TUESDAY, MAY 20, 2014
Today is Tuesday, May 20, the 140th day of 2015. There are 225 days left in the year.
526 ― Earthquake kills 250,000 in Antioch, Syria
1310 ― Shoes were made for both right and left feet
1498 ― Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrives at Calcutta, India
1874 ― Levi Strauss markets blue jeans with copper rivets, price $13.50 doz.
1900 ― Second modern Olympic Games opens in Paris, France (lasted five months)
1926 ― Thomas Edison says Americans prefer silent movies over talkies
1927 ― At 7:40 a.m., Lindbergh takes off from New York to cross Atlantic for Paris
1940 ― Igor Sikorsky unveils his helicopter invention
1944 ― U.S. Communist Party dissolves
1991 ― Chicago Bull Michael Jordan, named NBA's MVP