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TODAY IN HISTORY

May 20

Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Day 139 of 2026 | Week 21 | 220 days until Christmas 🎅

HISTORIC EVENTS

1
2022

Russo-Ukrainian War: Russia claims full control of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol after a nearly three-month siege.

2
2019

The International System of Units (SI): The base units are redefined, making the international prototype of the kilogram obsolete.

3
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.

4
2013

An EF5 tornado strikes the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, killing 24 people and injuring 377 others.

5
2012

At least 27 people are killed and 50 others injured when a 6.0-magnitude earthquake strikes northern Italy.

6
2011

Mamata Banerjee is sworn in as the Chief Minister of West Bengal, the first woman to hold this post.

7
2009

An Indonesian Air Force Lockheed L-100 Hercules crashes in Magetan Regency, killing 99.

8
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).

9
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.

10
1990

The first post-Communist presidential and parliamentary elections are held in Romania.

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

1965 Todd Stottlemyre

American Major League Baseball starting pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays

1964 Earl Charles Spencer

English peer

1964 Joseph Sinnott Edwards

murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)

1964 Paul W Richards

astronaut

1963 Brian Nash

actor (Joel-Please Don't Eat Daisies)

1963 David Wells

American baseball pitcher (perfect game 1998; World Series 1992

1962 Lydia Cheng

American Ms Big Apple bodybuilder (1982) (Pumping Iron 2)

1962 Ralph Peterson Jr.

American jazz drummer (Jazz Messengers; Fo'tet)

1961 Kit Clarke

Scottish rocker (Danny Wilson - "Mary's Prayer")

1961 Nick Heyward

British rock guitarist and vocalist (Haircut 100 - "Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)")

1961 Vaughn Jefferis

New Zealand equestrian rider (World C'ship gold 1994

1960 Susan Cowsill

American rock vocalist (The Cowsills - "We Can Fly")

1960 Tony Goldwyn

American actor (Ghost

1959 Bronson Pinchot

American actor (Perfect Strangers

1959 Israel Kamakawiwo'ole

Native Hawaiian singer

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