Page 6: Historical Events In June - 20

1947  Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, gangster, shot dead in Beverly Hills Cal on June - 20.   

1948  On June - 20 "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  On this day in history central Intelligence Agency Act, passes   

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 this day in history.   

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 June - 20.   

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  NZ all out 47 v England at Lord's Laker 4-13, Lock 5-17 on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history 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  On June - 20 federation of Mali (& Senegal) becomes independent of France   

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

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

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

1963  On this day in history uS & USSR agree to set up "Hot Line"   

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

1964  Edgar Barrier, actor (Cobra Woman, Rocky, Macbeth), dies at 57 on June - 20.   

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

1966  On this day in history 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  On June - 20 jim Hines becomes first person to run 100 meters in under 10 seconds   

1969  On June - 20 150,000 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 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  On June - 20 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 (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  Sigismund III, King of Poland/Sweden was born on June - 20.   

1583  On June - 20 birth of jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and statesman (d. 1652)   

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  On this day in history birth of charles Emanuel II, Duke of Savoy (1638-75)   

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

0885  On this day in history death of bernard Plantapilosa, Count of Auvergne (b. 841)   

1585  On June - 20 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  On June - 20 death of heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (b. 1620)   

1751  On June - 20 adriaen Valckenier, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1737-41), dies at 56