June, 20th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Monday 20, 2005:
Terri Schiavo's remains are buried in Clearwater, Florida.

Sunday 20, 2004:
Ken Griffey, Jr. becomes the 20th member of the 500 home run club with a home run at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri.

Friday 20, 2003:
2003 - Formation of Wikimedia Foundation announced.

Wednesday 20, 2001:
In Texas, USA, Andrea Yates drowns her children in a bathtub and admits to the crime. She would be sentenced to life in prison.

Thursday 20, 1991:
German parliament decides to move the capital from Bonn back to Berlin.

Wednesday 20, 1990:
Asteroid Eureka discovered.

Monday 20, 1983:
LZW patent filed in USA.

Friday 20, 1980:
Roberto Duran starts his classic boxing trilogy with Sugar Ray Leonard by defeating him in Canada by a decision in 15 rounds, to gain the WBC world Welterweight championship.

Monday 20, 1977:
Oil begins to flow through the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS).

Friday 20, 1969:
Jacques Chaban-Delmas becomes Prime Minister of France

Monday 20, 1966:
Canada sells 336 million bushels (9.14 teragrams) of wheat to Soviet Union.

Thursday 20, 1963:
The so-called "red telephone" was established between Soviet Union and United States following the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Monday 20, 1960:
Independence of Mali and Senegal.

Wednesday 20, 1956:
A Venezuelan Super-Constellation crashed in Atlantic Ocean off Asbury Park, New Jersey killing 74 people

Sunday 20, 1948:
Toast of the Town, later The Ed Sullivan Show, debuts.

Tuesday 20, 1939:
Benny Goodman's Song School ends its radio series.

Friday 20, 1919:
150 die at the Teatro Yaguez fire, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.

Tuesday 20, 1893:
Lizzie Borden is acquitted of murdering her stepmother and father.

Wednesday 20, 1877:
Alexander Graham Bell installs world's first commercial telephone service in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Saturday 20, 1863:
West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state.

Friday 20, 1862:
Barbu Catargiu is assassinated.

Tuesday 20, 1837:
Queen Victoria succeeds to the British throne.

Sunday 20, 1819:
The US vessel Savannah arrives at Liverpool, United Kingdom. She is the first steam-propelled vessel to cross the Atlantic, most of the journey was made under sail.

Monday 20, 1791:
The Flight to Varennes began.

Saturday 20, 1789:
Deputies of the French Third Estate took the Tennis Court Oath

Thursday 20, 1782:
The U.S. Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States.

Sunday 20, 1756:
British garrison imprisoned in the Black Hole of Calcutta.

Wednesday 20, 1685:
Monmouth Rebellion: The Duke of Monmouth declares himself King of England at Bridgwater.

Friday 20, 1631:
The sack of Baltimore: the Irish village of Baltimore is attacked by Algerian pirates.

Friday 20, 1214:
University of Oxford receives its charter.

Tuesday 20, 451:
451- According to some sources, this was the date of the Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius' victory over Attila the Hun.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/20-june/on-this-day.html


People born on June 20

1981:
Ardian Gashi, Norwegian footballer (b: June 20, 1981) (Biography of Ardian Gashi)

1978:
Frank Lampard, English footballer (Chelsea) (b: June 20, 1978) (Biography of Frank Lampard)

1971:
Jeordie White, bassist (b: June 20, 1971) (Biography of Jeordie White)

1970:
Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco (b: June 20, 1970) (Biography of Moulay Rachid)

1968:
Robert Rodríguez, American-Born Mexican Writer/Director (b: June 20, 1968) (Biography of Robert Rodríguez)

1967:
Nicole Kidman, Australian actress (b: June 20, 1967) (Biography of Nicole Kidman)

1963:
Viktor Ko?ený, Czech controversial businessman (b: June 20, 1963) (Biography of Viktor Ko?ený)

1960:
John Taylor, English musician, Duran Duran (b: June 20, 1960) (Biography of John Taylor (Duran Duran))

1958:
Chuck Wagner, American actor (b: June 20, 1958) (Biography of Chuck Wagner)

1954:
Michael Anthony, American musician (b: June 20, 1954) (Biography of Michael Anthony)

1952:
John Goodman, American actor (b: June 20, 1952) (Biography of John Goodman)

1951:
Tress MacNeille, American voice actress (b: June 20, 1951) (Biography of Tress MacNeille)

1949:
Lionel Richie, American musician and singer The Commodores (b: June 20, 1949) (Biography of Lionel Richie)

1948:
Ludwig Scotty, President of Nauru (b: June 20, 1948) (Biography of Ludwig Scotty)

1947:
Dolores "LaLa" Brooks, singer the Crystals (b: June 20, 1947) (Biography of Dolores "LaLa" Brooks)
Candy Clark, American actress (b: June 20, 1947) (Biography of Candy Clark)

1946:
Xanana Gusmão, President of East Timor (b: June 20, 1946) (Biography of Xanana Gusmão)

1945:
Anne Murray, Canadian singer (b: June 20, 1945) (Biography of Anne Murray)

1944:
Cheryl Holdridge, American actress (b: June 20, 1944) (Biography of Cheryl Holdridge)

1942:
Brian Wilson, American bass player and singer (The Beach Boys) (b: June 20, 1942) (Biography of Brian Wilson)

1941:
Ulf Merbold, German physicist and astronaut (b: June 20, 1941) (Biography of Ulf Merbold)

1940:
Eugen Drewermann, German theologian (b: June 20, 1940) (Biography of Eugen Drewermann)
John Mahoney, English actor (b: June 20, 1940) (Biography of John Mahoney)

1936:
Danny Aiello, American actor (b: June 20, 1936) (Biography of Danny Aiello)

1931:
Olympia Dukakis, American actress (b: June 20, 1931) (Biography of Olympia Dukakis)
Martin Landau, American actor (b: June 20, 1931) (Biography of Martin Landau)

1930:
Magdalena Abakanowicz, Polish artist (b: June 20, 1930) (Biography of Magdalena Abakanowicz)

1928:
Jean-Marie Le Pen, French politician (b: June 20, 1928) (Biography of Jean-Marie Le Pen)

1924:
Chet Atkins, American guitar player (b: June 20, 1924 ; d: June 30, 2001) (Biography of Chet Atkins)

1912:
Anthony Buckeridge, English author (b: June 20, 1912 ; d: June 28, 2004) (Biography of Anthony Buckeridge)

1909:
Errol Flynn, Australian actor (b: June 20, 1909 ; d: October 14, 1959) (Biography of Errol Flynn)

1906:
Catherine Cookson, British novelist (b: June 20, 1906 ; d: June 11, 1998) (Biography of Catherine Cookson)

1905:
Lillian Hellman, American playwright (b: June 20, 1905 ; d: June 30, 1984) (Biography of Lillian Hellman)

1899:
Jean Moulin, French Resistance leader (b: June 20, 1899 ; d: July 8, 1943) (Biography of Jean Moulin)

1887:
Kurt Schwitters, German painter and writer (b: June 20, 1887 ; d: January 8, 1948) (Biography of Kurt Schwitters)

1861:
Frederick Hopkins, English biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine (b: June 20, 1861 ; d: May 16, 1947) (Biography of Frederick Hopkins)

1860:
Jack Worrall, Australian cricketer, footballer, and coach (b: June 20, 1860) (Biography of Jack Worrall)

1819:
Jacques Offenbach, German composer (b: June 20, 1819 ; d: October 4, 1880) (Biography of Jacques Offenbach)

1808:
Samson Raphael Hirsch, German rabbi (b: June 20, 1808 ; d: December 31, 1888) (Biography of Samson Raphael Hirsch)

1786:
Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, French poet (b: June 20, 1786) (Biography of Marceline Desbordes-Valmore)

1771:
Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, Scottish philanthropist and entrepreneur (b: June 20, 1771) (Biography of Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk)

1763:
Wolfe Tone, Irish patriot (b: June 20, 1763 ; d: November 19, 1798) (Biography of Wolfe Tone)

1756:
Joseph Martin Kraus, Swedish composer (b: June 20, 1756 ; d: December 15, 1792) (Biography of Joseph Martin Kraus)

1647:
John George III, Elector of Saxony (b: June 20, 1647 ; d: September 12, 1691) (Biography of John George III, Elector of Saxony)

1642:
George Hickes, English minister and scholar (b: June 20, 1642) (Biography of O.S.)

1634:
Charles Emmanuel II of Savoy (b: June 20, 1634 ; d: June 12, 1675) (Biography of Charles Emmanuel II of Savoy)

1583:
Jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and statesman (b: June 20, 1583 ; d: August 22, 1652) (Biography of Jacob De la Gardie)

1389:
John, Duke of Bedford, regent of England (b: June 20, 1389 ; d: September 14, 1435) (Biography of John, Duke of Bedford)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/20-june/births.html