Event:
Walter McConnel, 57, is oldest to reach 27,000' Mount Everest top
More Notable Events on May 20:
1992 India launches its 1st satellite independently
1989 China declares martial law in Beijing
1954 Chiang Kai-shek becomes president of Nationalist China
1940 Igor Sikorsky unveils his helicopter invention
1932 Amelia Earhart leaves Newfoundland 1st woman fly solo across Atlantic
