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Birthday June 20, 1674 Nicholas Rowe, dramatist, English poet laureate |
Birthday June 20, 1819 Jacques Offenbach, in France composer |
Birthday June 20, 1905 Lillian Hellman is born |
Birthday June 20, 1907 Lillian Hellman, playwright (Toys in the Attic, Little Foxes) |
Birthday June 20, 1909 Errol Flynn, Actor |
Birthday June 20, 1924 Audie Murphy, war hero, Actor |
Birthday June 20, 1924 Chet Atkins, Country Guitar Player |
Birthday June 20, 1942 Brian Wilson, (Beachboy) |
Birthday June 20, 1945 Anne Murray, in Nova Scotia singer |
Birthday June 20, 1946 Andre Watts, concert pianist |
Birthday June 20, 1947 Candy Clark, Actress |
Birthday June 20, 1950 Lionel Richie, singer |
Birthday June 20, 1953 Cyndi Lauper, in Brooklyn - A fun girl |
Birthday June 20, 1960 John Taylor, rocker |
History June 20, 1632 Britain grants 2nd Lord Baltimore rights to Chesapeake Bay area |
History June 20, 1756 British soldiers imprisoned in India-Black Hole of Calcutta-most died |
History June 20, 1779 Battle of Stone Ferry |
History June 20, 1782 Congress approves Great Seal of US & the Eagle as it's symbol |
History June 20, 1782 Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States |
History June 20, 1789 Third Estate makes Tennis Court Oath |
History June 20, 1791 King Louis XVI caught trying to escape French Revolution |
History June 20, 1837 Queen Victoria at 18 ascends British throne following death of uncle King William IV Ruled for 63 years ending in 1901 |
History June 20, 1855 Comm appoints to lay out streets west of Larkin - SF |
History June 20, 1863 West Virginia became 35th state |
History June 20, 1863 West Virginia enters the Union |
History June 20, 1867 Pres Andrew Johnson announces purchase of Alaska |
History June 20, 1875 Mountain man Joe Meek dies |
History June 20, 1893 Lizzie Borden found innocent in New Bedford Mass |
History June 20, 1895 Nicaragua - El Salvador & Honduras form a short-lived confederation |
History June 20, 1900 Boxer Rebellion begins in China |
History June 20, 1913 Bert Daniels set AL mark by getting hit 3 times in a doubleheader |
History June 20, 1919 German cabinet resigns over Versailles deadlock |
History June 20, 1920 Yanks win protest of 1-0 White Sox win & game is replayed |
History June 20, 1939 Test flight of 1st rocket plane using liquid propellants |
History June 20, 1941 Ford signs first contract with autoworkers' union |
History June 20, 1943 Britain launches Operation Bellicose |
History June 20, 1947 Gangster Benjamin `Buggsy' Siegel shot dead in Beverly Hills Cal |
History June 20, 1947 Bugsy Siegel, organized crime leader, is killed |
History June 20, 1947 Pres Truman vetoed Taft-Hartley Act |
History June 20, 1948 Toast of the Town hosted by Ed Sullivan premier on CBS-TV |
History June 20, 1950 Joe Dimaggio's 2000th hit - Yanks beat Indians 8-2 |
History June 20, 1963 US & USSR agree to set up "Hot Line" |
History June 20, 1963 1st Mayor's Trophy Game Mets beat Yanks 6-2 |
History June 20, 1963 United States and Soviet Union will establish a hot line |
History June 20, 1964 Westmoreland becomes Commander of MACV |
History June 20, 1966 Georges Lemaitre - originator of "big bang" theory - dies at 71 |
History June 20, 1967 Muhammad Ali convicted of violating draft law in Houston |
History June 20, 1968 Jim Hines becomes 1st person to run 100 meters in under 10 seconds |
History June 20, 1972 Abrams appointed as Army Chief of Staff |
History June 20, 1975 Jaws released |
History June 20, 1976 River Country opens |
History June 20, 1977 Oil enters Trans-Alaska pipeline exits 38 days later at Valdez |
History June 20, 1977 Oil flows in Alaska |
History June 20, 1979 Solar-energy system installed at White House |
History June 20, 1980 Duran outpoints Leonard for welterweight title |
History June 20, 1981 Beatles and Disco equals a #1 pop hit for Stars on 45 |
History June 20, 1982 It's National Bald Eagle Day |
History June 20, 1982 Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin arrives in Washington |
History June 20, 1983 Yankee Bobby Murcer retires |
History June 20, 1986 Drs at Bethesda Naval remove 2 small benign polyps from Reagan |
History June 20, 1987 Johnny Carson marries 4th wife Alexis Mass |
History June 20, 2002 Coal mine explosion kills 111 in China |