Top Historical Events That Happened on June 20

1947  Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, gangster, shot dead in Beverly Hills Cal.   

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

1948  George Frederick Boyle, composer, dies at 61.   

1949  Central Intelligence Agency Act, passes   

1950  Joe Dimaggio's 2000th hit   

1950  Dutch Air Force base Tjililitan given to Indonesia   

1950  Claude Jennings, cricketer (Aust opening bat in 1912 Triangular), dies.   

1951  Cleve Indian Bobby Avila hits 3 HRs, double and single vs Red Sox   

1953  In this year, Louise Suggs claims LPGA Western Golf Open   

1953  Hendrik de Man, sociologist (Belgian Working people Party), dies at 67   

1955  "Almost Crazy" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 16 performances   

1956  Venezuelan Super Constellation crashes in NJ, 74 killed.   

1958  NZ all out 47 v England at Lord's Laker 4-13, Lock 5-17.   

1958  Kurt Alder, German chemist (Nobel 1950), dies.   

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

1959  Hitoshi Ashida, Japanese politician, dies at 71   

1960  Federation of Mali ( and Senegal) is recorded as becoming independent of France   

1960  12nd Emmy Awards: Playhouse 90, Robert Stack and Jane Wyatt   

1960  Mahlon Hamilton, actor (Peg O'My Heart, High School Girl), dies at 80   

1963  Beatles form "Beatles Ltd" to handle their income   

1963  US and USSR agree to set up "Hot Line".   

1963  Gordon Jones, actor (Mike the Cop-Abbott and Costello), dies at 52   

1964  Edgar Barrier, actor (Cobra Woman, Rocky, Macbeth), dies at 57   

1965  Ira Louvin, country singer (Louvin Brothers), dies at 41   

1966  Sheila Scott completes inaugural round-the-world solo flight by a woman   

1967  Muhammad Ali convicted of refusing induction into armed services   

1968  Jim Hines is recorded as becoming inaugural person to run 100 meters in under 10 seconds.   

1969  150000 attend Newport '69, Jimi Hendrix gets $120000 to appear.   

1972  Horst Salomon, writer, dies.   

1974  Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2124 Nissen   

1975  Daniel Ayala Perez, composer, dies at 68   

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

1977  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   

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1005  Ali az-zahir: Caliph   

1389  John: Duke of bedford, regent of england   

1566  Sigismund iii: King of poland/sweden   

1583  Jacob de la gardie: Swedish soldier and statesman   

1585  Lazaro valvasensi: Composer   

1615  Salvatore rosa: Italian painter/musician [or 7/21]   

1634  Charles emanuel ii: Duke of savoy (1638-75)   

1642  George hickes: English linguistic (old german philology)   

0451  Death of Theodorid: King of the visigoths   

0840  Death of Louis de vrome: Emperor of french rich,   

0885  Bernard plantapilosa: Count of auvergne (b. 841)   

1585  Death of Christianus adrichomius: Writer (theatrum terrae sanctae),   

1597  Death of Willem barents: Explorer (discovered spitsbergen & bereneil),   

1649  Maria tesselschade roemers visscher: Author,   

1668  Heinrich roth: German sanskrit scholar (b. 1620)   

1751  Adriaen valckenier: Gov-gen of neth-in