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May 20, 2023: This Day in History


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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