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What happend on 20. June in History
In our data base we found 323 events happened on 20. June:
• 451: Theodoric I, Roman emperor [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 537: Silverius, pope of Rome [category: Deaths]
• 840: Louis the Pious, Roman emperor (b. 778) [category: Deaths]
• 885: Bernard Plantapilosa, French son of Bernard of Septimania (b. 841) [category: Deaths]
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• 1005: Ali az-Zahir, Egyptian caliph (d. 1036) [category: Births]
• 1176: Mikhail of Vladimir [category: Deaths]
• 1214: The University of Oxford receives its charter. [category: Events]
• 1389: John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford (d. 1435) [category: Births]
• 1469: Gian Galeazzo Sforza, Italian husband of Isabella of Naples (d. 1494) [category: Births]
• 1485: Astorre III Manfredi (d. 1502) [category: Births]
• 1566: Sigismund III Vasa (d. 1632) [category: Births]
• 1583: Jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and statesman (d. 1652) [category: Births]
• 1597: Willem Barentsz, Dutch navigator and explorer (b. 1550) [category: Deaths]
• 1605: Feodor II of Russia (b. 1589) [category: Deaths]
• 1605: After only three months as tsar, 16-year-old Feodor II of Russia is assassinated. [category: Events]
• 1631: The sack of Baltimore: the Irish village of Baltimore is attacked by Algerian pirates. [category: Events]
• 1634: Charles Emmanuel II of Savoy (d. 1675) [category: Births]
• 1642: George Hickes, English theologian and writer (d. 1715) [category: Births]
• 1647: John George III, Elector of Saxony (d. 1691) [category: Births]
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• 1652: Tarhoncu Ahmet Paşa is appointed grand vezir of the Ottoman Empire. [category: Events]
• 1668: Heinrich Roth, German scholar (b. 1620) [category: Deaths]
• 1685: Monmouth Rebellion: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth declares himself King of England at Bridgwater. [category: Events]
• 1699: William Gustav of Anhalt-Dessau (d. 1737) [category: Births]
• 1717: Jacques Saly, French sculptor (d. 1776) [category: Births]
• 1723: Adam Ferguson, Scottish philosopher and historian (d. 1816) [category: Births]
• 1723: Theophilus Lindsey, English theologian (d. 1808) [category: Births]
• 1733: Betty Washington Lewis, American sister of George Washington (d. 1797) [category: Births]
• 1737: Tokugawa Ieharu, Japanese shogun (d. 1786) [category: Births]
• 1754: Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (d. 1832) [category: Births]
• 1756: Joseph Martin Kraus, Swedish composer (d. 1792) [category: Births]
• 1756: A British garrison is imprisoned in the Black Hole of Calcutta. [category: Events]
• 1761: Jacob Hübner, German entomologist and author (d. 1826) [category: Births]
• 1763: Wolfe Tone, Irish patriot (d. 1798) [category: Births]
• 1770: Moses Waddel, American educator, minister, and author (d. 1840) [category: Births]
• 1771: Hermann von Boyen, German army officer (d. 1848) [category: Births]
• 1771: Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, Scottish philanthropist (d. 1820) [category: Births]
• 1776: Benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and manufacturer (b. 1704) [category: Deaths]
• 1778: Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac, French politician (d. 1832) [category: Births]
• 1782: The U.S. Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States. [category: Events]
• 1786: Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, French poet (d. 1859) [category: Births]
• 1787: Carl Friedrich Abel, German composer (b. 1723) [category: Deaths]
• 1787: Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the United States. [category: Events]
• 1789: Deputies of the French Third Estate take the Tennis Court Oath. [category: Events]
• 1796: Luigi Amat di San Filippo e Sorso, Italian cardinal (d. 1878) [category: Births]
• 1800: Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, German mathematician (b. 1719) [category: Deaths]
• 1808: Samson Raphael Hirsch, German rabbi (d. 1888) [category: Births]
• 1810: Axel von Fersen the Younger, Swedish statesman (b. 1755) [category: Deaths]
• 1813: Joseph Autran, French poet (d. 1877) [category: Births]
• 1819: Jacques Offenbach, German-French composer (d. 1880) [category: Births]
• 1819: The U.S. vessel SS Savannah arrives at Liverpool, England, United Kingdom. She is the first steam-propelled vessel to cross the Atlantic, although most of the journey is made under sail. [category: Events]
• 1820: Manuel Belgrano, Argentine general and politician (b. 1770) [category: Deaths]
• 1837: William IV of the United Kingdom (b. 1765) [category: Deaths]
• 1837: Queen Victoria succeeds to the British throne. [category: Events]
• 1840: Pierre Claude François Daunou, French statesman (b. 1761) [category: Deaths]
• 1840: Samuel Morse receives the patent for the telegraph. [category: Events]
• 1847: Juan Larrea, Argentine politician and businessman (b. 1782) [category: Deaths]
• 1855: Richard Lodge, English historian (d. 1936) [category: Births]
• 1858: Charles W. Chesnutt, American writer (d. 1932) [category: Births]
• 1860: Jack Worrall, Australian cricketer, footballer, and coach (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1861: Frederick Gowland Hopkins, English biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1862: Marco Praga, Italian playwright (d. 1929) [category: Births]
• 1862: Barbu Catargiu, the Prime Minister of Romania, is assassinated. [category: Events]
• 1863: American Civil War: West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state. [category: Events]
• 1869: Hijikata Toshizō, Japanese military leader (b. 1835) [category: Deaths]
• 1870: Georges Dufrénoy, French painter (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1870: Jules de Goncourt, French writer (b. 1830) [category: Deaths]
• 1872: George Carpenter, American 5th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1872: Elie Frédéric Forey, French general (b. 1804) [category: Deaths]
• 1875: Reginald Punnett, English geneticist (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1875: Joseph Meek, American police officer and politician (b. 1810) [category: Deaths]
• 1876: Romuald Joubé, French actor (d. 1949) [category: Births]
• 1877: Alexander Graham Bell installs the world's first commercial telephone service in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. [category: Events]
• 1882: Daniel Sawyer, American golfer (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1884: Johannes Heinrich Schultz, German psychiatrist (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1885: Andrzej Gawroński, Polish scholar (d. 1927) [category: Births]
• 1887: Kurt Schwitters, German painter and writer (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1887: Victoria Terminus, the busiest railway station in India, opens in Bombay. [category: Events]
• 1888: Johannes Zukertort, Polish chess player (b. 1842) [category: Deaths]
• 1889: John S. Paraskevopoulos, Greek-South African astronomer (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1891: Giannina Arangi-Lombardi, Italian soprano (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1891: John A. Costello, Irish politician (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1893: Wilhelm Zaisser, German politician (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1893: Lizzie Borden is acquitted of the murders of her father and stepmother. [category: Events]
• 1894: Lloyd Hall, American chemist (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1895: The Kiel Canal, crossing the base of the Jutland peninsula and the busiest artificial waterway in the world, is officially opened. [category: Events]
• 1896: Wilfrid Pelletier, Canadian conductor, pianist, and composer (Montreal Symphony Orchestra) (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1897: Elisabeth Hauptmann, German writer (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1899: Jean Moulin, French resistance leader (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1900: Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army begins a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Beijing, China. [category: Events]
• 1903: Sam Rabin, British wrestler, sculptor and singer (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1905: Lillian Hellman, American playwright (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1906: John Clayton Adams, English artist (b. 1840) [category: Deaths]
• 1907: Jimmy Driftwood, American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1908: Billy Werber, American baseball player (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1909: Errol Flynn, Australian actor (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1911: Gail Patrick, American actress (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1912: Anthony Buckeridge, English author (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1915: Dick Reynolds, Australian footballer and coach (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1915: Terence Young, English director (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1916: Jean-Jacques Bertrand, Canadian politician (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1916: Johnny Morris, Welsh television host (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1917: Igor Śmiałowski, Polish actor (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1918: George Lynch, American race car driver (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1918: Zoltán Sztáray, Hungarian writer (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1919: 150 die at the Teatro Yaguez fire, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. [category: Events]
• 1920: Hans Gerschwiler, Swiss figure skater [category: Births]
• 1920: Thomas Jefferson, American trumpeter [category: Births]
• 1921: Byron Farwell, American historian (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1921: Workers of Buckingham and Carnatic Mills in the city of Chennai, India, begin a four-month strike. [category: Events]
• 1923: Bjørn Watt-Boolsen, Danish actor (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1924: Audie Murphy, American soldier and actor Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1924: Chet Atkins, American musician, songwriter, and producer (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1924: Fritz Koenig, German sculptor, designed The Sphere [category: Births]
• 1925: Josef Breuer, Austrian psychologist (b. 1842) [category: Deaths]
• 1926: Rehavam Ze'evi, Israeli general and politician (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1928: Asrat Woldeyes, Ethiopian politician [category: Births]
• 1928: Eric Dolphy, American musician, bandleader, and composer (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1928: Jean-Marie Le Pen, French politician [category: Births]
• 1928: Martin Landau, American actor [category: Births]
• 1929: Anne Weale, English writer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1929: Emmanuel Benakis, Greek merchant and politician (b. 1843) [category: Deaths]
• 1930: Magdalena Abakanowicz, Polish sculptor [category: Births]
• 1930: Paul Pender, American boxer (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1931: James Tolkan, American actor [category: Births]
• 1931: Olympia Dukakis, American actress [category: Births]
• 1932: Robert Rozhdestvensky, Russian poet (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1933: Danny Aiello, American actor [category: Births]
• 1934: Rossana Podestà, Italian actress [category: Births]
• 1934: Wendy Craig, English actress [category: Births]
• 1934: Yuri Vizbor, Russian poet (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1935: Len Dawson, American football player [category: Births]
• 1935: Neal Knox, American activist and author (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1936: Billy Guy, American singer (The Coasters) (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1937: Jerry Keller, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1938: Mickie Most, English singer and producer (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1939: Ramakant Desai, Indian cricketer (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1940: Eugen Drewermann, German theologian [category: Births]
• 1940: John Mahoney, English actor [category: Births]
• 1941: Dieter Mann, German actor [category: Births]
• 1941: Stephen Frears, English director [category: Births]
• 1941: Ulf Merbold, German physicist and astronaut [category: Births]
• 1942: Brian Wilson, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (The Beach Boys) [category: Births]
• 1942: Richard I. Neal, American general [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1943: The Detroit Race Riot breaks out and continues for three more days. [category: Events]
• 1944: Cheryl Holdridge, American actress (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1944: David Roper, English actor [category: Births]
• 1944: John McCook, American actor [category: Births]
• 1944: Continuation war: the Soviet Union demands an unconditional surrender from Finland during the beginning of partially successful Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive. The Finnish government refuses. [category: Events]
• 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". [category: Events]
• 1945: Anne Murray, Canadian singer and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1945: Bruno Frank, German author (b. 1878) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: Luís Fernando de Orleans y Borbón, Spanish prince (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: The United States Secretary of State approves the transfer of Wernher von Braun and his team of Nazi rocket scientists to America. [category: Events]
• 1946: André Watts, American pianist and educator [category: Births]
• 1946: Bob Vila, American television host [category: Births]
• 1946: Joseph Waeckerle, American physician specializing in Emergency and Sports medicine [category: Births]
• 1946: Lars Vilks, Swedish artist [category: Births]
• 1946: Xanana Gusmão, Timorese politician, 1st President of East Timor [category: Births]
• 1947: Candy Clark, American actress [category: Births]
• 1947: Dolores "LaLa" Brooks, American-English singer-songwriter (The Crystals) [category: Births]
• 1947: Ivo Milazzo, Italian illustrator [category: Births]
• 1947: Josef Clemens, German bishop [category: Births]
• 1947: Bugsy Siegel, American mobster (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Ludwig Scotty, Nauruan politician, President of Nauru [category: Births]
• 1948: Toast of the Town, later The Ed Sullivan Show, makes its television debut. [category: Events]
• 1949: Alan Longmuir, Scottish bassist and actor (Bay City Rollers) [category: Births]
• 1949: Lionel Richie, American singer-songwriter, musician, producer, and actor (Commodores) [category: Births]
• 1950: Nouri al-Maliki, Iraqi politician, 76th Prime Minister of Iraq [category: Births]
• 1951: Bill Simon, American businessman and politician [category: Births]
• 1951: Paul Muldoon, Irish poet [category: Births]
• 1951: Tress MacNeille, American voice actress [category: Births]
• 1952: John Goodman, American actor [category: Births]
• 1952: Larry Riley, American actor (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1952: Vikram Seth, Indian poet [category: Births]
• 1952: Vince Gotera, American poet [category: Births]
• 1952: Luigi Fagioli, Italian race car driver (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1953: Raúl Ramírez, Mexican tennis player [category: Births]
• 1953: Robert Crais, American writer [category: Births]
• 1953: Ulrich Mühe, German actor (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1953: Willy Rampf, German engineer [category: Births]
• 1954: Allan Lamb, South African-English cricketer [category: Births]
• 1954: Ilan Ramon, Israeli astronaut (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1954: Michael Anthony, American singer and musician (Van Halen and Chickenfoot) [category: Births]
• 1954: Miles O'Keeffe, American actor [category: Births]
• 1956: Peter Reid, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1956: A Venezuelan Super-Constellation crashes in the Atlantic Ocean off Asbury Park, New Jersey, killing 74 people. [category: Events]
• 1957: Koko B. Ware, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1958: Chuck Wagner, American actor [category: Births]
• 1958: Ron Hornaday, Jr., American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1958: Kurt Alder, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1959: A rare June hurricane strikes Canada's Gulf of St. Lawrence killing 35. [category: Events]
• 1960: John Taylor, English musician, songwriter, producer, and actor (Duran Duran, Neurotic Outsiders, and Power Station) [category: Births]
• 1960: The Mali Federation gains independence from France (it later splits into Mali and Senegal). [category: Events]
• 1962: Alex Di Gregorio, Italian editorial cartoonist [category: Births]
• 1963: Amir Derakh, American musician (Orgy, Rough Cutt, Julien-K, and Dead by Sunrise) [category: Births]
• 1963: Don West, American sportscaster [category: Births]
• 1963: Raphaël Salem, Greek mathematician (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1963: The so-called "red telephone" is established between the Soviet Union and the United States following the Cuban Missile Crisis. [category: Events]
• 1964: Pierfrancesco Chili, Italian motorcycle racer [category: Births]
• 1964: Silke Möller, German athlete [category: Births]
• 1965: Bernard Baruch, American financier and statesman (b. 1870) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Georges Lemaître, Belgian priest, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Nicole Kidman, Australian-American actress [category: Births]
• 1968: Robert Rodriguez, American director [category: Births]
• 1969: MaliVai Washington, American tennis player [category: Births]
• 1969: Misha Verbitsky, Russian mathematician [category: Births]
• 1969: Paulo Bento, Portuguese footballer and manager [category: Births]
• 1969: Peter Paige, American actor, director, and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1970: Andrea Nahles, German politician [category: Births]
• 1970: Bruce Woodcock, American analyst and public speaker [category: Births]
• 1970: Jason Robert Brown, American composer, lyricist, and playwright [category: Births]
• 1970: Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco [category: Births]
• 1971: DJ Screw, American rapper and DJ (Screwed Up Click) [category: Births]
• 1971: Jeordie White, American singer-songwriter and musician (A Perfect Circle, Amboog-a-Lard, Goon Moon, The Desert Sessions, and Satan on Fire) [category: Births]
• 1971: Josh Kronfeld, New Zealand rugby player [category: Births]
• 1971: Josh Lucas, American actor [category: Births]
• 1971: Rodney Rogers, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1972: Alexis Alexoudis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1972: Paul Bako, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1972: Howard Deering Johnson, American businessman, founded Howard Johnson's (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1973: Chino Moreno, American singer-songwriter and musician (Deftones, Team Sleep, and Crosses) [category: Births]
• 1973: Ezeiza massacre in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Snipers fire upon left-wing Peronists. At least 13 are killed and more than 300 are injured. [category: Events]
• 1974: Attila Czene, Hungarian swimmer [category: Births]
• 1974: Tuta, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1974: Horace Lindrum, Australian snooker and billiards player (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: Daniel Zítka, Czech footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Carlos Lee, Panamanian baseball player [category: Births]
• 1976: Jerome Fontamillas, American singer and musician (Switchfoot, Mortal, and Fold Zandura) [category: Births]
• 1976: Juliano Belletti, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Rob Mackowiak, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1976: Lou Klein, American baseball player (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Gordan Giriček, Croatian basketball player [category: Births]
• 1978: Bobby Seay, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1978: Frank Lampard, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Jan-Paul Saeijs, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: LaVar Arrington, American football player [category: Births]
• 1978: Quinton Jackson, American mixed martial artist and actor [category: Births]
• 1978: Mark Robson, Canadian director and producer (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Cael Sanderson, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1979: Charles Howell III, American golfer [category: Births]
• 1979: Charlotte Hatherley, English singer-songwriter and musician (Ash, Nightnurse, and Client) [category: Births]
• 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 sparks an international outcry against the regime. [category: Events]
• 1980: Carlo Festuccia, Italian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1980: Fabian Wegmann, German cyclist [category: Births]
• 1980: Franco Semioli, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Tony Lovato, American singer and guitarist (Mest) [category: Births]
• 1981: Angerfist, Dutch DJ and musician [category: Births]
• 1981: Ardian Gashi, Albanian-Norwegian footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Aleksei Berezutski, Russian footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: April Ross, American volleyball player [category: Births]
• 1982: Example, English singer-songwriter, rapper, and musician [category: Births]
• 1982: George Forsyth, Peruvian footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Vasili Berezutski, Russian footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: The Argentine base (Corbeta Uruguay) on Southern Thule surrenders to Royal Marine commandos in the final action of the Falklands War. [category: Events]
• 1983: Cherrie Ying, Hong Kong actress [category: Births]
• 1983: Darren Sproles, American football player [category: Births]
• 1983: Josh Childress, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1984: Dennis Malura, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Hassan Adams, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1984: Neetu Chandra, Indian actress [category: Births]
• 1984: Estelle Winwood, English actress (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Darko Miličić, Serbian basketball player [category: Births]
• 1985: Halil Savran, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Kai Hesse, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Matt Flynn, American football player [category: Births]
• 1985: Souleymane Mamam, Togolese footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Dreama Walker, American actress [category: Births]
• 1987: Carsten Ball, Australian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1988: Shefali Chowdhury, Welsh actress [category: Births]
• 1989: Christopher Mintz-Plasse, American actor [category: Births]
• 1989: Federico Barón, Argentine actor [category: Births]
• 1989: Javier Pastore, Argentine football player [category: Births]
• 1989: Sarah Neely, Entrepreneur [category: Births]
• 1989: Terrelle Pryor, American football player [category: Births]
• 1990: Asteroid Eureka is discovered. [category: Events]
• 1991: Rick ten Voorde, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1991: The German Bundestag votes to move the capital from Bonn back to Berlin. [category: Events]
• 1995: Emil Cioran, Romanian-French philosopher (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Jim Ellison, American musician (Material Issue) (b. 1964) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Maria Lark, Russian-American actress [category: Births]
• 1997: Lawrence Payton, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Four Tops) (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Jadin Gould, American actress [category: Births]
• 1998: Conrad Schumann, German soldier (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Clifton Fadiman, American author (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Erwin Chargaff, Austrian biochemist (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Tinus Osendarp, Dutch runner (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Bob Stump, American politician (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: The WikiMedia Foundation is founded in St. Petersburg, Florida. [category: Events]
• 2005: Jack Kilby, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Larry Collins, American writer (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Billy Johnson, American baseball player (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Trevor Henry, New Zealand lawyer and judge (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Neda Agha-Soltan, Iranian student and protester (b. 1982) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: During the Iranian election protests, the death of Neda Agha-Soltan is captured on video and spreads virally on the Internet, making it "probably the most widely witnessed death in human history". [category: Events]
• 2010: Harry B. Whittington, English palaeontologist (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Roberto Rosato, Italian footballer (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Ryan Dunn, American stuntman and actor (b. 1977) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Alcides Mendoza Castro, Peruvian archbishop (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Alexander Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 9th Marquess of Londonderry, English nobleman (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Andrew Sarris, American critic and writer (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Judy Agnew, American wife of Spiro Agnew (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: LeRoy Neiman, American painter (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Michael Westmacott, English mountaineer (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Ramaz Shengelia, Georgian footballer (b. 1957) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Robert J. Kelleher, American tennis player (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• _: Adalbert, Archbishop of Magdeburg [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Day of the National Flag (Argentina) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest date for the summer solstice in the Northern hemisphere and the winter solstice in the Southern hemisphere, and its related observance: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which Day of the Finnish Flag can fall, while June 26 is the latest; celebrated on Saturday of Midsummer's Day (Finland) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Festival in honor of Summanus (Roman Empire) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Florentina [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: International Surfing Day (June 21 during leap years) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: June 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Litha / Midsummer celebrations in the northern hemisphere, Yule in the southern hemisphere. (Neopagan Wheel of the Year) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Margareta Ebner (Beatified) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Martyrs' Day (Eritrea) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Pope Silverius [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: West Virginia Day (West Virginia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: World Refugee Day (International) [category: Holidays and observances]