May 20th, 2002

Born on May 20th, 2002

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What happened on May 20th, 2002?

May 20th, 2002

The independence of East Timor is recognized by Portugal, formally ending 23 years of Indonesian rule and three years of provisional UN administration (Portugal itself is the former colonizer of East Timor until 1976).

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timor-Leste

What else happened on May 20th?

May 20th, 2013

A tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, United States, killing 24 people and causing an estimated $2 billion of damage.

May 20th, 2012

The first of two major earthquakes struck Northern Italy, resulting in seven deaths.

May 20th, 1983

uMkhonto we Sizwe, the paramilitary wing of the African National Congress, detonated a car bomb in Pretoria, resulting in 19 deaths and 217.

May 20th, 1965

While attempting to land at Cairo International Airport, Pakistan International Airlines Flight 705 crashed for unknown reasons, killing all but 6 of the 121 people on board.

May 20th, 1947

The first session of the National Diet opened in Tokyo, Japan.

May 20th, 1943

The Luttra Woman, a bog body from the Early Neolithic period, was discovered near Luttra, Sweden.

May 20th, 1941

World War II: German paratroopers began the Battle of Heraklion on the island of Crete, capturing the airfield and port in Heraklion ten days later.

May 20th, 1927

With the signing of the Treaty of Jeddah, the United Kingdom recognized the sovereignty of Ibn Saud over Hejaz and Nejd, which later merged to become Saudi Arabia.

May 20th, 1875

Representatives from seventeen countries signed the Metre Convention, which set up an institute for the purpose of coordinating international metrology and for coordinating the development of the metric system.

May 20th, 1609

Thomas Thorpe published the first copies of Shakespeare's sonnets, possibly without William Shakespeare's consent.

May 20th, 0794

According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, King Æthelberht II of East Anglia was beheaded on the orders of Offa of Mercia.

May 20th, 0685

The Picts defeated the Northumbrians at the Battle of Dun Nechtain, severely weakening the latter's power in northern Great Britain.

May 20th, 1515

Ulysses, who would be famously depicted in a posthumous woodcut, landed in Lisbon, becoming the first of his species to visit Europe in a thousand years.

May 20th, 1714

J. S. Bach led the first performance of his Pentecost cantata Erschallet, ihr Lieder at the chapel of Schloss Weimar.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 20th

Born on May 20th, 2002

24

Ditaji Kambundji

Swiss athletics competitor

*May 20th, 2002, Bern

24

Trinity Rodman

American soccer player

*May 20th, 2002, Newport Beach

Same year
Born in 2002

23

Alika Milova

Estonian singer-songwriter

*September 5th, 2002, Narva

23

Benson Boone

American singer-songwriter

*June 25th, 2002, Monroe

23

NLE Choppa

American rapper from Tennessee (born 2002)

*November 1st, 2002, Memphis

23

Nessa Barrett

American singer

*August 6th, 2002, Galloway Township

24

Josie Nelson

British cyclist

*April 8th, 2002, Burton upon Trent

24

Trueno

Argentinian rapper and singer

*March 25th, 2002, La Boca

23

João Gomes

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*July 31st, 2002, Serrita

23

Joakim Oldorff

Finnish badminton player

*December 14th, 2002, Helsinki

19

Einár

Swedish rapper (2002–2021)

*September 5th, 2002, Stockholm †October 21st, 2021, Hammarby Sjöstad

23

Niklas Krütten

German racing driver

*October 20th, 2002, Trier

23

Tobias Lund Andresen

Danish cyclist, born 2002

*August 20th, 2002, Taastrup

23

Alessandra Mele

Norwegian-Italian singer

*September 5th, 2002, Pietra Ligure

23

Finn Wolfhard

Canadian actor and musician

*December 23rd, 2002, Vancouver

23

Jacob Sartorius

American singer and Internet personality

*October 2nd, 2002, Tulsa

24

Sofie Lundgaard

Danish association football player

*May 29th, 2002, Aalborg

23

Levi Miller

Australian actor and model

*September 30th, 2002, Brisbane

23

Gaten Matarazzo

American actor

*September 8th, 2002, New London

24

Arnaud De Lie

Belgian cyclist

*March 16th, 2002, Lescheret

23

Lewis MacDougall

British actor

*June 5th, 2002, Edinburgh

23

Maddie Ziegler

American dancer and actress

*September 30th, 2002, Pittsburgh

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 20th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, National Awakening Day) which are celebrated on May 20th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Born on May 20th, 2002
Future birthdays

Leap year

No: With 365 days 2002 is a normal year and no leap year.

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