Historical Events In June - 20

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

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

1948  On June - 20 george Frederick Boyle, composer, dies at 61  

1949  On this day in history central Intelligence Agency Act, passes  

1950  Joe Dimaggio's 2,000th hit on June - 20.  

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  Cleve Indian Bobby Avila hits 3 HRs, double & single vs Red Sox on June - 20.  

1953  Louise Suggs wins LPGA Western Golf Open on this day in history.  

1953  On June - 20 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  NZ all out 47 v England at Lord's Laker 4-13, Lock 5-17 on June - 20.  

1958  Kurt Alder, German chemist (Nobel 1950), dies on this day in history.  

1959  On June - 20 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 June - 20.  

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

1960  Mahlon Hamilton, actor (Peg O'My Heart, High School Girl), dies at 80 on June - 20.  

1963  On June - 20 beatles form "Beatles Ltd" to handle their income  

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  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 June - 20.  

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

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 June - 20.  

1974  On June - 20 felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2124 Nissen  

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

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

1977  On this day in history abner Biberman, actor (Imhook-Kodiak), dies at 68  

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

1566  On June - 20 birth of sigismund III, King of Poland/Sweden  

1583  On this day in history birth of jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and statesman (d. 1652)  

1585  On June - 20 birth of lazaro Valvasensi, composer  

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

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 June - 20 maria Tesselschade Roemers Visscher, author, dies  

1668  Death of Heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (b. 1620) on June - 20.  

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