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| June 20th, 2007 (June 20 2007) | Death | Trevor Henry, New Zealand Justice (born in 1902) | |
| June 20th, 2006 (June 20 2006) | Death | Billy Johnson, American baseball player (born in 1918) | |
| June 20th, 2005 (June 20 2005) | Death | Jack Kilby, American electrical engineer, Nobel laureate (born in 1923) | |
| June 20th, 2005 (June 20 2005) | Death | Larry Collins, American writer (born in 1929) | |
| June 20th, 2003 (June 20 2003) | Death | Bob Stump, American politician (born in 1927) | |
| June 20th, 2002 (June 20 2002) | Death | Erwin Chargaff, Austrian biochemist (born in 1905) | |
| June 20th, 2002 (June 20 2002) | Death | Tinus Osendarp, Dutch runner (born in 1916) | |
| June 20th, 1999 (June 20 1999) | Death | Clifton Fadiman, American author (born in 1902) | |
| June 20th, 1998 (June 20 1998) | Death | Conrad Schumann, East German border guard (born in 1942) | |
| June 20th, 1997 (June 20 1997) | Birth | Maria Lark, Russian-born American actress | |
| June 20th, 1997 (June 20 1997) | Death | Lawrence Payton, American singer (The Four Tops) (born in 1938) | |
| June 20th, 1996 (June 20 1996) | Death | Jim Ellison, Singer/Guitarist for the band Material Issue (born in 1964) | |
| June 20th, 1995 (June 20 1995) | Death | Emil Cioran, Romanian-born French philosopher (born in 1911) | Philo Quotes |
| June 20th, 1991 (June 20 1991) | Event | The German parliament decides to move the capital from Bonn back to Berlin. | |
| June 20th, 1990 (June 20 1990) | Event | Asteroid Eureka is discovered. | |
| June 20th, 1990 (June 20 1990) | Birth | Tim Commandeur, Australian musician | |
| June 20th, 1989 (June 20 1989) | Birth | Christopher Mintz-Plasse, American actor | |
| June 20th, 1988 (June 20 1988) | Birth | Shefali Chowdhury, Welsh actress | |
| June 20th, 1986 (June 20 1986) | Birth | DJ Biz, Computer DJ | |
| June 20th, 1985 (June 20 1985) | Birth | Souleymane Mamam, Togolese footballer | |
| June 20th, 1985 (June 20 1985) | Birth | Darko Milicic, Serbian basketball player | |
| June 20th, 1983 (June 20 1983) | Birth | Darren Sproles, American football player | |
| June 20th, 1983 (June 20 1983) | Birth | Josh Childress, American basketball player | |
| June 20th, 1983 (June 20 1983) | Birth | Cherrie Ying, Hong Kong actress | |
| June 20th, 1981 (June 20 1981) | Birth | Ardian Gashi, Albanian-Norwegian footballer | |
| June 20th, 1980 (June 20 1980) | Birth | Carlo Festuccia, Italian rugby union footballer | |
| June 20th, 1980 (June 20 1980) | Birth | Fabian Wegmann, German road racing cyclist | |
| June 20th, 1980 (June 20 1980) | Birth | Tony Lovato, American singer and guitarrist (Mest) | |
| June 20th, 1980 (June 20 1980) | Birth | Franco Semioli, Italian footballer | |
| June 20th, 1979 (June 20 1979) | Event | 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 sparked international outcry of the regime. | |
| June 20th, 1979 (June 20 1979) | Birth | Charlotte Hatherley, English guitarist (Ash) | |
| June 20th, 1979 (June 20 1979) | Birth | Charles Howell III, Professional Golfer | |
| June 20th, 1979 (June 20 1979) | Birth | Cael Sanderson, Olympic Wrestler | |
| June 20th, 1979 (June 20 1979) | Birth | Lani Billard, Canadian actress | |
| June 20th, 1978 (June 20 1978) | Birth | LaVar Arrington, American football player | |
| June 20th, 1978 (June 20 1978) | Birth | Quinton Jackson, American Mixed Martial Artist | Martial Quotes |
| June 20th, 1978 (June 20 1978) | Birth | Frank Lampard, English footballer | |
| June 20th, 1978 (June 20 1978) | Birth | Jan-Paul Saeijs, Dutch footballer | |
| June 20th, 1978 (June 20 1978) | Birth | Bobby Seay, American baseball player | |
| June 20th, 1978 (June 20 1978) | Death | Mark Robson, Canadian film director and producer (born in 1913) | |
| June 20th, 1977 (June 20 1977) | Birth | Gordan Giricek, Croatian basketball player | |
| June 20th, 1976 (June 20 1976) | Birth | Jerome Fontamillas,Filipino American musician (Switchfoot) | |
| June 20th, 1976 (June 20 1976) | Birth | Carlos Lee, Panamanian baseball player | |
| June 20th, 1976 (June 20 1976) | Birth | Rob Mackowiak, American baseball player | |
| June 20th, 1976 (June 20 1976) | Birth | Juliano Belletti, Brazilian footballer | Julian Quotes |
| June 20th, 1976 (June 20 1976) | Death | Lou Klein, American baseball player (born in 1918) | |
| June 20th, 1975 (June 20 1975) | Birth | Daniel Zitka, Czech footballer | |
| June 20th, 1974 (June 20 1974) | Birth | Attila Czene, Hungarian swimmer | |
| June 20th, 1974 (June 20 1974) | Birth | Jami Ferrell, American model and actress | |
| June 20th, 1973 (June 20 1973) | Event | Ezeiza massacre in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Snipers fire upon left-wing Peronists. At least 13 are killed and more than 300 are injured. | |
| June 20th, 1973 (June 20 1973) | Birth | Brian Maloney, Austin Designer and creator of snerst.com | |
| June 20th, 1973 (June 20 1973) | Birth | Chino Moreno, American musician (Deftones) | |
| June 20th, 1972 (June 20 1972) | Birth | Paul Bako, American baseball player | |
| June 20th, 1972 (June 20 1972) | Death | Howard Johnson, American businessman, originator of restaurant chain (born in 1897) | |
| June 20th, 1971 (June 20 1971) | Birth | Josh Lucas, American actor | |
| June 20th, 1971 (June 20 1971) | Birth | Jeordie White, American musician (Marilyn Manson) | Marilyn Manson Quotes |
| June 20th, 1971 (June 20 1971) | Birth | Rodney Rogers, American basketball player | |
| June 20th, 1970 (June 20 1970) | Birth | Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco | |
| June 20th, 1970 (June 20 1970) | Birth | Andrea Nahles, German politician | |
| June 20th, 1970 (June 20 1970) | Birth | Bruce Woodcock, American computer games analyst | |
| June 20th, 1969 (June 20 1969) | Birth | MaliVai Washington, American former tennis player | |
| June 20th, 1968 (June 20 1968) | Birth | Robert Rodriguez, American film director | |
| June 20th, 1967 (June 20 1967) | Birth | Nicole Kidman, American-born Australian actress | |
| June 20th, 1964 (June 20 1964) | Birth | Pierfrancesco Chili, Italian motorcycle racer | |
| June 20th, 1964 (June 20 1964) | Birth | Silke Moller, German track and field athlete | |
| June 20th, 1963 (June 20 1963) | Event | The so-called "red telephone" is established between the Soviet Union and the United States following the Cuban Missile Crisis. | |
| June 20th, 1963 (June 20 1963) | Birth | Amir Derakh, American musician (Orgy) | |
| June 20th, 1963 (June 20 1963) | Birth | Don West, American professional wrestling announcer | |
| June 20th, 1963 (June 20 1963) | Death | Raphael Salem, Greek mathematician (born in 1898) | |
| June 20th, 1960 (June 20 1960) | Event | Independence of Mali and Senegal. | |
| June 20th, 1960 (June 20 1960) | Birth | John Taylor, English musician (Duran Duran) | |
| June 20th, 1958 (June 20 1958) | Birth | Chuck Wagner, American actor | |
| June 20th, 1958 (June 20 1958) | Birth | Ron Hornaday, American racecar driver | |
| June 20th, 1958 (June 20 1958) | Death | Kurt Alder, German chemist, Nobel laureate (born in 1902) | |
| June 20th, 1957 (June 20 1957) | Birth | Koko B. Ware, American professional wrestler | |
| June 20th, 1956 (June 20 1956) | Event | A Venezuelan Super-Constellation crashes in the Atlantic Ocean off Asbury Park, New Jersey, killing 74 people. | |
| June 20th, 1956 (June 20 1956) | Birth | Peter Reid, English former footballer | |
| June 20th, 1954 (June 20 1954) | Birth | Michael Anthony, American musician (Van Halen) | |
| June 20th, 1954 (June 20 1954) | Birth | Ilan Ramon, Israeli combat pilot and astronaut (died in 2003) | |
| June 20th, 1954 (June 20 1954) | Birth | Allan Lamb, South African born English cricketer | |
| June 20th, 1953 (June 20 1953) | Birth | Ulrich Muhe, German actor (died in 2007) | |
| June 20th, 1953 (June 20 1953) | Birth | Raul Ramirez, Mexican tennis player | |
| June 20th, 1952 (June 20 1952) | Birth | John Goodman, American actor | |
| June 20th, 1952 (June 20 1952) | Birth | Larry Riley, American actor (died in 1992) | |
| June 20th, 1952 (June 20 1952) | Birth | Vikram Seth, Indian poet | |
| June 20th, 1952 (June 20 1952) | Birth | Willy Rampf, German F1 technical director (BMW Sauber) | |
| June 20th, 1952 (June 20 1952) | Death | Luigi Fagioli, Italian race car driver (born in 1898) | |
| June 20th, 1951 (June 20 1951) | Birth | Tress MacNeille, American voice actress | |
| June 20th, 1951 (June 20 1951) | Birth | Paul Muldoon, Northern Irish poet | Paul Muldoon Quotes |
| June 20th, 1951 (June 20 1951) | Birth | Bill Simon, American businessman and politician | |
| June 20th, 1949 (June 20 1949) | Birth | Lionel Richie, American musician (The Commodores) | |
| June 20th, 1949 (June 20 1949) | Birth | Alan Longmuir, Scottish bass guitarist (Bay City Rollers) | |
| June 20th, 1948 (June 20 1948) | Event | Toast of the Town, later The Ed Sullivan Show, makes its television debut. | |
| June 20th, 1948 (June 20 1948) | Birth | Ludwig Scotty, President of Nauru | |
| June 20th, 1947 (June 20 1947) | Birth | Dolores Brooks, American singer (the Crystals) | |
| June 20th, 1947 (June 20 1947) | Birth | Candy Clark, American actress | |
| June 20th, 1947 (June 20 1947) | Birth | Josef Clemens, German bishop and Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Laity | |
| June 20th, 1947 (June 20 1947) | Birth | Ivo Milazzo, Italian comic book artist | |
| June 20th, 1947 (June 20 1947) | Death | Bugsy Siegel, American crime figure (born in 1906) | |
| June 20th, 1946 (June 20 1946) | Birth | Bob Vila, television presenter | |
| June 20th, 1946 (June 20 1946) | Birth | Xanana Gusmao, President of East Timor | |
| June 20th, 1946 (June 20 1946) | Birth | Andre Watts, American pianist | |
| June 20th, 1945 (June 20 1945) | Birth | Anne Murray, Canadian singer | |
| June 20th, 1945 (June 20 1945) | Death | Bruno Frank, German author (born in 1878) | |
| June 20th, 1944 (June 20 1944) | Event | 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". | |
| June 20th, 1944 (June 20 1944) | Birth | Cheryl Holdridge, American actress | |
| June 20th, 1944 (June 20 1944) | Birth | David Roper, English actor | |
| June 20th, 1942 (June 20 1942) | Birth | Brian Wilson, American musician; founder of The Beach Boys | Brian Wilson Quotes |
| June 20th, 1941 (June 20 1941) | Birth | Ulf Merbold, German physicist and astronaut | |
| June 20th, 1941 (June 20 1941) | Birth | Stephen Frears, English film director | |
| June 20th, 1940 (June 20 1940) | Birth | Eugen Drewermann, German theologian | |
| June 20th, 1940 (June 20 1940) | Birth | John Mahoney, English actor | |
| June 20th, 1939 (June 20 1939) | Birth | Ramakant Desai, Indian cricketer (died in 1998) | |
| June 20th, 1938 (June 20 1938) | Birth | Mickie Most, British record producer (died in 2003) | |
| June 20th, 1937 (June 20 1937) | Birth | Jerry Keller, pop singer and songwriter | |
| June 20th, 1936 (June 20 1936) | Birth | Billy Guy, American singer (The Coasters) (died in 2002) | |
| June 20th, 1935 (June 20 1935) | Birth | Len Dawson, former football player | |
| June 20th, 1935 (June 20 1935) | Birth | Neal Knox, gun rights activist (died in 2005) | |
| June 20th, 1934 (June 20 1934) | Birth | Wendy Craig, English actress | |
| June 20th, 1934 (June 20 1934) | Birth | Rossana Podesta, Italian actress | |
| June 20th, 1933 (June 20 1933) | Birth | Danny Aiello, American actor | |
| June 20th, 1932 (June 20 1932) | Birth | Robert Rozhdestvensky, Russian poet (died in 1994) | |
| June 20th, 1931 (June 20 1931) | Birth | Olympia Dukakis, Greek-American actress | |
| June 20th, 1931 (June 20 1931) | Birth | Martin Landau, American actor | |
| June 20th, 1930 (June 20 1930) | Birth | Paul Pender, American boxer | |
| June 20th, 1930 (June 20 1930) | Birth | Magdalena Abakanowicz, Polish artist | |
| June 20th, 1928 (June 20 1928) | Birth | Eric Dolphy, American jazz musician (died in 1964) | Eric Dolphy Quotes |
| June 20th, 1928 (June 20 1928) | Birth | Jean-Marie Le Pen, French politician | |
| June 20th, 1925 (June 20 1925) | Death | Josef Breuer, Austrian psychologist (born in 1842) | |
| June 20th, 1924 (June 20 1924) | Birth | Chet Atkins, American guitar player and producer (died in 2001) | |
| June 20th, 1924 (June 20 1924) | Birth | Audie Murphy, American Medal of Honor recipient and actor (died in 1971) | |
| June 20th, 1924 (June 20 1924) | Birth | Fritz Koenig, German sculptor | |
| June 20th, 1920 (June 20 1920) | Birth | Hans Gerschwiler, Swiss figure skater | |
| June 20th, 1919 (June 20 1919) | Event | 150 die at the Teatro Yaguez fire, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. | |
| June 20th, 1918 (June 20 1918) | Birth | George Lynch, American auto racer (died in 1997) | |
| June 20th, 1918 (June 20 1918) | Birth | Zoltan Sztaray, Hungarian writer | |
| June 20th, 1917 (June 20 1917) | Birth | Igor Smialowski, Polish actor (died in 2006) | |
| June 20th, 1916 (June 20 1916) | Birth | Jean-Jacques Bertrand, premier of Quebec (died in 1973) | |
| June 20th, 1915 (June 20 1915) | Birth | Dick Reynolds, Australian rules footballer and coach (died in 2002) | |
| June 20th, 1915 (June 20 1915) | Birth | Terence Young, British film director (died in 1994) | |
| June 20th, 1912 (June 20 1912) | Birth | Anthony Buckeridge, English author (died in 2004) | |
| June 20th, 1911 (June 20 1911) | Birth | Gail Patrick, American actress (died in 1980) | |
| June 20th, 1909 (June 20 1909) | Birth | Errol Flynn, Australian actor (died in 1959) | |
| June 20th, 1908 (June 20 1908) | Birth | Billy Werber, American baseball player | |
| June 20th, 1907 (June 20 1907) | Birth | Jimmy Driftwood, American songwriter and musician (died in 1998) | |
| June 20th, 1906 (June 20 1906) | Death | John Clayton Adams, British landscape artist (born in 1840) | John Adams Quotes |
| June 20th, 1905 (June 20 1905) | Birth | Lillian Hellman, American playwright (died in 1984) | Lillian Hellman Quotes |
| June 20th, 1899 (June 20 1899) | Birth | Jean Moulin, French Resistance leader (died in 1943) | |
| June 20th, 1897 (June 20 1897) | Birth | Elisabeth Hauptmann, German writer (died in 1973) | |
| June 20th, 1896 (June 20 1896) | Birth | Wilfrid Pelletier, Canadian conductor (died in 1982) | |
| June 20th, 1894 (June 20 1894) | Birth | Lloyd Hall, American chemist (died in 1971) | |
| June 20th, 1893 (June 20 1893) | Event | Lizzie Borden is acquitted for the murders of her father and stepmother. | |
| June 20th, 1891 (June 20 1891) | Birth | John A. Costello, second Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland (died in 1976) | |
| June 20th, 1889 (June 20 1889) | Birth | John S. Paraskevopoulos, Greek-South African astronomer (died in 1951) | |
| June 20th, 1887 (June 20 1887) | Birth | Kurt Schwitters, German painter and writer (died in 1948) | |
| June 20th, 1885 (June 20 1885) | Birth | Andrzej Gawronski, Polish scholar (died in 1927) | |
| June 20th, 1877 (June 20 1877) | Event | Alexander Graham Bell installs the world s first commercial telephone service in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. | Alexander Graham Bell Quotes |
| June 20th, 1872 (June 20 1872) | Birth | George Carpenter, the 5th General of The Salvation Army (died in 1948) | |
| June 20th, 1870 (June 20 1870) | Death | Jules de Goncourt, French writer (born in 1830) | |
| June 20th, 1869 (June 20 1869) | Death | Toshizou Hijikata, Shinsengumi vice-commander (born in 1835) | |
| June 20th, 1863 (June 20 1863) | Event | American Civil War: West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state. | |
| June 20th, 1862 (June 20 1862) | Event | Barbu Catargiu, the Prime Minister of Romania, is assassinated. | |
| June 20th, 1861 (June 20 1861) | Birth | Frederick Hopkins, English biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine (d.1947) | |
| June 20th, 1860 (June 20 1860) | Birth | Jack Worrall, Australian cricketer, footballer, and coach (died in 1937) | |
| June 20th, 1858 (June 20 1858) | Birth | Charles W. Chesnutt, American writer (died in 1932) | |
| June 20th, 1840 (June 20 1840) | Event | Samuel Morse receives the patent for the telegraph. | |
| June 20th, 1837 (June 20 1837) | Event | Queen Victoria succeeds to the British throne. | |
| June 20th, 1837 (June 20 1837) | Death | William IV of the United Kingdom (born in 1765) | William King Quotes |
| June 20th, 1820 (June 20 1820) | Death | Manuel Belgrano, Argentine lawyer and politician (born in 1770) | |
| June 20th, 1819 (June 20 1819) | Event | The U.S. vessel SS Savannah arrives at Liverpool, United Kingdom. She is the first steam-propelled vessel to cross the Atlantic, although most of the journey was made under sail. | |
| June 20th, 1819 (June 20 1819) | Birth | Jacques Offenbach, German-born French composer (died in 1880) | |
| June 20th, 1808 (June 20 1808) | Birth | Samson Raphael Hirsch, German rabbi (died in 1888) | |
| June 20th, 1800 (June 20 1800) | Death | Abraham Gotthelf Kastner, German mathematician (born in 1719) | Abraham Quotes |
| June 20th, 1791 (June 20 1791) | Event | King Louis XVI of France and his immediate family begin the Flight to Varennes during The French Revolution. | |
| June 20th, 1789 (June 20 1789) | Event | Deputies of the French Third Estate take the Tennis Court Oath. | |
| June 20th, 1787 (June 20 1787) | Event | Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the United States. | |
| June 20th, 1787 (June 20 1787) | Death | Carl Friedrich Abel, German composer (born in 1723) | |
| June 20th, 1786 (June 20 1786) | Birth | Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, French poet (died in 1859) | |
| June 20th, 1782 (June 20 1782) | Event | The U.S. Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States. | |
| June 20th, 1776 (June 20 1776) | Death | Benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and manufacturer (born in 1704) | |
| June 20th, 1771 (June 20 1771) | Birth | Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, Scottish philanthropist (died in 1820) | Kirk Douglas Quotes |
| June 20th, 1770 (June 20 1770) | Birth | Moses Waddel, American educator/minister and bestselling author (died in 1840) | |
| June 20th, 1763 (June 20 1763) | Birth | Wolfe Tone, Irish patriot (died in 1798) | |
| June 20th, 1756 (June 20 1756) | Event | A British garrison is imprisoned in the Black Hole of Calcutta. | |
| June 20th, 1756 (June 20 1756) | Birth | Joseph Martin Kraus, Swedish composer (died in 1792) | Jose Marti Quotes |
| June 20th, 1737 (June 20 1737) | Birth | Tokugawa Ieharu, Japanese military (died in 1786) | |
| June 20th, 1733 (June 20 1733) | Birth | Betty Washington- sister of George Washington | George Washington Quotes |
| June 20th, 1717 (June 20 1717) | Birth | Jacques Saly, French sculptor (died in 1776) | |
| June 20th, 1685 (June 20 1685) | Event | Monmouth Rebellion: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth declares himself King of England at Bridgwater. | |
| June 20th, 1668 (June 20 1668) | Death | Heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (born in 1620) | |
| June 20th, 1647 (June 20 1647) | Birth | John George III, Elector of Saxony (died in 1691) | |
| June 20th, 1634 (June 20 1634) | Birth | Charles Emmanuel II of Savoy (died in 1675) | |
| June 20th, 1631 (June 20 1631) | Event | The sack of Baltimore: the Irish village of Baltimore is attacked by Algerian pirates. | |
| June 20th, 1597 (June 20 1597) | Death | Willem Barentsz, Dutch navigator | |
| June 20th, 1583 (June 20 1583) | Birth | Jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and statesman (died in 1652) | |
| June 20th, 1389 (June 20 1389) | Birth | John, Duke of Bedford, regent of England (died in 1435) | |
| June 20th, 1214 (June 20 1214) | Event | The University of Oxford receives its charter. | |
| June 20th, 1005 (June 20 1005) | Birth | Ali az-Zahir, caliph (died in 1036) | |
| June 20th, 0885 (June 20 0885) | Death | Bernard Plantapilosa, Count of Auvergne (born in 841) | |
| June 20th, 0840 (June 20 0840) | Death | Louis the Pious, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (born in 778) | |
| June 20th, 0451 (June 20 0451) | Event | Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius defeats Attila the Hun. | |
| June 20th, 0451 (June 20 0451) | Death | Theodorid, King of the Visigoths | |
