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- 1654
- Neu-Kurland Kolonie is established by the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia in present-day Tobago.
- 1762
- Real Hospital de Antiguones is inaugurated in Cartagena, Spain.
- 1840
- Abney Park Cemetery opens in London, United Kingdom.
- 1933
- Midōsuji Line opens between Umeda and Shinsaibashi in Osaka, becoming Japan's second subway.
- 1960
- Place Vanier Common Block, part of the Place Vanier student housing complex, is inaugurated at the University of British Columbia.
- 2002
- Saint Louis College of Tuguegarao becomes the University of St. Louis Tuguegarao in the Philippines.
This is a selection of establishments and disestablishments on May 20, based on OpenHistoricalMap data, that automatically appears on the OpenHistoricalMap page on May 20 of each year. This list highlights important changes in the world, as well as more mundane events that demonstrate the project's ambitious tendency toward micromapping history.
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