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May 20th

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630 Notable birthdays

Mikhail Veller

Russian-estonian writer (born 1948).

Born May 20th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Kamianets-Podilskyi.

Hidde ter Avest

Dutch footballer (born 1997).

Born May 20th, 1997 (age 29 years) in Wierden.

Marcelino dos Santos

Mozambican politician (1929-2020).

Born May 20th, 1929 in Lumbo.

Died February 11th, 2020 at 90 years old in Maputo. [ref]

Nikki Hamblin

New zealand middle-distance runner.

Born May 20th, 1988 (age 38 years) in Dorchester.

Garretson W. Gibson

Liberian politician (1832-1910).

Born May 20th, 1832 in Baltimore.

Died April 26th, 1910 at 77 years old in Monrovia.

Winfried Otto Schumann

German geophysicist (1888-1974).

Born May 20th, 1888 in Tübingen.

Died September 22nd, 1974 at 86 years old in Munich.

Abbey Hoes

Dutch actress.

Born May 20th, 1994 (age 32 years) in Rotterdam.

Oskar Pietuszewski

Polish professional footballer.

Born May 20th, 2008 (age 18 years) in Poland.

Lyda Roberti

Actress (1906-1938).

Born May 20th, 1906 in Warsaw.

Died March 12th, 1938 at 31 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).

Serghei Cleșcenco

Moldovan footballer.

Born May 20th, 1972 (age 54 years) in Criuleni.

Courtney Whitney

American army general.

Born May 20th, 1897 in Washington, D.C..

Died March 21st, 1969 at 71 years old in Washington, D.C..

Bob Sweikert

Racecar driver.

Born May 20th, 1926 in Los Angeles.

Died June 17th, 1956 at 30 years old in Salem (traffic collision).

Dubravka Šuica

Croatian politician.

Born May 20th, 1957 (age 69 years) in Dubrovnik.

Reinaldo Merlo

Argentine footballer (born 1950).

Born May 20th, 1950 (age 76 years) in Buenos Aires.

Aleksei Guskov

Soviet and russian actor and producer (born 1958).

Born May 20th, 1958 (age 68 years) in Brzeg.

Gustaw Herling-Grudziński

Polish writer, world war ii underground fighter, and political dissident (1919–2000).

Born May 20th, 1919 in Kielce.

Died July 4th, 2000 at 81 years old in Naples.

Israel Gutman

Polish-born israeli histoiran and holocaust survivor (1923-2013).

Born May 20th, 1923 in Warsaw.

Died October 1st, 2013 at 90 years old in Jerusalem.

Mykola Kravchenko

Ukrainian public and political figure, chief ideologue of the far-right azov battalion.

Born May 20th, 1983 in Liubotyn.

Died March 14th, 2022 at 38 years old in Horenka (death in battle).

David M. Walker

American astronaut (1944-2001).

Born May 20th, 1944 in Columbus.

Died April 23rd, 2001 at 56 years old in Houston (stroke).

Alejo Vidal-Quadras Roca

Spanish politician and physicist, former vice president of the european parliament (1999-2014).

Born May 20th, 1945 (age 81 years) in Barcelona. [ref]

Bernardino Caballero

Paraguayan politician (1839-1912).

Born May 20th, 1839 in Ybycuí.

Died February 26th, 1912 at 72 years old in Asunción.

Franciszek Macharski

Polish cardinal of the roman catholic church (1927-2016).

Born May 20th, 1927 in Kraków.

Died August 2nd, 2016 at 89 years old in Kraków. [ref]

Charles A. Reich

American lawyer (1928–2019).

Born May 20th, 1928 in New York City.

Died June 15th, 2019 at 91 years old in San Francisco.

Roberta Pinotti

Italian politician.

Born May 20th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Genoa.

Matan Vilnai

Israeli politician.

Born May 20th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Jerusalem. [ref]

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