By The Associated Press
                - Today is Thursday, May 20, the 140th day of 1999. There are 225 days
                  left in the year.

                - In 1861, the capital of the Confederacy was moved from Montgomery,
                  Ala., to Richmond, Va.
                - In 1902, the U.S. ended its occupation of Cuba.
                - In 1932, Amelia Earhart took off from Newfoundland for Ireland to
                  become the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.
                - In 1939, regular transatlantic air service began as a Pan American
                  Airways plane, the Yankee Clipper, took off from Port Washington,
                  N.Y., bound for Europe.
                - In 1961, a white mob attacked a busload of Freedom Riders in
                  Montgomery, Ala., prompting the federal government to send in U.S.
                  marshals to restore order.
                - In 1969, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces captured Apbia Mountain,
                  referred to as "Hamburger Hill" by the Americans, following one of
                  the bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War.
                - In 1970, some 100,000 people demonstrated in New York's Wall Street
                  district in support of U.S. policy in Vietnam and Cambodia.
                - Ten years ago: During China's pro-democracy protests, Beijing
                  officials ordered CBS and CNN to end their live on-scene reports.
                  Comedian Gilda Radner died in Los Angeles at age 42.
                - Five years ago: Tributes poured in following the death of Jacqueline
                  Kennedy Onassis. President Clinton said of the former first lady,
                  "She captivated our nation and the world with her intelligence, her
                  elegance and her grace."
                - One year ago: The House voted overwhelmingly to block future
                  satellite exports to China. The government unveiled the design for
                  the new $20 bill, featuring a larger and slightly off-center
                  portrait of Andrew Jackson. In Beverly Hills, Calif., Hollywood
                  royalty bid farewell to Frank Sinatra, who had died almost a week
                  earlier at age 82, in a private, invitation-only funeral.

                *Happy Birthday*
                - Actor James McEachin is 69.
                - Actor Anthony Zerbe is 63.
                - Singer Joe Cocker is 55.
                - Singer-actress Cher is 53.
                - Actor-comedian Dave Thomas is 50.
                - Musician Warren Cann is 47.
                - Actor Dean Butler is 43.
                - Ron Reagan is 41.
                - Rock musician Jane Wiedlin (The Go-Go's) is 41.
                - Actor Bronson Pinchot is 40.
                - Actor Tony Goldwyn is 39.
                - Singer Susan Cowsill (The Cowsills) is 39.
                - Singer Nick Heyward is 38.
                - Actress Mindy Cohn is 33.
                - Rock musician Tom Gorman (Belly) is 33.
                - Rapper Buster Rhymes is 27.