembo cardinal/theologian.
- 1471 - Henry VI king of England (1422-61, 1470-71)/France (1431-71), dies.
- 1495 - French King Charles VIII leaves Naples.
- 1498 - Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrives at Calcutta India.
- 1501 - Joao da Nova Castell discovers Ascension Islands.
- 1506 - Christopher Columbus, explorer, dies in poverty in Spain at age 55.
- 1509 - Catharina Sforza Italian duchess of Forli, dies at age 45.
- 1521 - Ignatius Loyola seriously wounded by a cannon ball.
- 1524 - Duke of Albany leaves Scotland.
- 1537 - Birth of Hieronymus Fabricius Ab Aquapend Italy, physician (De Formato Foetu).
- 1570 - Egidius Coppens publishes Abraham Ortelius' "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum", first modern atlas, with 70 maps.
- 1571 - Venice, Spain and Pope Pius form anti-Turkish Saint League.
- 1591 - Spanish troops in Zutphen surrenders to Willem Louis/Mauritius.
- 1593 - Birth of Jacob Jordaens Flemish barok artist.
- 1597 - Matthijs Heldt dies in battle.
- 1622 - Osman II sultan of Turkey (1618-22), dies.
- 1639 - Dorchester Massachusetts, forms first school funded by local taxes.
- 1648 - Wladyslaw IV Wasa King of Poland, dies.
- 1650 - Francesco Sacrati composer, dies at age 44.
- 1669 - Joris van der Hagen landscape painter, dies.
- 1690 - England passes Act of Grace, forgiving followers of James II.
- 1704 - Elias Neau forms school for slaves in New York.
- 1734 - First Jockey Club forms in South Carolina.
- 1743 - Birth of [François D] Toussaint L'Ouverture (à Breda), leader (Haiti).
- 1750 - Birth of Stephen Girard bailed out US bonds during War of 1812.
- 1759 - Birth of William Thornton architect (Capitol building, Washington DC).
- 1768 - Birth of Dolley Dandridge Payne Madison; US first lady (1809-17) (dies 1849).
- 1772 - Birth of William Congreve English officer (design fire rocket).
- 1774 - Britain gives Québec, Labrador and territory north of the Ohio.
- 1775 - Citizens of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina declare independence of Britain.
- 1777 - "United States" replaces "United Colonies" on currency.
- 1784 - England and Netherlands signs peace treaty (Peace of Paris).
- 1799 - Birth of Honoré de Balzac in France; novelist (Pere Goriot, Human Comedy).
- 1818 - Birth of William George Fargo; founder (Wells Fargo).
- 1822 - Birth of Emile Erckmann [E-Chatrian]; French writer (Waterloo).
- 1822 - Birth of Frédéric Passy; French economist/pacifist; co-winner of first Nobel Peace Prize (1901).
- 1825 - Charles X becomes King of France.
- 1828 - Birth of James William Reilly; US Brigadier General (US volunteers) (dies 1905).
- 1830 - Birth of Amalia, princess of Saxon-Weimar-Eisenach/wife of prince Henry.
- 1830 - Birth of Hector H Malot; French writer (Without Family).
- 1834 - Marquis de Lafayette, French general, dies.
- 1844 - Birth of Henri Julien Felix Rousseau; French ambassador, painter (The Dream).
- 1845 - First legislative assembly convenes in Hawaii.
- 1847 - Antonio López de Santa Anna becomes President (10th time) of Mexico.
- 1851 - Birth of Emile Berliner in Germany; inventor (flat phonograph record).
- 1861 - Kentucky proclaims its neutrality in War Between the States.
- 1861 - North Carolina becomes tenth state to secede from USA.
- 1862 - US President Abraham Lincoln signs the Homestead Act into law, effective January 1, 1863. Eligible citizens and immigrants can claim up to 160 acres of land; promotion of western land settlement.
- 1864 - John Clare, English poet (Little Trotty Wagtail), dies at age 70.
- 1867 - British parliament rejects John Stuart Mills law on women suffrage.
- 1867 - Royal Albert Hall foundation laid by Queen Victoria.
- 1872 - Birth of Albert Steinrück; German actor (Golem).
- 1873 - Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a US patent for "Improvement in Fastening Pocket-Openings", work pants reinforced with metal rivets, marking the birth of blue jeans.
- 1874 - Birth of Folkert E Posthuma; Dutch minister of Agriculture/Industry.
- 1874 - Levi Strauss markets blue jeans with copper rivets, price US$13.50 per dozen.
- 1875 - Amalia, wife of King Otto of Greece, dies at age 58.
- 1875 - International Bureau of Weights and Measures established by treaty.
- 1876 - Harold, grandson of English queen Victoria, dies at age 8 days old.
- 1876 - Bulgarian revolutionary poet Hristo Botev is killed by Turkish troops near Mount Veslez, Bulgaria.
- 1879 - 5th Kentucky Derby: Charlie Shauer aboard Lord Murphy wins in 2:37.
- 1880 - Eugène prince, the Ligne Belgian prince of Ambise, dies at age 76.
- 1881 - Birth of Wladyslaw Eugeniusz Sikorski; chief of Polish general staff (1921), Prime Minister of Poland (1922-23), minister of military affairs (1924-25), Prime Minister of government in exile (1939-43).
- 1882 - Birth of Sigrid Undset in Norway; novelist (Kristin Lavransdatter, Nobel Prize 1928).
- 1883 - Krakatoa volcano begins erupting.
- 1890 - Birth of Beniamino Gigli in Italy; tenor (Enzo - La Gioconde).
- 1892 - George Sampson patents clothes dryer.
- 1892 - Triple Alliance between Germany, Italy and Austria-Hungary forms.
- 1894 - Birth of Adela Rogers Saint John; journalist/author (Foreign Correspondent).
- 1895 - Birth of Reginald J "R" Mitchell; English aviation manufacturer (Spitfire).
- 1899 - Birth of Estelle Taylor [Boylan] in Wilmington, Delaware, USA; actress (8 Commandments).
- 1899 - Birth of John M Harlan in Chicago, Illinois, USA; 91st Supreme Court justice (1955-71).
- 1900 - (to October 28) The Games of the II Olympiad are held in Paris, France.
- 1901 - Birth of Max Euwe in Netherlands; world chess champion (1935-37).
- 1901 - Birth of Otto Waldis in Austria; actor (Port of Hell, Unknown World).
- 1902 - US military occupation of Cuba (since January 1, 1899) ends.
- 1904 - Birth of Russell Hardie in Buffalo, New York, USA; actor (Sequoia, In Old Kentucky).
- 1905 - Birth of Gerrit Achterberg; Dutch poet (Sailing).
- 1905 - Birth of Harry Campion; statistician/founder (British Central Statistical Office).
- 1908 - Birth of James Maitland AKA Jimmy Stewart in Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Mr Smith Goes to Washington, It's a Wonderful Life).
- 1909 - Birth of John Arkell; director of administration (BBC).
- 1910 - Funeral is held for Britain's King Edward VII. Nine kings of the world attend. This is the first important news event filed in color.
- 1911 - Birth of Annie M G Schmidt; writer (Fam Doorsnee, Jip and Janneke).
- 1911 - Birth of Gardner F[rancis] Fox; US sci-fi author (Kothar-Barbarian Swordsman).
- 1911 - E M Grace, cricket player (one Test versus Australia 1880, 36 and 0), dies.
- 1913 - 38th Preakness horse race: James Butwell aboard Buskin wins in 1:53.4.
- 1913 - Birth of William Hewlett; cofounder of Hewlett-Packard Company.
- 1915 - Bataafsche Petroleum begins oil extraction of Maracaibo.
- 1915 - Birth of Moshe Dayan; Israeli general/minister of Defense (dies 1981).
- 1915 - Birth of Peter Copley; actor (Victim, King and Country).
- 1916 - Birth of Owen Chadwick; chancellor (University of East Anglia).
- 1916 - The Saturday Evening Post publishes its first cover with a Norman Rockwell painting.
- 1917 - Turkish Government authorizes Jews to return to Tel Aviv and Jaffa.
- 1918 - The US launches the first electrically-propelled warship (the New Mexico).
- 1919 - Birth of George Gobel in Chicago, Illinois, USA; comedian/TV personality (I Love My Wife).
- 1919 - Volcano Keluit on Java erupts, killing 550.
- 1920 - Birth of Betty Driver in England; actress (Coronation Street, Pardon the Expression, Penny Paradise).
- 1920 - Birth of William Simpson; British trade union leader.
- 1920 - Policemen raid the Chicago Cubs' bleachers and arrest 24 fans for gambling.
- 1920 - Montreal, Quebec, Canada station XWA broadcasts the first regularly scheduled radio programming in North America.
- 1921 - Birth of John Harrison; British Vice Admiral/surgeon.
- 1921 - Birth of John Marchi; American politician (Representative-Republican-New York).
- 1922 - Egypt sinks off Ushant after colliding with Seine, killing 90.
- 1922 - Babe Ruth and Bob Meusel, suspended on October 16, 1921, by Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis, return to the New York lineup and go hitless.
- 1922 - Birth of Clifford Butler; vice chancellor (Loughborough University of Technology).
- 1923 - Birth of Edith Fellows in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actress (Pennies From Heaven, City Streets).
- 1925 - Birth of D French Slaughter Junior; American politician (Representative-Republican-Virginia, 1985-).
- 1926 - Belgian Government of Henri Jaspar takes power.
- 1926 - Birth of Vic Ames; rocker (Ames Brothers).
- 1926 - US Congress passes Air Commerce Act, licensing of pilots and planes.
- 1926 - Dick Pougher, cricket player (17 and 3-26 in only Test for England 1892), dies.
- 1926 - Railway Labor Act became law.
- 1926 - Thomas Edison says Americans prefer silent movies over talkies.
- 1927 - At 7:52 AM, American pilot Charles Augustus Lindbergh takes off from New York in his Spirit of St. Louis Ryan monoplane to cross Atlantic for Paris.
- 1927 - Birth of David Hedison in Providence, Rhode Island, USA; actor (The Colbys, Voyage to Bottom of Sea).
- 1927 - Birth of [Harold] Bud Grant in Wisconsin, USA; Canadian Football League/NFL player/coach (Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Minnesota Vikings).
- 1927 - Saudi Arabia becomes independent of Great Britain (Treaty of Jedda).
- 1928 - Birth of David Berriman; CEO (Rose Thomson Young group of Lloyds Trustees).
- 1930 - First airplane catapulted from a dirigible, with Charles Nicholson as pilot.
- 1930 - Birth of James McEachin in Pennert, North Carolina, USA; actor (Harry - Tenafly).
- 1930 - Birth of Robert Bunyard; Commandant (British Police Staff College).
- 1930 - University of California dedicates $1,500 to research on prevention and cure of athlete's foot.
- 1931 - Birth of Chiharu Igaya in Japan; slalom (Olympics-silver-1956).
- 1932 - Engelbert Dollfuss becomes chancellor of Austria.
- 1933 - Birth of Constance Towers; actress (Capitol, Shock Corridor, Naked Kiss).
- 1933 - Birth of Danny Aiello in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Moonstruck, Do the Right Thing).
- 1934 - Birth of Alexei A Leonov; cosmonaut (Voskhod 2, Apollo-Soyuz).
- 1936 - Birth of Anthony Zerbe in Long Beach, California, USA; actor (Harry-O, Centennial, They Call Me Mr Tibbs).
- 1937 - Birth of Dave Hill in Jackson, Michigan, USA; PGA golfer (1967 Memphis).
- 1937 - Birth of Lord "Benjie" Earl of Iveagh; British brewer (Guinness)/large landowner.
- 1937 - Birth of Teddy Randazzo; song writer ("I'm on the Outside Looking In").
- 1938 - Czech president Eduard Benes orders partial mobilization of the Czech army.
- 1938 - Birth of Christina Bass-Kaiser; Dutch 3000m speed skater (Olympics-gold-1972).
- 1939 - Birth of Gro Harlem Brundtland in Norway; Prime Minister (1981-82, 1986-89, 1990-) / feminist / conservatist.
- 1939 - Joe Carr, NFL hall of famer/NFL president (1921-39), dies at age 59.
- 1939 - Pan Am begins regular transatlantic airmail and passenger service across the North Atlantic.
- 1940 - Amar Singh, cricket player (Indian pace bowler 1932-36), dies of pneumonia.
- 1940 - Birth of Sadaharu Oh; Japanese baseball player (Yomiuri Giants, hit 868 career homeruns).
- 1940 - Birth of Shorty Long; soul singer/pianist ("Here Comes the Judge").
- 1940 - Birth of Stan Mikita; NHL center (led NHL in scoring four times).
- 1940 - A battalion of German 2nd Panzer Division passes through Noyelles, reaching the sea near Abbéville, France, splitting Allied forces and trapping much of it in a northern pocket. This battalion is the first German unit to reach the Atlantic coast, just ten days after the start of the offensive.
- 1940 - Igor Sikorsky unveils his helicopter invention.
- 1940 - Joris [Georges] van Severen, Flemish fascist/Member of parliament, dies.
- 1940 - Soccer team HZVV forms in Hoogeveen, Netherlands.
- 1940 - Trailing 7-1 in the 9th to Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Athletics wins 8-7.
- 1941 - Birth of Goh Chok Sole; premier of Singapore (1990-).
- 1941 - Birth of Maria Liberia-Peters; premier of Dutch Antilles (198?-93).
- 1941 - Former Dutch Prime Minister Colijn says Netherlands Indies not ready for independence.
- 1941 - (just after dawn) Operation Mercury is launched, as German gliders and 7th Airborne Division paratroopers land near principal airports on Crete, with the mission of securing them for transport of 5th Division troops. Many gliders crash, and many paratroopers are shot in the air.
- 1941 - Chicago White Sox player Taft Wright sets American League record of RBIs in 13 consecutive games.
- 1942 - Birth of Jill "Paula" Jackson in McCamey, Texas, USA; singer (Paul and Paula - "Hey Paula").
- 1942 - Birth of Simon Keswick; British financier/merchant (Hong Kong).
- 1942 - US Navy first permits black recruits to serve.
- 1943 - Birth of Deryck Murray; cricket wicket-keeper (West Indian 1963-80).
- 1943 - Birth of Ian Vallance; CEO (British Telecom).
- 1943 - French, British and US victory parade in Tunis, Tunisia.
- 1944 - Birth of Boudouin de Groot; Dutch singer ("Good night mister president").
- 1944 - Birth of David M Walker in Columbus, Georgia, USA; Captain US Navy/astronaut (STS 51-A 30, 53, 69).
- 1944 - Birth of Joe Cocker in Sheffield, England; rock vocalist ("You are so Beautiful", "Little Help From My Friends").
- 1944 - Birth of Keith Fletcher; cricket captain (Essex and England).
- 1944 - US Communist Party dissolves.
- 1945 - Birth of Harold E Ford; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Tennessee, 1975-).
- 1945 - Birth of Lord Hollick; CEO (MAI).
- 1945 - Birth of Wally Herger; American politician (Representative-Republican-California).
- 1945 - Keith Miller scores 105 in the first Victory Test Cricket at Lord's.
- 1946 - The Bank of Taiwan is established.
- 1946 - Birth of Bakhaavaa Buidaa in Mongolia; wrestler (Olympics-silver-1972) disqualified.
- 1946 - Birth of Cher [Cherilyn Sarkisian LaPierre] in El Centro, California, USA; rocker/actress ("I Got You Babe", Jack Lalane, Mask).
- 1946 - Chicago Cubs' Claude Passeau makes his first error since September 21, 1941, ending pitcher's fielding record of 273 consecutive errorless chances.
- 1947 - Birth of Iain Vallance; CEO (British Telecom).
- 1948 - First use of Israeli Air Force and first war victory, defeating Syrian army.
- 1948 - Birth of John Amiel; director (Queen of Hearts, Tune in Tomorrow).
- 1948 - Birth of John R McKernan Junior; American politician (Representative-Republican-Maine, 1983-86/Governor-Maine).
- 1948 - Birth of Samuel Gejdenson; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Connecticut, 1981-).
- 1948 - Cleveland Indians tie American League record of 18 walks (beat Boston Red Sox 13-4).
- 1949 - Birth of Dave Thomas in Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada; comedian (SCTV, Grace Under Fire).
- 1949 - Birth of Nick Joe Rahall II; American politician (Representative-Democrat-West Virginia, 1977-).
- 1950 - 76th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Hill Prince wins in 1:59.2.
- 1951 - Birth of Michael D Crapo; American politician (Representative-Republican-Idaho).
- 1951 - Birth of Thomas D Akers in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; Major US Air Force/astronaut (STS 41, 49, 61, 79).
- 1951 - Birth of William Cullen Bryant; actor (Hell Squad).
- 1952 - Birth of Warren Cann in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; rock drummer (Ultravox).
- 1954 - Birth of Galina Vasilyevna Amelkina in Russia; doctor/cosmonaut.
- 1954 - Birth of James Henderson; country singer (Black Oak Arkansas).
- 1954 - Chiang Kai-shek becomes president of Nationalist China.
- 1955 - Argentine parliament accepts separation of church and state.
- 1955 - Birth of Nigel Griffiths; British Member of Parliament (Labour).
- 1955 - Birth of Steve George; rock keyboardist (Mr Mister).
- 1956 - André Eugene Maurice Charlot, actor (Summer Storm), dies.
- 1956 - Atomic fusion (thermonuclear) bomb dropped from plane-Bikini Atoll.
- 1956 - Birth of Andrew Hilditch; cricket player (Australian opening bat 1979-85).
- 1956 - Jordan government of Samir resigns.
- 1956 - Max Beerbohm, caricturist/writer (Yet Again), dies.
- 1958 - Birth of Jane Wiedlin in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, USA; singer/guitarist (GoGos, Fur, Rush Hour).
- 1958 - Birth of Mike Engleman in Sonoma, California, USA; cyclist (Olympics-1996).
- 1958 - Birth of Ronald Prescot Reagan in Los Angeles, California, USA; President's son/TV host (Ron Reagan Show).
- 1958 - US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests).
- 1959 - Alfred Schutz, Austrian/US architect/philosopher, dies at age 60.
- 1959 - Birth of Bronson Pinchot in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Perfect Strangers, Beverly Hills Cop).
- 1959 - Birth of Peter Greene in Brooklyn, New York, USA; producer (After Midnight).
- 1959 - Ford wins battle with Chrysler to call its new car "Falcon".
- 1959 - Japanese-Americans regain their citizenship.
- 1959 - New York Yankees sink to last place, first time since May 25, 1940.
- 1960 - Birth of Susan Cowsill in Newport, Rhode Island, USA; rock vocalist (Cowsills - "We Can Fly").
- 1960 - Birth of Tony Goldwyn in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Ghost, Kuffs, Traces of Red).
- 1961 - 87th Preakness: Johnny Sellers aboard Carry Back wins in 1:57.6.
- 1961 - Birth of Clive Allen; WLAF kicker (London Monarchs).
- 1961 - Birth of Kit Clarke; rocker (Danny Wilson - "Mary's Prayer").
- 1961 - Birth of Nick Heyward; guitar/vocals (Haircut 100 - "Favourite Shirts").
- 1961 - Birth of Vaughn Jefferis in Matangi, New Zealand; equestrian three day event (Olympics-bronze-1996).
- 1961 - Mauritania adopts constitution.
- 1961 - White mob attacks "Freedom Riders" in Montgomery, Alabama, USA.
- 1962 - Birth of Lydia Cheng in New York City, New York, USA; Ms Big Apple bodybuilder (1982) (Pumping Iron 2).
- 1962 - Patty Berg wins LPGA Muskogee Civitan Golf Open.
- 1963 - Birth of Brian Nash in Glendale, California, USA; actor (Joel - Please Don't Eat Daisies).
- 1963 - Birth of David Wells in Torrance, California, USA; pitcher (Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees).
- 1963 - Birth of Dipak Chudasama; cricket player (Kenya opening batsman 1996 World Cup).
- 1963 - Sukarno appointed President of Indonesia.
- 1964 - Birth of Earl Charles Spencer in Sandringham, England; brother of Princess Diana.
- 1964 - Birth of Jeff Schwarz; US baseball pitcher (California Angels, Chicago White Sox).
- 1964 - Birth of Paul W Richards in Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA; astronaut.
- 1964 - Birth of Todd Peat; WLAF guard (Frankfurt Galaxy).
- 1964 - Buster Mathis defeats Joe Frazier to qualify for US Olympic team.
- 1965 - Birth of Bruno Marie-Rose; French runner (world record 200 metre indoor).
- 1965 - Birth of Fia Porter in Mexia, Texas, USA; actress (Audrey Ames - One Life to Live).
- 1965 - Birth of Joe Cioe in Cranston, Rhode Island, USA; Canadian Tour golfer (New Hampshire Open-1992, 1993).
- 1965 - Birth of Todd Stottlemyre in Yakima, Washington, USA; pitcher (Saint Louis Cardinals, Toronto Blue Jays).
- 1965 - Pakistani Boeing 720-B crashes at Cairo, Egypt, killing 121.
- 1965 - Yorkshire all out for 23 versus Hampshire at Middlesbrough.
- 1966 - Birth of Lawyer Tillman; NFL tight end (Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers).
- 1966 - Birth of Liselotte Neumann in Finspang, Sweden; LPGA golfer (1988 US Women's Open).
- 1966 - Birth of Mindy Cohn in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Facts of Life).
- 1966 - Birth of Paolo Seganti; actor (Damian - As the World Turns).
- 1967 - 10,000 demonstrate against war in Vietnam.
- 1967 - 93rd Preakness: Bill Shoemaker aboard Damascus wins in 1:55.2.
- 1967 - BBC bans The Beatles' "A Day in the Life" (drug references).
- 1967 - Birth of Beate Reinstadler in Stuttgart, Germany; tennis star (1989 Futures Israel).
- 1968 - Albert Hartkopf, cricket player (one Test for Australia), dies.
- 1968 - Birth of Damon Mays; NFL wide receiver (Pittsburgh Steelers).
- 1968 - Birth of Phil Hansen; NFL defensive end (Buffalo Bills).
- 1968 - Kees van Dongen, Dutch/French painter, dies at age 91.
- 1969 - Birth of Suzanne Lawrence in Humble, Texas, USA; Miss Texas-America (1991) (4th).
- 1969 - Fred Sherman, actor (Chain Lightning), dies after a stroke at age 64.
- 1969 - Royal Beal, actor (Death of a Salesman), dies of cancer, at age 69.
- 1969 - US troops capture Hill 937/Hamburger Hill Vietnam.
- 1970 - 100,000 march in New York supporting US policies in Vietnam.
- 1970 - Birth of Jason York Nepean; NHL defenseman (Anaheim Mighty Ducks).
- 1970 - Birth of Missy Cress in Burbank, California, USA; female catcher (Colorado Silver Bullets).
- 1970 - Birth of Niklas Andersson in Kungalv, Sweden; NHL forward (Team Sweden, New York Islanders).
- 1970 - Birth of Terrell Brandon; NBA guard (Cleveland Cavaliers, Milwaukee Bucks).
- 1970 - The Beatles' Let it Be movie premieres in United Kingdom.
- 1971 - Birth of Niklas Andersson in Kungalv, Sweden; NHL left wing (New York Islanders).
- 1971 - Birth of Sandy Schreur; Dutch soccer player (NEC).
- 1972 - 5th ABA Championship: Indiana Pacers beat New York Nets, 4 games to 2.
- 1972 - 98th Preakness: Eldon Nelson aboard Bee Bee Bee wins in 1:55.6.
- 1972 - Birth of Michael Cox in Hannibal, Missouri, USA; 1.5km runner.
- 1972 - Cornelis J van der Klauw, Dutch biologist/zoologist, dies at age 78.
- 1972 - Republic of Cameroon declared as constitution is ratified.
- 1972 - Walter Winchell, columnist/narrator (Untouchables), dies at age 75.
- 1973 - In Los Angeles, California, the 25th Annual Emmy Awards are presented, hosted by Johnny Carson.
- Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Drama/Comedy - Limited Episodes): Anthony Murphy for Tom Brown's Schooldays
- Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Drama Series - Continuing): Richard Thomas for The Waltons
- Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Laurence Olivier for Long Day's Journey Into Night
- Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series: Jack Klugman for The Odd Couple
- Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Drama Series - Continuing): Michael Learned for The Waltons
- Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Drama/Comedy - Limited Episodes): Susan Hampshire for Vanity Fair
- Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series: Mary Tyler Moore for Mary Tyler Moore
- Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: Cloris Leachman for A Brand New Life
- Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Comedy: Ted Knight for Mary Tyler Moore
- Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Drama: Scott Jacoby for That Certain Summer
- Outstanding Achievement by a Supporting Performer in Music or Variety: Tim Conway for The Carol Burnett Show
- Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Comedy: Valerie Harper for Mary Tyler Moore
- Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Drama: Ellen Corby for The Waltons
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy: Jay Sandrich for episode "It's Whether You Win Or Lose" of Mary Tyler Moore
- Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction of a Variety, Musical or Dramatic Program: Peter Matz for The Carol Burnett Show
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety or Music: Bill Davis for The Julie Andrews Hour
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama - A Single Program: Joseph Sargent for The Marcus-Nelson Murders
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama - A Single Program of a Series with Continuing Characters and/or Theme: Jerry Thorpe for episode "An Eye for an Eye" for Kung Fu
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy, Variety or Music: Bob Fosse for Liza with a 'Z'
- Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama - Original Teleplay: Abby Mann for The Marcus-Nelson Murders
- Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama - Adaptation: Eleanor Perry for The House Without a Christmas Tree
- Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy: Michael Ross, Bernard West, and Lee Kalcheim for episode "The Bunkers And The Swingers" of All in the Family
- Outstanding Writing Achievement in Variety or Music: Stan Hart, Larry Siegel, Gail Parent, Heywood Kling, Roger Beatty, Tom Patchett, Jay Tarses, Robert Hilliard, Arnie Kogen, Bill Angelos, and Buz Kohan for The Carol Burnett Show
- Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama: John McGreevey for episode "The Scholar" of The Waltons
- Outstanding Achievement in Makeup: Del Armstrong, Ellis Burman Junior, and Stan Winston for Gargoyles
- Outstanding Variety Musical Series: The Julie Andrews Hour
- Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition - For a Special Program: Jerry Goldsmith for The Red Pony
- Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition - For a Series or a Single Program of a Series (First Year of Music's Use Only): Charles Fox for Love, American Style
- Outstanding Single Program - Variety and Popular Music: Liza with a 'Z'
- Outstanding Achievement in Music, Lyrics and Special Material: Fred Ebb and John Kander for Liza with a 'Z'
- Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming - Informational/Factual: William Hanna and Joseph Barbera for "The Last of the Curlews" of ABC Afterschool Specials and Shari Lewis for A Picture of Us
- Outstanding Drama Series - Continuing: The Waltons
- Outstanding Achievement by Individuals in Daytime Drama: Mary Fickett for All My Children
- Outstanding Program Achievement in Daytime Drama: Erwin Nicholson for The Edge of Night
- Outstanding Comedy Series: All in the Family
- Outstanding New Series: America
- Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming - Entertainment/Fictional: Tom Whedon, John Boni, Sara Compton, Tom Dunsmuir, Thad Mumford, Jeremy Stevens, and Jim Thurman for The Electric Company and Jon Stone and Robert Cunniff for Sesame Street and Christopher Sarson for Zoom
- Outstanding Program Achievement in Daytime: Henry Jaffe, Fred Tatashore, and Dinah Shore for Dinah's Place
- Outstanding Drama/Comedy - Limited Episodes: Tom Brown's Schooldays
- Outstanding Achievement in Choreography: Bob Fosse for Liza with a 'Z'
- Outstanding Single Program - Drama or Comedy: A War of Children.
- 1973 - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Bluegrass Golf Invitational.
- 1974 - Birth of Brandon Jessie; tight end (New York Giants).
- 1974 - Soyuz 14 returns to Earth.
- 1975 - Dame Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor, dies in fire at age 72.
- 1976 - USSR performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan.
- 1977 - Birth of Angela Goethals; actress (VI Warshawski, Heartbreak Hotel).
- 1978 - 104th Preakness: Steve Cauthen aboard Affirmed wins in 1:54.4.
- 1978 - Three PFLP members kill a police officer near El Al airlines in Orly Airport, Paris, France.
- 1978 - US launches Pioneer Venus 1; produces first global radar map of Venus.
- 1979 - Birth of Tamika Thomas; Miss Michigan Teen USA (1996).
- 1979 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Coca-Cola Golf Classic.
- 1980 - Fire in nursing home in Kingston, Jamaica, kills 157.
- 1980 - In a referendum, 59.5 percent of Québec, Canada, voters reject separatism.
- 1980 - Jack Walsh, cricket player (at Wallsend)/commentator (NBN), dies.
- 1980 - 710 families in Love Canal area (Niagara Falls, New York) are evacuated.
- 1981 - Ipswich Town wins 10th UEFA Cup at Amsterdam.
- 1982 - ABC-TV aires the final episode of TV show Barney Miller.
- 1983 - Michael Dokes and Mike Weaver fight to a draw in 15 rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1983 - Philadelphia Phillies' Steve Carlton passes W Johnson with second-most strike outs.
- 1983 - Larry Holmes beats Tim Witherspoon in 12 rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1984 - Peter Bull, British actor (Dr Doolittle), dies of a heart attack at age 72.
- 1984 - Barb Bunkowsky wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Charity Golf Classic.
- 1984 - Boston Red Sox's Roger Clemens beats Minnesota Twins, 5-4, for his first victory.
- 1985 - Dow Jones industrial average closes above 1300 for first time.
- 1985 - Baseball game at Cleveland stadium between Cleveland Indians and Milwaukee Brewers rained out, ending a league record 458 games being played before the first rain out a season.
- 1985 - FBI arrests John A Walker Junior, convicted of spying for USSR.
- 1985 - George Memmoli, actor (Earl - Hello Larry), dies at age 46.
- 1985 - Israel exchanges 1150 Lebanese/Palestinian prisoners for three Israeli soldiers.
- 1985 - Larry Holmes beats Carl Williams in 15 for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1985 - US begins broadcasts to Cuba on Radio Marti.
- 1986 - Christy Fichtner, age 23, of Texas, crowned 35th Miss USA.
- 1986 - Flintstones 25th Anniversary Celebration airs on CBS-TV.
- 1987 - Götenborg wins 16th UEFA Cup at Dundee.
- 1987 - Paramount releases the film Beverly Hills Cop II to theaters.
- 1987 - Tennessee court rules that WWF can not promote Harley Race as the King of Wrestling in Tennessee, upholding Jerry Lawler's claim.
- 1988 - Apple Computer contracts with Quantum Computer Services to create AppleLink - Personal Edition.
- 1988 - Mike Schmidt hits his 535th homerun, moving into 8th place.
- 1989 - 115th Preakness: Pat Valenzuela aboard Sunday Silence wins in 1:53.8.
- 1989 - Anton Diffring, actor (Zeppelin, Fahrenheit 451), dies at age 70.
- 1989 - The Chinese government declares martial law in Beijing.
- 1989 - Death of Gilda Radner at age 42 of ovarian cancer; actress/comedienne (Saturday Night Live, Haunted Honeymoon).
- 1989 - John R Hicks, English economist (Nobel Prize 1972), dies (born 1904).
- 1989 - Walter McConnel, 57, is oldest to reach 27,000-foot Mount Everest top.
- 1990 - Cindy Rarick wins LPGA Planters Pat Bradley Golf International.
- 1990 - Hubble Space Telescope sends first photographs from space.
- 1990 - The first post-Communist presidential and parliamentary elections are held in Romania.
- 1990 - In Sudan, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake occurs, believed to be the largest earthquake ever recorded in Sudan.
- 1991 - Chicago Bulls' Michael Jordan named NBA's Most Valuable Player.
- 1991 - Baseball pitcher Jeff Reardon gains his 300th career save.
- 1991 - Soviet parliament approves law allowing citizens to travel abroad.
- 1992 - FC Barcelona wins 373 Europe Cup 1 at London.
- 1992 - India launches its first satellite independently.
- 1992 - Rap singer raps 597 syllables in 55.12 seconds.
- 1992 - In Pakistan, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake occurs. At least 36 people killed and 100 injured, at least 400 houses destroyed.
- 1993 - Ten-metre meteor comes within 150,000 km of Earth (1993KA).
- 1993 - Intel announces availability of the Pentium processor. Prices are US$878 for 60MHz, and US$965 for 66MHz.
- 1993 - NBC airs the 274th and final episode of the ensemble TV sitcom Cheers.
- 1993 - Max Klein, inventor (paint by numbers), dies at age 77.
- 1993 - Ukraine Premier Leonid Koetsjma resigns.
- 1994 - Ronald Russell, actor/manager (We Are Angels), dies at age 83.
- 1994 - Death of Lauren Wilson, Canadian figure skater (born 1987).
- 1994 - Sony Theaters and Cineplex (New York City) hike movie ticket prices to $8.00.
- 1995 - Disney Cruise Line announces Cantieri Navali Italiani S.p.A. of Italy is awarded the contract to build the first Disney cruise ship.
- 1995 - 121st Preakness: Pat Day aboard Timber Coutry wins in 1:54.4.
- 1995 - CBS News fires co-anchor Connie Chung.
- 1995 - Minnesota Twins Marty Cordova ties rookie record of homeruns in five consecutive games.
- 1995 - Everton FC beats Manchester United 1-0 to win the FA Cup.
- 1996 - Janaki Ramachandran, Prime Minister of Indian state of Tamil Nadu (1988), dies.
- 1996 - John Pertwee, British actor (Doctor Who), dies at age 76 (born 1919).
- 1996 - The Supreme Court of the United States rules (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 homosexuals.
- 1996 - NBC airs the final episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air TV show.
- 1997 - Cosmos Zenit-2 launch (Russia), failed.
- 1997 - Thor-2A Delta 2 launch (Norway/USA), successful.
- 1997 - Virgilio Boat, President of Colombia (1986-90), dies.
- 1997 - Chicago White Sox player Frank Thomas reaches base safely for 15th straight time.
- 1997 - ABC airs the final episode of TV show Roseanne.
- 1998 - Sony releases the film Godzilla to theaters.
- 2000 - Death of Malik Sealy, Minnesota Timberwolves basketball player.
- 2002 - East Timor (Timor-Leste) regains its independence.
- 2004 - The Olsen specimen of the US 1913 Liberty Head 5-cent piece (Proof 64 NGC) is sold for $3 million.
- 2005 - Death of J D Cannon at age 83; actor (Chief Clifford - McCloud, Alias Smith and Jones, Law and Order).
- 2006 - Finland's Lordi wins the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest held in Athens, Greece.
- 2006 - Barry Bonds catches Babe Ruth with his 714th home run.
- 2007 - Clashes in Tripoli, Lebanon, spark the 2007 Lebanon conflict.
- 2007 - The ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum makes the largest single charitable donation in modern history, committing 7.41 billion euros to an educational foundation in the Middle East.
- 2008 - Mike Piazza of the Oakland Athletics retires at age 39 from Major League Baseball. Piazza was a 12-time all-star catcher, with 427 career home runs.
- 2008 - Canada's S&P/TSX composite index closes at a record high above 15,000 (15,047).
- 2008 - In the US Presidential Democratic race, caucus voting results in Oregon and Kentucky give Illinois Senator Barak Obama a majority of pledged delegates.
- 2008 - US Senator Edward Kennedy (age 76) is diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
- 2009 - The Pitcairn Islands issues its first coinage for circulation, six coins valued at 5 cents through 2 dollars.
- 2009 - An Indonesian military C-130 Hercules transport plane crashes and burst into flames in East Java, killing at least 98 people on board and on the ground.
- 2010 - Scientists announce that they have created a functional synthetic genome.
- 2010 - Five paintings worth 100 million euros are stolen from the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.
- 2011 - Buena Vista releases the film Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides to theaters.
- 2013 - Edward Snowden, employee for the US National Security Administration, shares confidential documents with the Guardian newspaper, in Hong Kong.
- 2014 - Terrorists in Nigeria detonate bombs at Jos, killing 118 people.
- 2015 - The two constituent republics of Novorossiya, the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic, announce the suspension of the Novorossiya project, returning to separate (though internationally unrecognised) states.
- 2016 - Inauguration of President Tsai Ing-wen of the Republic of China with Lin Chuan as Prime Minister.
- 2018 - The Venezuelan presidential election is held with incumbent President Nicolás Maduro reelected with 67.8% of the vote and the lowest turnout in Venezuela's modern democratic history since the 1958 coup d'état. The elections are denounced as a "sham" by several Latin American countries, the United States, Canada, the Organization of American States and the European Union.
- 2019 - The redefinition of the SI system of measurement adopted by the majority of countries in the world takes effect.
- 2020 - Death of Gianfranco Terenzi, former Captain Regent of San Marino (born 1941).
- 2021 - Following international pressure, and nearly 250 deaths, Israel agrees to a ceasefire deal to end the conflict with Gaza militants, effective the next day at 2:00am local time.
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