Today In History for May 20th.

Highlights of this day in history:
Today in history:

1)325 First Council of Nicaea – 1st ecumenical council of Christian bishops at Nicaea, Asia Minor.
2)1495 French King Charles VIII leaves Naples.
3)1498 Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrives at Calicut, Republic of India becoming the first European to reach Republic of India by sea.
4)1609 Shakespeare’s Sonnets are first published in London, perhaps illicitly,
by publisher Thomas Thorpe.
5)1825 Charles X becomes King of France.
6)1862 US President Abraham Lincoln signs into law the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for the settlement of the American westward (80 million acres by 1900).
7)1867 British parliament rejects John Stuart Mills’ proposals on women’s suffrage.
8)1867 Royal Albert Hall of Arts & Sciences foundation laid by Queen Victoria in London
nine)1873 Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis patent The first blue jeans with copper rivets.
10)1882 Henrik Ibsen’s “Ghosts” (Gengangere) premieres in Chicago.
11)1891 History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison’s prototype kinetoscope to members of the National Federation of Women’s Club.
12)1910 Funeral for Britain’s King Edward VII held in Westminster Abbey, has one of the largest assemblages of European royalty.
13)1922 Babe Ruth and Bob Meusel, previously suspended by Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, return to the NY lineup and go hitless.
14)1927 At 7:40 AM, Charles Lindbergh takes off from New York to cross the Atlantic for Paris, aboard Spirit of St Louis (1st non-stop flight).
15)1932 Amelia Earhart leaves Newfoundland on her journey to become the 1st adult female to fly solo and nonstop across the Atlantic.
16)1950 75th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Hill Prince wins in 1:59.2
17)1954 Chiang Kai-shek becomes president of Nationalist China.
18)1959 Shah of Persia Mohammad Reza Pahlavi visits the Netherlands.
19)1960 13th Cannes Film Festival: “The Sweet Life” directed by Federico Fellini wins the Palme d’Or.
20)1963 Sukarno appointed president of Republic of Indonesia.
21)1968 Terence O’Neill, so Northern Republic of Ireland Prime Minister is showered with eggs, flour and stones after a meeting of the Woodvale Unionist Association, a loyalist vigilante group.
22)1973 25th Emmy Awards: Waltons, All in the Family & Mary Tyler Moore win.
23)1983 American heavyweight boxer Larry Holmes beats countryman Tim Witherspoon by split decision to retain his WBC title at the Dunes Hotel & Online Casino Netherlands, Las Vegas.
24)1983 Michael Dokes & Mike Weaver fight to a draw in 15 for heavyweight boxing title.
25)1983 Phillies Steve Carlton passes W Johnson with 2nd most strikeouts.
26)1984 Boston’s Roger Clemens beats Twins,5-4, for his 1st victory.
27)1988 Mike Schmidt hits his 535th HR, moving into 8th place.
28)1989 Toonces The Cat takes the wheel on “Saturday Night Live”.
29)1991 Chicago Bull Michael Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, named NBA’s MVP.
30)1992 At height of “Black May’ political crisis in Thailand TV interview broadcast of King Bhumibol Adulyadej demanding Generals Suchinda and Chamlong piece of work together.
31)1997 US President Clinton signs an executive order barring new US investment in Burma (also known as Myanmar), effective May 21
and renewable annually
32)2003 The reality series “America’s Next Top Model”, created by Tyra Banks, debuts on UPN.
33)2003 Laureus World Sports Awards, Grimaldi Forum, Monaco: Sportsman: Lance Armstrong (rescinded); Sportswoman: Serena Williams; squad: Brazil Men’s National Football squad.
34)2012 20th Billboard Music Awards: Adele, 21 win.
35)2018 President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela wins a second term in an election marked by boycotts and accusations of vote rigging.
36)2018 K-pop boy band BTS are the first Koreans to perform at the Billboard Music Awards.
37)2020 Cyclone Amphan comes ashore in westward Bengal, East Republic of India and People’s Republic of Bangladesh, with winds of 185 km per hour (115 mph) killing at least
84 people.

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