June 20 Events |
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| 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, 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, 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, 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, 1960 (June 20 1960) | Event | Independence of Mali and Senegal. | |
| 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, 1948 (June 20 1948) | Event | Toast of the Town, later The Ed Sullivan Show, makes its television debut. | |
| 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, 1919 (June 20 1919) | Event | 150 die at the Teatro Yaguez fire, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. | |
| June 20th, 1893 (June 20 1893) | Event | Lizzie Borden is acquitted for the murders of her father and stepmother. | |
| 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 1782 (June 20 1782) | Event | The U.S. Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States. | |
| June 20th, 1756 (June 20 1756) | Event | A British garrison is imprisoned in the Black Hole of Calcutta. | |
| June 20th, 1685 (June 20 1685) | Event | Monmouth Rebellion: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth declares himself King of England at Bridgwater. | |
| June 20th, 1631 (June 20 1631) | Event | The sack of Baltimore: the Irish village of Baltimore is attacked by Algerian pirates. | |
| June 20th, 1214 (June 20 1214) | Event | The University of Oxford receives its charter. | |
| June 20th, 0451 (June 20 0451) | Event | Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius defeats Attila the Hun. | |
