Historical Events In June - 20

1947  On June - 20 benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, gangster, shot dead in Beverly Hills Cal  

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

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

1949  Central Intelligence Agency Act, passes on June - 20.  

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  On June - 20 claude Jennings, cricketer (Aust opening bat in 1912 Triangular), dies  

1951  On this day in history 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  On this day in history hendrik de Man, sociologist (Belgian Working people Party), dies at 67  

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 June - 20 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 June - 20 escuminac New Brunswick a severe storm in Northumberland Strait sinks 22 boats, drowns 35 fishermen.  

1959  Hitoshi Ashida, Japanese politician, dies at 71 on June - 20.  

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 June - 20.  

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 this day in history.  

1963  On June - 20 uS & USSR agree to set up "Hot Line"  

1963  Gordon Jones, actor (Mike the Cop-Abbott & Costello), dies at 52 on this day in history.  

1964  On June - 20 edgar Barrier, actor (Cobra Woman, Rocky, Macbeth), dies at 57  

1965  Ira Louvin, country singer (Louvin Brothers), dies at 41 on June - 20.  

1966  On this day in history sheila Scott completes first round-the-world solo flight by a woman  

1967  Muhammad Ali convicted of refusing induction into armed services on this day in history.  

1968  Jim Hines becomes first person to run 100 meters in under 10 seconds on June - 20.  

1969  150,000 attend Newport '69, Jimi Hendrix gets $120,000 to appear on June - 20.  

1972  Horst Salomon, writer, dies on June - 20.  

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

1975  On June - 20 daniel Ayala Perez, composer, dies at 68  

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 June - 20.  

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 June - 20 birth of ali az-Zahir, caliph (d. 1036)  

1389  On June - 20 birth of john, Duke of Bedford, regent of England (d. 1435)  

1566  On this day in history birth of sigismund III, King of Poland/Sweden  

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

1585  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1642  George Hickes, English linguistic (Old German Philology) was born on June - 20.  

0451  Death of Theodorid, King of the Visigoths on this day in history.  

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 this day in history christianus Adrichomius, writer (Theatrum Terrae Sanctae), dies at 52  

1597  Willem Barents, explorer (discovered Spitsbergen & Bereneil), dies on this day in history.  

1649  On June - 20 maria Tesselschade Roemers Visscher, author, dies  

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

1751  On this day in history adriaen Valckenier, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1737-41), dies at 56