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Friday, May 20, 2022.
World events on this day in the Menzies Era
1950
- 76th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Hill Prince wins in 1:59.2
1954
- Chiang Kai-shek becomes president of Nationalist China
1955
- Argentine parliament accepts separation of church & state
1956
- Atomic fusion (thermonuclear) bomb dropped from plane-Bikini Atoll
1956
- Jordan government of Samir resigns
1958
- US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)
1959
- Ford wins battle with Chrysler to call its new car "Falcon"
1959
- Japanese-Americans regain their citizenship
1959
- Shah of Persia visits Netherlands
1959
- Yanks sink to last place, 1st time since May 25, 1940
1960
- Baseball game in Milwaukee postponed due to dense fog
1961
- 87th Preakness: Johnny Sellers aboard Carry Back wins in 1:57.6
1961
- Henzes opera "Elegy for Young Lovers," premieres in Schwetzingen
1961
- Mauritania adopts constitution
1961
- White mob attacks "Freedom Riders" in Montgomery, Alabama
1962
- Patty Berg wins LPGA Muskogee Civitan Golf Open
1963
- Sukarno appointed president of Indonesia
1964
- Buster Mathis defeats Joe Fraizer to qualify for US Olympic team
1965
- Pakistani Boeing 720-B crashes at Cairo Egypt, killing 121
1965
- Yorkshire all out for 23 v Hampshire at Middlesbrough
1967
- 10,000 demonstrate against war in Vietnam
1967
- 93rd Preakness: Bill Shoemaker aboard Damascus wins in 1:55.2
1967
- BBC bans Beatle's "A Day in the Life" (drug references)
1969
- US troop capture Hill 937/Hamburger Hill Vietnam
1970
- 100,000 march in NY supporting US policies in Vietnam
1970
- 2 die in a NYC subway accident
1970
- Beatles' "Let it Be" movie premieres in UK
1971
- Pentagon reports blacks constitute 11% of US soldiers in SE Asia
1972
- "Different Times" closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 24 performances
1972
- "Hard Job Being God" closes at Edison Theater NYC after 6 performances
1972
- 5th ABA Championship: Indiana Pacers beat NY Nets, 4 games to 2
1972
- 98th Preakness: Eldon Nelson aboard Bee Bee Bee wins in 1:55.6
1972
- Cameroon adopts its constitution
1972
- Republic of Cameroon declared as constitution is ratified