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May 20, 2013


Whitmonday

 

Cameroon: National Holiday

Canada: Victoria Day

East Timor: Independence Anniversary

 

Eliza Doolittle Day

Mecklenburg Day (North Carolina)

Weights and Measures Day

 

100th birth anniversary of engineer and entrepreneur William Hewlett (1913-2001). He cofounded Hewlett-Packard Company in 1939.

 

Birth anniversaries of Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850), Theodor Herzl (1860-1904), Dolly Madison (1768-1849), Henri Rousseau (1844-1910) and Jimmy Stewart (1908-97).

 

In 1927, Charles Lindbergh began his historic solo transatlantic flight, leaving Roosevelt Field, Long Island, NY, on this date.

 

In 1932, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. On this date she left Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, Canada, and arrived at Londonderry, Ireland, some 14 hours later.

 

 

Happy Birthday! Iker Casillas, Cher, Joe Cocker, Michael Crapo, Tony Goldwyn, Stan Mikita, Timothy Olyphant, Tahmoh Penikett, Bronson Pinchot, Ronald Prescott Reagan

 

 


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