Happened the 20th of May

• Charles Lindbergh, Spirit of St. Louis, departs from New York (1927)
• Cristoforo Colombo dies in Valladoid (1506)
• Vasco da Gama reaches India (1498)

Born the 20th of May

• Cher (1946)
• Joe Cocker (1944)
• Jimmy Stewart (1908)
• Nereo Rocco (1907)