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Today is Monday, May 20, 2024. It's the 141 day of the year, and we're on week 21. What Happened on May 20 in History? Keep reading to find out!

2015

The US Air Force Space Command launched the Boeing X-37B spaceplane for a classified mission.

2013

The Church of Scotland voted in favor of allowing openly gay men and women to be ministers.

1980

Quebec held a referendum on whether to begin negotiations with Canada to become independent.

1979

Elton John and his entourage flew into Moscow, making him the first western pop star to tour the USSR.

1972

Hard Job Being God, a Broadway musical, closed at the Edison Theater NYC after six performances.

1932

Amelia Earhart took off from Newfoundland.

1896

The chandelier of the Palais Garnier Opera House broke, and its debris fell on a crowd.

1891

The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope was shown to members of the National Federation of Women's Club.

1873

Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis patented the first blue jeans with copper rivets.

1862

President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Acts into law.

1609

Shakespeare's Sonnets were first published in London.

1498

After decades of failed attempts to reach the Indies, Vasco da Gama arrived in Calicut, India.

685 AD

The Pictish armies of King Bridei Mac Bili won a decisive victory over the armies of Northumbria at the Battle of Dun Nechtain.

325 AD

The first Christian ecumenical council opens at Nicaea, Asia Minor. It was the first attempt to achieve agreement in the church.

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