Saturday, May 20, 2000
History today -- 1:10 pm CST, Update by The Master
- 1506: Christopher Columbus dies in poverty in Spain.
- 1861: North Carolina votes to secede from the Union. The Capital of the Confederacy is moved from Montgomery, AL, to Richmond, VA.
- 1902: The U.S. ends its occupation of Cuba.
- 1927: Charles Lindbergh takes off from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, NY, in his aircraft "Spirit of St. Louis" on his historic solo flight to France.
- 1932: Amelia Earhart takes off from Newfoundland for Ireland to become the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.
- 1939: Regular transatlantic air service begins with a PanAm Airways aircraft, the Yankee Clipper, takes off from Port Washington, NY, bound for Europe.
- 1969: US and Vietnamese forces capture Apbia Mountain, known as "Hamburger Hill" by American forces, in one of the bloodiest battles of the Vietnam conflict.
- 1995: A two block stretch of Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House is permanently closed as a security measure.
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