A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on June 20 throughout history.
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Battle of the Catalaunian Plains: Roman and Visigoth forces defeat Attila the Hun in northeast France, halting the Hun invasion of Roman Gaul [exact date disputed]
French Revolution: The Third Estate of the French Estates-General swears the Tennis Court Oath at the Palace of Versailles, vowing not to disband until a new constitution is formed
Samuel Finley Breese Morse (April 27, 1791 – April 2, 1872) was an American inventor and painter.
First woman to earn a PhD in Physics from an American university, Caroline Willard Baldwin (25), receives her degree from Cornell University
Highest-ever temperature recorded in the Arctic Circle, 38°C (100°F) in Verkhoyansk, Siberia
Jaws is an American media franchise series that started with the 1975 film of the same name that expanded into three sequels, a theme park ride, and other tie-in merchandise, based on a 1974 novel...
,000 attend Newport '69, then largest-ever pop concert in Northridge, California. Jimi Hendrix paid $120,000 to perform.
1st Rugby World Cup Final, Eden Park, Auckland: New Zealand fly-half Grant Fox lands 4 penalties, a conversion and drop goal as the All Blacks beat France 29-9
Basketball inventor James Naismith (32) weds Maude Evelyn Sherman (23) in Springfield, Massachusetts
Author William Faulkner (31) weds Estelle Oldham at College Hill Presbyterian Church outside Oxford, Mississippi
British actor Alec Guinness (24) weds British actress and artist Merula Sylvia Salaman (23) in Surrey, England, until his death in 2000
French and Spanish crusaders unite against the Almohaden at Toledo
Jews are expelled from Brazil by order of regent Don Henrique
Bishop Domingo de Salazar of Manila suppresses the Philippines
Ottoman pirates begin raids on Icelandic villages, will eventually capture over 400 people to sell into slavery
The sack of Baltimore took place on 20 June 1631, when the village of Baltimore in West Cork, Ireland, was attacked by pirates from the Barbary Coast of North Africa – the raiders included Dutchmen,...
Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore (8 August 1605 – 30 November 1675) was an English politician and lawyer who was the first proprietor of Maryland.
Maryland (US: MERR-il-ənd) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southern regions of the United States.
Abenaki, Massachusetts, Mohegan and Wampanoag Native Americans form anti-English front under Metacom
A French force led by Pierre de Troyes retakes Fort Monsoni (Moose Factory) from the English, on James Bay, Canada [1]
Black Hole of Calcutta: 146 British soldiers, Anglo-Indian soldiers, and Indian civilians are imprisoned in a small dungeon in Calcutta, India, where most die from suffocation and heat exhaustion
The Battle of Stono Ferry was an American Revolutionary War battle, fought on June 20, 1779, near Charleston, South Carolina.
The Great Seal of the United States is the seal of the United States of America. The phrase is used both for the impression device itself, which is kept by the United States secretary of state, and...
American Revolution: Battle of Cuddalore, a naval battle between British and French fleets off the coast of India fought before word of a peace agreement arrived from Europe was the final battle of the war
The Constitutional Convention took place in Philadelphia from May 25 to September 17, 1787.
Siam and Britain sign trade and peace treaty
Commissioners appointed to lay out San Francisco streets west of Larkin
Barbu Catargiu was a conservative Romanian politician and journalist. He was the first Prime Minister of Romania, in 1862, until he was assassinated on 8 June that year.
The National Banking Acts of 1863 and 1864 were two United States federal banking acts that established a system of national banks chartered at the federal level, and created the United States...
Battle of Kinston, North Carolina and Battle of Abingdon, Virginia
Italy declares war on Austria beginning the Third Italian War of Independence
The Ku Klux Klan (KKK; ), sometimes called the Klan, is an American Protestant-led white supremacist and far-right hate group.
First US Lifesaving Medal awarded to Lucian Clemons
French bacteriologist Alexandre Yersin discovers bacillus responsible for the bubonic plague in Hong Kong (Yersinia pestis named in his honor)
Baron Von Ketteler, German Minister, decides to go to the Chinese authorities to demand more guards for European protection from Boxers and is killed by Boxers en route
Charlotte Maxeke (née Mannya) becomes the first native African to graduate from a US college (Wilberforce University in Ohio)
1st Portland Rose festival held in Portland, Oregon
Roger Burnham and Eleanor Waring spend four hours above Cape Cod, Massachusetts, on the first balloon honeymoon [1]
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) incorporates (NY)
NY Giant Josh Devore steals 4 bases in an inning (2nd & 3rd twice)
3 of 1st 4 Yankees hit-by-pitch en route to a record 6 hit batsman
The German spring offensive, also known as Kaiserschlacht ("Kaiser's Battle") or the Ludendorff offensive, was a series of German attacks along the Western Front during the First World War, beginning...
die at the Teatro Yaguez fire, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
MLB New York Yankees win protest of 1-0 Chicago White Sox win, and the game is replayed
11.5" (29.2 cm) of rainfall, Circle, Montana (state record)
Mordecai W. Johnson becomes 1st black president of Howard University
Karl Buresch becomes Chancellor of Austria
A's Roger Cramer gets 6 consecutive hits in a game (repeats in 1935)
Test flight of 1st rocket plane using liquid propellants
A battleship is a large, heavily armored warship with a main battery consisting of large guns, designed to serve as a capital ship.
Chubb Crater (now called Pingualuit Crater) discovered in northern Quebec (3½ km diameter)
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA ) is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with advancing national security through collecting and...
NYC transit begins using PA system - Car #744 on the 8th Ave IND line
The Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, better known as the Taft–Hartley Act, is a United States federal law that restricts the activities and power of labor unions.
The Central Intelligence Agency Act, Pub. L. 81–110, is a United States federal law enacted in 1949. The Act, also called the "CIA Act of 1949" or "Public Law 110" permitted the Central Intelligence...
Dutch Air Force base Tjililitan given to Indonesia
Cleveland Indian Bobby Avila hits 3 HRs, double & single vs Red Sox
New Zealand all out 47 v England in 2nd Test at Lord's; Jim Laker 4-13, Tony Lock 5-17; England wins by an innings & 148 runs
Beatles form "Beatles Ltd" to handle their income
Mohammed Ali [Cassius Clay] sentenced to 5 years by jury after 21 minutes of deliberation for refusing to be inducted into the armed forces during the Vietnam War
Austin Currie, then Nationalist Member of Parliament (MP) at Stormont, and other Irish civil rights activists, protest discrimination in the allocation of housing by 'squatting' (illegally occupying) in a house in Caledon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Secret Meeting Between IRA and British Officials held
Chicago's Cy Acosta is 1st AL pitcher to bat since DH rule (strikeout)
Charles Raymond Starkweather (November 24, 1938 – June 25, 1959) was an American spree killer who murdered eleven people in Nebraska and Wyoming between November 1957 and January 1958, when he was...
1st 6 teams of Women's Pro Basketball League (WBL) granted-Iowa, NJ, Milwaukee, Chicago, Minnesota & Dayton
California Angels Freddie Patek, hits 3 HRs & double to beat Red Sox 20-2
Guitarist Gerry Cott quits Boomtown Rats
Menachem Begin (16 August 1913 – 9 March 1992) was an Israeli politician who founded Herut and Likud and served as prime minister of Israel from 1977 to 1983. Before the creation of the state of...
Iran moves into northern Iraq (casualties top 13,800 in ten days)
Amber Kvanli, of Minnesota, crowned America's Junior Miss
Coup in Haiti: Henri Namphy overthrows Leslie Manigat, general assembly dissolved
Warner Bros Records releases the eleventh studio album by singer Prince, the soundtrack to the film "Batman", it features the single “Batdance”
5261 Eureka is the first Mars trojan discovered. It was discovered by David H. Levy and Henry Holt at Palomar Observatory on 20 June 1990.
German reunification (German: Deutsche Wiedervereinigung), also known as the expansion of the Federal Republic of Germany (BRD), was the process of re-establishing Germany as a single sovereign...
Bomb attack on Islamic temple in Mashad Iran (70 killed)
Space probe Ulysses begins its second passage behind the sun
Space Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) was a Space Shuttle orbiter manufactured by Rockwell International and operated by NASA.
Negotiators announce agreement in principle with tobacco industry
Betty Dukes v. Walmart class action lawsuit on alleged employee gender discrimination in pay and promotion policies is decided in a 5-4 decision, ruling that the class should not be certified in its current form
A Syrian fighter pilot lands in Jordan and defects from the Syrian uprising
1,000 humanoid robots named "Pepper" sell out in under a minute at $1,600 each in Japan, according to their creator, SoftBank Robotics Corp
China's super computer tally overtakes the US; Chinese 93 petaflop Sunway TaihuLight is world's No. 1
Algeria turns off its internet to stop students cheating during exams
Donald Trump controversially holds his first re-election rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, only 6,200 people attend despite the campaign stating 1 million had registered. Social media campaign organised by teens on TikTok, K-Pop fans and others, claims responsibility for inflating expected attendance.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil has resulted in 37,960,567 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 703,724 deaths.
On 20 June 2023, a prison riot broke out in the Women's Center for Social Adaptation, a women's prison located in Támara, Honduras, about 29 km (18 mi) northwest from Tegucigalpa, the nation's...
Landmark trial of antiviral drug lenacapavir among African women shows 100% HIV prevention [1]
Wolfe Tone, Irish revolutionary figure, known for irish revolutionary figure, was born on 1763-06-20.
Lillian Hellman, American dramatist and screenwriter, known for american dramatist and screenwriter, was born on 1905-06-20.
Errol Flynn, American actor, known for australian actor, was born on 1909-06-20. Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn (20 June 1909 – 14 October 1959) was an Australian and American actor who achieved…
Lionel Richie singer, known for american singer, was born on 1950-06-20. Lionel Brockman Richie Jr. is an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and television personality.
John Goodman, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1953-06-20. John Stephen Goodman is an American actor.
Nicole Kidman, American american actress, known for australian and american actress, was born on 1968-06-20. Nicole Mary Kidman is an Australian and American actress and producer.
Robert Rodriguez, American filmmaker, known for american filmmaker, was born on 1969-06-20. Robert Anthony Rodriguez is an American filmmaker, composer, actor, chef and visual effects supervisor.
Doris Hart, American athlete, known for american tennis player, was born on 1925-06-20.
Jack Kilby electronics engineer, known for american electronics engineer, died on 2005-06-20. Jack St.
Peter Thomson dies
Donald Sutherland, Canadian actor, known for canadian actor, died on 2024-06-20. Donald McNichol Sutherland (17 July 1935 – 20 June 2024) was a Canadian actor.
Battle of the Catalaunian Plains: Roman and Visigoth forces defeat Attila the Hun in northeast France, halting the Hun invasion of Roman Gaul [exact date disputed]
French and Spanish crusaders unite against the Almohaden at Toledo
Jews are expelled from Brazil by order of regent Don Henrique
Bishop Domingo de Salazar of Manila suppresses the Philippines
Ottoman pirates begin raids on Icelandic villages, will eventually capture over 400 people to sell into slavery
The sack of Baltimore took place on 20 June 1631, when the village of Baltimore in West Cork, Ireland, was attacked by pirates from the Barbary Coast of North Africa – the raiders included Dutchmen,...
Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore (8 August 1605 – 30 November 1675) was an English politician and lawyer who was the first proprietor of Maryland.
Maryland (US: MERR-il-ənd) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southern regions of the United States.
Abenaki, Massachusetts, Mohegan and Wampanoag Native Americans form anti-English front under Metacom
A French force led by Pierre de Troyes retakes Fort Monsoni (Moose Factory) from the English, on James Bay, Canada [1]
Black Hole of Calcutta: 146 British soldiers, Anglo-Indian soldiers, and Indian civilians are imprisoned in a small dungeon in Calcutta, India, where most die from suffocation and heat exhaustion
Wolfe Tone, Irish revolutionary figure, known for irish revolutionary figure, was born on 1763-06-20.
The Battle of Stono Ferry was an American Revolutionary War battle, fought on June 20, 1779, near Charleston, South Carolina.
The Great Seal of the United States is the seal of the United States of America. The phrase is used both for the impression device itself, which is kept by the United States secretary of state, and...
American Revolution: Battle of Cuddalore, a naval battle between British and French fleets off the coast of India fought before word of a peace agreement arrived from Europe was the final battle of the war
The Constitutional Convention took place in Philadelphia from May 25 to September 17, 1787.
French Revolution: The Third Estate of the French Estates-General swears the Tennis Court Oath at the Palace of Versailles, vowing not to disband until a new constitution is formed
Siam and Britain sign trade and peace treaty
Samuel Finley Breese Morse (April 27, 1791 – April 2, 1872) was an American inventor and painter.
Commissioners appointed to lay out San Francisco streets west of Larkin
Barbu Catargiu was a conservative Romanian politician and journalist. He was the first Prime Minister of Romania, in 1862, until he was assassinated on 8 June that year.
The National Banking Acts of 1863 and 1864 were two United States federal banking acts that established a system of national banks chartered at the federal level, and created the United States...
Battle of Kinston, North Carolina and Battle of Abingdon, Virginia
Italy declares war on Austria beginning the Third Italian War of Independence
The Ku Klux Klan (KKK; ), sometimes called the Klan, is an American Protestant-led white supremacist and far-right hate group.
First US Lifesaving Medal awarded to Lucian Clemons
Basketball inventor James Naismith (32) weds Maude Evelyn Sherman (23) in Springfield, Massachusetts
French bacteriologist Alexandre Yersin discovers bacillus responsible for the bubonic plague in Hong Kong (Yersinia pestis named in his honor)
First woman to earn a PhD in Physics from an American university, Caroline Willard Baldwin (25), receives her degree from Cornell University
Baron Von Ketteler, German Minister, decides to go to the Chinese authorities to demand more guards for European protection from Boxers and is killed by Boxers en route
Charlotte Maxeke (née Mannya) becomes the first native African to graduate from a US college (Wilberforce University in Ohio)
Lillian Hellman, American dramatist and screenwriter, known for american dramatist and screenwriter, was born on 1905-06-20.
1st Portland Rose festival held in Portland, Oregon
Roger Burnham and Eleanor Waring spend four hours above Cape Cod, Massachusetts, on the first balloon honeymoon [1]
Errol Flynn, American actor, known for australian actor, was born on 1909-06-20. Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn (20 June 1909 – 14 October 1959) was an Australian and American actor who achieved…
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) incorporates (NY)
NY Giant Josh Devore steals 4 bases in an inning (2nd & 3rd twice)
3 of 1st 4 Yankees hit-by-pitch en route to a record 6 hit batsman
The German spring offensive, also known as Kaiserschlacht ("Kaiser's Battle") or the Ludendorff offensive, was a series of German attacks along the Western Front during the First World War, beginning...
die at the Teatro Yaguez fire, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
MLB New York Yankees win protest of 1-0 Chicago White Sox win, and the game is replayed
11.5" (29.2 cm) of rainfall, Circle, Montana (state record)
Doris Hart, American athlete, known for american tennis player, was born on 1925-06-20.
Mordecai W. Johnson becomes 1st black president of Howard University
Author William Faulkner (31) weds Estelle Oldham at College Hill Presbyterian Church outside Oxford, Mississippi
Karl Buresch becomes Chancellor of Austria
A's Roger Cramer gets 6 consecutive hits in a game (repeats in 1935)
British actor Alec Guinness (24) weds British actress and artist Merula Sylvia Salaman (23) in Surrey, England, until his death in 2000
Test flight of 1st rocket plane using liquid propellants
A battleship is a large, heavily armored warship with a main battery consisting of large guns, designed to serve as a capital ship.
Chubb Crater (now called Pingualuit Crater) discovered in northern Quebec (3½ km diameter)
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA ) is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with advancing national security through collecting and...
NYC transit begins using PA system - Car #744 on the 8th Ave IND line
The Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, better known as the Taft–Hartley Act, is a United States federal law that restricts the activities and power of labor unions.
The Central Intelligence Agency Act, Pub. L. 81–110, is a United States federal law enacted in 1949. The Act, also called the "CIA Act of 1949" or "Public Law 110" permitted the Central Intelligence...
Dutch Air Force base Tjililitan given to Indonesia
Lionel Richie singer, known for american singer, was born on 1950-06-20. Lionel Brockman Richie Jr. is an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and television personality.
Cleveland Indian Bobby Avila hits 3 HRs, double & single vs Red Sox
John Goodman, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1953-06-20. John Stephen Goodman is an American actor.
New Zealand all out 47 v England in 2nd Test at Lord's; Jim Laker 4-13, Tony Lock 5-17; England wins by an innings & 148 runs
Beatles form "Beatles Ltd" to handle their income
Mohammed Ali [Cassius Clay] sentenced to 5 years by jury after 21 minutes of deliberation for refusing to be inducted into the armed forces during the Vietnam War
Austin Currie, then Nationalist Member of Parliament (MP) at Stormont, and other Irish civil rights activists, protest discrimination in the allocation of housing by 'squatting' (illegally occupying) in a house in Caledon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Nicole Kidman, American american actress, known for australian and american actress, was born on 1968-06-20. Nicole Mary Kidman is an Australian and American actress and producer.
,000 attend Newport '69, then largest-ever pop concert in Northridge, California. Jimi Hendrix paid $120,000 to perform.
Robert Rodriguez, American filmmaker, known for american filmmaker, was born on 1969-06-20. Robert Anthony Rodriguez is an American filmmaker, composer, actor, chef and visual effects supervisor.
Secret Meeting Between IRA and British Officials held
Chicago's Cy Acosta is 1st AL pitcher to bat since DH rule (strikeout)
Jaws is an American media franchise series that started with the 1975 film of the same name that expanded into three sequels, a theme park ride, and other tie-in merchandise, based on a 1974 novel...
Charles Raymond Starkweather (November 24, 1938 – June 25, 1959) was an American spree killer who murdered eleven people in Nebraska and Wyoming between November 1957 and January 1958, when he was...
1st 6 teams of Women's Pro Basketball League (WBL) granted-Iowa, NJ, Milwaukee, Chicago, Minnesota & Dayton
California Angels Freddie Patek, hits 3 HRs & double to beat Red Sox 20-2
Guitarist Gerry Cott quits Boomtown Rats
Menachem Begin (16 August 1913 – 9 March 1992) was an Israeli politician who founded Herut and Likud and served as prime minister of Israel from 1977 to 1983. Before the creation of the state of...
Iran moves into northern Iraq (casualties top 13,800 in ten days)
Amber Kvanli, of Minnesota, crowned America's Junior Miss
1st Rugby World Cup Final, Eden Park, Auckland: New Zealand fly-half Grant Fox lands 4 penalties, a conversion and drop goal as the All Blacks beat France 29-9
Coup in Haiti: Henri Namphy overthrows Leslie Manigat, general assembly dissolved
Warner Bros Records releases the eleventh studio album by singer Prince, the soundtrack to the film "Batman", it features the single “Batdance”
5261 Eureka is the first Mars trojan discovered. It was discovered by David H. Levy and Henry Holt at Palomar Observatory on 20 June 1990.
German reunification (German: Deutsche Wiedervereinigung), also known as the expansion of the Federal Republic of Germany (BRD), was the process of re-establishing Germany as a single sovereign...
Bomb attack on Islamic temple in Mashad Iran (70 killed)
Space probe Ulysses begins its second passage behind the sun
Space Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) was a Space Shuttle orbiter manufactured by Rockwell International and operated by NASA.
Negotiators announce agreement in principle with tobacco industry
Jack Kilby electronics engineer, known for american electronics engineer, died on 2005-06-20. Jack St.
Betty Dukes v. Walmart class action lawsuit on alleged employee gender discrimination in pay and promotion policies is decided in a 5-4 decision, ruling that the class should not be certified in its current form
A Syrian fighter pilot lands in Jordan and defects from the Syrian uprising
1,000 humanoid robots named "Pepper" sell out in under a minute at $1,600 each in Japan, according to their creator, SoftBank Robotics Corp
China's super computer tally overtakes the US; Chinese 93 petaflop Sunway TaihuLight is world's No. 1
Algeria turns off its internet to stop students cheating during exams
Peter Thomson dies
Highest-ever temperature recorded in the Arctic Circle, 38°C (100°F) in Verkhoyansk, Siberia
Donald Trump controversially holds his first re-election rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, only 6,200 people attend despite the campaign stating 1 million had registered. Social media campaign organised by teens on TikTok, K-Pop fans and others, claims responsibility for inflating expected attendance.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil has resulted in 37,960,567 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 703,724 deaths.
On 20 June 2023, a prison riot broke out in the Women's Center for Social Adaptation, a women's prison located in Támara, Honduras, about 29 km (18 mi) northwest from Tegucigalpa, the nation's...
Landmark trial of antiviral drug lenacapavir among African women shows 100% HIV prevention [1]
Donald Sutherland, Canadian actor, known for canadian actor, died on 2024-06-20. Donald McNichol Sutherland (17 July 1935 – 20 June 2024) was a Canadian actor.