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Today is Saturday, May 20, the 140th day of 2023. There are 225 days left in the year.
Today’s historical highlights:
On May 20, 1956, the United States detonated the first aerial hydrogen bomb over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
On this date:
In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act, designed to encourage settlement west of the Mississippi River by making federal land available for farming.
The Saturday Evening Post published its first Norman Rockwell cover in 1916; the illustration shows a frowning boy in his Sunday best, dutifully pushing a pram past several boy in a baseball uniform.
In 1927, Charles Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt Field on Long Island, New York, on the Spirit of St. Louis to France, his historic solo flight.
In 1932, Amelia Earhart took off from Newfoundland, becoming the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. (Due to weather and equipment problems, Earhart landed in Northern Ireland instead of her intended destination, France.)
In 1948, Chiang Kai-shek (Chang Ky-shehk) became the first president of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
In 1959, nearly 5,000 Japanese-Americans had their U.S. citizenship restored after choosing to renounce their U.S. citizenship during World War II.
In 1961, a white mob attacked a bus carrying Freedom Riders in Montgomery, Alabama, prompting the federal government to send in U.S. law enforcement officers to restore order.
In 1969, U.S. and South Vietnamese troops captured Ap Bia Mountain, known to Americans as “Hamburger Hill,” in one of the bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War.
In 1985, Radio Marti, run by the U.S. government, began broadcasting; Cuba responded by attempting to jam its signal.
In 2009, the Senate voted overwhelmingly, 90 to 6, to keep Guantanamo Bay prison open for the foreseeable future and to ban the transfer of any detainees to facilities within the United States, a rare bipartisan move by President Obama fail.
In 2015, four of the world’s largest banks — JPMorgan, Citigroup’s banking arm Citigroup, Barclays and RBS — agreed to pay more than $5 billion in fines and plead guilty to manipulating currency markets.
In 2020, President Donald Trump threatened to suspend federal funding for two election battleground states (Michigan and Nevada) that have made it easier to vote by mail during the pandemic.
Ten years ago: An EF5 tornado hit Moore, Oklahoma, killing at least 24 people and leveling 1,100 homes. former general thayn sayn became the first myanmar president to visit the white house in 47 years, where us president barack obama said he applauded the asian leader for leading the country on a “long and sometimes difficult” journey to democracy road efforts. Ray Manzarek, 74, a founding member of 1960s rock band The Doors, died in Rosenheim, Germany.
Five years ago: Venezuelan officials declared that Socialist leader Nicolás Maduro handily won the country’s presidential election; his main challenger questioned the legitimacy of a vote marred by irregularities. Lava flowing from a fissure at Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has flowed into the Pacific Ocean, injuring one person. The Vegas Golden Knights reach the Stanley Cup Finals, becoming the first NHL expansion team since 1968 to achieve the feat.
A year ago: President Joe Biden kicked off a six-day trip to Asia, visiting a South Korean computer chip factory that would serve as a model for one in Texas and showing how it works with India. Deeper connections in the Pacific region can drive technological innovation and foster vibrant democracies. Newly discovered emails reveal that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ wife, Virginia “Ginny” Thomas, is more deeply involved in an unfounded effort to overturn the 2020 election than previously known. Longtime New Yorker writer and editor Roger Angell, who contributed hundreds of articles and stories to the magazine during his 70-year career, has died at the age of 101.
Today’s birthday: Actor and writer James McEachin turns 93. Actor Anthony Zerbe is 87 years old. Actor David Proval is 81 years old. Singer and actor Cher is 77 years old. Actor and comedian Dave Thomas is 75 years old. Rock musician Warren Cann is 73 years old. Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, 72. Former New York Governor David Paterson is 69. Delaware Governor John Carney is 67 years old. Actor Dean Butler is 67 years old. Television broadcasting personality Ron Reagan is 65 years old. Rock musician Jane Wiedlin (The Go-Go’s) is 65. Actor Bronson Pinchot is 64 years old. Singer Susan Cousier is 64. Actor John Billingsley is 63 years old. Actor Tony Godwin is 63. Singer Nick Hayward is 62. TV personality Ted Allen is 58 years old. Actor Mindy Cohen is 57 years old. Rock musician Tom Gorman (belly) is 57. Actor Gina Ravera is 57 years old. Actor Timothy Olyphant is 55 years old. Former racing driver Tony Stewart is 52 years old. Rapper Busta Rhymes is 51 years old. Actor Daya Vaidya is 50 years old. Actor Matt Czuchry (zoo-KREE’) is 46. Actor Angela Goethals is 46. Actor and singer Naturi Naughton is 39 years old. Country singer Jon Pardi is 38 years old.
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