What Happens on May 20th
2002 : East Timor, a former Portuguese colony that later became part of Indonesia, became an independent country
2000 : Chen Shui-bian served as president of Taiwan, ending 51 years of Kuomintang rule
1989: With more than a million people a day demonstrating at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, the Chinese government declares martial law
1941 : With a strong display of offensive air tactics during World War II, 3,500 German troops descended on the island of Crete
1927 : Charles Lindbergh takes off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island, NY, on his flight to Paris the Spirit of St. Louis
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