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What Happened on June 20th This Day in History

Year	Name
2019	Iran's Air Defense Forces shoot down an American surveillance drone over the Strait of Hormuz amid rising tensions between the two countries.
2003	The Wikimedia Foundation is founded in St. Petersburg, Florida.
1994	The 1994 Imam Reza shrine bomb explosion in Iran leaves at least 25 dead and 70 to 300 injured.
1991	The German Bundestag votes to move seat of government from the former West German capital of Bonn to the present capital of Berlin.
1990	Asteroid Eureka is discovered.
1990	The 7.4 Mw  Manjil–Rudbar earthquake affects northern Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing 35,000–50,000, and injuring 60,000–105,000.
1988	Haitian President Leslie Manigat is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Lieutenant general Henri Namphy.
1982	The International Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide opens in Tel Aviv, despite attempts by the Turkish government to cancel it, as it included presentations on the Armenian genocide.
1982	The Argentine Corbeta Uruguay base on Southern Thule surrenders to Royal Marine commandos in the final action of the Falklands War.
1979	ABC News correspondent Bill Stewart is shot dead by a Nicaraguan National Guard soldier under the regime of Anastasio Somoza Debayle during the Nicaraguan Revolution. The murder is caught on tape and sparks an international outcry against the regime.
1975	The film Jaws is released in the United States, becoming the highest-grossing film of that time and starting the trend of films known as "summer blockbusters".
1973	Snipers fire upon left-wing Peronists in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in what is known as the Ezeiza massacre. At least 13 are killed and more than 300 are injured.
1973	Aeroméxico Flight 229 crashes on approach to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport, killing all 27 people on board.
1972	Watergate scandal: An 18½-minute gap appears in the tape recording of the conversations between U.S. President Richard Nixon and his advisers regarding the recent arrests of his operatives while breaking into the Watergate complex.
1964	A Curtiss C-46 Commando crashes in the Shengang District of Taiwan, killing 57 people.
1963	Following the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Soviet Union and the United States sign an agreement to establish the so-called "red telephone" link between Washington, D.C. and Moscow.
1960	The Mali Federation gains independence from France (it later splits into Mali and Senegal).
1959	A rare June hurricane strikes Canada's Gulf of St. Lawrence killing 35.
1956	A Venezuelan Super-Constellation crashes in the Atlantic Ocean off Asbury Park, New Jersey, killing 74 people.
1948	The Deutsche Mark is introduced in Western Allied-occupied Germany. The Soviet Military Administration in Germany responded by imposing the Berlin Blockade four days later.
1945	The United States Secretary of State approves the transfer of Wernher von Braun and his team of Nazi rocket scientists to the U.S. under Operation Paperclip.
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".
1944	Continuation War: The Soviet Union demands an unconditional surrender from Finland during the beginning of partially successful Vyborg
1944	The experimental MW 18014 V-2 rocket reaches an altitude of 176 km, becoming the first man-made object to reach outer space.
1943	The Detroit race riot breaks out and continues for three more days.
1943	World War II: The Royal Air Force launches Operation Bellicose, the first shuttle bombing raid of the war. Avro Lancaster bombers damage the V-2 rocket production facilities at the Zeppelin Works while en route to an air base in Algeria.
1942	The Holocaust: Kazimierz Piechowski and three others, dressed as members of the SS-Totenkopfverbände, steal an SS staff car and escape from the Auschwitz concentration camp.
1926	The 28th International Eucharistic Congress begins in Chicago, with over 250,000 spectators attending the opening procession.
1921	Workers of Buckingham and Carnatic Mills in the city of Chennai, India, begin a four-month strike.
1900	Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army begins a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Beijing, China.
1900	Baron Eduard Toll, leader of the Russian Polar Expedition of 1900, departs Saint Petersburg in Russia on the explorer ship Zarya, never to return.
1895	The Kiel Canal, crossing the base of the Jutland peninsula and the busiest artificial waterway in the world, is officially opened.
1893	Lizzie Borden is acquitted of the murders of her father and stepmother.
1877	Alexander Graham Bell installs the world's first commercial telephone service in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
1863	American Civil War: West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state.
1862	Barbu Catargiu, the Prime Minister of Romania, is assassinated.
1840	Samuel Morse receives the patent for the telegraph.
1837	Queen Victoria succeeds to the British throne.
1819	The U.S. vessel SS Savannah arrives at Liverpool, United Kingdom. It is the first steam-propelled vessel to cross the Atlantic, although most of the journey is made under sail.
1791	King Louis XVI, disguised as a valet, and the French royal family attempt to flee Paris during the French Revolution.
1789	Deputies of the French Third Estate take the Tennis Court Oath.
1787	Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the 'United States'.
1782	The U.S. Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States.
1756	A British garrison is imprisoned in the Black Hole of Calcutta.
1685	Monmouth Rebellion: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth declares himself King of England at Bridgwater.
1652	Tarhoncu Ahmed Pasha is appointed Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire.
1631	The Sack of Baltimore: The Irish village of Baltimore is attacked by Algerian pirates.
1622	The Battle of Höchst takes place during the Thirty Years' War.
1180	First Battle of Uji, starting the Genpei War in Japan.
451	Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius' battles Attila the Hun. After the battle, which was inconclusive, Attila retreats, causing the Romans to interpret it as a victory.

Famous People Born on June 20

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Year	Name
1737	Tokugawa Ieharu, Japanese shōgun (d. 1786)
1903	Sam Rabin, English wrestler, sculptor, and singer (d. 1991)
1983	Darren Sproles, American football player
1872	George Carpenter, American 5th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1948)
1939	Ramakant Desai, Indian cricketer (d. 1998)
1964	Silke Möller, German runner
1908	Billy Werber, American baseball player (d. 2009)
1389	John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, English statesman (d. 1435)
1861	Frederick Gowland Hopkins, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1947)
1953	Raúl Ramírez, Mexican tennis player

Famous People Deaths On June 20

Here is a list of some famous peope who died on June 20. For full list please click on the link above.

Date	Name
1800	Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, German mathematician and academic (b. 1719)
2001	Gina Cigna, French-Italian soprano (b. 1900)
1820	Manuel Belgrano, Argentinian general, economist, and politician (b. 1770)
1776	Benjamin Huntsman, English businessman (b. 1704)
2013	Ingvar Rydell, Swedish footballer (b. 1922)
2022	Caleb Swanigan, American NBA player. (b. 1997)
1597	Willem Barentsz, Dutch cartographer and explorer (b. 1550)
1958	Kurt Alder, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
1668	Heinrich Roth, German missionary and scholar (b. 1620)
1909	Friedrich Martens, Estonian-Russian historian, lawyer, and diplomat (b. 1845)