Today in History - History - May 20th

1997US President Clinton signs an executive order barring new US investment in Burma (also known as Myanmar), effective May 21 and renewable annually

1991Chic Bull Michael Jordan, named NBA's MVP

1983Michael Dokes & Mike Weaver fight to a draw in 15 for hw boxing title

1988Mike Schmidt hits his 535th HR, moving into 8th place

1891History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.

1927At 7:40 AM, pilot Charles Lindbergh takes off from NY to cross Atlantic for Paris

1932Amelia Earhart leaves Newfoundland 1st woman fly solo across Atlantic

1985Larry Holmes beats Carl Williams in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1873Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis patent first blue jeans with copper rivets

1973Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Bluegrass Golf Invitational

1944Joe Cocker, Sheffield England, rock vocalist (Little Help From My Friends)

1946Cher [Cherilyn Sarkisian], El Centro, California, American singer and actress (I Got You Babe, Jack Lalane, Mask)

1806John Stuart Mill, UK, philosopher/political economist/Utilitarian

1908Jimmy Stewart [James], Indiana Pennsylvania, American actor (Mr Smith Goes to Washington, It's a Wonderful Life)

2002Stephen Jay Gould, American paleontologist (b. 1941)

2012Robin Gibb, British singer song-writer, dies from colon and liver cancer at 62