It happened on this day, May 20
events:
325 – The first Ecumenical Council of the Churches of the world is held in Nicaea.
526 – An earthquake in Syria kills 300,000 people.
1293 – King Sancho IV of Castile founded the “Castle School of General Studies”, which is today the most prestigious Spanish university.
✴️ A major earthquake near Nara led to the burning of many buildings, including Kincho-ji, and the deaths of more than 20,000 people.
1498 – Portuguese sailor Vasco da Gama arrives in Kozhikode, India.
1622 – Janissaries kill Sultan Osman II, leading to the return of former Sultan Mustafa I to the throne of the Ottoman Empire.
1873 – Levi Strauss patented blue jeans with copper buttons.
1902 – Cuba gains independence from the United States and declares a republic.
1927 – The United Kingdom recognizes the sovereignty of King Abdulaziz bin Saud over the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd in accordance with the Treaty of Jeddah.
1934 – Signing of the Treaty of Taif, declaring the end of the war between Yemen and Saudi Arabia.
1948 – The Security Council decides on a ceasefire in Palestine and appoints Count Folke Bernadotte as mediator.
1963 – Ahmad Sukarno is elected president of Indonesia for life.
2002 – East Timor gains independence from Indonesia.
2004 – An Israeli court convicts Marwan Barghouti for his involvement in the murder of 5 Israelis.
2007 – Clashes between the Lebanese army and the Fatah al-Islam group in Tripoli and several regions of northern Lebanon, after the Lebanese army attempted to arrest members of the organization accused of robbing a bank . the army and the members of the group.
✴️ Brazilian footballer Romario scores his thousandth goal on the field.
2009 – The Emir of the State of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, reassigns Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah to form the new government for the sixth time in three years.
2015 – Islamic State (IS) takes control of the city of Palmyra in Syria and UNESCO fears the city's world monuments could be demolished.
✴️ The US director of national intelligence reveals what he called the Osama bin Laden library, which contains a collection of 409 documents, books and letters found during his assassination.
2017 – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani wins a second term in Iranian presidential elections.
2018 – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro wins a third term after announcing the results of the presidential election, winning 67.8% of the vote.
2019 – Omani novelist Jokha Al Harithi won the Man Booker International Prize for her novel “Ladies of the Moon”, becoming the first Arab personality to win the prize.
2020 – According to World Health Organization estimates, the coronavirus disease sets a record number of infections recorded in one day, with 106,000 people infected, and the number of people infected by the pandemic rises to 5 million people worldwide, including more than 327,000 deaths and approximately 1,900,000 cases. She recovered.
2021 – The voting process in the presidential elections of the Syrian Arab Republic begins for Syrians residing outside Syria, starting with Australia.
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Births:
1799 – Honoré de Balzac, French writer.
1806 – John Stuart Mill, English philosopher and economist.
1822 – Frédéric Passy, French economist who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1901.
1830 – Hector Malo, French writer.
1860 – Eduard Buchner, German chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1907.
1882 – Sigrid Undset, Norwegian writer who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928.
1883 – King Faisal I, king of the Kingdom of Iraq.
1910 – Amina Al-Saeed, Egyptian writer.
1915 – Moshe Dayan, Israeli soldier and politician.
1925 – Ahmed Shawky Ibrahim, Egyptian doctor and television presenter.
1929 – Ahmed Hamdi, Egyptian engineer and soldier.
1935 – José Mujica, Prime Minister of Uruguay.
(1945-MuhammadAl-Mufarrehaudian actor
1946 – Cher, American singer and actress.
1948 – Teishō Genda, Japanese voice actor.
1952 – Vadim Zhuk, Belarusian football referee.
** Roger Milla, Cameroonian footballer.
1958 – Omar Shabana, Jordanian poet.
1961 Clive Allen, English footballer and manager.
** Nasser Al-Zahidi, German physician and author.
1966 – Taher Mamli, Syrian composer and composer.
1968 – Timothy Olyphant, American actor.
1977 – Leo Franco, Argentine footballer. Fatima Al-Shorouki, Qatari actress.
1981 – Iker Casillas, Spanish football goalkeeper.
1982 – Petr Cech, Czech football goalkeeper.
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Death:
685 – Ecgfrith, king of Northumbria.
973 – Abu Al-Ala Al-Maarri, Arab poet.
1506 – Christopher Columbus, Italian traveler and explorer.
1622 – Sultan Osman II, Ottoman sultan.
1648 – King Władysław IV, king of Poland.
1896 – Clara Schumann, German musician.
1940 – Werner von Heidenstam, Swedish writer who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1916.
1947 – Philipp Anton Lennard, German physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1905.
1965 – Muhammad Al-Bashir Al-Ibrahimi, writer, historian, vice-president of the Association of Algerian Muslim Scholars 1949.
1983 – Mimi Shakib, Egyptian actress.
1984 – Rahmat Mostafavi, Iranian lawyer, journalist and writer.
1988 – Amer Al-Sayyid Othman, Sheikh of all Egyptian reciters.
1989 – John Hicks, English economist, Nobel Prize in Economics in 1972.
1994 – James Augustine Shannon, American nephrologist.
2000 – Malik Seely, American basketball player.
2002 – Sheikh Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti minister.
2006 – Sanaa Younis, Egyptian actress.
2009 – Helen Al-Khal, Lebanese painter.
2011 – Randy Savage, American wrestler.
2012 – Abdel Basset Al-Megrahi, a Libyan convicted in the Lockerbie affair.
2014 – Abolqasem Safdari, Iranian poet and journalist.
2015 – Abdelaziz Bennani, Moroccan General Doucoure Darmi.
2019 – Niki Lauda, German Formula 1 driver.
2021 – Samir Ghanem, Egyptian actor.
2024 – Ebrahim Raisi, President of Iran
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Holidays and Occasions:
◀️ National Day in Cameroon.
◀️ National holiday in East Timor.
◀️ World Metrology Day.
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