| Track | Year | Event | Artist | Song | Album |
| 1 | 1497 | John Cabot sets sail from Bristol, England, on his ship Matthew looking for a route to the west (other documents give a May 2 date). | The Dovells | Bristol Stomp | The Greatest Hits of the 60s |
| 2. | 1570 | Cartographer Abraham Ortelius issues the first modern atlas. | Battles | Atlas | Mirrored |
| 3. | 1609 | Shakespeare's sonnets are first published in London, perhaps illicitly, by the publisher Thomas Thorpe. | Bright Eyes | A Perfect Sonnet | Every Day and Every Night |
| 4. | 1862 | U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the Homestead Act into law. | The Carter Family | The Homestead on the Farm | The Collection |
| 5. | 1873 | Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets. | Jimmy Clanton | Venus in Blue Jeans | 25 Great Original Oldies |
| 6. | 1916 | The Saturday Evening Post publishes its first cover with a Norman Rockwell painting (Boy with Baby Carriage). | There Is No Shining Heart | Rockwell | There Is No Shining Heart |
(Historical facts about May 20 are from Wikipedia.)
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