May 20, 2005
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- Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith reaches a record high at the box offices on opening day with $50 million on 9,400 screens at 3,661 theaters worldwide, edging out Spider-Man 2's top opening day record of $40.4 million and Shrek 2's top single day record of $44.8 million. (marketwatch) (AP via Yahoo! News) (boxofficemojo.com)
- Daytime Emmys are awarded, and three records are broken. General Hospital wins Best Drama for a record eighth time, Erika Slezak of One Life to Live wins her sixth Daytime Emmy for Best Actress, and The Ellen DeGeneres Show wins five Daytime Emmys, including Best Talk Show Host, and Best Talk Show. (Washington Post)
- Reports say that five corpses are found and 200 men are safe in a high mountain encampment in the Andes after a Chilean Army instruction raid got hit by a severe storm. 47 recruits are missing and temperatures drop to -15ºC (5ºF) in the area. (Reuters)
- The town of Etoumbi in the Republic of the Congo is put under quarantine after an Ebola outbreak kills nine people. (BBC)
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Israeli troops kill one Palestinian militant as three to four Hamas, Popular Resistance Committees, and Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade militants fire mortar shells and anti-tank missiles on Israelis living in the Kfar Darom settlement in the Gaza Strip. (Haaretz) (BBC)
- 2005 Pacific hurricane season: Two people die as Hurricane Adrian makes landfall near San Salvador, El Salvador.(MSNBC)
- In Togo, talks to resolve a crisis after last month's disputed presidential election end without agreement. Refugees continue to arrive in Benin. (BBC) (Reuters AlertNet)
- After six years, the last United Nations peacekeepers have left East Timor. (Bloomberg) (BBC)
- Elections in Papua New Guinea: Bougainville in Papua New Guinea begins the first elections of its autonomous government. (National, Papua New Guinea) (Radio Australia) (BBC)
- Australian pop star Kylie Minogue is released from the hospital after surgery to treat breast cancer. (The Age)
- The Beach Boys Historic Landmark was dedicated in Hawthorne, California in a ceremony where former Beach Boys Brian Wilson, Al Jardine and David Marks were in attendance.
