This Day In History
May 20
Vasco da Gama reaches India Christopher Columbus dies Battle of Barren Hill, Pennsylvania The Homestead Act Lincoln signs Homestead Act Union Congress passes the Homestead Act Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive patent for blue jeans Levi Strauss patents copper-riveted jeans British renew attacks in Battle of Festubert Spirit of St. Louis departs Germans break through to English Channel at Abbeville, France W.H. Auden becomes a U.S. citizen French see "light at the end of the tunnel" in Vietnam United States drops hydrogen bomb over Bikini Atoll Plane crashes at Cairo airport Battle for Hamburger Hill ends Kennedy criticizes the "Hamburger Hill" battle Sunday Silence wins Preakness by a nose Street in front of the White House closed to traffic Supreme Court defends rights of homosexuals Frank Sinatra is laid to rest Mary Kay Letourneau marries former victim The Simpsons airs 400th episode
Vasco da Gama reaches India Christopher Columbus dies Battle of Barren Hill, Pennsylvania The Homestead Act Lincoln signs Homestead Act Union Congress passes the Homestead Act Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive patent for blue jeans Levi Strauss patents copper-riveted jeans British renew attacks in Battle of Festubert Spirit of St. Louis departs Germans break through to English Channel at Abbeville, France W.H. Auden becomes a U.S. citizen French see "light at the end of the tunnel" in Vietnam United States drops hydrogen bomb over Bikini Atoll Plane crashes at Cairo airport Battle for Hamburger Hill ends Kennedy criticizes the "Hamburger Hill" battle Sunday Silence wins Preakness by a nose Street in front of the White House closed to traffic Supreme Court defends rights of homosexuals Frank Sinatra is laid to rest Mary Kay Letourneau marries former victim The Simpsons airs 400th episode
