May 20, 2023: This Day in History
Release time:
2023-05-20
The Great Victory of Shun Chang on May 20, 1140
May 20, 1498: Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama arrives in Calicut, India
May 20, 1506: Death of Christopher Columbus
The Yangzhou Ten Days on May 20, 1645
May 20, 1799: Birth of famous French writer Honoré de Balzac
May 20, 1900: Opening of the II Olympic Games
May 20, 1905: Birth of Cao Yisun, a pioneer in silkworm disease prevention and control research in China
May 20, 1908: Birth of actor James Stewart
May 20, 1912: Dai Jitao implicated in a literary inquisition
May 20, 1927: The first solo transatlantic flight
May 20, 1932: Engelbert Dollfuss elected Chancellor of Austria
May 20, 1940: Japanese troops massacre civilians in Xiyang
May 20, 1941: Formation of the Central China Bureau of the CCP
May 20, 1941: Nazi Germany invades Crete
May 20, 1943: The 1943 Chaoshan Great Famine
May 20, 1947: The "May 20" Massacre in Nanjing
May 20, 1951: The film "The Story of Wu Xun" is criticized
May 20, 1951: Publication of "The Importance of Film Discussion"
May 20, 1963: The Central Committee issued "Decision on Several Issues in Current Rural Work"
May 20, 1965: Death of Huang Zhiqian, a Chinese aircraft designer
May 20, 1970: Mao Zedong issues an anti-US statement
May 20, 1973: The Central Committee discusses the issue of criticizing Lin Biao and rectifying the style of work
May 20, 1980: Quebec citizens vote against secession from Canada
May 20, 1984: Andrei Sakharov seeks political asylum for his wife
May 20, 1987: Death of Chinese musician Ma Sicong in the United States
May 20, 1990: Ion Iliescu elected President of Romania
May 20, 1990: Lee Teng-hui sworn in as the eighth "President" of Taiwan
May 20, 1991: The Security Council adopts a resolution on Iraq's compensation for Kuwait's losses
May 20, 1992: Five Ones Project Award
May 20, 1997: Asian films dominate the 50th Cannes Film Festival
May 20, 1997: Yang Xiaoxia, the "mysterious girl," donates her remaining treatment funds
May 20, 2002: The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste is officially established
May 20, 2005: Opening of the Quanjude Exhibition Hall
May 20, 2006: Completion of the Three Gorges Dam in Sandouping, Yichang, Hubei Province, China
May 20, 2008: Ma Ying-jeou inaugurated as Taiwan leader
May 20, 2010: World's first "artificial life" created in the United States
May 20, 2014: Fourth Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia
May 20, 2016: Tsai Ing-wen inaugurated as Taiwan leader
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