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==Events==
* [[325]] - The [[First Council of Nicaea]] – the first [[Ecumenical Council]] of the [[Christian Church]] is held.
* [[526]] - An [[List of earthquakes|earthquake]] kills about 300,000 people in [[Syria]] and [[Antioch]]ia.
* [[685]] - The [[Battle of Dunnichen]] or [[Nechtansmere]] is fought between a [[Picts|Pictish]] army under King [[Bridei III]] and the invading [[Northumbrians]] under King [[Ecgfrith of Northumbria|Ecgfrith]], who are decisively defeated.
*[[1217]] - The [[Second Battle of Lincoln]] is fought near [[Lincoln, Lincolnshire|Lincoln]], [[England]], resulting in the defeat of [[Louis VIII of France|Prince Louis of France]] by [[William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke]].
*[[1293]] - King [[Sancho IV of Castile]] creates the [[Universidad Complutense de Madrid|Study of General Schools of Alcalá]].
*[[1497]] - [[John Cabot]] sets sail from [[Bristol]], England, on his ship ''[[Matthew (ship)|Matthew]]'' looking for a route to the west (other documents give a [[May 2]] date).
*[[1498]] - [[Portugal|Portuguese]] [[explorer]] [[Vasco da Gama]] arrives at [[Kozhikode]] (previously known as [[Calicut]]), [[India]].
*[[1521]] - [[Battle of Pampeluna]]: [[Ignatius Loyola]] is seriously wounded.
*[[1570]] - [[Cartography|Cartographer]] [[Abraham Ortelius]] issues the first modern [[atlas]].
*[[1609]] - [[Shakespeare's Sonnets]] are first published in [[London]], perhaps illicitly, by the [[publisher]] [[Thomas Thorpe]].
*[[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]].
*[[1690]] - England passes the [[Act of Grace]], forgiving followers of [[Roman Catholic]] [[James II of England|James II]].
*[[1813]] - [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] leads his [[France|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.
*[[1835]] - [[Otto of Greece|Otto]] is named the first modern king of [[Greece]].
*[[1840]] - [[York Minster]] was badly damaged by fire
*[[1845]] - [[HMS Erebus (1826)|HMS ''Erebus'']] and [[HMS Terror (1813)|HMS ''Terror'']] with 134 men under [[John Franklin]] sail from the [[River Thames]] in England, beginning a disastrous expedition to find the [[Northwest Passage]]. All hands are lost.
*[[1861]] - [[American Civil War]]: The state of [[Kentucky]] proclaims its [[neutral country|neutrality]], which will last until [[September 3]] when [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] forces enter the state.
*[[1862]] - [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Abraham Lincoln]] signs the [[Homestead Act]] into law.
*[[1864]] - American Civil War: [[Battle of Ware Bottom Church]] - in the [[Virginia]] [[Bermuda Hundred Campaign]], 10,000 troops fight in this Confederate victory.
*[[1873]] - [[Levi Strauss]] and [[Jacob Davis]] receive a [[United States|U.S.]] [[patent]] for blue [[jeans]] with [[copper]] rivets.
*[[1882]] - The [[Triple Alliance (1882)|Triple Alliance]] between Germany, [[Austria-Hungary]] and [[Italy]] is formed.
*[[1883]] - [[Krakatoa]] begins to [[volcanic eruption|erupt]]. The [[volcano]]'s final and most notable explosion occurs on [[August 26]].
*[[1891]] - [[History of cinema]]: The first public display of [[Thomas Edison]]'s prototype [[kinetoscope]] (shown at Edison's Laboratory for a convention of the [[National Federation of Women's Clubs]]).
*[[1896]] - The six ton [[chandelier]] of the [[Palais Garnier]] falls on the crowd resulting in the death of one and the injury of many others.
*[[1902]] - [[Cuba]] gains independence from the United States. [[Tomás Estrada Palma]] becomes the first [[List of Presidents of Cuba|President of Cuba]].
*[[1908]] - Establishment of [[Budi Utomo|Boedi Oetoemo]]. [[Indonesia]]ns mark it as the [[National Awakening Day]].
*[[1916]] - The ''[[Saturday Evening Post]]'' publishes its first cover with a [[Norman Rockwell]] painting ("[[Boy with Baby Carriage]]").
* 1916 - The small town of [[Codell, Kansas]] is struck by a [[tornado records|tornado]]. Incredibly, the same town was also hit in [[1917]] and [[1918]] on the exact same date.
*[[1920]] - The [[Weimarer Nationalversammlung]], the [[national assembly]] of Germany's [[Weimar Republic]], is permanently dissolved.
* 1920 - [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]] [[radio station]] [[XWA]] broadcasts the first regularly scheduled [[radio]] programming in [[North America]].
*[[1927]] - By the [[Treaty of Jedda]], the [[United Kingdom]] recognizes the [[sovereignty]] of [[List of kings of Saudi Arabia|King]] [[Ibn Saud]] in the Kingdoms of [[Hejaz]] and [[Najd|Nejd]], which later merged to become the Kingdom of [[Saudi Arabia]].
* 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]], touching down at [[Le Bourget Airport|Le Bourget Field]] in [[Paris]] at 22:22 the next day.
*[[1932]] - [[Amelia Earhart]] takes off from [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]] to begin the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean by a female pilot, landing in [[Ireland]] the next day.
*[[1940]] - [[Holocaust]]: The first prisoners arrive at a new [[concentration camp]] at [[Auschwitz]].
*[[1941]] - [[World War II]]: [[Battle of Crete]] – [[Nazi Germany|German]] [[paratroops]] invade [[Crete]].
*[[1949]] - In the United States, the Armed Forces Security Agency, the predecessor to the [[National Security Agency]]) is established.
* 1949 - The [[Kuomintang]] regime declares [[Taiwan]] is under [[martial law]].
*[[1954]] - [[Chiang Kai-shek]] is selected for another term as [[President of the Republic of China]] by the [[National Assembly of the Republic of China|National Assembly]].
*[[1956]] - In [[Operation Redwing]], (shot ''Cherokee''), the first [[US]] airborne [[hydrogen bomb]] is dropped over [[Bikini Atoll]] in the [[Pacific Ocean]];
*[[1965]] - [[PIA Flight 705]], a [[Pakistan International Airlines]] [[Boeing]] [[Boeing 707|720 - 040 B]] crashes while descending to land at [[Cairo International Airport]], killing 119 of the 125 passengers and crew.
*[[1969]] - The [[Battle of Hamburger Hill]] in [[Vietnam]] ends.
*[[1980]] - In a [[1980 Quebec referendum|referendum]] in Quebec, the population rejects by a 60% vote the proposal from its government to move towards independence from [[Canada]].
*[[1983]] - First publications of the discovery of the [[HIV]] [[virus]] that causes [[AIDS]] in the journal ''[[Science (journal)|Science]]'' by [[Luc Montagnier]] and [[Robert Gallo]] individually.
*[[1984]] - The first line of the [[Miami Metrorail]] in [[Miami, Florida]] opens.
*[[1985]] - [[Radio Martí]], part of the [[Voice of America]] service, begins broadcasting to [[Cuba]].
*[[1989]] - The [[People's Republic of China|Chinese]] authorities declare martial law in the face of pro-[[democracy]] demonstrations, setting the scene for the [[Tiananmen Square massacre]].
*[[1990]] - The first post-[[communism|Communist]] presidential and parliamentary elections are held in [[Romania]].
*[[1995]] - In a second [[referendum]] in Quebec, the population rejects by a slight majority the proposal from its government to move towards independence from Canada.
*[[1996]] - [[LGBT rights in the United States|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 [[homosexuality|gays and lesbians]].
*[[2002]] - The independence of [[East Timor]] is recognized by [[Portugal]], formally ending 23 years of [[Indonesia]]n rule and 3 years of provisional UN administration (Portugal itself was the former colonizer of East Timor until [[1976]]).
*[[2008]] - [[United States Senator]] [[Ted Kennedy]] is diagnosed with a brain tumor.
* 2008 - [[Ma Ying-jeou]] is sworn in as President of the [[Republic of China]] (Taiwan).
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==Births==
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*[[1315]] - [[Bonne of Luxembourg]], wife of [[John II of France]] (d. [[1349]])
*[[1470]] - [[Pietro Bembo]], Italian cardinal (d. [[1547]])
*[[1554]] - [[Paolo Bellasio]], Italian composer (d. [[1594]])
*[[1593]] - [[Salomo Glassius]], German theologian (d. [[1656]])
*[[1660]] - [[Andreas Schlüter]], German sculptor (d. [[1714]])
*[[1663]] - [[William Bradford (1663-1752)|William Bradford]], British-born printer (d. [[1752]])
*[[1706]] - [[Seth Pomeroy]], American gunsmith and soldier (d. [[1777]])
*[[1726]] - [[Francis Cotes]], English painter (d. [[1770]])
*[[1737]] - [[William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne|William Petty Fitzmaurice]], British statesman (d. [[1805]])
*[[1759]] - [[William Thornton]], West Indian-born architect (d. [[1828]])
*[[1768]] - [[Dolley Madison]], [[First Lady of the United States]] (d. [[1849]])
*[[1769]] - [[Andreas Vokos Miaoulis]], Greek admiral and politician (d. [[1835]])
*[[1772]] - Sir [[William Congreve (inventor)|William Congreve]], English inventor (d. [[1828]])
*[[1799]] - [[Honoré de Balzac]], French novelist (d. [[1850]])
*[[1806]] - [[John Stuart Mill]], English philosopher (d. [[1873]])
*[[1818]] - [[William Fargo]], co-founder of Wells, Fargo & Company (d. [[1881]])
*[[1822]] - [[Frédéric Passy]], French economist, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel laureate]] (d. [[1912]])
*[[1830]] - [[Hector Malot]], French writer (d. [[1907]])
*[[1838]] - [[Jules Méline]], French statesman (d. [[1925]])
*[[1851]] - [[Emil Berliner]], German-born recording pioneer (d. [[1929]])
*[[1860]] - [[Eduard Buchner]], German chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel laureate]] (d. [[1917]])
*[[1882]] - [[Sigrid Undset]], Norwegian author, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel laureate]] (d. [[1949]])
*[[1883]] - King [[Faisal I of Iraq]] (d. [[1933]])
*[[1894]] - [[Chandrashekarendra Saraswati]], Indian Hindu sage, [[Jivanmukta]] (d. [[1994]])
*[[1895]] - [[R. J. Mitchell|R. J. (Reginald Joseph) Mitchell]], British aircraft designer (d. [[1937]])
*[[1897]] - [[Diego Abad de Santillán]], Spanish anarchist (d. [[1983]])
*[[1899]] - [[Alexander Deyneka]], Ukrainian painter (d. [[1969]])
* 1899 - [[John Marshall Harlan II]], Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. [[1971]])
*[[1901]] - [[Max Euwe]], Dutch chess player (d. [[1981]])
*[[1906]] - [[Giuseppe Siri]], Italian Catholic cardinal (d. [[1989]])
*[[1908]] - [[James Stewart (actor)|James Stewart]], American actor (d. [[1997]])
*[[1911]] - [[Gardner Fox]], American writer (d. [[1986]])
*[[1913]] - [[William Reddington Hewlett|William Hewlett]], American engineer (d. [[2001]])
*[[1914]] - [[Corneliu Coposu]], Romanian politician (d. [[1995]])
* 1914 - [[Hideko Maehata]], Japanese swimmer (d. [[1995]])
*[[1915]] - [[Moshe Dayan]], Israeli general (d. [[1981]])
*[[1916]] - [[Trebisonda Valla]], Italian athlete (d. [[2006]])
* 1916 - [[Alexei Petrovich Maresiev]], Russian flying ace (d. [[2001]])
*[[1917]] - [[Guy Favreau]], French Canadian lawyer (d. [[1967]])
* 1917 - [[Bergur Sigurbjörnsson]], Icelandic politician (d. [[2005]])
*[[1918]] - [[Edward B. Lewis]], American geneticist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel laureate]] (d. [[2004]])
*[[1919]] - [[Gerhard Barkhorn]], German [[fighter aircraft|fighter]] pilot (d. [[1983]])
* 1919 - [[George Gobel]], American comedian (d. [[1991]])
*[[1920]] - [[John Cruickshank]], Scottish airman, won [[Victoria Cross]]
* 1920 - [[Betty Driver]], English singer and actress
*[[1921]] - [[Wolfgang Borchert]], German writer (d. [[1947]])
* 1921 - [[Hal Newhouser]], American baseball player (d. [[1998]])
* [[1925]] - [[Chester Ludgin]], American baritone (d. [[2003]])
*[[1926]] - [[Bob Sweikert]], American race car driver (d. [[1956]])
* 1926 - [[John Lucarotti]], TV writer (d. [[1994]])
*[[1927]] - [[Bud Grant]], American football coach
* 1927 - [[Franciszek Macharski]], Polish Cardinal
* 1927 - [[David Hedison]], American actor
*[[1928]] - [[Jack Kevorkian]], controversial American medical doctor
*[[1930]] - [[Sam Etcheverry]], American football player and coach
*[[1931]] - [[Ken Boyer]], American baseball player (d. [[1982]])
*[[1931]] - [[Paul Evans]], American furniture designer and sculptor (d.[[1987]])
*[[1932]] - [[Bob Florence]], American jazz pianist, composer, arranger (d. [[2008]])
*[[1936]] - [[Anthony Zerbe]], American actor
*[[1936]] - [[Lee "Scratch" Perry]], Jamaican reggae and dub artist
*[[1938]] - [[Marinella]], Greek singer and actress
*[[1940]] - [[Stan Mikita]], Slovak-born ice hockey player
* 1940 - [[Sadaharu Oh]], Japanese baseball player
* 1940 - [[Shorty Long]], American musician (d. [[1969]])
*[[1941]] - [[Goh Chok Tong]], Singaporean [[Senior Minister]]
* 1941 - [[John Strasberg]], American actor
* 1941 - [[Manuel Isaias Lopez]], Mexican child psychiatrist
*[[1942]] - [[Carlos Hathcock]], American Marine [[sniper]] (d. [[1999]])
* 1942 - [[Paul & Paula|Jill Jackson]], American singer
*[[1943]] - [[Albano Carrisi|Al Bano]], Italian singer
*[[1944]] - [[Joe Cocker]], British singer
* 1944 - [[Boudewijn de Groot]], Dutch singer
* 1944 - [[Dietrich Mateschitz]], Austrian businessman
*[[1945]] - [[Vladimiro Montesinos]], Peruvian politician
*[[1946]] - [[Cher]], American singer
*[[1947]] - [[Greg Dyke]], British broadcast executive
*[[1949]] - [[Dave Thomas (actor)|Dave Thomas]], Canadian comedian & actor
*[[1950]] - [[Yvon Lambert]], French Canadian ice hockey player
* 1950 - [[Reinaldo Merlo]], Argentine footballer
*[[1951]] - [[Mike Crapo]], American politician
*[[1952]] - [[Roger Milla]], Cameroonian footballer
*[[1953]] - [[Robert Doyle]], Australian politician
*[[1954]] - [[Guy Hoffman]], American musician ([[Violent Femmes]])
* 1954 - [[David Paterson]], American politician
* 1954 - [[Cindy Hensley McCain]], wife of [[John McCain]]
* 1954 - [[Robert Van de Walle]], Belgian judoka
*[[1955]] - [[Zbigniew Preisner]], Polish film composer
*[[1956]] - [[Ingvar Ambjørnsen]], Norwegian author
* 1956 - [[Dean Butler (actor)|Dean Butler]], American actor
* 1956 - [[William Michaelian]], American novelist and poet
*[[1958]] - [[Ron Reagan]], American talk show host
* 1958 - [[Jane Wiedlin]], American singer ([[The Go-Go's]])
*[[1959]] - [[Israel Kamakawiwo'ole]], American singer (d. [[1997]])
* 1959 - [[Bronson Pinchot]], American actor
*[[1960]] - [[John Billingsley]], American actor
* 1960 - [[Chuck Brodsky]], American musician
* 1960 - [[Tony Goldwyn]], American actor
*[[1961]] - [[Clive Allen]], English footballer
*[[1962]] - [[Mike Jeffries (soccer player)|Mike Jeffries]], American soccer coach
*[[1963]] - [[David Wells]], American baseball player
*[[1965]] - [[Ted Allen]], American television host
*[[1966]] - [[Mindy Cohn]], American actress
* 1966 - [[Dan Abrams]], American TV reporter
* 1966 - [[Gina Ravera]], American actress
*[[1967]] - [[Gabriele Muccino]], Italian film director
* 1967 - [[Ramzi Yousef]], Kuwaiti-born Pakistani terrorist
* 1967 - [[Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece]]
*[[1968]] - [[Timothy Olyphant]], American actor
* 1968 - [[Waisale Serevi]], Fijian rugby union and [[rugby sevens]] footballer
*[[1969]] - [[Brian Gerard James]], American professional wrestler
*[[1970]] - [[Louis Theroux]], British television presenter
* 1970 - [[Terrell Brandon]], American basketball player
*[[1971]] - [[Šárka Kašpárková]], Czech athlete
* 1971 - [[Tony Stewart]], American race car driver
*[[1972]] - [[Tina Hobley]], British television actress
* 1972 - [[Busta Rhymes]], American singer and rapper
*[[1973]] - [[Elsa Lunghini]], French singer and actress
*[[1975]] - [[Isaac Gálvez]], Spanish cyclist (d. [[2006]])
* 1975 - [[Mark Zupan]], American quadriplegic rugby player
*[[1976]] - [[Ramón Hernández]], Venezuelan baseball player
* 1976 - [[Tomoya Satozaki]], Japanese baseball player
*[[1977]] - [[Matt Czuchry]], American actor
* 1977 - [[Chad Muska]], American Skateboarder for Element Skateboards
* 1977 - [[Leonardo Noeren Franco]], Argentine footballer
* 1977 - [[Miriam Parrish]], American television actress
* 1977 - [[Angela Goethals]], American actress
* 1977 - [[Vesa Toskala]], Finnish ice hockey player
*[[1980]] - [[Austin Kearns]], American Baseball player
*[[1981]] - [[Iker Casillas]], Spanish footballer
* 1981 - [[Calico Cooper]], American actress and dancer
* 1981 - [[Lindsay Taylor]], American basketball player
* 1981 - [[Mark Winterbottom]], Australian racing driver
*[[1982]] - [[Petr Čech]], Czech footballer
* 1982 - [[Imran Farhat]], Pakistani cricketer
*[[1983]] - [[Jr. NTR]], Indian film actor
*[[1986]] - [[Dexter Blackstock]], English footballer
* 1986 - [[LaLa Brown]], American singer (d. [[2007]])
*[[1988]] - [[Carla Humphries]], Filipina actress
*[[1993]] - [[Caroline Zhang]], American figure skater
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==Deaths==
* [[685]] - King [[Ecgfrith of Northumbria]] (b. [[645]])
*[[1277]] - [[Pope John XXI]] (b. [[1215]])
*[[1285]] - [[John II of Jerusalem]], King of Cyprus (b. [[1259]])
*[[1444]] - Saint [[Bernardino of Siena]], Italian Franciscan missionary (b. [[1380]])
*[[1503]] - [[Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici|Lorenzo de Medici]], Italian patron (b. [[1463]])
*[[1506]] - [[Christopher Columbus]], Italian explorer (b. [[1451]])
*[[1550]] - [[Ashikaga Yoshiharu]], Japanese shogun (b. [[1510]])
*[[1622]] - [[Osman II]], [[Ottoman Sultan]] (b. [[1604]])
*[[1648]] - King [[Wladislaus IV of Poland]] (b. [[1595]])
*[[1677]] - [[George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol]], British statesman (b. [[1612]])
*[[1713]] - [[Thomas Sprat]], English writer (b. [[1635]])
*[[1717]] - [[John Trevor (speaker)|John Trevor]], British statesman (b. [[1637]])
*[[1722]] - [[Sébastien Vaillant]], French botanist (b. [[1669]])
*[[1732]] - [[Thomas Boston]], Scottish church leader (b. [[1676]])
*[[1782]] - [[William Emerson (mathematician)|William Emerson]], British mathematician (b. [[1701]])
*[[1793]] - [[Charles Bonnet]], Swiss naturalist (b. [[1720]])
*[[1825]] - [[Papaflessas]], Greek priest and government official (b. [[1788]])
*[[1834]] - [[Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette|Gilbert du Motier]], French statesman (b. [[1757]])
*[[1841]] - [[Joseph Blanco White]], British theologian (b. [[1775]])
*[[1873]] - Sir [[George-Étienne Cartier]], French-Canadian statesman (b. [[1814]])
*[[1896]] - [[Clara Schumann]], German pianist and composer (b. [[1819]])
*[[1909]] - [[Ernest Hogan]], blackface comedian and musician (b. [[1859]])
*[[1917]] - [[Philipp von Ferrary]], Italian [[philatelist]] (b. [[1850]])
* 1917 - [[Valentine Fleming]], Scottish politician (b. [[1887]])
*[[1940]] - [[Verner von Heidenstam]], Swedish writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel laureate]] (b. [[1859]])
*[[1946]] - [[Jacob Ellehammer]], Danish inventor (b. [[1871]])
*[[1947]] - [[Philipp Lenard]], Austrian physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel laureate]] (b. [[1862]])
*[[1949]] - [[Dakin-West reaction|Randolph West]], American biochemist, known for the Dakin-West reaction (b. [[1890]])
*[[1956]] - [[Max Beerbohm]], English theater critic (b. [[1872]])
*[[1961]] - [[Josef Priller|Josef "Pips" Priller]], German [[fighter aircraft|fighter]] [[flying ace|ace]] (b. [[1915]])
*[[1971]] - [[Waldo Williams]], Welsh poet (b. [[1904]])
*[[1973]] - [[Jarno Saarinen]], Finnish motorcycle racer (b. [[1945]])
*[[1975]] - [[Barbara Hepworth]], British sculptor (b. [[1903]])
*[[1976]] - [[Syd Howe]], Canadian ice hockey player (b. [[1911]])
* 1976 - [[Zelmar Michelini]], Uruguayan politician, member of the Christian-Democrat party, and [[Héctor Gutiérrez Ruiz]] "[[forced disappearance|disappeared]]"
*[[1989]] - [[John Hicks]], English economist, [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Nobel laureate]] (b. [[1904]])
* 1989 - [[Gilda Radner]], American comedian and actress (b. [[1946]])
*[[1992]] - [[Roger Keith Coleman]], American convict
*[[1996]] - [[Jon Pertwee]], British actor (b. [[1919]])
*[[2000]] - [[Jean Pierre Rampal]], French flutist (b. [[1922]])
* 2000 - [[Malik Sealy]], American basketball player (b. [[1970]])
*[[2001]] - [[Renato Carosone]], Italian musician (b. [[1920]])
*[[2002]] - [[Stephen Jay Gould]], American [[paleontology|paleontologist]] (b. [[1941]])
*[[2005]] - [[Paul Ricoeur]], French philosopher (b. [[1913]])
* 2005 - [[William Seawell]], United States Army Brigadier General (b. [[1918]])
*[[2007]] - [[Norman Von Nida]], Australian golfer (b. [[1914]])
*[[2008]] - [[Hamilton Jordan]], former Carter White House Chief of Staff (b. [[1944]])
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==Holidays and observances==
*[[National Day (Cameroon)|National Day]] in [[Cameroon]]
*[[East Timor]] [[National Day]].
[[Saint]]s in the [[Roman Catholic Church]]:
* [[Saint Bernardine of Siena]]
* [[Saint Lucifer]]
* [[Saint Austregisilus]]
* [[Saint Ivo of Chartres]]
* [[Abercius and Helena]]
==External links==
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/20 BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=05|day=20}}
* [http://www1.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/on_this_day?mth=May&day=20 On This Day in Canada]
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[[vec:20 de majo]]
[[vo:Mayul 20]]
[[fiu-vro:20. lehekuu päiv]]
[[wa:20 d' may]]
[[war:Mayo 20]]
[[yo:20 May]]
[[zh-yue:5月20號]]
[[bat-smg:Gegožė 20]]
[[zh:5月20日]]