Today in History for 20th May 2018:
Historical Events
1571 – Venice, Spain and Pope Pius form anti-Turkish Saint League
1945 – Keith Miller scores 105 in the 1st Victory Test Cricket at Lord’s
1973 – 25th Emmy Awards: Waltons, All in the Family and Mary Tyler Moore win
1976 – USSR performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan USSR
1983 – Larry Holmes beats Tim Witherspoon in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
2006 – 51st Eurovision Song Contest: Lordi for Finland wins singing “Hard Rock Hallelujah” in Athens
Famous Birthdays
1769 – Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician (d. 1835)
1860 – Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1917)
1927 – Franciszek Macharski, Polish Cardinal, Archbishop of Krakow (1978-2005), born in Krakow (d. 2016)
1943 – Deryck Murray, cricket wicket-keeper (West Indian 1963-80)
1943 – Martin Honeysett, British cartoonist (Punch, Private Eye), born in Hereford (d. 2015)
1944 – Dietrich Mateschitz, Austrian businessman
Famous Deaths
1722 – Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (b. 1669)
1896 – Clara Schumann, German pianist and composer of the Romantic era, dies of a stroke at 76
1972 – Walter Winchell, columnist/narrator (Untouchables), dies at 75
1991 – Julian Orbon De Soto, composer, dies at 65
1994 – Vivien John, English painter and daughter of Augustus John, dies at 79
2000 – Malik Sealy, American basketball player (b. 1970)