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June 20 is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 194 canicule actual until the end of the year.

On bound years, this day usually marks the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere and the winter solstice in the southern hemisphere.

Events

• 451 – Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius' battles Attila the Hun. After the battle, which was inconclusive, Attila retreats, causing the Romans to adapt it as a victory.
• 1214 – The University of Oxford receives its charter.
• 1631 – The sack of Baltimore: the Irish apple of Baltimore is attacked by Algerian pirates.
• 1652 – Tarhoncu Ahmet Paşa appointed grand vezir of the Ottoman Empire, served until 21 March 1653.
• 1685 – Monmouth Rebellion: James Scott, 1st Battle of Monmouth declares himself King of England at Bridgwater.
• 1756 – A British garrison is confined 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 alarm the government the United States.
• 1789 – Deputies of the French Third Estate yield the Tennis Court Oath.
• 1791 – King Louis XVI of France and his actual ancestors activate the Flight to Varennes during The French Revolution.
• 1819 – The U.S. vessel SS Savannah arrives at Liverpool, United Kingdom. She is the aboriginal steam-propelled barge to cantankerous the Atlantic, although a lot of of the adventure is fabricated beneath sail.
• 1837 – Queen Victoria succeeds to the British throne.
• 1840 – Samuel Morse receives the apparent for the telegraph.
• 1862 – Barbu Catargiu, the Prime Minister of Romania, is assassinated.
• 1863 – American Civil War: West Virginia is accepted as the 35th U.S. state.
• 1877 – Alexander Graham Bell installs the world's aboriginal bartering telephone account in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
• 1893 – Lizzie Borden is acquitted for the murders of her ancestor 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 absolute U.S. naval victory. The askew argosy air action is aswell accepted as the “Great Marianas Turkey Shoot”.
• 1944 – Continuation war: Soviet Abutment demands for an actual abandonment from Finland during the alpha of partially acknowledged Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive. Finnish government declines the demand.
• 1948 – Toast of the Town, after The Ed Sullivan Show, makes its television debut.
• 1956 – A Venezuelan Super-Constellation crashes in the Atlantic Ocean off Asbury Park, New Jersey, killing 74 people.
• 1959 – A attenuate June hurricane addled Canada's Gulf of St. Lawrence killing 35.
• 1960 – Independence of Mali and Senegal.
• 1963 – The alleged "red telephone" is accustomed amid the Soviet Union and the United States afterward the Cuban Missile Crisis.
• 1973 – Ezeiza massacre in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Snipers blaze aloft left-wing Peronists. At atomic 13 are asleep and added than 300 are injured.
• 1979 – ABC News contributor Bill Stewart is attempt asleep by a Nicaraguan soldier beneath the administration of Anastasio Somoza Debayle. The annihilation is bent on bandage and sparked all-embracing clamor of the regime.
• 1990 – Asteroid Eureka is discovered.
• 1991 – The German parliament decides to move the capital from Bonn aback to Berlin.
• 2003 – The WikiMedia Foundation is founded in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Births

• 236 BC – Scipio Africanus, Roman elder and accepted of the Second Punic War (d. 183 BC)
• 1005 – Ali az-Zahir, absolutist (d. 1036)
• 1389 – John, Battle of Bedford, agent of England (d. 1435)
• 1469 – Gian Galeazzo Sforza, battle of Milan (d. 1494)
• 1485 – Astorre III Manfredi, aristocrat of Faenza (d. 1502)
• 1566 – King Sigismund III Vasa of Poland (d. 1632)
• 1583 – Jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and elder (d. 1652)
• 1634 – Charles Emmanuel II of Savoy (d. 1675)
• 1642 (O.S.) – George Hickes, English abbot and academic (d. 1715)
• 1647 – John George III, Elector of Saxony (d. 1691)
• 1699 – William Gustav of Anhalt-Dessau (d. 1737)
• 1717 – Jacques Saly, French sculptor (d. 1776)
• 1723 – Adam Ferguson, Scottish philosopher and historian (d. 1816)
• 1723 – Theophilus Lindsey, English theologian (d. 1808)
• 1733 – Betty Washington, sister of George Washington (d. 1797)
• 1737 – Tokugawa Ieharu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1786)
• 1754 – Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (d. 1832)
• 1756 – Joseph Martin Kraus, Swedish artisan (d. 1792)
• 1761 – Jacob Hübner, German entomologist (d. 1826)
• 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)
• 1771 – Hermann von Boyen, German army administrator (d. 1848)
• 1778 – Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac, French baby-kisser (d. 1832)
• 1786 – Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, French artisan (d. 1859)
• 1796 – Luigi Amat di San Filippo e Sorso, Italian basal (d. 1878)
• 1808 – Samson Raphael Hirsch, German clergyman (d. 1888)
• 1813 – Joseph Autran, French artisan (d. 1877)
• 1819 – Jacques Offenbach, German-born French artisan (d. 1880)
• 1855 – Sir Richard Lodge, English historian (d. 1936)
• 1858 – Charles W. Chesnutt, American biographer (d. 1932)
• 1860 – Jack Worrall, Australian cricketer, footballer, and drillmaster (d. 1937)
• 1861 – Frederick Hopkins, English biochemist, almsman of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine (d. 1947)
• 1862 – Marco Praga, Italian columnist (d. 1929)
• 1870 – Georges Dufrénoy, French post-impressionnist painter (d. 1943)
• 1872 – George Carpenter, the 5th Accepted of The Salvation Army (d. 1948)
• 1875 – Reginald Punnett, British geneticist (d. 1967)
• 1885 – Andrzej Gawroński, Polish academic (d. 1927)
• 1887 – Kurt Schwitters, German painter and biographer (d. 1948)
• 1889 – John S. Paraskevopoulos, Greek-South African astronomer (d. 1951)
• 1891 – John A. Costello, additional Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland (d. 1976)
• 1891 – Giannina Arangi-Lombardi, Italian acute (d. 1951)
• 1893 – Wilhelm Zaisser, German baby-kisser (d. 1958)
• 1894 – Lloyd Hall, American chemist (d. 1971)
• 1896 – Wilfrid Pelletier, Canadian aqueduct (d. 1982)
• 1897 – Elisabeth Hauptmann, German biographer (d. 1973)
• 1899 – Jean Moulin, French Resistance baton (d. 1943)
• 1905 – Lillian Hellman, American columnist (d. 1984)
• 1907 – Jimmy Driftwood, American songwriter and artisan (d. 1998)
• 1908 – Billy Werber, American baseball amateur (d. 2009)
• 1909 – Errol Flynn, Australian amateur (d. 1959)
• 1911 – Gail Patrick, American extra (d. 1980)
• 1912 – Anthony Buckeridge, English columnist (d. 2004)
• 1915 – Dick Reynolds, Australian rules footballer and drillmaster (d. 2002)
• 1915 – Terence Young, British blur administrator (d. 1994)
• 1916 – Jean-Jacques Bertrand, arch of Quebec (d. 1973)
• 1916 – Johnny Morris, British children's presenter (d. 1999)
• 1917 – Igor Śmiałowski, Polish amateur (d. 2006)
• 1918 – George Lynch, American auto racer (d. 1997)
• 1918 – Zoltán Sztáray, Hungarian writer
• 1920 – Hans Gerschwiler, Swiss amount skater
• 1921 – Byron Farwell, American aggressive historian (d. 1999)
• 1923 – Bjørn Watt-Boolsen, Danish amateur (d. 1998)
• 1924 – Chet Atkins, American guitar amateur and ambassador (d. 2001)
• 1924 – Audie Murphy, American Medal of Honor almsman and amateur (d. 1971)
• 1924 – Fritz Koenig, German sculptor
• 1928 – Eric Dolphy, American applesauce artisan (d. 1964)
• 1928 – Jean-Marie Le Pen, French politician
• 1930 – Paul Pender, American boxer
• 1930 – Magdalena Abakanowicz, Polish artist
• 1931 – Olympia Dukakis, American actress
• 1931 – Martin Landau, American actor
• 1931 – James Tolkan, American actor
• 1932 – Robert Rozhdestvensky, Russian artisan (d. 1994)
• 1933 – Danny Aiello, American actor
• 1934 – Wendy Craig, English actress
• 1934 – Rossana Podestà, Italian actress
• 1934 – Yuri Vizbor, Russian artisan (d. 1984)
• 1935 – Len Dawson, American football player
• 1935 – Neal Knox, American gun rights activist (d. 2005)
• 1936 – Billy Guy, American accompanist (The Coasters) (d. 2002)
• 1937 – Jerry Keller, American pop accompanist and songwriter
• 1938 – Mickie Most, British almanac ambassador (d. 2003)
• 1939 – Ramakant Desai, Indian cricketer (d. 1998)
• 1940 – Eugen Drewermann, German theologian
• 1940 – John Mahoney, English actor
• 1941 – Ulf Merbold, German physicist and astronaut
• 1941 – Stephen Frears, English blur director
• 1942 – Brian Wilson, American artisan (The Beach Boys)
• 1944 – Cheryl Holdridge, American actress
• 1944 – David Roper, English actor
• 1945 – Anne Murray, Canadian singer
• 1946 – Bob Vila, American television host
• 1946 – Xanana Gusmão, President of East Timor
• 1946 – Andre Watts, American pianist
• 1946 – Lars Vilks, Swedish artist
• 1947 – Dolores Brooks, American accompanist (the Crystals)
• 1947 – Candy Clark, American actress
• 1947 – Josef Clemens, German abbey and Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
• 1947 – Ivo Milazzo, Italian banana book artist
• 1948 – Ludwig Scotty, President of Nauru
• 1949 – Lionel Richie, American artisan (The Commodores)
• 1949 – Alan Longmuir, Scottish bass guitarist (Bay City Rollers)
• 1950 – Nouri Al-Maliki, Prime Abbot of Iraq
• 1951 – Tress MacNeille, American articulation actress
• 1951 – Paul Muldoon, Northern Irish poet
• 1951 – Bill Simon, American agent and politician
• 1952 – John Goodman, American actor
• 1952 – Vince Gotera, American poet
• 1952 – Larry Riley, American amateur (d. 1992)
• 1952 – Vikram Seth, Indian poet
• 1953 – Ulrich Mühe, German amateur (d. 2007)
• 1953 – Raúl Ramírez, Mexican tennis player
• 1953 – Willy Rampf, German F1 abstruse administrator (BMW Sauber)
• 1954 – Michael Anthony, American artisan (Van Halen)
• 1954 – Ilan Ramon, Israeli action pilot and astronaut (d. 2003)
• 1954 – Allan Lamb, South African built-in English cricketer
• 1956 – Peter Reid, English above footballer
• 1957 – Koko B. Ware, American able wrestler
• 1958 – Chuck Wagner, American actor
• 1958 – Ron Hornaday, American racecar driver
• 1960 – John Taylor, English artisan (Duran Duran)
• 1963 – Amir Derakh, American artisan (Orgy)
• 1963 – Don West, American able angry announcer
• 1964 – Pierfrancesco Chili, Italian motorcycle racer
• 1964 – Silke Möller, German clue and acreage athlete
• 1967 – Nicole Kidman, American-born Australian actress
• 1968 – Robert Rodriguez, American blur director
• 1969 – MaliVai Washington, American tennis player
• 1969 – Misha Verbitsky, Russian mathematician
• 1969 – Peter Paige, American actor
• 1970 – Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco
• 1970 – Andrea Nahles, German politician
• 1970 – Bruce Woodcock, American computer amateur analyst
• 1971 – Josh Lucas, American actor
• 1971 – Jeordie White, American artisan (Marilyn Manson)
• 1971 – Josh Kronfeld, New Zealander rugby abutment footballer
• 1972 – Alexis Alexoudis, Greek footballer
• 1972 – Paul Bako, American baseball player
• 1973 – Chino Moreno, American artisan (Deftones)
• 1974 – Attila Czene, Hungarian swimmer
• 1974 – Tuta, Brazilian footballer
• 1975 – Daniel Zítka, Czech footballer
• 1976 – Jerome Fontamillas, American artisan (Switchfoot)
• 1976 – Carlos Lee, Panamanian baseball player
• 1976 – Rob Mackowiak, American baseball player
• 1976 – Juliano Belletti, Brazilian footballer
• 1977 – Gordan Giriček, Croatian basketball player
• 1978 – LaVar Arrington, American football player
• 1978 – Quinton Jackson, American alloyed aggressive artist
• 1978 – Frank Lampard, English footballer
• 1978 – Jan-Paul Saeijs, Dutch footballer
• 1978 – Bobby Seay, American baseball player
• 1978 – Mike Birbiglia, Comedian
• 1979 – Charlotte Hatherley, English guitarist (Ash)
• 1979 – Charles Howell III, American able golfer
• 1979 – Cael Sanderson, American olympic bathe wrestler
• 1980 – Carlo Festuccia, Italian rugby abutment footballer
• 1980 – Fabian Wegmann, German alley antagonism cyclist
• 1980 – Tony Lovato, American accompanist and guitarrist (Mest)
• 1980 – Franco Semioli, Italian footballer
• 1981 – Ardian Gashi, Albanian-Norwegian footballer
• 1981 – Angerfist, Dutch musician
• 1982 – Aleksei Berezutski, Russian footballer
• 1982 – Vasili Berezutski, Russian footballer
• 1982 – George Forsyth, Peruvian footballer
• 1983 – Darren Sproles, American football player
• 1983 – Josh Childress, American basketball player
• 1983 – Cherrie Ying, Hong Kong actress
• 1985 – Souleymane Mamam, Togolese footballer
• 1985 – Darko Miličić, Serbian basketball player
• 1987 – Carsten Ball, Able Australian Tennis Player
• 1988 – Shefali Chowdhury, Welsh actress
• 1989 – Christopher Mintz-Plasse, American actor
• 1989 – Terrelle Pryor, American football player
• 1992 – James Waite, UK Banger Antagonism Driver
• 1997 – Maria Lark, Russian-born American actress

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)
• 1176 – Mikhail of Vladimir, Russian prince
• 1597 – Willem Barentsz, Dutch navigator (b. 1550)
• 1605 – Feodor II of Russia, tsar of Russia (b. 1589)
• 1668 – Heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit academic (b. 1620)
• 1776 – Benjamin Huntsman, English artisan and architect (b. 1704)
• 1787 – Carl Friedrich Abel, German artisan (b. 1723)
• 1800 – Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, German mathematician (b. 1719)
• 1810 – Count Axel von Fersen the Younger, Swedish elder (b. 1755)
• 1820 – Manuel Belgrano, Argentine advocate and baby-kisser (b. 1770)
• 1840 – Pierre Claude François Daunou, French elder and historian (b. 1761)
• 1837 – William IV of the United Kingdom (b. 1765)
• 1869 – Toshizou Hijikata, Shinsengumi vice-commander (b. 1835)
• 1870 – Jules de Goncourt, French biographer (b. 1830)
• 1872 – Elie Frédéric Forey, French accepted (b. 1804)
• 1888 – Johannes Zukertort, German-Polish-Jewish chess adept (b. 1842)
• 1906 – John Clayton Adams, British mural artisan (b. 1840)
• 1925 – Josef Breuer, Austrian analyst (b. 1842)
• 1929 – Emmanuel Benakis, Greek merchant and baby-kisser (b. 1843)
• 1945 – Bruno Frank, German columnist (b. 1878)
• 1945 – Luís Fernando de Orleans y Borbón, Spanish prince (b. 1888)
• 1947 – Bugsy Siegel, American abomination amount (b. 1906)
• 1952 – Luigi Fagioli, Italian chase car disciplinarian (b. 1898)
• 1958 – Kurt Alder, German chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1902)
• 1963 – Raphaël Salem, Greek mathematician (b. 1898)
• 1965 – Bernard Baruch, American baby-kisser (b. 1870)
• 1972 – Howard Johnson, American businessman, artist of restaurant alternation (b. 1897)
• 1974 – Horace Lindrum, Australian snooker and billiards amateur (b. 1912)
• 1976 – Lou Klein, American baseball amateur (b. 1918)
• 1978 – Mark Robson, Canadian blur administrator and ambassador (b. 1913)
• 1984 – Estelle Winwood, English extra (b. 1883)
• 1995 – Emil Cioran, Romanian-born French philosopher (b. 1911)
• 1996 – Jim Ellison, Singer/Guitarist for the bandage Material Issue (b. 1964)
• 1997 – Lawrence Payton, American accompanist (The Four Tops) (b. 1938)
• 1998 – Conrad Schumann, East German bound bouncer (b. 1942)
• 1999 – Clifton Fadiman, American columnist (b. 1902)
• 2002 – Erwin Chargaff, Austrian biochemist (b. 1905)
• 2002 – Tinus Osendarp, Dutch agent (b. 1916)
• 2003 – Bob Stump, American baby-kisser (b. 1927)
• 2005 – Jack Kilby, American electrical engineer, Nobel laureate (b. 1923)
• 2005 – Larry Collins, American biographer (b. 1929)
• 2006 – Billy Johnson, American baseball amateur (b. 1918)
• 2007 – Trevor Henry, New Zealand Justice (b. 1902)

Holidays and observances

• Solstice and Midsummer celebrations (if the acme avalanche on this day, it varies annually)
• Neopaganism, Wicca: Litha in the Northern Hemisphere and Yule in the Southern Hemisphere (if acme avalanche on this day)
• International Surfing Day (June 21 during leap years)
• World Refugee Day
• Argentina: Flag Day
• Eritrea: Martyrs' Day
• West Virginia: West Virginia Day.
• Saint Adalbert of Magdeburg (d. 981)

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media accompanying to: June 20

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada