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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National Day in Cameroon ( 1972); | date not in article |
Independence Day in East Timor ( 2002); | lots of {{ cn}} tags |
National Awakening Day in Indonesia ( 1908) | date not in artlcle |
325 – The First Council of Nicaea, the first ecumenical council of the Christian Church, was formally opened in present-day Iznik, Turkey. | refimprove section |
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 |
1609 – Thomas Thorpe published the first copies of Shakespeare's sonnets, possibly without William Shakespeare's consent. | refimprove section |
1902 – Cuba officially gained independence from the United States, with Tomás Estrada Palma becoming its first president. | unreferenced section |
1927 – By the Treaty of Jeddah, the United Kingdom recognized the sovereignty of King Ibn Saud over Hejaz and Nejd, which later merged to become Saudi Arabia. | refimprove |
1969 – Vietnam War: After ten days of battle, U. .infantry troops captured the strategically insignificant Hill 937, only to abandon it two weeks later. | needs more footnotes |
May 20: Day of Remembrance in Cambodia
Gertrude Guillaume-Schack (d. 1903) · Astrid Kirchherr (b. 1938) · Cher (b. 1946)
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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National Day in Cameroon ( 1972); | date not in article |
Independence Day in East Timor ( 2002); | lots of {{ cn}} tags |
National Awakening Day in Indonesia ( 1908) | date not in artlcle |
325 – The First Council of Nicaea, the first ecumenical council of the Christian Church, was formally opened in present-day Iznik, Turkey. | refimprove section |
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 |
1609 – Thomas Thorpe published the first copies of Shakespeare's sonnets, possibly without William Shakespeare's consent. | refimprove section |
1902 – Cuba officially gained independence from the United States, with Tomás Estrada Palma becoming its first president. | unreferenced section |
1927 – By the Treaty of Jeddah, the United Kingdom recognized the sovereignty of King Ibn Saud over Hejaz and Nejd, which later merged to become Saudi Arabia. | refimprove |
1969 – Vietnam War: After ten days of battle, U. .infantry troops captured the strategically insignificant Hill 937, only to abandon it two weeks later. | needs more footnotes |
May 20: Day of Remembrance in Cambodia
Gertrude Guillaume-Schack (d. 1903) · Astrid Kirchherr (b. 1938) · Cher (b. 1946)