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"Boy" tour - may 20, 1981. U2 perform in Rochester, New York at Red Creek.

"War" tour - may 20, 1983. U2 perform in Detroit, Michigan at the Grand Circus Theater. Bono stops "I Fall Down" because the crowd is getting out of hand. Support is "Dream Syndicate".

"ZOOTV" tour - may 20, 1992 A show is scheduled for Milan, Italy at the Forum Di Assago. However, because one of the tour trucks has broken down in Barcelona, and attempts to fly the contents in fail, the show is cancelled. A crowd of 12,500 wait in the rain outside the venue, and at 8 pm, one hour after the doors were scheduled to be opened, rumours circulate in the crowd that the show will not go on. Riot police are called in to stand between the crowd and the venue doors. An official from the venue finally announces that the concert has been rescheduled, and the crowd leave without incident.

"Day 2 - U2 record video in Kansas City" - may 20, 1997. U2 wraps up filming of the "Last Night on Earth" video in Kansas City.

"John Abraham - Bono and Ali have their 4th child, a boy" - may 20, 2001. Bono and Ali give birth to their 4th child, a boy, in Dublin. Bono tells reporters the next day that the boy hasn't been named yet. The child is born on schedule, during an 8-day break in the Elevation Tour. His name is later revealed to be John Abraham.

Bono In Africa With US Treasury Secretary - may 20, 2002 - For two weeks Bono travels to four African countries with the US Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill. The self-described 'odd couple' of international aid diplomacy flew first to Ghana before travelling on to South Africa, Uganda and Ethiopia. The plan, hatched during meetings in Washington, is to draw attention to the needs of the poverty-stricken region, using their different positions and celebrity to spark interest in a topic that each feels much of the world ignores. U2.com

Bono in Nigeria: Travelling star keeps up pressure on aid and debt for Africa - may 20, 2006 - ...The U2 singer arrives today in Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, having already visited Lesotho, Rwanda and Tanzania to highlight the benefits of his Product RED campaign. But the tour was almost aborted before it began. Fresh from his day in the editor's chair on Monday, Bono flew to Johannesburg, but he was initially barred from entering South Africa. The reason: so extensively has he been travelling the world to whip up support for debt relief, increased aid and fairer trade terms for Africa, he didn't have a blank page left in his passport. A quick call to Nelson Mandela solved the problem, and the rock star and his entourage were waved through. ... "When people work, and they can buy their own food and take themselves to the clinics, then it means they are doing it themselves and they are not just receiving food parcels." ... "The reason Lesotho has not received debt cancellation is because it has been disciplined, it has been punished for the fact that it has been a good borrower in the past and has paid back its debts." ... "They welcomed us with open arms ... shook our hands and their eyes misted up at the right place. When we left town, they slashed the budget." ... Independent