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Notable anniversaries in history for today: May 20
- 500th: 1524 - Duke of Albany leaves Scotland.
- 250th: 1774 - Britain gives Québec, Labrador and territory north of the Ohio.
- 150th: 1874 - Birth of Folkert E Posthuma; Dutch minister of Agriculture/Industry.
- 150th: 1874 - Levi Strauss markets blue jeans with copper rivets, price US$13.50 per dozen.
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Alexei A Leonov; cosmonaut (Voskhod 2, Apollo-Soyuz).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Boudouin de Groot; Dutch singer ("Good night mister president").
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of David M Walker in Columbus, Georgia, USA; Captain US Navy/astronaut (STS 51-A 30, 53, 69).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Joe Cocker in Sheffield, England; rock vocalist ("You are so Beautiful", "Little Help From My Friends").
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Keith Fletcher; cricket captain (Essex and England).
- 80th: 1944 - US Communist Party dissolves.
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Galina Vasilyevna Amelkina in Russia; doctor/cosmonaut.
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of James Henderson; country singer (Black Oak Arkansas).
- 70th: 1954 - Chiang Kai-shek becomes president of Nationalist China.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Earl Charles Spencer in Sandringham, England; brother of Princess Diana.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Jeff Schwarz; US baseball pitcher (California Angels, Chicago White Sox).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Paul W Richards in Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA; astronaut.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Todd Peat; WLAF guard (Frankfurt Galaxy).
- 60th: 1964 - Buster Mathis defeats Joe Frazier to qualify for US Olympic team.
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Brandon Jessie; tight end (New York Giants).
- 50th: 1974 - Soyuz 14 returns to Earth.
- 40th: 1984 - Peter Bull, British actor (Dr Doolittle), dies of a heart attack at age 72.
- 40th: 1984 - Barb Bunkowsky wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Charity Golf Classic.
- 40th: 1984 - Boston Red Sox's Roger Clemens beats Minnesota Twins, 5-4, for his first victory.
- 30th: 1994 - Ronald Russell, actor/manager (We Are Angels), dies at age 83.
- 30th: 1994 - Death of Lauren Wilson, Canadian figure skater (born 1987).
- 30th: 1994 - Sony Theaters and Cineplex (New York City) hike movie ticket prices to $8.00.
- 20th: 2004 - The Olsen specimen of the US 1913 Liberty Head 5-cent piece (Proof 64 NGC) is sold for $3 million.
- 15th: 2009 - The Pitcairn Islands issues its first coinage for circulation, six coins valued at 5 cents through 2 dollars.
- 15th: 2009 - An Indonesian military C-130 Hercules transport plane crashes and burst into flames in East Java, killing at least 98 people on board and on the ground.
- 10th: 2014 - Terrorists in Nigeria detonate bombs at Jos, killing 118 people.
- 5th: 2019 - The redefinition of the SI system of measurement adopted by the majority of countries in the world takes effect.
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