Historical Events In June - 20

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

1948  On June - 20 "Toast of the Town" hosted by Ed Sullivan premieres on CBS-TV  

1948  George Frederick Boyle, composer, dies at 61 on June - 20.  

1949  Central Intelligence Agency Act, passes on this day in history.  

1950  On this day in history joe Dimaggio's 2,000th hit  

1950  Dutch Air Force base Tjililitan given to Indonesia on June - 20.  

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  Louise Suggs wins LPGA Western Golf Open on this day in history.  

1953  Hendrik de Man, sociologist (Belgian Working people Party), dies at 67 on this day in history.  

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

1956  Venezuelan Super Constellation crashes in NJ, 74 killed on this day in history.  

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

1958  On June - 20 kurt Alder, German chemist (Nobel 1950), dies  

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

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

1960  Federation of Mali (& Senegal) becomes independent of France on this day in history.  

1960  12nd Emmy Awards: Playhouse 90, Robert Stack & Jane Wyatt on this day in history.  

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

1963  On this day in history beatles form "Beatles Ltd" to handle their income  

1963  US & USSR agree to set up "Hot Line" on June - 20.  

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

1964  Edgar Barrier, actor (Cobra Woman, Rocky, Macbeth), dies at 57 on this day in history.  

1965  Ira Louvin, country singer (Louvin Brothers), dies at 41 on this day in history.  

1966  On June - 20 sheila Scott completes first round-the-world solo flight by a woman  

1967  On June - 20 muhammad Ali convicted of refusing induction into armed services  

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  On this day in history horst Salomon, writer, dies  

1974  On this day in history felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2124 Nissen  

1975  Daniel Ayala Perez, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1977  Oil enters Trans-Alaska pipeline exits 38 days later at Valdez on June - 20.  

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 June - 20.  

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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  On this day in history birth of salvatore Rosa, Italian painter/musician [or 7/21]  

1634  Charles Emanuel II, Duke of Savoy (1638-75) was born on June - 20.  

1642  George Hickes, English linguistic (Old German Philology) was born on this day in history.  

0451  On June - 20 death of theodorid, King of the Visigoths  

0840  Louis de Vrome, emperor of French rich, dies on this day in history.  

0885  Death of Bernard Plantapilosa, Count of Auvergne (b. 841) on this day in history.  

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

1597  Willem Barents, explorer (discovered Spitsbergen & Bereneil), dies on June - 20.  

1649  Maria Tesselschade Roemers Visscher, author, dies on this day in history.  

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.