EST. DECEMBER 1994 • 30+ YEARS ONLINE
yow.com 🐯
Owned continuously since 1994
TODAY IN HISTORY
May 20
Wednesday, May 20, 2026
Day 139 of 2026 | Week 21 | 220 days until Christmas 🎅
HISTORIC EVENTS
Russo-Ukrainian War: Russia claims full control of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol after a nearly three-month siege.
The International System of Units (SI): The base units are redefined, making the international prototype of the kilogram obsolete.
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.
An EF5 tornado strikes the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, killing 24 people and injuring 377 others.
At least 27 people are killed and 50 others injured when a 6.0-magnitude earthquake strikes northern Italy.
Mamata Banerjee is sworn in as the Chief Minister of West Bengal, the first woman to hold this post.
An Indonesian Air Force Lockheed L-100 Hercules crashes in Magetan Regency, killing 99.
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).
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.
The first post-Communist presidential and parliamentary elections are held in Romania.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
American Major League Baseball starting pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays
English peer
murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
astronaut
actor (Joel-Please Don't Eat Daisies)
American baseball pitcher (perfect game 1998; World Series 1992
American Ms Big Apple bodybuilder (1982) (Pumping Iron 2)
American jazz drummer (Jazz Messengers; Fo'tet)
Scottish rocker (Danny Wilson - "Mary's Prayer")
British rock guitarist and vocalist (Haircut 100 - "Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)")
New Zealand equestrian rider (World C'ship gold 1994
American rock vocalist (The Cowsills - "We Can Fly")
American actor (Ghost
American actor (Perfect Strangers
Native Hawaiian singer
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