Historical Events In June - 20

1947  On this day in history benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, gangster, shot dead in Beverly Hills Cal  

1948  "Toast of the Town" hosted by Ed Sullivan premieres on CBS-TV on this day in history.  

1948  On this day in history george Frederick Boyle, composer, dies at 61  

1949  On June - 20 central Intelligence Agency Act, passes  

1950  On June - 20 joe Dimaggio's 2,000th hit  

1950  On June - 20 dutch Air Force base Tjililitan given to Indonesia  

1950  Claude Jennings, cricketer (Aust opening bat in 1912 Triangular), dies on June - 20.  

1951  On June - 20 cleve Indian Bobby Avila hits 3 HRs, double & single vs Red Sox  

1953  On this day in history louise Suggs wins LPGA Western Golf Open  

1953  Hendrik de Man, sociologist (Belgian Working people Party), dies at 67 on June - 20.  

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1955  "Almost Crazy" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 16 performances on this day in history.  

1956  On this day in history venezuelan Super Constellation crashes in NJ, 74 killed  

1958  On this day in history nZ all out 47 v England at Lord's Laker 4-13, Lock 5-17  

1958  Kurt Alder, German chemist (Nobel 1950), dies on June - 20.  

1959  Escuminac New Brunswick a severe storm in Northumberland Strait sinks 22 boats, drowns 35 fishermen on this day in history.  

1959  On this day in history hitoshi Ashida, Japanese politician, dies at 71  

1960  On June - 20 federation of Mali (& Senegal) becomes independent of France  

1960  On June - 20 12nd Emmy Awards: Playhouse 90, Robert Stack & Jane Wyatt  

1960  On this day in history mahlon Hamilton, actor (Peg O'My Heart, High School Girl), dies at 80  

1963  Beatles form "Beatles Ltd" to handle their income on June - 20.  

1963  US & USSR agree to set up "Hot Line" on this day in history.  

1963  On June - 20 gordon Jones, actor (Mike the Cop-Abbott & Costello), dies at 52  

1964  On this day in history edgar Barrier, actor (Cobra Woman, Rocky, Macbeth), dies at 57  

1965  On June - 20 ira Louvin, country singer (Louvin Brothers), dies at 41  

1966  Sheila Scott completes first round-the-world solo flight by a woman on June - 20.  

1967  Muhammad Ali convicted of refusing induction into armed services on June - 20.  

1968  Jim Hines becomes first person to run 100 meters in under 10 seconds on this day in history.  

1969  On this day in history 150,000 attend Newport '69, Jimi Hendrix gets $120,000 to appear  

1972  Horst Salomon, writer, dies on this day in history.  

1974  Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2124 Nissen on this day in history.  

1975  Daniel Ayala Perez, composer, dies at 68 on June - 20.  

1977  On this day in history oil enters Trans-Alaska pipeline exits 38 days later at Valdez  

1977  Abner Biberman, actor (Imhook-Kodiak), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1978  In Greece a 6.6 quake was centered about 30 kilometers northeast of Thessaloniki. At least 50 people were killed, many injured and there was extensive damage in the Thessaloniki area on this day in history.  

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1005  Ali az-Zahir, caliph (d. 1036) was born on this day in history.  

1389  John, Duke of Bedford, regent of England (d. 1435) was born on June - 20.  

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 June - 20.  

1585  Lazaro Valvasensi, composer was born on June - 20.  

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

1634  On June - 20 birth of charles Emanuel II, Duke of Savoy (1638-75)  

1642  On this day in history birth of george Hickes, English linguistic (Old German Philology)  

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

0840  On June - 20 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  Adriaen Valckenier, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1737-41), dies at 56 on this day in history.