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What happened in history on this day: May 20?
On May 20 in ...
- 1970 - The Beatles' Let it Be movie premieres in United Kingdom.
- 1973 - In Los Angeles, California, the 25th Annual Emmy Awards are presented, hosted by Johnny Carson.
Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Drama/Comedy - Limited Episodes): Anthony Murphy for Tom Brown's Schooldays
Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Drama Series - Continuing): Richard Thomas for The Waltons
Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Laurence Olivier for Long Day's Journey Into Night
Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series: Jack Klugman for The Odd Couple
Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Drama Series - Continuing): Michael Learned for The Waltons
Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Drama/Comedy - Limited Episodes): Susan Hampshire for Vanity Fair
Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series: Mary Tyler Moore for Mary Tyler Moore
Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: Cloris Leachman for A Brand New Life
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Comedy: Ted Knight for Mary Tyler Moore
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Drama: Scott Jacoby for That Certain Summer
Outstanding Achievement by a Supporting Performer in Music or Variety: Tim Conway for The Carol Burnett Show
Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Comedy: Valerie Harper for Mary Tyler Moore
Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Drama: Ellen Corby for The Waltons
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy: Jay Sandrich for episode "It's Whether You Win Or Lose" of Mary Tyler Moore
Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction of a Variety, Musical or Dramatic Program: Peter Matz for The Carol Burnett Show
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety or Music: Bill Davis for The Julie Andrews Hour
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama - A Single Program: Joseph Sargent for The Marcus-Nelson Murders
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama - A Single Program of a Series with Continuing Characters and/or Theme: Jerry Thorpe for episode "An Eye for an Eye" for Kung Fu
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy, Variety or Music: Bob Fosse for Liza with a 'Z'
Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama - Original Teleplay: Abby Mann for The Marcus-Nelson Murders
Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama - Adaptation: Eleanor Perry for The House Without a Christmas Tree
Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy: Michael Ross, Bernard West, and Lee Kalcheim for episode "The Bunkers And The Swingers" of All in the Family
Outstanding Writing Achievement in Variety or Music: Stan Hart, Larry Siegel, Gail Parent, Heywood Kling, Roger Beatty, Tom Patchett, Jay Tarses, Robert Hilliard, Arnie Kogen, Bill Angelos, and Buz Kohan for The Carol Burnett Show
Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama: John McGreevey for episode "The Scholar" of The Waltons
Outstanding Achievement in Makeup: Del Armstrong, Ellis Burman Junior, and Stan Winston for Gargoyles
Outstanding Variety Musical Series: The Julie Andrews Hour
Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition - For a Special Program: Jerry Goldsmith for The Red Pony
Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition - For a Series or a Single Program of a Series (First Year of Music's Use Only): Charles Fox for Love, American Style
Outstanding Single Program - Variety and Popular Music: Liza with a 'Z'
Outstanding Achievement in Music, Lyrics and Special Material: Fred Ebb and John Kander for Liza with a 'Z'
Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming - Informational/Factual: William Hanna and Joseph Barbera for "The Last of the Curlews" of ABC Afterschool Specials and Shari Lewis for A Picture of Us
Outstanding Drama Series - Continuing: The Waltons
Outstanding Achievement by Individuals in Daytime Drama: Mary Fickett for All My Children
Outstanding Program Achievement in Daytime Drama: Erwin Nicholson for The Edge of Night
Outstanding Comedy Series: All in the Family
Outstanding New Series: America
Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming - Entertainment/Fictional: Tom Whedon, John Boni, Sara Compton, Tom Dunsmuir, Thad Mumford, Jeremy Stevens, and Jim Thurman for The Electric Company and Jon Stone and Robert Cunniff for Sesame Street and Christopher Sarson for Zoom
Outstanding Program Achievement in Daytime: Henry Jaffe, Fred Tatashore, and Dinah Shore for Dinah's Place
Outstanding Drama/Comedy - Limited Episodes: Tom Brown's Schooldays
Outstanding Achievement in Choreography: Bob Fosse for Liza with a 'Z'
Outstanding Single Program - Drama or Comedy: A War of Children.
- 1982 - ABC-TV aires the final episode of TV show Barney Miller.
- 1987 - Paramount releases the film Beverly Hills Cop II to theaters.
- 1993 - NBC airs the 274th and final episode of the ensemble TV sitcom Cheers.
- 1995 - CBS News fires co-anchor Connie Chung.
- 1996 - NBC airs the final episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air TV show.
- 1997 - ABC airs the final episode of TV show Roseanne.
- 1998 - Sony releases the film Godzilla to theaters.
- 2011 - Buena Vista releases the film Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides to theaters.
Births on May 20
- 1872 - Birth of Albert Steinrück; German actor (Golem).
- 1901 - Birth of Otto Waldis in Austria; actor (Port of Hell, Unknown World).
- 1904 - Birth of Russell Hardie in Buffalo, New York, USA; actor (Sequoia, In Old Kentucky).
- 1908 - Birth of James Maitland AKA Jimmy Stewart in Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Mr Smith Goes to Washington, It's a Wonderful Life).
- 1915 - Birth of Peter Copley; actor (Victim, King and Country).
- 1919 - Birth of George Gobel in Chicago, Illinois, USA; comedian/TV personality (I Love My Wife).
- 1920 - Birth of Betty Driver in England; actress (Coronation Street, Pardon the Expression, Penny Paradise).
- 1923 - Birth of Edith Fellows in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actress (Pennies From Heaven, City Streets).
- 1927 - Birth of David Hedison in Providence, Rhode Island, USA; actor (The Colbys, Voyage to Bottom of Sea).
- 1930 - Birth of James McEachin in Pennert, North Carolina, USA; actor (Harry - Tenafly).
- 1933 - Birth of Constance Towers; actress (Capitol, Shock Corridor, Naked Kiss).
- 1933 - Birth of Danny Aiello in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Moonstruck, Do the Right Thing).
- 1936 - Birth of Anthony Zerbe in Long Beach, California, USA; actor (Harry-O, Centennial, They Call Me Mr Tibbs).
- 1946 - Birth of Cher [Cherilyn Sarkisian LaPierre] in El Centro, California, USA; rocker/actress ("I Got You Babe", Jack Lalane, Mask).
- 1951 - Birth of William Cullen Bryant; actor (Hell Squad).
- 1958 - Birth of Ronald Prescot Reagan in Los Angeles, California, USA; President's son/TV host (Ron Reagan Show).
- 1959 - Birth of Bronson Pinchot in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Perfect Strangers, Beverly Hills Cop).
- 1960 - Birth of Tony Goldwyn in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Ghost, Kuffs, Traces of Red).
- 1963 - Birth of Brian Nash in Glendale, California, USA; actor (Joel - Please Don't Eat Daisies).
- 1965 - Birth of Fia Porter in Mexia, Texas, USA; actress (Audrey Ames - One Life to Live).
- 1966 - Birth of Mindy Cohn in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Facts of Life).
- 1966 - Birth of Paolo Seganti; actor (Damian - As the World Turns).
- 1977 - Birth of Angela Goethals; actress (VI Warshawski, Heartbreak Hotel).
Deaths on May 20
- 1956 - André Eugene Maurice Charlot, actor (Summer Storm), dies.
- 1969 - Fred Sherman, actor (Chain Lightning), dies after a stroke at age 64.
- 1969 - Royal Beal, actor (Death of a Salesman), dies of cancer, at age 69.
- 1984 - Peter Bull, British actor (Dr Doolittle), dies of a heart attack at age 72.
- 1985 - George Memmoli, actor (Earl - Hello Larry), dies at age 46.
- 1989 - Anton Diffring, actor (Zeppelin, Fahrenheit 451), dies at age 70.
- 1989 - Death of Gilda Radner at age 42 of ovarian cancer; actress/comedienne (Saturday Night Live, Haunted Honeymoon).
- 1994 - Ronald Russell, actor/manager (We Are Angels), dies at age 83.
- 1996 - John Pertwee, British actor (Doctor Who), dies at age 76 (born 1919).
- 2005 - Death of J D Cannon at age 83; actor (Chief Clifford - McCloud, Alias Smith and Jones, Law and Order).
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