May 20
People born on this day are Taurus.
- 1967
The Popular Movement of the Revolution political party is established in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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The Battle of Hamburger Hill in Vietnam ends.
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First publications of the discovery of the HIV virus that causes AIDS in the journal Science by a team of French scientists including Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Jean-Claude Chermann, and Luc Montagnier.
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Radio Martí, part of the Voice of America service, begins broadcasting to Cuba.
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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.
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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).
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An Indonesian Air Force Lockheed L-100 Hercules crashes in Magetan Regency, killing 99.
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Mamata Banerjee is sworn in as the Chief Minister of West Bengal, the first woman to hold this post.
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At least 27 people are killed and 50 others injured when a 6.0-magnitude earthquake strikes northern Italy.
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The government of Singapore authorises the controversial execution of convicted murderer Kho Jabing for the murder of a Chinese construction worker despite international pleas for clemency, notably from Amnesty International and the United Nations.
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The International System of Units (SI): The base units are redefined, making the international prototype of the kilogram obsolete.
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Russo-Ukrainian war: Russia claims full control of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol after a nearly three-month siege.
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2012Doug the Pug, American celebrity dog
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1998Jamie Chadwick, English race car driver
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1998Nam Nguyen, Canadian figure skater
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1997Kaoru Mitoma, Japanese footballer
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1996Brian Kelly, Australian rugby league player
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1993Ramy Rabia, Egyptian footballer
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1993Caroline Zhang, American figure skater
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1992Cate Campbell, Malawian-Australian swimmer
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1992Jack Gleeson, Irish actor
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1992Enes Kanter, Turkish basketball player
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1992Fanny Smith, Swiss freestyle skier
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1991Bastian Baker, Swiss singer, songwriter, and performer
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