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Historical events & facts — May 20
What happened on May 20?
On May 20, 1927, American aviator Charles Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt Field in New York aboard his monoplane Spirit of St. Louis, beginning the first non-stop solo transatlantic flight in history. Thirty-three and a half hours later he landed at Le Bourget airport in Paris, where he was greeted by 150,000 people. The feat made him the most famous hero in the world.
On May 20, 1498, Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama arrived at Calicut (present-day Kozhikode) on the Malabar Coast, India, completing the first sea voyage from Europe to India by rounding the Cape of Good Hope. The voyage, which took two years, opened the Spice Route and shifted world trade from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic, marking the beginning of Portuguese maritime dominance in the Indian Ocean.
On May 20, 1990, the first multiparty elections in Romania since 1937 were held, less than five months after the Romanian Revolution that had overthrown and executed dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu. The National Salvation Front candidate Ion Iliescu won the elections with 85% of the vote. Romania's post-communist transition was slower and more turbulent than that of other Eastern Bloc countries.
Notable birthdays — May 20
Famous people born on May 20
Malcolm Nokes
Malcolm Cuthbert Nokes MC MA BSc was a British schoolteacher, soldier, research scientist and Olympic athlete, who competed in the hammer throw and discus throw.
Annie M. G. Schmidt
Anna Maria Geertruida "Annie" Schmidt was a Dutch writer. She is called the mother of the Dutch theatrical song, and the queen of Dutch children's literature, praised for her "delicious Dutch idiom," and considered one of the greatest Dutch writers.
Ondina Valla
Trebisonda "Ondina" Valla was an Italian female athlete, and the first Italian woman to ever win an Olympic gold medal. She won it in the 80 m hurdles event at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, after establishing the new world record during the semi-final.
Zelmar Michelini
Zelmar Raúl Michelini Guarch was a Uruguayan reporter and politician, assassinated in Buenos Aires in 1976 as part of Operation Condor.
Sadaharu Oh
Sadaharu Oh, also known as Wang Chen-chih, is a Chinese-Japanese former professional baseball player and manager who is currently the chairman of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). Oh played for 22 consecutive seasons, all of them for the Yomiuri Giants. He holds the world career home run record at 868, over 100 more than MLB record holder Barry Bonds.
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