May 20th

The May 20th is the 140e Jour of the Année (141e in the event of Leap year) of the Gregorian Calendrier.

Events

4th century

  • 325 : Constantin I {{er}} joins together with Nicée the first ecumenical Council of the History. This council will condemn the Arianisme.

13th century

  • 1217 : Second battle of Lincoln.

14th century

  • 1303 : Treaty of Paris between Philippe IV Beautiful the and Edouard Ier of England. France restores the Aquitaine (the Guyenne ), provided that the king of England pays homage for his continental possessions.

15th century

  • 1430 : Raoul de Gaucourt, new governor of Dauphine since 1428, joins together the States of the Dauphiné, with the Coast-Saint-Andre, to make vote a subsidy to continue the war against Louis de Chalon.

16th century

  • 1520 : At the request of Amédée Jodon, canon of the the Ste Chapelle of Dijon, Adrien Gouffier, cardinal under Holy-Sabine, pontifical legate in France (since 1518), grants three years of Indulgence S to faithful which will attend the principal festivals of the year in the vault and will contribute by their gifts to the maintenance of the buildings and the ornaments.

17th century

  • 1631 : catch of the town of Magdeburg by the general Tilly during the War Thirty Year old

18th century

19th century

  • 1802 : Re-establishment of the Slavery in the French colonies .

  • 1813 : Beginning of the Battle of Bautzen opposing the troops Russo - Prussian ordered by the marshal Wittgenstein to the Large army of Napoleon I {{er}}.

  • 1900 : Beginning of IIe Olympic Games with Paris where 1.066 athletes, resulting from 26 countries, clash in 17 sports and 85 tests. go back to opening of the Plays the May 14th 1900

20th century

  • 1927 : 7:40, New York, Charles Auguste Lindberg on board the Spirit off Saint Louis takes off to try the first crossing of the Atlantique in Monomoteur without stopover (33 hours 30).

  • 1932 : The pilot Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly over the Atlantique as a recluse. dual employment with the May 19th

  • 1946 : A bomber B-25 is crushed on the building Empire State Building, with New York, the height of the 58e stage.

  • 1959 : Guy Trebert , assassin, is the first man stopped according to his Portrait-robot.

  • 1967 : Tommie Smith carries the world records of the 400 m at 44 seconds 5 and that of the 440 Yard S at 44 seconds 8.

  • 1969: Left the second edition of the novel of adventures of Henri Cart-track “ Butterfly ”, the first edition telling its escape from the Bagne of Cayenne was exhausted in 15 days.

  • 1972 : Richard Nixon flies away towards Moscow, to become the first US president to press the ground of the the USSR.

  • 1977 : Departure of the last voyage of the East-Express train after 94 years of service, connecting Paris to Istanbul. The majority of the places were reserved 6 months in advance.

  • 1983 : The American review " " publish the discovery by French researchers of the Virus " HIV ".

  • 1990 :

    • has carried the world records of launching weights with 23,12 Mr.
    • First free election in Romania for 50 years and election of the president Ion Iliescu.

  • 1992 : FC Barcelona gains the Coupe of the Clubs Champions (football) by beating u.a. Sampdoria Genoa, a goal with nothing.

  • 1993 : Diffusion, on the network NBC, of the last episode of Cheers, American Televised series . (First episode diffused the September 30th 1982)

  • 1998 : Exit in France of American film “ Brothers Blues 2000 ” continuation of the success of 1980 The Blues Brothers , carried out by John Landis.

  • 1999 :

    • , person in charge of the ministry Italy N of Work, is assassinated with Rome. The Red Brigades will assert this assassination.
    • young American wounds 6 teenagers by opening fire in its college armed with a 357 magnum and a 22 long riffle in, close to Atlanta. press article

  • 2000 :

    • the pilot of Formula 1 Nick Heidfeld (Prost-Peugeot) is excluded from the Grand Prix of Europe.
    • the Minister for Belgian Agriculture announces that the fodder delivered to the 147 bovine breedings, 48 stud farms, 7 pigsties, 2 producers of food for pets and 1 avicolous breeding would be contaminated with Dioxine.
    • Inge de Bruijn carries the female world records of the 50 m butterfly to 25 S 83.

21e century

Births

Death

Celebrations

First name

  • Bernardin

Catholic and orthodoxe saints of the day

  • Baudille of Nimes (IIIe century), martyr.
  • Lydie of Philips (Ier century), disciple of the Paul apostle.
  • Austregésile of Bourges or Oustrille († 624), bishop.

Catholic saints of the day

Orthodoxe saints of the day

  • Nicétas, Jean and Joseph de Chio (XIe century), founder of Néa Moni.

See too

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