HISTORY FOR JUNE 20

Today is June 20th., 2008
Events for June 20 are:
June 20, 1999 99th U.S. Golf Open: at Pinehurst CC New Jersey
June 20, 1997 Negotiators announce agreement in principle with tobacco industry
June 20, 1996 Space Shuttle STS 78, Columbia 20, launches into space
June 20, 1995 Space probe Ulysses begins 2nd passage behind the Sun
June 20, 1994 Bomb attack on Islamic temple in Mashad Iran, 70 killed
June 20, 1994 Ernie Els win's 1994 Golf U.S. Open
June 20, 1994 Howard Stern begins 30-minute (Radio) TV show on E! cable network
June 20, 1994 O. J. Simpson arraigned on murder of Nicole Simpson and Ronald Goldman
June 20, 1993 47th NBA Championship: Chicago Bulls beat Phoenix Suns, 4 games to 2
June 20, 1993 93rd U.S. Golf Open: Lee Janzen shoots a 272 at Baltusrol GC NJ
June 20, 1993 Tammie Green wins LPGA Rochester International Golf Tournament
June 20, 1992 Kelly Saunders is 2nd female baseball Pennsylvania announcer for the Baltimore Orioles
June 20, 1990 50,000 die in a 7.6 earthquake in Iran
June 20, 1990 Nelson Mandela lands in New York City to begin a tour of U.S.
June 20, 1988 Curtis Strange wins U.S. Open golf tournament
June 20, 1988 Haiti's general assembly dissolves
June 20, 1988 New York City WABC-AM becomes flagship radio station of New Jersey Devils
June 20, 1988 "Price is Right" model Janice Pennington is knocked out by a TV camera
June 20, 1988 WABC officially becomes the New Jersey Devils new home radio
June 20, 1988 Supreme Court upholds a law that made it illegal for private clubs to discriminate against women and minorities
June 20, 1987 Chuti Tiu, 17, of Wisconsin, crowned America's Junior Miss
June 20, 1987 Johnny Carson marries 4th wife Alexis Mass
June 20, 1986 Doctors at Bethesda Naval remove 2 small benign polyps from Reagan's colon
June 20, 1986 Jim Fregosi replaces Tony LaRussa as White Sox manager
June 20, 1984 A's Dave Kingman hits his 3rd grand slam and 14th lifetime
June 20, 1984 Amber Kvanli, of Minnesota, crowned America's Junior Miss
June 20, 1983 83rd U.S. Golf Open: Larry Nelson shoots a 280 at Oakmont CC PA
June 20, 1983 New York Yankee Bobby Murcer retires
June 20, 1982 82nd U.S. Golf Open: Tom Watson shoots a 282 at Pebble Beach GL California
June 20, 1982 Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin arrives in Washington
June 20, 1982 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
June 20, 1982 Pete Rose is 5th to appear in 3,000 games (Cobb, Musial, Aaron, Yaz)
June 20, 1981 Guitarist Gerry Cott quits Boomtown Rats
June 20, 1981 Mudjahedin uprises against Iran regime
June 20, 1981 Pope John Paul II hospitalized for 55 days for infection
June 20, 1980 California Angels Freddie Patek, hits 3 home runs and double to beat Red Sox 20-2
June 20, 1980 Roberto Duran takes WBC welterweight title from Sugar Ray Leonard at Olympic Stadium in Montreal by unanimous decision
June 20, 1978 1st 6 teams of Women's Pro Basketball League (WBL) granted-Iowa, NJ, Milwaukee, Chicago, Minnesota and Dayton
June 20, 1977 Menahem Begin forms Israeli government
June 20, 1977 Oil enters Trans-Alaska pipeline exits 38 days later at Valdez
June 20, 1976 76th U.S. Golf Open: Jerry Pate shoots a 277 at Atlanta AC in Duluth Ga
June 20, 1976 Carl Fugate, Starkwether accomplice, paroled
June 20, 1976 Czechoslovakia becomes European soccer champ
June 20, 1976 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Hoosier Golf Classic
June 20, 1973 Chicago's Cy Acosta is 1st AL pitcher to bat since DH rule (strikeout)
June 20, 1973 Juan Peron returns to Argentina
June 20, 1973 San Francisco Giants Bobby Bonds sets NL record with 22 lead off HRs
June 20, 1971 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Heritage Golf Open
June 20, 1970 "Ray Stevens Show," debuts on NBC-TV
June 20, 1970 British government of Edward Heath forms, with Margaret Thatcher
June 20, 1970 Oriole's Brooks Robinson get his 2,000 career hit, a 3 run HR
June 20, 1969 150,000 attend Newport '69, Jimi Hendrix gets $120,000 to appear
June 20, 1969 Georges Pompidou sworn in as president of France
June 20, 1969 White Rhodesia agrees to race separation
June 20, 1968 Jim Hines becomes 1st person to run 100 meters in under 10 seconds
June 20, 1967 Phillies Larry Jackson beats New York Mets for 18th straight time
June 20, 1966 66th U.S. Golf Open: Billy Casper shoots a 278 at Olympic CC in SF
June 20, 1966 Sheila Scott completes 1st round-the-world solo flight by a woman
June 20, 1965 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Golf Open
June 20, 1964 64th U.S. Golf Open: Ken Venturi shoots a 278 at Congressional CC MD
June 20, 1963 1st Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 6-2
June 20, 1963 Beatles form "Beatles Ltd" to handle their income
June 20, 1963 U.S. and U.S.S.R. agree to set up Hot Line
June 20, 1960 12nd Emmy Awards: Playhouse 90, Robert Stack and Jane Wyatt
June 20, 1960 Federation of Mali (& Senegal) becomes independent of France
June 20, 1960 Floyd Patterson KOs Ingemar Johansson in 5 for heavywgt boxing title
June 20, 1960 Heavyweight Floyd Patterson KOs Ingemar Johnstown (New York City)
June 20, 1958 NZ all out 47 vs. England at Lord's Laker 4-13, Lock 5-17
June 20, 1956 Venezuelan Super Constellation crashes in NJ, 74 killed
June 20, 1956 At Detroit's Briggs Stadium, Mickey Mantle hits 2 Billy Hoeft pitches into right center field bleachers (no else hits 1 there)
June 20, 1955 "Almost Crazy" opens at Longacre Theater New York City for 16 performances
June 20, 1953 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Western Golf Open
June 20, 1951 Cleveland Indian Bobby Avila hits 3 HRs, double and single vs Red Sox
June 20, 1950 Dutch Air Force base Tjililitan given to Indonesia
June 20, 1950 Joe Dimaggio's 2,000th hit, Yanks beat Indians 8-2
June 20, 1949 Central Intelligence Agency Act, passes
June 20, 1948 "Toast of the Town" hosted by Ed Sullivan premieres on CBS-TV
June 20, 1948 20 Jews killed when a bomb is thrown into Jewish quarter of Cairo
June 20, 1948 Cleveland draws then record 82,781 for doubleheader
June 20, 1948 Deutsche Mark introduced in West-Germany
June 20, 1947 President Truman vetoes Taft-Hartley Act
June 20, 1946 New York City transit begins using Pennsylvania system - Car # 744 on 8th Ave IND line
June 20, 1944 Congress charters Central Intelligence Agency
June 20, 1944 Heavy storm hits the Channel
June 20, 1944 Nazi begin mass extermination of Jews at Auschwitz
June 20, 1944 Soviet forces conquer Wiborg
June 20, 1944 U.S. attacks Japanese fleet in Philippines Sea
June 20, 1944 U.S. troops occupy Biak
June 20, 1943 Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) founded
June 20, 1943 Detroit race riot kills 35
June 20, 1943 German round up Jews in Amsterdam
June 20, 1943 National Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) organizes
June 20, 1943 New Quebec (Chubb) Crater discovered in northern Quebec (3 km dia)
June 20, 1943 Sweden's Gunther Hagg beats favorite Greg Rice by 35 yards in 5,000m at national AAU track and field championship in NY
June 20, 1942 Adolf Eichmann proclaims deportation of Dutch Jews
June 20, 1942 German troops conquer Tobruk, North Africa
June 20, 1941 German U-203 fails on torpedo attack on U.S. battleship Texas
June 20, 1940 Joe Louis TKOs Arturo Godoy in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
June 20, 1939 Test flight of 1st rocket plane using liquid propellants
June 20, 1936 Jesse Owens of U.S. sets 100 meter record at 10.2
June 20, 1932 A's Roger Cramer gets 6 consecutive hits in a game (repeats in 1935)
June 20, 1931 Karl Buresch becomes chancellor of Austrian
June 20, 1930 65th British Golf Open: Bobby Jones shoots a 291 at Hoylake Hoylake
June 20, 1926 Mordecai W. Johnson becomes president of Howard University
June 20, 1921 11.5" (29.2 cm) of rainfall, Circle, Montana (state record)
June 20, 1920 Yanks win protest of 1-0 White Sox win and game is replayed
June 20, 1919 German government of Scheideman resigns
June 20, 1919 Treaty of Versailles: Germany ends incorporation of Austria
June 20, 1915 German offensive in Argonnes
June 20, 1914 46th Belmont: Merritt Buxton aboard Luke McLuke wins in 2:20
June 20, 1913 3 of 1st 4 Yankees hit-by-pitch en route to a record 6 hit batsman
June 20, 1913 Bert Daniels set AL mark, being hit-by-pitch 3 times in a doubleheader
June 20, 1912 New York Giant Josh Devore steals 4 bases in an inning (2nd and 3rd twice)
June 20, 1912 New York Giants lead Bost Braves 14-2 into 9th, Giants win 21-12
June 20, 1911 NAACP incorporates in New York
June 20, 1910 "Krazy Kat" comic strip by George Herriman debuts in New York Journal
June 20, 1909 1st balloon honeymoon (Roger Burham and Eleanor Waring)
June 20, 1907 1st Portland Rose festival
June 20, 1901 Charlotte Manye is 1st native African to graduate from a U.S. college
June 20, 1895 1st female PhD (science) earned (Caroline Willard Baldwin)
June 20, 1895 Canal of Smock official opens
June 20, 1895 Nicaragua, El Salvador and Honduras form a short-lived confederation
June 20, 1893 Lizzie Borden acquitted in murder of parents in New Bedford Mass
June 20, 1888 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Libertas
June 20, 1874 1st U.S. Lifesaving Medal awarded (Lucian Clemons)
June 20, 1867 President Andrew Johnson announces purchase of Alaska
June 20, 1866 Italy declares war on Austria
June 20, 1864 Battle of Kinston North Carolina and Battle of Abingdon, Virginia
June 20, 1864 Battle of Petersburgs Virginia - in trenches
June 20, 1864 Skirmish at Lattermore's Mills/Powder Springs Georgia
June 20, 1863 1st bank chartered in U.S., National Bank of Davenport, Iowa
June 20, 1863 Skirmish at Greencastle Pennsylvania
June 20, 1863 West Virginia admitted as 35th U.S. state
June 20, 1855 Commissioners appointed to lay out San Francisco streets west of Larkin
June 20, 1840 Samuel Morse patents his telegraph
June 20, 1837 England issues its 1st stamp, 1P Queen Victoria
June 20, 1837 Queen Victoria at 18 ascends British throne following death of uncle King William IV Ruled for 63 years ending in 1901
June 20, 1826 Siam/England sign trade/peace treaty
June 20, 1825 Coronation of French king Charles X the Bourbon
June 20, 1819 320 ton Savannah becomes 1st steamship to cross any ocean (Atlantic)
June 20, 1793 Eli Whitney patents his cotton gin
June 20, 1791 King Louis XVI caught trying to escape French Revolution
June 20, 1789 Oath of Tennis Court (for a new constitution) in France taken
June 20, 1782 Congress approves Great Seal of U.S. and eagle as it's symbol
June 20, 1779 Battle of Stone Ferry
June 20, 1756 146 British soldiers imprisoned in India-Black Hole of Calcutta-most die
June 20, 1756 India rebels defeat Calcutta on British army
June 20, 1675 Abenaki, Massachusetts, Mohegan and Wampanoag indians form anti-English front under Metacom
June 20, 1656 Polish King Jan II Casimir recaptures Warsaw
June 20, 1632 Britain grants 2nd Lord Baltimore rights to Chesapeake Bay area
June 20, 1624 Netherlands and France sign Treaty of Compiegne
June 20, 1591 Mauritius and Willem van Nassau occupy Devente
June 20, 1582 Bishop Domingo de Salazar of Manila suppresses the Philippines
June 20, 1567 Jews are expelled from Brazil by order of regent Don Henrique
June 20, 1547 Count Philip van Hessen captured
June 20, 1530 German Parliament joins to Augsburg together
June 20, 1402 Battle of Angora, Ankara-Tatars defeat Turkish Army
June 20, 1212 French and Spanish crusaders unite against the Almohaden at Toledo
June 20, 451 Germans and Romans beat Atiila the Hun at Catalarinische Fields

BIRTHDAYS ON JUNE 20
June 20, 1979 Sydne Vogel, born in Anchorage, Alaska, figure skater, 1996 NW Pac Sr champ
June 20, 1978 Rebecca Loos, English Celebrity
June 20, 1978 Frank Lampard, English Athlete
June 20, 1975 Francois Rozenthal, hockey forward, Team France 1998
June 20, 1975 Maurice Rozenthal, hockey forward, Team France 1998
June 20, 1974 Jami Ferrell, born in Munncie, Indiana, playmate, Jan 1997
June 20, 1972 Jo Roberts, WLAF quarterback, Barcelona Dragons
June 20, 1972 Jozef Stumpel, Nitra CZE, NHL forward, Team Slovakia, Boston
June 20, 1972 Juan Castro, born in Sinaloa, Mexico, infielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers
June 20, 1972 Martin Keino, born in Nyeri, Kenya, 1.5k runner
June 20, 1972 Paras Mhambrey, Indian cricket pace bowler, Test vs. England 1996
June 20, 1971 Rodney Rogers, NBA forward for the Los Angeles Clippers
June 20, 1971 William Gaines, NFL defensive tackle for the Washington Redskins
June 20, 1971 Josh Lucas, American Actor
June 20, 1970 Shay-Oren Smadja, born in Israel, men's half middleweight judoka, Oly-1996
June 20, 1969 Gerald Dixon, NFL linebacker, Cleveland Browns, Cincinnati Bengals
June 20, 1969 Malivai Washington, born in Glenn Cove, New York, tennis star 1996 Olympics
June 20, 1968 Fred McAfee, NFL running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers
June 20, 1968 Garry Howe, WLAF nose tackle for the Amsterdam Admirals
June 20, 1968 Mike McCarthy, born in Brooklyn, New York, pursuit cyclist, Olympics-88, 96
June 20, 1967 Joseph William Cathcart, rock guitarist, Nelson-Love and Affection
June 20, 1967 Pat Jablonski, born in Toledo, NHL goalie, Montreal Canadiens
June 20, 1965 Michael Landon, Jr., born in Encino, California, actor, Bonanza The Return
June 20, 1964 Najee Mustafaa, NFL cornerback for the Oakland Raiders
June 20, 1964 Paul David Goydos, born in Long Beach, California, PGA golfer, 1994 BC Open-7th
June 20, 1963 Kirk Baptiste, born in Beaumont, Texas, 200m runner 1984 Olympics silver
June 20, 1963 Matt Anger, born in Walnut Creek, California, tennis star
June 20, 1961 Gary Varsho, baseball player
June 20, 1961 Karin Enke, Dresden German DR, speed skater, Olympics gold 1980, 84
June 20, 1960 Donna Mayhew, born in Taylor, Pennsylvania, javelin thrower
June 20, 1960 Michael Corbett, born in Collingwood, New Jersey, actor, David-Young and Restless
June 20, 1960 John Taylor, born in England, rock bassist, Duran Duran-Girls on Film
June 20, 1960 Adam Schiff, American Politician
June 20, 1958 Chuck Wagner, born in Nashville, Tennessee, actor, Automan
June 20, 1958 Dickie Thon, baseball player
June 20, 1957 Butch Patrick, born in Inglewood, California, actor, Real McCoys, Eddie-Munsters
June 20, 1955 Michael Anthony, rocker
June 20, 1955 George Radanovich, American Politician
June 20, 1954 Alan [Joseph] Lamb, South African/British cricket player, Northampton
June 20, 1954 Allan Lamb, cricketer, Langebaanweg, Cape Prov, 79 Tests for England
June 20, 1953 Alan Longmuir, Edinburgh Scotland, rocker, Bay City Rollers
June 20, 1953 Brian J. Duffy, born in Boston, Major USAF/astronaut, STS 45, 57, 72, sk:92
June 20, 1953 Cyndi Lauper, born in Brooklyn, singer, Girls Just Want to Have Fun
June 20, 1953 Raul Ramirez, tennis player
June 20, 1952 Jayne Thobois, Noblesville, Indiana, LPGA golfer, 1995 Hawaiian-56th
June 20, 1952 John Goodman, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Dan Conner-Roseanne, Babe
June 20, 1952 Larry Riley, born in Memphis, Tennessee, actor, Harry-Stir Crazy, Knots Landing
June 20, 1951 Peter Gordon, composer
June 20, 1950 Lionel Richie, born in Alabama, singer, Commodores, Hello, Penny Lover
June 20, 1949 Bob Andrews, England, rock keyboardist/vocalist
June 20, 1949 Paul Shaw, born in Collingwood, Ontario, trap shooter 1996 Olympics
June 20, 1948 Joey Molland, rocker
June 20, 1948 Nigel Morris, rocker, Isotope
June 20, 1947 Candy Clark, born in Oklahoma, actress, Man Who Fell to Earth, Q, American Graffiti
June 20, 1947 David French, British director, Deep Sleep, Bingo
June 20, 1947 John Forbes, horse trainer
June 20, 1946 Andre Watts, born in Nuremberg, Germany, concert pianist, Oberon
June 20, 1946 Duchess of Gloucester
June 20, 1946 Bob Vila, American Entertainer
June 20, 1945 David S. Monson, Rep-R-UT, 1985-
June 20, 1945 James F. Buchli, born in New Rockford, North Dakota, USMC/astr, STS 51C, 61A, 29, 48
June 20, 1945 John McCook, born in Ventura, California, actor, Codename: Firefox, Bold and Beautiful
June 20, 1945 Anne Murray, Canadian Musician
June 20, 1944 Dave Nelson, baseball player
June 20, 1944 Terry Funk, born in Hammond, Indiana, pro wrestler, WWF/NWA, /actor, Paradise Alley
June 20, 1943 Andy Etchebarren, baseball catcher for the Baltimore Orioles
June 20, 1942 Brian Wilson, born in Inglewood, California, vocalist, Beachboys-In My Room
June 20, 1941 Stephen Frears, born in England, dir, Prick Up Your Ears, Dangerous Liaisons
June 20, 1941 Ulf D Merbold, German physicist/astronaut, STS 9, 42, Soyuz TM-19
June 20, 1940 John Mahoney, born in Manchester, England, actor, Fraiser, Frantic, 8 Men Out
June 20, 1939 Budge Rogers, British rugby player
June 20, 1939 R B Desai, cricketer, effective pace bowler for India in 60s
June 20, 1938 Nikolay Avksentevich Martinov, composer
June 20, 1937 Jerry Keller, rocker/actor, If Ever I See You Again
June 20, 1936 Billy Guy, born in Attasca, Texas, rock baritone, Coasters-Young Blood
June 20, 1936 Bobby Nunn, rocker, Coasters-Young Blood
June 20, 1936 Leon Hughes, rocker
June 20, 1935 Anthony Pilkington, CEO, Pilkington Pic
June 20, 1935 Len Dawson, American Athlete
June 20, 1934 Brian Barder, British high commissar, Australia
June 20, 1934 Cornel Taranu, composer
June 20, 1934 Rosanna Podesta, born in Tripoli, actress, Helen of Troy
June 20, 1934 Wendy Craig, born in England, actress, Joseph Andrews
June 20, 1933 Brett Halsey, born in Santa Ana, California, actress, Paul-Follow the Sun
June 20, 1933 Claire Tomalin, biographer/editor
June 20, 1933 Danny Aiello, born in New York City, actor, Moonstruck, Radio Days
June 20, 1933 Earl of Cranbrook, CEO, Nature Conservancy Council
June 20, 1933 Jean Boiteux, born in France, 400m freestyle swimmer 1952 Olympics gold
June 20, 1932 Robert Rozjdestvenski, Russian poet, Requiem, Userjoz
June 20, 1931 Arne Nordheim, born in Larvik, Norway, conductor and composer, Aftonland
June 20, 1931 James Tolkan Calumet, born in Michigan, actor, Weekend War, Leap of Faith
June 20, 1931 Olympia Dukakis, born in Lowell, Massachusetts, actress, Moonstruck, Cemetery Club
June 20, 1931 Richard Southwood, zoologist/chancellor, Oxford University
June 20, 1930 Ellie Rabb, U.S., actor, Fabulous Baker Boys, Extreme Close-up
June 20, 1930 John Waine, bishop, Chelmsford
June 20, 1930 Robert Ivanovich Rozhdestvensky, poet
June 20, 1929 Ingrid Haebler, Austrian pianist, Hayd/Mozart/Schubert
June 20, 1928 David Mitchell, British MP
June 20, 1928 Jean-Marie le Pen, born in France, leader, National Front party
June 20, 1928 Martin Landau, born in Brooklyn, actor, Mission Impossible, Space 1999, Ed Wood
June 20, 1928 Robert Satanowski, composer
June 20, 1928 Eric Dolphy, American Musician
June 20, 1927 John M Dengler, jazz bass sax/trumpet/trombone
June 20, 1926 Arthur Bell, royal botanic gardens director, Kew Gardens
June 20, 1925 Doris J Hart, born in St. Louis, Missouri, tennis player, Wimbledon 1951
June 20, 1924 Audie Murphy, born in Kingston, Texas, WW II hero/actor, Destry, Joe Butterfly
June 20, 1924 Chet Atkins, born in Luttrell, Tennessee, guitarist, Me and My Guitar
June 20, 1924 Rainer Barzel, German leader, CDU-CSU, /minister
June 20, 1923 Marcus Bakker, Dutch MP, CPN
June 20, 1923 Peter Gay, American Historian
June 20, 1920 DeForest Kelley, born in Atlanta, Georgia, actor, Dr. Leonard McCoy-Star Trek
June 20, 1920 Haydn Tudor Evans, British high court judge
June 20, 1919 Bruce Gordon, born in London, England, actor, Frank Nitti-Untouchables
June 20, 1919 Ronald Hines, Dutch/British actor, Pack of Lies
June 20, 1916 Johnny Morris, British broadcaster/actor, Once in a Lifetime
June 20, 1916 William Balchin, geographer
June 20, 1915 Terence Young, born in Shanghai, China, director, Dr. No, Thunderball
June 20, 1914 Friedrich Zipp, composer
June 20, 1913 Aime Cesaire, French Poet
June 20, 1911 Gail Patrick, Birmingham, Alabama, actress, My Man Godfrey, Love Crazy
June 20, 1911 Lord Brightman, British judge of appeals
June 20, 1909 Cecil Marley, cricketer, Jamaican batsman 1928-1946, WICBC pres
June 20, 1909 Errol Flynn, born in Hobart, Tasmania, actor, Captain Blood, Robin Hood
June 20, 1909 Joan Harrison, screenwriter
June 20, 1907 Lillian Hellman, playwright, Toys in the Attic, Little Foxes
June 20, 1906 Bob Howard, born in Newton, Massachusetts, singer/pianist, Sing it Again
June 20, 1906 Catherine Cookson, born in England, novelist, Bannaman Legacy
June 20, 1904 Heinrich von Brentano di Tremezzo, German Foreign Minister
June 20, 1903 Glenna Collett Vare, born in Rhode Island, National Am Golf champ, 1922, 25, 28-30, 35
June 20, 1901 Iri Maruki, artist
June 20, 1900 Ernest White, composer
June 20, 1899 Anthon van der Horst, Dutch organist/composer
June 20, 1899 Jean Moulin, hero of the French Resistance, WW II
June 20, 1897 Cyril "Froggy" Francois, cricketer, South Africa all-rounder vs. Eng 1922-23
June 20, 1894 George Delacorte, born in New York City, philanthropist/publisher, Dell Books
June 20, 1894 Lloyd A. Hall, born in Illinois, pioneer in food chemistry
June 20, 1892 S M Tretjakow, writer
June 20, 1890 Giorgio Morandi, Italian Artist
June 20, 1887 Arnaut Colnot, painter/graphic artist
June 20, 1887 Kurt Schwitters, German/British dada-artist/poet, collages
June 20, 1883 Giannotto Bastianelli, composer
June 20, 1883 Jules Verstraete, [Julien G the Graef], actor, Driestuiversopera
June 20, 1883 Leah Baird, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, Lady Gangster
June 20, 1875 Othenio Able, Austria, paleontologist
June 20, 1868 Helen Miller Shepard, philanthropist/established Hall of Fame
June 20, 1866 Ivans, [Jacob van Schevichaven], Dutch lawyer/detective writer
June 20, 1866 Lord George ESMH Carnarvon, England, egyptologist, Tutanchamon
June 20, 1864 Worm Pander, sculptor
June 20, 1861 Arthur Battelle Whiting, composer
June 20, 1858 Medardo Rosso, Italian sculptor, portraits
June 20, 1858 Charles W. Chesnutt, American Novelist
June 20, 1833 Leon-J-F Bonnat, painter
June 20, 1824 George E Street, British architect
June 20, 1824 John Tyler Morgan, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1907
June 20, 1824 George Edmund Street, English Architect
June 20, 1823 Jesse Lee Reno, Major General Union volunteers, died in 1862
June 20, 1819 Jacques Offenbach, born in Cologne, French composer, Tales of Hoffmann
June 20, 1763 Theobald Wolfe Tone, Irish nationalist
June 20, 1756 Joseph Martin Kraus, composer
June 20, 1743 Anna L. Barbauld, writer of hymns
June 20, 1743 Anna Letitia Barbauld, English Poet
June 20, 1731 Daniel Waters, American Soldier
June 20, 1730 Nonnosus Madlseder, composer
June 20, 1723 Adam Ferguson, Scottish sociologist/historian
June 20, 1694 Hans A. Brorson, Danish poet/bishop of Ribe
June 20, 1674 Nicholas Rowe, England, poet laureate, Jane Shore, Tamerlane
June 20, 1647 Johan Georg III, elect of Saxon, 1680-91
June 20, 1642 George Hickes, English linguistic, Old German Philology
June 20, 1634 Charles Emanuel II, Duke of Savoy, 1638-75
June 20, 1585 Lazaro Valvasensi, composer
June 20, 1566 Sigismund III, King of Poland/Sweden