Interesting things that happened May 20th:
Birthdays on this date:
In 1750 Stephen Girard, bailed out US bonds during the War of 1812
In 1768 Dolley Madison, First Lady of the United States
In 1799 Honoré de Balzac, novelist
In 1806 John Stuart Mill, philosopher
In 1818 William George Fargo, co-founder of Wells, Fargo and Company
In 1844 Henri Rousseau, painter
In 1860 Theodor Herzl, founder of the modern Zionist movement
In 1882 Sigrid Undset (in Norway), novelist
In 1894 Adela Rogers St. Johns, journalist
In 1908 James Stewart, actor (It's A Wonderful Life, many others)
In 1913 William Hewlett, co-founder of Hewlett-Packard Company
In 1915 Moshe Dayan, Israeli general and politician
In 1919 George Gobel, comedian
In 1928 Jack Kevorkian, physician, assisted-suicide activist
In 1933 Constance Towers, actor (General Hospital, The ****d Kiss)
In 1944 Joe Cocker (in England), singer
In 1946 Cher (in California), singer, actor (Moonstruck, Silkwood)
In 1951 Mike Crapo, U.S. Senator (R-ID, 1999-)
In 1958 Jane Wiedlin, singer (The GoGos)
+ Ron Reagan Jr., dancer, talk show host, son of Pres. Ronald
Reagan
In 1959 Bronson Pinchot, actor
In 1966 Mindy Cohn (in Los Angeles), actor (The Facts of Life)
Events worth noting:
+ Wedding of the Sea (Venice, Italy)
+ Mecklenburg Day (North Carolina)
In 325 The First Council of Nicaea begins.
In 1506 Christopher Columbus dies in Spain (not in poverty).
In 1570 Cartographer Abraham Ortelius issues the first modern atlas.
In 1774 British Parliament p***** the Quebec Act.
In 1786 St. John Island (later named Prince Edward Island) becomes a
seperate political entity from Nova Scotia.
In 1803 Slavery is declared to be inconsistent with the laws of Canada.
In 1830 First time a railroad timetable is published in a newspaper
(Baltimore American).
In 1845 First legislative assembly convenes in Hawaii.
In 1861 North Carolina becomes 11th and last state to secede.
+ Kentucky proclaims its neutrality.
In 1862 Pres. Lincoln signs Homestead Act, opening the West to
settlement.
In 1874 Levi Strauss markets his blue jeans with copper rivets, priced
at
$13.50 A DOZEN.
In 1882 Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy form The Triple Alliance.
In 1883 The eruption of Krakatoa begins.
In 1902 The United States ends its occupation of Cuba.
In 1916 The Saturday Evening Post publishes its first Norman Rockwell
cover.
In 1918 First electrically propelled war****p (the New Mexico).
In 1926 Thomas Edison said Americans preferred silent movies over
talkies.
In 1927 The UK recognizes the Kingdoms of Hejaz and Nejd (later Saudi
Arabia).
+ At 7:40am, Lindbergh takes off from New York to cross Atlantic.
In 1932 Amelia Earhart left Newfoundland to become the first woman fly
solo
across the Atlantic.
In 1939 Pan Am began transatlantic passenger and air mail service.
In 1956 Atomic fusion (thermonuclear) bomb dropped from plane - Bikini
Atoll.
In 1959 Yanks sink to last place, first time since May 25, 1940.
In 1961 White mob attacks 'Freedom Riders' in Montgomery, Alabama.
In 1974 Soyuz 14 returns to Earth.
In 1979 Cambodian Martyrs Day.
In 1980 Quebec voters reject a towards seperation from Canada.
In 1985 The US began broadcasts to Cuba on Radio Marti.
+ Dow Jones Average closed above 1300 for the first time.
+ FBI arrests John A. Walker Jr, convicted of spying for the USSR.
In 1989 Actor Gilda Radner dies from ovarian cancer.
+ Actor Jon Pertwee (Dr. Who #3) dies of a heart attack.
In 1993 President Clinton signs the "Motor Voter" bill.
In 1995 Quebec voters reject a towards seperation from Canada. Again.
In 1996 The US Supreme Court rules in Romer v. Evans against a Colorado
law
denying protection of the rights of gays and lesbians.
In 2002 East Timor gains independence from Indonesia.
And remember ...
National Bike Month
School Principals' Month
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