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Anniversary on the 20th of May 1894

Anniversary
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100 years anniversary
20 May 1924   Peter Shore: MP (Labour)
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20 May 1924   David Chavchavadze, English-American CIA officer and author (d. 2014)
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20 May 1924   Zelmar Michelini, Uruguayan journalist and politician (d. 1976)
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20 May 1924   Peter Shore MP (Labour)
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75 years anniversary
20 May 1949   Nick Joe Rahall II: (Rep-D-West Virginia, 1977- )
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20 May 1949   Robert Morin, Canadian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter
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20 May 1949   Mary Pope Osborne, American author
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20 May 1949   Michèle Roberts, English author and poet
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20 May 1949   Dave Thomas, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
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20 May 1949   Damaskinos of Athens, Greek archbishop and politician, 137th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1891)
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20 May 1949   In the United States, the Armed Forces Security Agency, the predecessor to the National Security Agency, is established.
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20 May 1949 WW2 Damaskinos passed away. 
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20 May 1949   Dave Thomas St Catharines Ontario, comedian (SCTV, Grace Under Fire)
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20 May 1949   Nick Joe Rahall II (Representative-D-WV, 1977- )
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50 years anniversary
20 May 1974   Brandon Jessie: Tight end (New York Giants)
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20 May 1974   Soyuz 14 returns to Earth
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20 May 1974   Brandon Jessie tight end (New York Giants)
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20 May 1974   Soyuz 14 returns to Earth
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20 May 1974   Aircraft Anti Hijacking System Patent
In 1974, a U.S. patent was issued to Gustano A. Pizzo (1926-2006) of Jackson Heights, N.Y., for his “Anti Hijacking System for Aircraft” (No. 3,811,643). It described an electro-mechanical system immediately aft of the pilots cabin to trap airplane hijackers. When activated a hijacker is dropped by trap doors through the floor into a net bag in the belly area. The hijacker's weight causes a draw cord to close the bag and also automatically open the airplane's specially-installed bomb bay doors. The encapsulated hijacker is dropped and parachuted to earth, where police, having been alerted by radio, await his arrival. On 21 Sep 2013, Pizzo was posthumously awarded the Ig Nobel Prize for Safety Engineering.
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15 years anniversary
20 May 2009   Arthur Erickson, Canadian architect and urban planner, designed Roy Thomson Hall (b. 1924)
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20 May 2009   Pierre Gamarra, French author, poet, and critic (b. 1919)
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20 May 2009   Lucy Gordon, English model and actress (b. 1980)
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20 May 2009   Michael Jackson delayed the opening four nights of his 'This Is It' UK tour at London's O2 arena. Concert promoters AEG Live said the delay was necessary because the singer needed more time for dress rehearsals. The first show, on 8 July, was pushed back by five nights. Three other July dates would now not take place until March 2010.
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10 years anniversary
20 May 2014   Sandra Bem, American psychologist and academic (b. 1944)
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20 May 2014   Ross Brown, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1934)
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20 May 2014   Robyn Denny, English-French painter (b. 1930)
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20 May 2014   Arthur Gelb, American journalist, author, and critic (b. 1924)
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20 May 2014   Prince Rupert Loewenstein, Spanish-English businessman (b. 1933)
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20 May 2014   Barbara Murray, English actress (b. 1929)
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20 May 2014   More than 118 people are killed in two bombings in Jos, Nigeria.
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20 May 2014   Prince Rupert Loewenstein, the Bavarian banker credited with turning The Rolling Stones into the world's richest rock band, died at the age of 80. It was on Loewenstein's advice that the Stones became tax exiles, decamping to the South of France in the 1970s. He famously wrote he was "never a fan of the Stones' music".
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