1927 - Charles Lindbergh takes off from New York aboard "Spirit of St. Louis"
1891 - Thomas Edison's Kinetoscope first displayed
1882 - The Triple Alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy is formed.
1873 - Levi Strauss patents blue jeans.
0325 - The First Council of Nicaea held.
This Day In Business
1875 - International Bureau of Weights and Measures formed
1995 - Connie Chung is fired as CBS News co-anchor.
1570 - Flemish cartographer Abraham Ortelius publishes the first modern atlas.
2000 - The Hack a Shaq: Portland purposely fouls Shaq for the final 6 minutes of the 4th quarter
May 20th Holiday
World Metrology Day - Celebrates the Metre Convention of 1875, where 17 nations agreed on uniformity of scientific measurement.
Today's Birthday Trivia
John Luke proposed to her on his 19th birthday. Who is she?
Today's Birthday Horoscope
Learn about people born on this day by reading the May 20 Birthday Horoscope.
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