20 May in Australian History

Here are some of the events that happened on this day in Australian history. Please feel free to add others that you know of in the comments section.

• 1941 – The Battle of Crete, involving the Australian 6th Division (pictured), begins.
• 1997 – A Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission report calls for an apology for an early government policy of removing Aboriginal children from their parents and placing them in institutions.

International Observances.

• Day of Remembrance (Cambodia)
• Emancipation Day (Florida)
• European Maritime Day (European Council)
• Independence Restoration Day, celebrates the independence of East Timor from Indonesia in 2002.
• Josephine Baker Day (NAACP)
• National Awakening Day (Indonesia), and its related observances:
  – Indonesian Doctor Day (Indonesia)
• National Day (Cameroon)
• World Bee Day
• World Metrology Day
• In China, May 20 is observed as a celebration of romantic love, because the digits 520 (Chinese: 五二零; pinyin: wǔ èr líng) sound similar to…