Charles Lindbergh takes off for Paris from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, N.Y., aboard the Spirit of St. Louis on the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean, landing 33+1⁄2 hours later. Date: May 20, 1927 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 20 📅 Events on this day in 1927…
Treaty of Jeddah: The United Kingdom recognizes the sovereignty of King Ibn Saud in the Kingdoms of Hejaz and Nejd, which later merge to become the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Date: May 20, 1927 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 20 📅 Events on this day in 1927 📅 On This…
Amelia Earhart takes off from Newfoundland to begin the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean by a female pilot, landing in Ireland the next day. Date: May 20, 1932 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 20 📅 Events on this day in 1932 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Holocaust: The first prisoners arrive at a new concentration camp at Auschwitz. Date: May 20, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 20 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: Battle of Crete: German paratroops invade Crete. Date: May 20, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 20 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Luttra Woman, a bog body from the Early Neolithic period (radiocarbon-dated c. 3928–3651 BC), was discovered near Luttra, Sweden. Date: May 20, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 20 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today)
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek wins the 1948 Republic of China presidential election and is sworn in as the first President of the Republic of China at Nanjing. Date: May 20, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 20 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today)
In the United States, the Armed Forces Security Agency, the predecessor to the National Security Agency, is established. Date: May 20, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 20 📅 Events on this day in 1949 📅 On This Day (Today)
In Operation Redwing, the first United States airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. Date: May 20, 1956 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 20 📅 Events on this day in 1956 📅 On This Day (Today)
Capital Airlines Flight 300 collides in mid-air with a United States Air Force Lockheed T-33 over Brunswick, Maryland, killing 12. Date: May 20, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 20 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today)