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May 20th, 2008EventUnited States Senator Ted Kennedy is diagnosed with a brain tumor.
May 20th, 2008EventMa Ying-jeou is sworn in as President of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
May 20th, 2008DeathHamilton Jordan, former Carter White House Chief of Staff (born in 1944)
May 20th, 2007DeathNorman Von Nida, Australian golfer (born in 1914)
May 20th, 2005DeathPaul Ricoeur, French philosopher (born in 1913)
May 20th, 2005DeathWilliam Seawell, United States Army Brigadier General (born in 1918)
May 20th, 2002EventThe independence of East Timor is recognized by Portugal, formally ending 23 years of Indonesian rule and 3 years of provisional UN administration (Portugal itself was the former colonizer of East Timor until 1976).
May 20th, 2002DeathStephen Jay Gould, American paleontologist (born in 1941)
May 20th, 2001DeathRenato Carosone, Italian musician (born in 1920)
May 20th, 2000DeathJean Pierre Rampal, French flutist (born in 1922)

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