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1916 - 109 years ago |
1 | May 20, 1916  | THE KING'S MAN 2021 Film | Dates | 20th Century: 1st Half | Events |
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 | THE KING'S MAN May 20, 1916 Date of letter regarding the influence being exerted by Rasputin. |

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1963 - 62 years ago |
2 | May 20, 1963  | THE X-FILES 1993 TV Series | Dates | 20th Century: 60s | Birth Dates |
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 | THE X-FILES May 20, 1963 Dana Scully born, per date of birth on her Lariat Rent-a-Car receipt. This date conflicts with information provided just two episodes earlier though (Lazarus), in which the month and day are established as being February 23 (same as FBI Agent Jack Willis, whom Scully dated previously). |

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1965 - 60 years ago |
3 | May 20, 1965 | FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON 1958 Literature | Dates | 20th Century: 60s | Events |
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 | FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON May 20, 1965 Charlie writes in his journal about the new dishwasher. |
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1970 - 55 years ago |
4 | May 20, 1970  | THE PRETENDER 1996 TV Series | Dates | 20th Century: 70s | Events |
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 | THE PRETENDER May 20, 1970 Date of Jarod's simulation video, in which he pretends to be a man on death row. |

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1972 - 53 years ago |
5 | May 20, 1972  | THE NIGHT STALKER 1972 Film | Dates | 20th Century: 70s | Events |
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 | THE NIGHT STALKER May 20, 1972 Kolchak visits the latest crime scene where Bonnie Reynolds, 27, divorced, cocktail waitress at the Harem Room Casino, is found dead. |

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1980 - 45 years ago |
6 | May 20, 1980  | GLITCH 2015 TV Series | Dates | 20th Century: 80s | Birth Dates |
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 | GLITCH May 20, 1980 Date of Birth for Bradley Dellar, individual featured on a Wanted posted on the wall in the Yoorana police station. |

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7 | May 20, 1980  | NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN 2007 Film | Dates | 20th Century: 80s | Events |
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 | NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN May 20, 1980 Date of phone calls on Llewelyn Moss' Southwestern Bell Telephone Company account statement. |

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1983 - 42 years ago |
8 | May 20, 1983  | FOR ALL MANKIND 2019 TV Series | Dates | 20th Century: 80s | Events |
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 | FOR ALL MANKIND May 20, 1983 Packaged date on the peanut butter and raspberry jam sandwich that Margo retrieves from the vending machine through the use of negative pressure after it gets stuck on its way down. |

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1984 - 41 years ago |
9 | May 20, 1984 | PET SEMATARY 1983 Literature | Dates | 20th Century: 80s | Events |
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 | PET SEMATARY May 20, 1984 After driving Rachel and Ellie to the Bangor airport so that they can fly back to Chicago with Rachel's parents, Louis Creed purchases a flashlight, pick, shovel, spade, rope, work gloves and a canvas tarpaulin at Watson's Hardware in Brewer before checking into a Howard Johnson's motel. At 11pm, he heads for Pleasantview Cemetery to dig up his son's body. |
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1990 - 35 years ago |
10 | May 20, 1990 | IN TIMES LIKE THESE 2013 Literature | Dates | 20th Century: 90s | Events |
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 | IN TIMES LIKE THESE: A TIME TRAVEL ADVENTURE May 20, 1990 While perusing Dr. Quickly's jump anchor cubbies, Ben discovers a turtle shell, along with a photograph of a living turtle surrounded by rolling desert hills, labeled "10 minute window - For use when all hope is lost.", in Ben's handwriting. Ben later uses the tortoise shell anchor to blinks away from the fire on January 9, 1986 to May 20, 1990, where he finds a small shack in the middle of nowhere. |
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1993 - 32 years ago |
11 | May 20, 1993  | GLITCH 2015 TV Series | Dates | 20th Century: 90s | Birth Dates |
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 | GLITCH May 20, 1993 Date of Birth for Tanya Fraser, individual featured on a Wanted posted on the wall in the Yoorana police station. |

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1998 - 27 years ago |
12 | May 20, 1998  | RESIDENT EVIL 3: NEMESIS 1999 Video Games | Dates | 20th Century: 90s | Journal Entries |
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 | RESIDENT EVIL 3: NEMESIS May 20, 1998 Date of entry in the Dead Factory Manager's Diary. |

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2000 - 25 years ago |
13 | May 20, 2000  | THE CELL 2000 Film | Dates | 21st Century: 00s | Events |
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 | THE CELL May 20, 2000 Serial killer Carl Stargher kidnaps Julia Hickson. |

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2003 - 22 years ago |
14 | May 20, 2003  | INSIDE MAN 2006 Film | Dates | 21st Century: 00s | Issued Dates |
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 | INSIDE MAN May 20, 2003 Date safe deposit box opened for Manhattan Trust Bank customer Cabiria Groccia. |

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2004 - 21 years ago |
15 | May 20, 2004  | SMALLVILLE 2001 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 00s | Issued Dates |
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 | SMALLVILLE May 20, 2004 Issued Date on the counterfeit passport for Lois to sneak her out of the country. |

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2007 - 18 years ago |
16 | May 20, 2007  | PAYCHECK 2003 Film | Dates | 21st Century: 00s | Events |
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 | PAYCHECK May 20, 2007 Michael Jennings sends himself an envelope of new personal belongings to help him change the future. |

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2010 - 15 years ago |
17 | May 20, 2010  | SMALLVILLE 2001 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 10s | Expiration Dates |
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 | SMALLVILLE May 20, 2010 Expiration Date on the counterfeit passport for Lois to sneak her out of the country. |

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2011 - 14 years ago |
18 | May 20, 2011  | FAST X 2023 Film | Dates | 21st Century: 10s | Events |
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 | FAST X May 20, 2011 Dante Reyes arrested - sociopathic son of ruthless corrupt Portuguese-Brazilian politician, businessman, and drug lord Hernan Reyes. |

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2012 - 13 years ago |
19 | May 20, 2012  | DEXTER 2006 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 10s | Events |
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 | DEXTER May 20, 2012 Date of activity on Deb's Hayden Bank account. |

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20 | May 20, 2012  | MEN IN BLACK 3 2012 Film | Dates | 21st Century: 10s | Events |
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 | MEN IN BLACK 3 May 20, 2012 Agent J travels back in time to 1969 to save Agent K and prevent a Boglodite invasion of Earth. |

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21 | May 20, 2012  | PARKS AND RECREATION 2009 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 10s | Events |
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 | PARKS AND RECREATION May 20, 2012 When the world doesn't end, Reasonableist Herb decides that he calculated the end of the world date incorrectly, and that the the new end of the world date is May 19th. But when Leslie informs him that the park is booked that day, Herb claims he misspoke, that the actual new date for the end of the world is May 20th. |

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22 | May 20, 2012  | PERSON OF INTEREST 2011 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 10s | Events |
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 | PERSON OF INTEREST May 20, 2012 Finch has been gone 24 hours. Reese calls Detectives Carter and Fusco to a restaurant for drinks at 8am. He lays out the plan - Carter will travel to Bishop, Texas with Reese to follow up on the machine number and missing girl Hanna Frey lead, while Fusco stays in New York working the Alicia Corwin case. |

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23 | May 20, 2012  | PERSON OF INTEREST 2011 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 10s | Events |
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 | PERSON OF INTEREST May 20, 2012 Statement Date on Kelly Dyson's Appleton Credit Union account statement. |

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2016 - 9 years ago |
24 | May 20, 2016  | THE OA 2016 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 10s | Events |
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 | THE OA May 20, 2016 Date of Discharge in Rachel DeGrassi's file at the Treasure Island mental hospital. |

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2020 - 5 years ago |
25 | May 20, 2020  | WESTWORLD 2015 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 20s | Events |
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 | WESTWORLD May 20, 2020 Divergence: Indonesia. Ecological collapse. |

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2021 - 4 years ago |
26 | May 20, 2021  | YOU 2018 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 20s | Events |
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 | YOU May 20, 2021 Date of charges on Joe and Love's Madre Linda Trust Bank statement for Vast Lands Coffee and Uber. |

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2025 - This year - Today! |
27 | May 20, 2025  | A MAN ON THE INSIDE 2024 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 20s | Events |
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 | A MAN ON THE INSIDE May 20, 2025 Day 17. Charles brings Calbert ice cream after hearing his story about eating ice cream with his son. |

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2026 - 1 years from now |
28 | May 20, 2026  | BLACK MIRROR 2011 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 20s | Events |
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 | BLACK MIRROR May 20, 2026 Date of note on Mike and Amanda's calendar: "Overtime / Extra Shifts". |

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29 | May 20, 2026  | FRINGE 2008 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 20s | Events |
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 | FRINGE May 20, 2026 Peter finds himself 15 years in the future. Though the device has destroyed the parallel universe, his universe is nevertheless gradually disintegrating. |

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30 | May 20, 2026  | JETT 2019 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 20s | Expiration Dates |
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 | JETT May 20, 2026 Expiration Date on Jett's United States passport under the name Margaret Chelsom. |

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2028 - 3 years from now |
31 | May 20, 2028  | PROMETHEUS 2012 Film | Dates | 21st Century: 20s | Events |
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 | PROMETHEUS May 20, 2028 Weyland labs discovers the body's ability to hypersleep. |

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2032 - 7 years from now |
32 | May 20, 2032  | PROMETHEUS 2012 Film | Dates | 21st Century: 30s and up | Events |
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 | PROMETHEUS May 20, 2032 Weyland Industries makes FTL travel possible. |

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2154 - 129 years from now |
33 | May 20, 2154  | AVATAR 2009 Film | Dates | 22nd Century and beyond | Events |
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 | AVATAR May 20, 2154 Jake Sully and Norm Spellman take their avatars out for the first time. |

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2374 - 349 years from now |
34 | May 20, 2374  | STAR TREK: VOYAGER 1995 TV Series | Dates | 22nd Century and beyond | Events |
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 | STAR TREK: VOYAGER May 20, 2374 The Year of Hell, Day 65. Janeway's birthday. The power grid on Deck 11 has been completely destroyed, rendering the replicator system nearly inoperative, limited to emergency rations only. Seven decks have lost life support, forcing the surviving crew into close quarters. |

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Year Unknown |
35 | May 20  | BLACK MIRROR 2011 TV Series | Dates | No Year | Events |
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 | BLACK MIRROR May 20 Date on calendar page that flashes by when Brandy Friday is stuck in the Redream Hotel Reverie Reborn movie program while technicians work to restart the session. Year not specified, but with Hotel Reverie being inspired by Casablanca, most likely sometime in the early 1940s. |

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36 | May 20  | MY FAIR LADY 1964 Film | Dates | No Year | Events |
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 | MY FAIR LADY May 20 Eliza Doolittle claims that the King of England will designate May 20 as the annual holiday Eliza Doolittle Day. Eliza Doolittle: "One evening the king will say, 'Oh, Liza, old thing, I want all of England your praises to sing. Next week on the twentieth of May, I proclaim Liza Doolittle Day." |

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37 | May 20  | THE SHINING 1980 Film | Dates | No Year | Events |
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 | THE SHINING May 20 The Overlook Hotel opens for the season, according to the Title Card in the deleted hospital scene from the original ending: The Overlook Hotel would survive this tragedy, as it had so many others. It is still open each year from May 20th to September 20th. It is closed for the winter. |

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38 | May 20  | THE SIMPSONS 1989 Animated Series | Dates | No Year | Events |
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 | THE SIMPSONS May 20 Date of the Boys vs. Girls Home Ec bake-off finale, posted on bulletin board at Shelbyville High School, from flashback sequence. |

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