Historical Events In June - 20

1925  On June - 20 doris J Hart, St Louis Mo, tennis player (Wimbledon 1951)  

1925  Wilhelm Posse, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1926  Mordecai W Johnson becomes first black president of Howard University on this day in history.  

1926  On June - 20 mordecai W Johnson becomes 1st black president of Howard University  

1926  On June - 20 arthur Bell, royal botanic gardens director (Kew Gardens)  

1927  On this day in history john M Dengler, jazz bass sax/trumpet/trombone  

1928  David Mitchell, British MP on this day in history.  

1929  On this day in history ingrid Haebler, Austrian pianist (Hayd/Mozart/Schubert)  

1930  65th British Golf Open: Bobby Jones shoots a 291 at Hoylake Hoylake on June - 20.  

1930  On June - 20 ellie Rabb, US, actor (Fabulous Baker Boys, Extreme Close-up)  

1931  Karl Buresch becomes chancellor of Austrian on this day in history.  

1932  On June - 20 a's Roger Cramer gets 6 consecutive hits in a game (repeats in 1935)  

1933  Clara Zetkin, German feminist/communist, dies on this day in history.  

1936  On June - 20 jesse Owens of the US sets 100 meter record at 10.2  

1936  On June - 20 jesse Owens of US sets 100 meter record at 10.2  

1939  On June - 20 c Jackson discovers asteroid #1817 Katanga  

1939  Test flight of first rocket plane using liquid propellants on June - 20.  

1939  Test flight of 1st rocket plane using liquid propellants on this day in history.  

1940  Joe Louis TKOs Arturo Godoy in 8 for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.  

1940  On June - 20 jehan Alain, French organist/composer, dies in battle at 29  

1941  On June - 20 the birth of Stephen Frears, English born film director2006 The Miami Heat win the NBA Finals over the Dallas Mavericks, 4-2.  

1941  German U-203 fails on torpedo attack on US battleship Texas on June - 20.  

1941  On this day in history stephanie H (Lapidoth-)Swarth, author (Lonely flowers, dies  

1941  On June - 20 the birth of Stephen Frears, English born film director  

1942  On June - 20 japanese submarine shells isolated Estevan Point on Vancouver Island, with little damage; only time Canadian land territory under fire in World War II  

1942  On this day in history adolf Eichmann proclaims deportation of Dutch Jews  

1943  National Congress of Racial Equality organizes on this day in history.  

1943  New Qu‚bec (Chubb) Crater discovered in northern Qu‚bec (3« km dia) on June - 20.  

1943  Ungava Bay Quebec, Chubb sights the New Quebec Crater; one of the world's largest, at 403 metres deep and nearly 11 km around on June - 20.  

1943  On June - 20 congress of Racial Equality (CORE) founded  

1944  Congress charters Central Intelligence Agency on this day in history.  

1945  On this day in history bruno Frank, writer, dies at 58  

1946  On this day in history nYC transit begins using PA system  

1947  Pres Truman vetoes Taft-Hartley Act on this day in history.  

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1005  On this day in history birth of ali az-Zahir, caliph (d. 1036)  

1389  On this day in history birth of john, Duke of Bedford, regent of England (d. 1435)  

1566  Sigismund III, King of Poland/Sweden was born on June - 20.  

1583  Jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and statesman (d. 1652) was born on this day in history.  

1585  On June - 20 birth of lazaro Valvasensi, composer  

1615  Salvatore Rosa, Italian painter/musician [or 7/21] was born on June - 20.  

1634  Charles Emanuel II, Duke of Savoy (1638-75) was born on this day in history.  

1642  On June - 20 birth of george Hickes, English linguistic (Old German Philology)  

0451  On this day in history death of theodorid, King of the Visigoths  

0840  On this day in history louis de Vrome, emperor of French rich, dies  

0885  On June - 20 death of bernard Plantapilosa, Count of Auvergne (b. 841)  

1585  On June - 20 christianus Adrichomius, writer (Theatrum Terrae Sanctae), dies at 52  

1597  On this day in history willem Barents, explorer (discovered Spitsbergen & Bereneil), dies  

1649  On this day in history maria Tesselschade Roemers Visscher, author, dies  

1668  Death of Heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (b. 1620) on this day in history.  

1751  On June - 20 adriaen Valckenier, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1737-41), dies at 56