June 20
Appearance
June 20is the 171st day of the year (172nd inleap years) in theGregorian calendar.There are 194 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
[change|change source]Up to 1950
[change|change source]- 451- TheBattle of Chalons,Flavius Aetius' victory overAttila the Hun.
- 1214–University of Oxfordreceives its charter.
- 1605-TsarFeodor III of Russiais murdered.
- 1631– Thesack of Baltimore:theIrishvillage of Baltimore was attacked byAlgerianpirates.
- 1667-Pope Clement IXis elected.
- 1685–Monmouth Rebellion:TheDuke of Monmouthdeclared himself King of England atBridgwater.
- 1756– English garrison imprisoned in theBlack Hole of Calcutta.
- 1782– TheU.S. Congressadopts theGreat Seal of the United States.
- 1789– Deputies of the FrenchThird Estatetook theTennis Court Oath
- 1791– TheFlight to Varennesbegan.
- 1819– The US vesselSavannaharrives atLiverpool.She is the first steam-propelled vessel to cross the Atlantic, most of the journey was made under sail.
- 1837–Queen Victoriasucceeds to the British throne.
- 1840-Samuel Morsereceives apatentfor thetelegraph.
- 1862–Barbu Catargiuis assassinated inRomania.
- 1863–West Virginiais admitted as the 35thU.S. state.
- 1877–Alexander Graham Bellinstalls world's first commercialtelephoneservice inHamiltonOntario.
- 1884- ThePentre IfanNeolithicsite inPembrokeshire,westWales,gets the special status of a "ScheduledMonument".
- 1887-Victoria Terminus,the busiest railway station inIndia,opens inBombay.
- 1893–Lizzie Bordenis found innocent of murdering her stepmother and father.
- 1895- TheKiel Canal,crossing the base of theJutlandpeninsula in NorthernGermany,is officially opened.
- 1900– InChina,theBoxer Rebellionbegins.
- 1919– 150 die at theTeatro Yaguezfire,Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
- 1921- Workers of the Buckingham and Carnatic Mills inChennai,India,begin a four-month strike.
- 1939–Benny Goodman'sSong Schoolends its radio series.
- 1940-World War II:Italybegins
- 1943- TheDetroitrace riots break out.
- 1944-World War II:TheBattle of the Philippine Seafinishes, with a decisiveUSNaval victory.
- 1944- Continuation War: TheSoviet Uniondemands the unconditional surrender ofFinland,which the Finnishgovernmentrefuses.
- 1945- TheUnited States Secretary of Stateapproves the transfer ofWernher von Braunand his team ofNazirocketscientiststo theUS.
- 1948–Toast of the Town,laterThe Ed Sullivan Show,debuts.
1951 – 2000
[change|change source]- 1954-1954 FIFA World Cup:West Germanyloses a group game 8-3 to theHungary national football team,which they go on to beat 3-2 in the final.
- 1956– AVenezuelanSuper-Constellationcrashed inAtlantic Oceanoff Ashbury Park,New Jerseykilling 74 people
- 1959- A rare JunehurricanestrikesCanada'sGulf of Saint Lawrence,killing 35 people.
- 1960– Independence ofMaliandSenegal.
- 1963– "Hotline" established betweenSoviet UnionandUnited States.
- 1966–Canadasells 336 million bushels ofwheattoSoviet Union.
- 1969–Jacques Chaban-Delmasbecomes Prime Minister ofFrance.
- 1973- Ezeiza massacre inBuenos Aires- Snipers fire on left-wingPeronists,killing 13 people.
- 1976- TheCzechoslovakia national football teamdefeats theWest Germany national football teamto winUEFA Euro 1976.
- 1977-Menachem BeginbecomesPrime Minister of Israel.
- 1977– Oil begins to flow through theTrans-Alaska Pipeline System(TAPS).
- 1979-ABC NewscorrespondentBill Stewartis shot dead by aNicaraguansoldier under the regime ofAnastasio Somoza Debayle.
- 1980–Roberto Duranstarts his classicbo xingtrilogy withSugar Ray Leonardby defeating him inCanadaby a decision in 15 rounds, to gain theWBCworld Welterweight championship.
- 1981–Iranis taken over by what is now known as the Islamic Republic of Iran after two and a half years of intimidation.
- 1982-Jacky Ickxwins the 24-hour motor race atLe Mans,France.
- 1990–AsteroidEurekais discovered.
- 1991–Germanparliament decides to move thecapital cityfromBonnback toBerlin.
- 1992-Estoniatakes theKroonas its nationalcurrency.
- 1994- InMashad,Iran,abombattack on amosquekills 26 people and injures 80.
- 1995- InKenyatheSafinapolitical party is founded byRichard Leakeyand opposition activists.
From 2001
[change|change source]- 2001–Pervez MusharrafbecomesPresidentofPakistan
- 2001–Andrea Yatesdrowns her children in a bathtub and admits the crime. She was later sentenced to life inprison.
- 2003– Formation ofWikimedia Foundationis announced.
- 2009– InTehran,studentNeda Agha-Soltanis shot dead. As it happened during post-election protests, she becomes a symbol of theIranianopposition.
- 2010-Juan Manuel Santosis electedPresidentofColombia.
- 2012-Antonis SamarasbecomesPrime MinisterofGreece,after a second election in the space of six weeks, during the country's economic crisis.
- 2013- At 1 p.m., the 3-hour PSI reading in Singapore reached record levels once again with a reading of 371 in theHazardousrange, as Singapore experienced its worst haze to date.[1]
- 2014-2014 FIFA World Cup:Costa Ricasecures a place in the second round after beatingItaly1-0, from a group also containingEnglandandUruguay.It is one of the surprises of the tournament.
- 2019-Iranshoots down a USsurveillancedroneover theStrait of Hormuz;US PresidentDonald Trumplater admits to having ordered a strike onIranwhich he later cancelled.
- 2019-Boris JohnsonandJeremy Huntbecome the final two candidates for the leadership of the BritishConservative Partyand the post ofPrime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Births
[change|change source]Up to 1900
[change|change source]- 1005-Ali az-Zahir,Egyptiancaliph(d.1036)
- 1389-John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford(d.1435)
- 1469-Gian Galeazzo Sforza,consort ofIsabella of Naples(d.1496)
- 1566–Sigismund III Vasa,King ofPolandandSweden(d.1632)
- 1583-Jacob De la Gardie,Swedishsoldierandstatesman(d.1652)
- 1634-Charles Emmanuel II of Savoy(d.1675)
- 1642-George Hickes,Englishtheologianandwriter(d.1715)
- 1647-John George III, Elector of Saxony(d.1691)
- 1717-Jacques Saly,Frenchsculptor(d.1776)
- 1723–Adam Ferguson,Scottishphilosopherand historian (d.1816)
- 1737-Tokugawa Ieharu,Japaneseshogun(d.1786)
- 1753-Antoine de Rivarol,French writer (d.1801)
- 1754-Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt(d.1832)
- 1756-Joseph Martin Kraus,German composer (d.1792)
- 1760-Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley,Britishstatesman(d.1842)
- 1763-Wolfe Tone,Irishlawyerand independence campaigner (d.1798)
- 1771-Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk,Scottish philanthropist (d.1820)
- 1778-Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac,Frenchstatesman(d.1832)
- 1786-Marceline Desbordes-Valmore,French writer (d.1859)
- 1819–Jacques Offenbach,German-French composer (d.1880)
- 1832-Benjamin Bristow,American politician (d.1896)
- 1833-Leon Bonnat,French painter (d.1922)
- 1858–Charles W. Chesnutt,American writer (d.1932)
- 1860-Alexander Winton,Scottishautomobiledesigner and racer (d.1932)
- 1860-Jack Worrall,Australiancricketerandfootballer(d.1932)
- 1861–Frederick Gowland Hopkins,Englishchemist,won the 1929Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine(d.1947)
- 1862-Marco Praga,Italianplaywright(d.1929)
- 1869-Lucy Kemp-Welch,English painter (d.1958)
- 1872-George Carpenter,5thGeneralof theSalvation Army(d.1948)
- 1875-Reginald Punnett,Britishgeneticist(d.1967)
- 1884-Johannes Heinrich Schultz,Germanpsychiatrist(d.1970)
- 1887-Kurt Schwitters,German painter and writer (d.1948)
- 1889-John S. Paraskevopoulos,Greek-South Africanastronomer(d.1951)
- 1891–John A. Costello,IrishTaoiseach(d.1976)
- 1891-Giannina Arangi-Lombardi,Italiansoprano(d.1951)
- 1896-Wilfrid Pelletier,Canadianconductor,pianist,composerandartsadministrator (d.1982)
- 1897–Elisabeth Hauptmann,German writer (d.1973)
- 1897-Jimmy Driftwood,American folk musician andsongwriter(d.1998)
- 1899-Jean Moulin,French resistance leader (d.1943)
1901 – 1950
[change|change source]- 1902-Juan Evaristo,Argentinefootballer(d.1978)
- 1905–Lillian Hellman,Americanplaywright(d.1984)
- 1906-Bob King,American high jumper (d.1965)
- 1907-Jimmy Driftwood,Americansinger-songwriterandbanjoplayer (d.1998)
- 1909–Errol Flynn,Australian-American actor (d.1959)
- 1913–Lilian Jackson Braun,American writer (d.2011)
- 1913-Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona,Spanish royal, father of KingJuan Carlos I of Spain(d.1993)
- 1915-Terence Young,Britishscreenwriteranddirector(d.1994)
- 1916-Jean-Jacques Bertrand,21stPremierofQuebec(d.1973)
- 1917-Helena Rasiowa,Polishmathematician(d.1994)
- 1920-Man Mohan Adhikari,Nepalesepolitician (d.1999)
- 1920-Eduardo Mondlane,Mozambicanpolitical activist (d.1969)
- 1923-Jerzy Nowak,Polish actor (d.2013)
- 1923-Peter Gay,German-Americanhistorian,educator andwriter(d.2015)
- 1924–Chet Atkins,Americanguitaristand producer (d.2001)
- 1924–Fritz Koenig,Germansculptor(d.2017)
- 1924-Rainer Barzel,German politician (d.2006)
- 1925-Audie Murphy,Americansoldier,actorandsongwriter(d.1971)
- 1925-Doris Hart,Americantennisplayer (d.2015)
- 1926-Giovanni Viola,Italianfootballer(d.2008)
- 1927-Simin Behbahani,Iranianpoet(d.2014)
- 1927–Josef Posipal,Germanfootballerand manager (d.1997)
- 1928–Jean-Marie Le Pen,French far-right politician
- 1928–Martin Landau,American actor (d.2017)
- 1928-Eric Dolphy,Americanjazzmusician (d.1964)
- 1929-Edgar Bronfman, Sr.,Canadian-American businessman (d.2013)
- 1929-Edith Windsor,American LGBT rights activist ad technological manager at IBM (d.2017)
- 1930-Magdalena Abakanowicz,Polishsculptorandartist(d.2017)
- 1931–Olympia Dukakis,Americanactress(d.2021)
- 1932-Robert Rozhdestvensky,Russianpoet(d.1994)
- 1933-Danny Aiello,American actor
- 1933-Dai Dower,Welsh boxer (d.2016)
- 1933-Brett Halsey,American actor
- 1934-Sergio Balanzino,Italiandiplomat,former Secretary-General ofNATO.
- 1934-Graham Leggat,Scottishfootballer
- 1934-Wendy Craig,English actress
- 1935-Armando Picchi,Italianfootballer(d.1971)
- 1936-Billy Guy,American singer (d.2002)
- 1937-Phil Skoglund,New Zealand lawn bowls player (d.2015)
- 1938-Joan Kirner,Australian politician, 42ndPremierofVictoria(d.2015)
- 1939-Konrad Spindler,German prehistorian (d.2005)
- 1940-John Mahoney,English-American actor (d.2018)
- 1941-Stephen Frears,Britishactor,director,producer
- 1941-Ulf Merbold,Germanphysicistandastronaut
- 1942–Brian Wilson,American musician (The Beach Boys)
- 1945–Anne Murray,Canadian singer
- 1945-Jean-Claude Izzo,French writer (d.2000)
- 1945-Shekhar Mehta,Kenyan rally driver (d.2006)
- 1946-Lars Vilks,Swedishsculptor,artistandactivist
- 1946–Xanana Gusmao,formerPresidentofEast Timor
- 1948–Ludwig Scotty,formerPresidentofNauru
- 1948-Cirilo Flores,Americanbishop(d.2014)
- 1948-Alan Longmuir,Scottish musician and actor (Bay City Rollers) (d.2018)
- 1949-Lionel Richie,Americansingerandmusician
- 1950–Nouri al-Maliki,Prime MinisterofIraq
1951 – 1975
[change|change source]- 1951–Tress MacNeille,American voice actress
- 1952–John Goodman,American actor
- 1952–Vikram Seth,Indianpoet
- 1952-Larry Riley,American actor
- 1952-Mabel Rivera,Spanishactress
- 1953-Ulrich Mühe,German actor (d.2007)
- 1954–Michael Anthony,American musician (Van Halen)
- 1954-Allan Lamb,South African-Englishcricketer
- 1954-Ilan Ramon,Israeliastronaut(d.2003)
- 1958-Barbara Rosenkranz,Austrian politician
- 1958-Chuck Wagner,American actor
- 1959–Chris Williams,African-American actor
- 1960–John Taylor,British musician ( "Duran Duran")
- 1963-José Basualdo,Argentinefootballer
- 1964-Pierfrancesco Chili,Italianmotorcycleracer
- 1964-Silke Möller,German athlete
- 1966-Boaz Yakin,Americanscreenwriteranddirector
- 1967–Nicole Kidman,Australian actress
- 1967-Angela Melillo,Italian actress, model, singer and television personality
- 1968-Mateusz Morawiecki,Polish politician,Prime ministerofPoland
- 1969-Paulo Bento,Portuguesefootballerand manager
- 1970–Prince Moulay RachidofMorocco
- 1970-Andrea Nahles,German politician
- 1971-Josh Lucas,American actor
- 1971-Jeordie White,American musician
- 1972-Craig Thomson,Scottish football referee
- 1973-Chino Moreno,Americansinger-songwriterandmusician
From 1976
[change|change source]- 1976–Juliano Belletti,Brazilian footballer
- 1978–Frank Lampard,Englishfootballer
- 1978-Quinton Jackson,American mixed martial artist and actor
- 1979-Masashi Motoyama,Japanesefootballer
- 1980–Carlo Festuccia,Italianrugbyplayer
- 1980-Vignir Svavarsson,Icelandichandballplayer
- 1981-Brede Hangeland,Norwegianfootballer
- 1982–Aleksei Berezutski,Russian footballer
- 1982–Vasili Berezutski,Russian footballer
- 1982–Example,English rapper
- 1982-George Forsyth,Peruvianfootballer
- 1983-Josh Childress,Americanbasketballplayer
- 1984-Hassan Adams,Americanbasketballplayer
- 1985-Souleymane Mamam,Togolesefootballer
- 1986-Luca Cigarini,Italianfootballer
- 1987–Itumeleng Khune,South African footballer
- 1987-Alexey Korolev,Kazakhstani ski jumper
- 1987–Paweł Rogaliński,Polish journalist
- 1987-Asmir Begovic,Bosnia and Herzegovinafootballer
- 1988-Shefali Chowdhury,Britishactress
- 1989–Javier Pastore,Argentine footballer
- 1989-Christopher Mintz-Plasse,American actor
- 1990-Ding Ning,Chinesetable tennisplayer
- 1990-Iselin Solheim,Norwegian singer
- 1991-Rick ten Voorde,Dutchfootballer
- 1993-Sead Kolasinac,Bosnia and Herzegovinafootballer
- 1996-Majid Hosseini,Iranianfootballer
- 1997-Maria Lark,Russian-American actress
- 1997-Jordan Larsson,Swedishfootballer
- 1998-Jadin Gould,American actress
- 1999-Yui Mizuno,Japanesesingerandmodel
Deaths
[change|change source]Up to 1900
[change|change source]- 451–Theodorid,King of the Visigoths
- 537-Pope Silverius
- 840–Louis the Pious,King of the Franks, Emperor of theHoly Roman Empire(b.778)
- 1176-Mikhail of Vladimir
- 1597–Willem Barentsz,navigator (b.1550)
- 1605–TsarFeodor II of Russia(b.1589)
- 1668-Heinrich Roth,German scholar (b.1620)
- 1776-Benjamin Huntsman,Englishinventorand manufacturer (b.1704)
- 1787–Karl Friedrich Abel,German composer
- 1810-Axel von Fersen the Younger,Swedishstatesman(b.1755)
- 1820–Manuel Belgrano,Argentine lawyer and politician (b.1770)
- 1837– KingWilliam IV of the United Kingdom(b.1765)
- 1840-Pierre Claude Francois Daunou,Frenchstatesman(b.1761)
- 1847-Juan Larrea,Argentine politician and businessman (b.1782)
- 1862-Barbu Catargiu,Romanian politician (b.1807)
- 1869-Hijikata Toshizo,Japanesemilitaryleader (b.1835)
- 1870-Jules de Goncourt,Frenchwriter(b.1830)
- 1888–Johannes Zukertort,Germanchessplayer (b.1847)
- 1891-Mihail Kogalniceanu,Romanianhistorian,writerandjournalist(b.1817)
1901 – 2000
[change|change source]- 1909-Friedrich Martens,Estonian-Russiandiplomat,lawyerandhistorian(b.1845)
- 1925-Josef Breuer,Austrianpsychologist(b.1842)
- 1929-Emmanuel Benakis,Greek merchant and politician (b.1843)
- 1933–Clara Zetkin,German politician andfeminist(b.1857)
- 1940-Jehan Alain,Frenchorganistandcomposer(b.1911)
- 1945–Bruno Frank,German writer (b.1878)
- 1945-Luis Fernando de Orleans y Borbon,Spanish prince (b.1888)
- 1946-Wan Rong,last Empress ofChina(b.1906)
- 1947–Bugsy Siegel,American gangster (b.1906)
- 1947-Howard Mason Gore,17thGovernorofWest Virginia(b.1877)
- 1952-Luigi Fagioli,Italian racing driver (b.1898)
- 1958–Kurt Alder,German chemist,Nobel Prizelaureate (b.1902)
- 1965-Bernard Baruch,American financier and politician (b.1870)
- 1966–Georges Lemaitre,Belgiantheologianandastrophysicist(b.1894)
- 1976-Lou Klein,Americanbaseballplayer (b.1918)
- 1979-Bill Stewart,Americanjournalist(b.1941)
- 1995–Emil Cioran,Romanian-born French philosopher and essayist (b.1911)
- 1997-Lawrence Payton,Americansinger-songwriterandproducer(b.1938)
- 1998–Conrad Schumann,East German borderguard, most famous escapee fromEast Germany(b.1942)
- 1999–Clifton Fadiman,writer (b.1902)
From 2001
[change|change source]- 2001-Gina Cigna,Italian-Frenchoperasinger and dramaticsoprano(b.1900)
- 2002–Erwin Chargaff,Austrian biochemist (b.1905)
- 2002–Tinus Osendarp,Dutch sprinter (b.1916)
- 2003–Bob Stump,U.S. Congressman from Arizona (b.1927)
- 2005–Jack Kilby,American electrical engineer (b.1923)
- 2009–Neda Agha-Soltan,Iranian student (shot), symbol of the resistance toMahmoud Ahmadinejad(b.1982)
- 2010–Roberto Rosato,Italianfootballer(b.1943)
- 2011–Ryan Dunn,American television star andstuntman(b.1977)
- 2012-Judy Agnew,wife ofSpiro Agnew(b.1920)
- 2013-Ingvar Rydell,Swedishfootballer(b.1922)
- 2014-Oberdan Cattani,Brazilianfootballer(b.1919)
- 2014-Jaroslav Walter,Czechice hockeyplayer (b.1939)
- 2015-Elson Floyd,American educator (b.1956)
- 2015-Angelo Niculescu,Romanian football manager (b.1921)
- 2015-Takanonami Sadahiro,Japanesesumowrestler (b.1971)
- 2015-François Delapierre,Frenchpolitician(b.1970)
- 2015-Esther Brand,South African athlete (b.1922)
- 2015-William Brantley Aycock,American educator (b.1915)
- 2016-Frank Chapot,Americanequestrian(b.1932)
- 2016-Rich Olive,American politician (b.1949)
- 2016-Ernesto Maceda,Filipino politician (b.1935)
- 2016-Edgard Pisani,French politician (b.1918)
- 2016-Chayito Valdez,Mexican-American folk singer and actress (b.1945)
- 2017-Sergei Mylnikov,Russianice hockeyplayer (b.1958)
- 2017-Prodigy,Americanrapper(b.1974)
- 2017-Fredrik Skagen,Norwegian writer (b.1936)
- 2018-Ken Albiston,Australian rules football player (b.1926)
- 2018-Dante Caputo,Argentine politician (b.1943)
- 2018-Peter Thomson,Australian golfer (b.1929)
- 2018-Bill Hendon,American activist, writer and politician (b.1944)
- 2018-Ernie Hunt,Englishfootballer(b.1943)
- 2018-Sándor Kányádi,Hungarian poet and translator (b.1929)
- 2018-Bill Speakman,British soldier (b.1927)
- 2019-Eddie Garcia,Filipino actor, director and television personality (b.1929)
- 2019-Rubén Suñé,Argentinefootballer(b.1947)
- 2019-Mark Warawa,Canadian politician (b.1950)
Observances
[change|change source]- WorldRefugeeDay
- Flag Day (Argentina)
- West VirginiaDay
- InLeap years:NorthernSummer solsticeand SouthernWinter solstice
References
[change|change source]- ↑"Haze reaches hazardous level; PSI hits 371".Channel NewsAsia. 20 June 2013. Archived fromthe originalon 22 August 2013.Retrieved20 June2013.