This is a list of selected May 20 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.
To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.
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Blurb | Reason |
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1293 – Sancho IV, King of Castile and León, established what is now the Complutense University of Madrid, today one of Spain's top public universities. | unreferenced section |
1498 – Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrived at Calicut, India, opening up trade with the Far East directly by sea. | appears on February 12 |
1570 – The first modern atlas, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by cartographer Abraham Ortelius, was issued. | refimprove |
1882 – The Triple Alliance was created between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy. | unreferenced section, date not verified |
1902 – Cuba officially gained independence from the United States, with Tomás Estrada Palma becoming its first president. | needs more footnotes |
1969 – Vietnam War: After ten days of battle, U.S. infantry troops captured the strategically insignificant Hill 937, only to abandon it two weeks later. | needs more footnotes |
1996 – The U.S. Supreme Court struck down laws in Colorado that would have prevented any city, town or county in the state from taking any legislative, executive, or judicial action to protect homosexual citizens from discrimination on the basis of their sexual orientation. | refimprove |
May 20: Day of Remembrance in Cambodia; National Day in Cameroon ( 1972); Victoria Day in Canada (2013); Independence Day in East Timor ( 2002); National Awakening Day in Indonesia ( 1908)
This is a list of selected May 20 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.
To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.
Use only ONE image at a time
Blurb | Reason |
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1293 – Sancho IV, King of Castile and León, established what is now the Complutense University of Madrid, today one of Spain's top public universities. | unreferenced section |
1498 – Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrived at Calicut, India, opening up trade with the Far East directly by sea. | appears on February 12 |
1570 – The first modern atlas, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by cartographer Abraham Ortelius, was issued. | refimprove |
1882 – The Triple Alliance was created between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy. | unreferenced section, date not verified |
1902 – Cuba officially gained independence from the United States, with Tomás Estrada Palma becoming its first president. | needs more footnotes |
1969 – Vietnam War: After ten days of battle, U.S. infantry troops captured the strategically insignificant Hill 937, only to abandon it two weeks later. | needs more footnotes |
1996 – The U.S. Supreme Court struck down laws in Colorado that would have prevented any city, town or county in the state from taking any legislative, executive, or judicial action to protect homosexual citizens from discrimination on the basis of their sexual orientation. | refimprove |
May 20: Day of Remembrance in Cambodia; National Day in Cameroon ( 1972); Victoria Day in Canada (2013); Independence Day in East Timor ( 2002); National Awakening Day in Indonesia ( 1908)