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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_20" title="May 20">May 20</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Day_of_Remembrance_(Cambodia)" title="National Day of Remembrance (Cambodia)">National Day of Remembrance</a></b> in Cambodia (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975" title="1975">1975</a>); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budi_Utomo" title="Budi Utomo">National Awakening Day</a></b> in Indonesia (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1908" title="1908">1908</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/685" title="685">685</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picts" title="Picts">Picts</a> defeated the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northumbria" title="Northumbria">Northumbrians</a> at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dun_Nechtain" title="Battle of Dun Nechtain">Battle of Dun Nechtain</a></b>, severely weakening the latter's power in northern Great Britain.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1811" title="1811">1811</a> – A British squadron under <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Marsh_Schomberg" title="Charles Marsh Schomberg">Charles Marsh Schomberg</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tamatave" title="Battle of Tamatave">defeated a French force</a></b> off <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toamasina" title="Toamasina">Tamatave</a>, Madagascar, that was attempting to reinforce the French garrison on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritius" title="Mauritius">Mauritius</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1943" title="1943">1943</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luttra_Woman" title="Luttra Woman">Luttra Woman</a></b>, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bog_body" title="Bog body">bog body</a> from the Early <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neolithic" title="Neolithic">Neolithic</a> period, was discovered near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luttra" title="Luttra">Luttra</a>, Sweden.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1947" title="1947">1947</a> – The first session of the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Diet" title="National Diet">National Diet</a></b> opened in Tokyo, Japan.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013" title="2013">2013</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Moore_tornado" title="2013 Moore tornado">A tornado</a></b> struck <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore,_Oklahoma" title="Moore, Oklahoma">Moore</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma" title="Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a>, United States, killing 24 people and causing an estimated $2 billion of damage.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honor%C3%A9_de_Balzac" title="Honoré de Balzac">Honoré de Balzac</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1799); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrid_Kirchherr" title="Astrid Kirchherr">Astrid Kirchherr</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1938); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cher" title="Cher">Cher</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1946)</p>
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