May 20 is the 140th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (141st in leap years). There are 225 days remaining.
Births:
- 1768: [Dolly Madison]?, American First Lady
- 1799: [Honoré de Balzac]?, French novelist
- 1806: John Stuart Mill, British philosopher
- 1830: [Hector Malot]?, French writer of [Without family]?
- 1844: [Henri Rousseau]?, French naive painter
- 1901: [Max Euwe]?, Dutch world champion chess 1935-1937
- 1905: [Gerrit Achterberg]?, Dutch poet
- 1908: Jimmy Stewart, American actor
- 1911: [Annie M. G. Schmidt]?, Dutch children books writer
- 1915: [Moshe Dayan]?, Israelian general
- 1933: [Danny Aiello]?, American actor
- 1944: [Joe Cocker]?, British singer
- 1944: [Boudewijn de Groot]?, Dutch singer
- 1946: Cher?, American singer
- 1958: [Ronald Prescott Reagan]?, American talk show host, son to former president Ronald Reagan
- 1959: [Bronson Pinchot]?, American actor
Deaths:
Events:
See Also: January,
February,
March,
April,
May,
June,
July,
August,
September,
October,
November,
December
May 19 - May 21 - April 20 - June 20 - more historical anniversaries