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June 20
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June 20 is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 194 days remaining until the end of the year.
On leap years, this day usually marks the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere and the winter solstice in the southern hemisphere .
[edit ] Events
451 - Battle of Chalons : Flavius Aetius ' defeats Attila the Hun .1214 - The University of Oxford receives its charter .1631 - The sack of Baltimore : the Irish village of Baltimore is attacked by Algerian pirates .1685 - Monmouth Rebellion : James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth declares himself King of England at Bridgwater .1756 - A British garrison is imprisoned in the Black Hole of Calcutta .1782 - The U.S. Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States .1787 - Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the United States .1789 - Deputies of the French Third Estate take the Tennis Court Oath .1791 - King Louis XVI of France and his immediate family begin the Flight to Varennes during The French Revolution .1819 - The U.S. vessel SS Savannah Liverpool , United Kingdom . She is the first steam-propelled vessel to cross the Atlantic , although most of the journey was made under sail.1837 - Queen Victoria succeeds to the British throne.1840 - Samuel Morse receives the patent for the telegraph .1862 - Barbu Catargiu , the Prime Minister of Romania , is assassinated.1863 - American Civil War : West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state .1877 - Alexander Graham Bell installs the world's first commercial telephone service in Hamilton , Ontario , Canada .1893 - Lizzie Borden is acquitted for the murders of her father and stepmother.1919 - 150 die at the Teatro Yaguez fire, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico .1944 - World War II : The Battle of the Philippine Sea concludes with a decisive U.S. naval victory. The lopsided naval air battle is also known as the “Great Marianas Turkey Shoot”.1948 - Toast of the Town The Ed Sullivan Show television debut.1956 - A Venezuelan Super-Constellation crashes in the Atlantic Ocean off Asbury Park , New Jersey , killing 74 people.1959 - A rare June hurricane struck Canada's Gulf of St. Lawrence killing 35.1960 - Independence of Mali and Senegal .1963 - The so-called "red telephone " is established between the Soviet Union and the United States following the Cuban Missile Crisis .1973 - Ezeiza massacre in Buenos Aires , Argentina . Snipers fire upon left-wing Peronists . At least 13 are killed and more than 300 are injured.1979 - ABC News correspondent Bill Stewart is shot dead by a Nicaraguan soldier under the regime of Anastasio Somoza Debayle . The murder is caught on tape and sparked international outcry of the regime.1990 - Asteroid Eureka is discovered.1991 - The German parliament decides to move the capital from Bonn back to Berlin .2007 - A football match between England and The Netherlands at the 2007 UEFA Euro UEFA record for the longest penalty shoot-out in the governing body's history. The shootout ends 13-12 to the Netherlands after Anton Ferdinand misses the decisive kick.
[edit ] Births
1005 - Ali az-Zahir , caliph (d. 1036)1389 - John, Duke of Bedford , regent of England (d. 1435)1566 - King Sigismund III Vasa (d. 1632)1583 - Jacob De la Gardie , Swedish soldier and statesman (d. 1652)1634 - Charles Emmanuel II of Savoy (d. 1675)1642 (O.S. ) - George Hickes , English minister and scholar (d. 1715)1647 - John George III, Elector of Saxony (d. 1691)1717 - Jacques Saly , French sculptor (d. 1776)1723 (O.S. ) - Adam Ferguson , Scottish philosopher and historian (d. 1816)1723 (O.S. ) - Theophilus Lindsey , English theologian (d. 1808)
1733 - Betty Washington - sister of George Washington1737 - Tokugawa Ieharu , Japanese military (d. 1786)
1756 - Joseph Martin Kraus , Swedish composer (d. 1792)1763 - Wolfe Tone , Irish patriot (d. 1798)1770 - Moses Waddel , American educator /minister and bestselling author (d. 1840)1771 - Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk , Scottish philanthropist (d. 1820)1786 - Marceline Desbordes-Valmore , French poet (d. 1859)1808 - Samson Raphael Hirsch , German rabbi (d. 1888)1819 - Jacques Offenbach , German-born French composer (d. 1880)1858 - Charles W. Chesnutt , American writer (d. 1932)1860 - Jack Worrall , Australian cricketer, footballer, and coach (d. 1937)1861 - Frederick Hopkins , English biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine (d. 1947)1872 - George Carpenter , the 5th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1948)1885 - Andrzej Gawroński , Polish scholar (d. 1927)1887 - Kurt Schwitters , German painter and writer (d. 1948)1889 - John S. Paraskevopoulos , Greek-South African astronomer (d. 1951)1891 - John A. Costello , second Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland (d. 1976)1894 - Lloyd Hall , American chemist (d. 1971)1896 - Wilfrid Pelletier , Canadian conductor (d. 1982)1897 - Elisabeth Hauptmann , German writer (d. 1973)1899 - Jean Moulin , French Resistance leader (d. 1943)1905 - Lillian Hellman , American playwright (d. 1984)1907 - Jimmy Driftwood , American songwriter and musician (d. 1998)1908 - Billy Werber , American baseball player1909 - Errol Flynn , Australian actor (d. 1959)1911 - Gail Patrick , American actress (d. 1980)1912 - Anthony Buckeridge , English author (d. 2004)1915 - Dick Reynolds , Australian rules footballer and coach (d. 2002)1915 - Terence Young , British film director (d. 1994)
1916 - Jean-Jacques Bertrand , premier of Quebec (d. 1973)1917 - Igor Śmiałowski , Polish actor (d. 2006)1918 - George Lynch , American auto racer (d. 1997)1918 - Zoltán Sztáray , Hungarian writer
1920 - Hans Gerschwiler , Swiss figure skater1924 - Chet Atkins , American guitar player and producer (d. 2001)1924 - Audie Murphy , American Medal of Honor recipient and actor (d. 1971)
1924 - Fritz Koenig , German sculptor
1928 - Eric Dolphy , American jazz musician (d. 1964)1928 - Jean-Marie Le Pen , French politician
1930 - Paul Pender , American boxer1930 - Magdalena Abakanowicz , Polish artist
1931 - Olympia Dukakis , Greek-American actress1931 - Martin Landau , American actor
1932 - Robert Rozhdestvensky , Russian poet (d. 1994)1933 - Danny Aiello , American actor1934 - Wendy Craig , English actress1934 - Rossana Podestà , Italian actress
1935 - Len Dawson , former football player1935 - Neal Knox , gun rights activist (d. 2005)
1936 - Billy Guy , American singer (The Coasters ) (d. 2002)1937 - Jerry Keller , pop singer and songwriter1938 - Mickie Most , British record producer (d. 2003)1939 - Ramakant Desai , Indian cricketer (d. 1998)1940 - Eugen Drewermann , German theologian1940 - John Mahoney , English actor
1941 - Ulf Merbold , German physicist and astronaut1941 - Stephen Frears , English film director
1942 - Brian Wilson , American musician; founder of The Beach Boys 1944 - Cheryl Holdridge , American actress1944 - David Roper , English actor
1945 - Anne Murray , Canadian singer1946 - Bob Vila , television presenter1946 - Xanana Gusmão , President of East Timor
1946 - Andre Watts , American pianist
1947 - Dolores Brooks , American singer (the Crystals )1947 - Candy Clark , American actress
1947 - Josef Clemens , German bishop and Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
1947 - Ivo Milazzo , Italian comic book
1948 - Ludwig Scotty , President of Nauru 1949 - Lionel Richie , American musician (The Commodores )1949 - Alan Longmuir , Scottish bass guitarist (Bay City Rollers )
1951 - Tress MacNeille , American voice actress1951 - Paul Muldoon , Northern Irish poet
1951 - Bill Simon , American businessman and politician1952 - John Goodman , American actor1952 - Larry Riley , American actor (d. 1992)
1952 - Vikram Seth , Indian poet
1953 - Ulrich Mühe , German actor (d. 2007)1953 - Raúl Ramírez , Mexican tennis player1953 - Willy Rampf , German F1 technical director (BMW Sauber )
1954 - Michael Anthony , American musician (Van Halen )1954 - Ilan Ramon , Israeli combat pilot and astronaut (d. 2003)
1954 - Allan Lamb , South African born English cricketer
1956 - Peter Reid , English former footballer1957 - Koko B. Ware , American professional wrestler1958 - Chuck Wagner , American actor1958 - Ron Hornaday , American racecar driver
1960 - John Taylor , English musician (Duran Duran )1963 - Amir Derakh , American musician (Orgy )1963 - Don West , American professional wrestling announcer
1964 - Pierfrancesco Chili , Italian motorcycle racer1964 - Silke Möller , German track and field athlete
1967 - Nicole Kidman , American-born Australian actress1968 - Robert Rodriguez , American film director1969 - MaliVai Washington , American former tennis player1970 - Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco
1970 - Andrea Nahles , German politician
1970 - Bruce Woodcock , American computer
1971 - Josh Lucas , American actor1971 - Jeordie White , American musician (Marilyn Manson )
1971 - Rodney Rogers , American basketball player1972 - Paul Bako , American baseball player1973 - Chino Moreno , American musician (Deftones )
1974 - Attila Czene , Hungarian swimmer1974 - Jami Ferrell , American model and actress
1975 - Daniel Zítka , Czech footballer1976 - Jerome Fontamillas ,Filipino American musician (Switchfoot )1976 - Carlos Lee , Panamanian baseball player1976 - Rob Mackowiak , American baseball player
1976 - Juliano Belletti , Brazilian footballer
1977 - Gordan Giriček , Croatian basketball player1978 - LaVar Arrington , American football player1978 - Quinton Jackson , American Mixed Martial Artist
1978 - Frank Lampard , English footballer
1978 - Jan-Paul Saeijs , Dutch footballer
1978 - Bobby Seay , American baseball player
1979 - Charlotte Hatherley , English guitarist (Ash )1979 - Charles Howell III , Professional Golfer
1979 - Cael Sanderson , Olympic Wrestler
1979 - Lani Billard , Canadian actress1980 - Carlo Festuccia , Italian rugby union footballer
1980 - Fabian Wegmann , German road racing cyclist
1980 - Tony Lovato , American singer and guitarrist (Mest )
1980 - Franco Semioli , Italian footballer
1981 - Ardian Gashi , Albanian-Norwegian footballer1983 - Darren Sproles , American football player1983 - Josh Childress , American basketball player
1983 - Cherrie Ying , Hong Kong actress
1985 - Souleymane Mamam , Togolese footballer1985 - Darko Miličić , Serbian basketball player
1988 - Shefali Chowdhury , Welsh actress1989 - Christopher Mintz-Plasse , American actor1989 - Terrelle Pryor , American football player
1997 - Maria Lark , Russian-born American actress
[edit ] Deaths
451 - Theodorid , King of the Visigoths 840 - Louis the Pious , Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (b. 778)885 - Bernard Plantapilosa , Count of Auvergne (b. 841)1597 - Willem Barentsz , Dutch navigator1668 - Heinrich Roth , German Sanskrit scholar (b. 1620)1776 - Benjamin Huntsman , English inventor and manufacturer (b. 1704)1787 - Carl Friedrich Abel , German composer (b. 1723)1800 - Abraham Gotthelf Kästner , German mathematician (b. 1719)1820 - Manuel Belgrano , Argentine lawyer and politician (b. 1770)1837 - William IV of the United Kingdom (b. 1765)1869 - Toshizou Hijikata , Shinsengumi vice-commander (b. 1835)1870 - Jules de Goncourt , French writer (b. 1830)1906 - John Clayton Adams , British landscape artist (b. 1840)1925 - Josef Breuer , Austrian psychologist (b. 1842)1945 - Bruno Frank , German author (b. 1878)1947 - Bugsy Siegel , American crime figure (b. 1906)1952 - Luigi Fagioli , Italian race car driver (b. 1898)1958 - Kurt Alder , German chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1902)1963 - Raphaël Salem , Greek mathematician (b. 1898)1972 - Howard Johnson , American businessman, originator of restaurant chain (b. 1897)1976 - Lou Klein , American baseball player (b. 1918)1978 - Mark Robson , Canadian film director and producer (b. 1913)1995 - Emil Cioran , Romanian-born French philosopher (b. 1911)1996 - Jim Ellison , Singer/Guitarist for the band Material Issue (b. 1964)1997 - Lawrence Payton , American singer (The Four Tops ) (b. 1938)1998 - Conrad Schumann , East German border guard (b. 1942)1999 - Clifton Fadiman , American author (b. 1902)2002 - Erwin Chargaff , Austrian biochemist (b. 1905)2002 - Tinus Osendarp , Dutch runner (b. 1916)
2003 - Bob Stump , American politician (b. 1927)2005 - Jack Kilby , American electrical engineer, Nobel laureate (b. 1923)2005 - Larry Collins , American writer (b. 1929)
2006 - Billy Johnson , American baseball player (b. 1918)2007 - Trevor Henry , New Zealand Justice (b. 1902)
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