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On this day: May 20

What happened in the Turkic world on May 20? Famous people born and died on this day, key events and national days.

Births

  1. 1884 Salman Mumtaz Azerbaijani poet (1884–1941)
  2. 1937 Tursunoy Akhunova Twice Hero of Socialist Labour (1937–1983)
  3. 1946 Sabir Rustamkhanli Azerbaijani politician and writer
  4. 1970 Omurbek Babanov Kyrgyz politician
  5. 1984 Dilara Kazimova Azerbaijani singer, songwriter, dancer and actress

Deaths

  1. 1622 Osman II 16th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1618–1622)
  2. 1888 Seyid Azim Shirvani Azerbaijani poet (1835–1888)
  3. 2008 Khiuaz Dospanova Soviet Po-2 navigator in WWII and Hero of Kazakhstan (1922-2008)
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Source: Wikidata and Wikipedia. Names link to the Wikipedia article.

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