Historical Events In June - 20

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

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

1948  George Frederick Boyle, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

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

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

1950  Dutch Air Force base Tjililitan given to Indonesia on this day in history.   

1950  Claude Jennings, cricketer (Aust opening bat in 1912 Triangular), dies on this day in history.   

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 June - 20 hendrik de Man, sociologist (Belgian Working people Party), dies at 67   

1955  On June - 20 "Almost Crazy" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 16 performances   

1956  Venezuelan Super Constellation crashes in NJ, 74 killed on June - 20.   

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

1959  Hitoshi Ashida, Japanese politician, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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

1963  Beatles form "Beatles Ltd" to handle their income on June - 20.   

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 this day in history.   

1966  Sheila Scott completes first round-the-world solo flight by a woman on June - 20.   

1967  On this day in history muhammad Ali convicted of refusing induction into armed services   

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

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

1972  On June - 20 horst Salomon, writer, dies   

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

1975  On this day in history daniel Ayala Perez, composer, dies at 68   

1977  Oil enters Trans-Alaska pipeline exits 38 days later at Valdez on this day in history.   

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  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  Sigismund III, King of Poland/Sweden was born on this day in history.   

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

1585  Lazaro Valvasensi, composer was born on June - 20.   

1615  On June - 20 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 June - 20.   

0840  On this day in history louis de Vrome, emperor of French rich, dies   

0885  Death of Bernard Plantapilosa, Count of Auvergne (b. 841) on June - 20.   

1585  Christianus Adrichomius, writer (Theatrum Terrae Sanctae), dies at 52 on June - 20.   

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

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