Subj : This Day In History
To : All
From : Robert Wolfe
Date : Sun Jun 20 2021 12:30 am
Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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By Scott Labrecque
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Births:
06/20/1566 Sigismund III, King of Poland/Sweden
06/20/1585 Lazaro Valvasensi, composer
06/20/1615 Salvatore Rosa, Italian painter/musician [or 7/21]
06/20/1634 Charles Emanuel II, Duke of Savoy (1638-75)
06/20/1642 George Hickes, English linguistic (Old German Philology)
06/20/1647 Johan Georg III, ruler of Saxon (1680-91)
06/20/1674 Nicholas Rowe, England, poet laureate (Jane Shore, Tamerlane)
06/20/1694 Hans A Brorson, bishop of Ribe
06/20/1723 Adam Ferguson, Scottish sociologist/historian
06/20/1730 Nonnosus Madlseder, composer
06/20/1743 Anna L Barbauld, writer of hymns
06/20/1756 Joseph Martin Kraus, composer
06/20/1763 Theobald Wolfe Tone, Irish nationalist
06/20/1819 Jacques Offenbach, Cologne, French composer (Tales of Hoffmann)
06/20/1823 Jesse Lee Reno, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
06/20/1824 George E Street, British (?) architect
06/20/1824 John Tyler Morgan, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1907
06/20/1833 L�on-J-F Bonnat, painter
06/20/1852 Theodorus Heemskerk Jzn, lawyer/minister of interior (1866..88)
06/20/1858 Medardo Rosso, Italian sculptor (portraits)
06/20/1861 Arthur Battelle Whiting, composer
06/20/1866 Ivans, [Jacob van Schevichaven], lawyer/detective writer
06/20/1866 Lord George ESMH Carnarvon, England, egyptologist (Toetanchamon)
06/20/1868 Helen Miller Shepard, philanthropist/established Hall of Fame
06/20/1875 Othenio Able, Austria, paleontologist
06/20/1883 Giannotto Bastianelli, composer
06/20/1883 Leah Baird, actress (Lady Gangster)
06/20/1887 Arnaut Colnot, painter/graphic artist
06/20/1894 George Delacorte, NYC, philanthropist/publisher (Dell Books)
06/20/1894 Lloyd A Hall, Illinois, pioneer in food chemistry
06/20/1899 Anthon van der Horst, organist/composer
06/20/1899 Helen Traubel, St Louis, Missouri, soprano (or 6/16/1903)
06/20/1899 Jean Moulin, hero of the French Resistance during WW II
06/20/1900 Ernest White, composer
06/20/1903 Glenna Collett Vare, RI, Natl Am Golf champ (1922, 25, 28-30, 35)
06/20/1904 Heinrich von Brentano di Tremezzo, German Foreign Minister
06/20/1906 Bob Howard, Newton Mass, singer/pianist (Sing it Again)
06/20/1906 Catherine Cookson, England, novelist (Bannaman Legacy)
06/20/1907 Lillian Hellman, playwright (Toys in the Attic, Little Foxes)
06/20/1909 Errol Flynn, actor (Captain Blood, Robin Hood, Against All Flags)
06/20/1911 Gail Patrick, Birmingham Ala, actress (My Man Godfrey, Love Crazy)
06/20/1911 Lord Brightman, British judge of appeals
06/20/1914 Friedrich Zipp, composer
06/20/1915 Terence Young, Shanghai China, director (Dr No, Thunderball)
06/20/1916 Johnny Morris, British broadcaster
06/20/1916 William Balchin, geographer
06/20/1919 Bruce Gordon, London England, actor (Frank Nitti-Untouchables)
06/20/1919 Ronald Hines, Dutch actor (Pack of Lies)
06/20/1920 DeForest Kelley, Atlanta Ga, actor (Dr Leonard McCoy-Star Trek)
06/20/1920 Haydn Tudor Evans, British high court judge
06/20/1923 Marcus Bakker, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CPN)
06/20/1924 Audie Murphy, Kingston Tx, WW II hero/actor (Destry, Joe Butterfly)
06/20/1924 Chet Atkins, Luttrell Tenn, guitarist (Me & My Guitar)
06/20/1924 Rainer Barzel, German CDU-CSU-fractieleader/minister
06/20/1925 Doris J Hart, St Louis Mo, tennis player (Wimbeldon 1951)
06/20/1926 Arthur Bell, royal botanic gardens director (Kew Gardens)
06/20/1928 David Mitchell, British parliament leader
06/20/1928 Jean-Marie Le-Pen, France, leader National Front party
06/20/1928 Martin Landau, actor (Mission Impossible, Space 1999, Tucker)
06/20/1928 Robert Satanowski, composer
06/20/1929 Ronald Hines, British actor (Pack of Lies)
06/20/1930 Ellie Rabb, US, actor (Fabulous Baker Boys, Extreme Close-up)
06/20/1930 John Waine, bishop (Chelmsford)
06/20/1931 Arne Nordheim, Larvik Norway, conductor/composer (Aftonland)
06/20/1931 James Tolkan, actor (Weekend War, Leap of Faith, Second Sight)
06/20/1931 Olympia Dukakis, actress (Moonstruckm, Cemetary Club)
06/20/1931 Richard Southwood, zoologist/chancellor (Oxford University)
06/20/1932 Robert Rozjdestvenski, Russian poet (Requiem, Userjoz)
06/20/1933 Brett Halsey, Santa Ana Calif, actress (Paul-Follow the Sun)
06/20/1933 Claire Tomalin, biographer/editor
06/20/1933 Danny Aiello, NYC, actor (Moonstruck, Radio Days)
06/20/1933 Earl of Cranbrook, CEO (Nature Conservancy Council)
06/20/1933 Jean Boiteux, France, 400m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1952)
06/20/1934 Brian Barder, British high commissar in Australia
06/20/1934 Cornel Taranu, composer
06/20/1934 Rossana Podesta, Tripoli Libya, actress (Hercules, Ulysses)
06/20/1934 Wendy Craig, English actress (Joseph Andrews)
06/20/1935 Anthony Pilkington, CEO (Pilkington Pic)
06/20/1936 Billy Guy, US singer (Coasters-Young Blood)
06/20/1938 Nikolay Avksentevich Martinov, composer
06/20/1939 Budge Rogers, British rugby player
06/20/1940 John Mahoney, actor (Fraiser, Frantic, 8 Men Out, Tin Men)
06/20/1941 Stephen Frears, director (Prick Up Your Ears, Dangerous Liaisons)
06/20/1941 Ulf D Merbold, German physicist/astronaut (STS 9, STS 42)
06/20/1942 Brian Wilson, Inglewood Calif, singer (Beachboys-In My Room)
06/20/1943 Andy Etchebarren, baseball catcher (Balt Orioles)
06/20/1944 Dave Nelson, baseball player
06/20/1944 Terry Funk, wrestler (WCW/SMW/NWA/WWF/JWA)
06/20/1945 Anne Murray, Nova Scotia Canada, singer (Snow Bird)
06/20/1945 David S Monson, (Rep-R-UT, 1985- )
06/20/1945 James F Buchli, New Rockford ND, USMC/astr (STS 51C, 61A, 29, 48)
06/20/1945 John McCook, Ventura Cal, actor (Codename: Firefox, Bold & Beautiful
06/20/1946 Andr� Watts, Nuremberg Germany, concert pianist (Oberon)
06/20/1946 Duke of Gloucester
06/20/1947 Candy Clark, actress (Man Who Fell to Earth, Q, American Graffiti)
06/20/1947 David French, British director
06/20/1947 John Forbes, horse trainer
06/20/1950 Lionel Richie, Alabama, singer (Commodores, Hello, Penny Lover)
06/20/1951 Peter Gordon, composer
06/20/1952 John Goodman, actor (Roseanne, Everyone's All American, Babe)
06/20/1952 Larry Riley, Memphis Tn, actor (Harry-Stir Crazy, Knots Landing)
06/20/1953 Brian Duffy, Boston Mass, Major USAF/astronaut (STS 45, 57)
06/20/1953 Cyndi Ann Stephanie Lauper, Bkln, singer (Girls Just Want to Have Fu
06/20/1953 Raul Ramirez, tennis player
06/20/1954 Alan Lamb, British cricket player
06/20/1955 Michael Anthony, rocker (Van Halen-Jump, 1984)
06/20/1957 Butch Patrick, Inglewood Calif, actor (Real McCoys, Eddie-Munsters)
06/20/1958 Dickie Thon, baseball player
06/20/1960 John Taylor, rocker (Duran Duran-Girls on Film)
06/20/1960 Michael Corbett, Collingwood NJ, actor (David-Young & Restless)
06/20/1961 Gary Varsho, baseball player
06/20/1961 Karin Enke, Dresden German DR, speed skater (Olympic-gold-1980, 84)
06/20/1963 Kirk Baptiste, Beaumont Tx, 200m runner (Olympic-silver-1984)
06/20/1967 Joseph William Cathcart, rock guitarist (Nelson-Love & Affection)
Deaths:
06/20/ 840 Louis de Vrome, emperor of French rich, dies
06/20/1585 Christianus Adrichomius, writer (Theatrum Terrae Sanctae), dies at 5
06/20/1597 Willem Barents, explorer (discovered Spitsbergen & Bereneil), dies
06/20/1649 Maria Tesselschade Roemers Visscher, author, dies
06/20/1751 Adriaen Valckenier, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1737-41), dies at 56
06/20/1787 Karl F Able, German/British viola player/composer, dies at 63
06/20/1833 Philip Knapton, composer, dies at 44
06/20/1837 Giovanni Furno, composer, dies at 89
06/20/1837 William IV, King of England, dies
06/20/1842 Michael Umlauf, composer, dies at 60
06/20/1846 Pieter Adams, architect of Rotterdam, dies at about 67
06/20/1876 Antonio L de Santa Ana, pres Mexico, dies at 79
06/20/1883 Olivier Gloux, [Gustave Aimard], French world explorer, dies at 64
06/20/1888 Cesare Dominiceti, composer, dies at 66
06/20/1888 John H Zuckertort, German chess player, dies at 45
06/20/1890 Theodore Edouard Dufaure de Lajarte, composer, dies at 63
06/20/1904 Anthony F A Sandys, (British?) painter, dies
06/20/1915 Emil Rathenau, German industrialist (AEG), dies
06/20/1922 Vittorio Monti, composer, dies at 54
06/20/1923 Joseph Leopold Rockel, composer, dies at 85
06/20/1925 Wilhelm Posse, composer, dies at 72
06/20/1933 Clara Zetkin, German feminist/communist, dies
06/20/1940 Jehan Alain, French organist/composer, dies in battle at 29
06/20/1941 Stephanie H (Lapidoth-)Swarth, author (Lonely flowers, dies
06/20/1947 Benjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel, gangster, shot dead in Beverly Hills Cal
06/20/1948 George Frederick Boyle, composer, dies at 61
06/20/1953 Hendrik de Man, sociologist (Belgian Working people Party), dies at
06/20/1958 Kurt Alder, German chemist (Nobel 1950), dies
06/20/1959 Hitoshi Ashida, Japanese politician, dies at 71
06/20/1960 Mahlon Hamilton, actor (Peg O'My Heart, High School Girl), dies at 8
06/20/1963 Gordon Jones, actor (Mike the Cop-Abbott & Costello), dies at 52
06/20/1963 Joseph Self, murderer, executed; last Wash state execution in 25 yrs
06/20/1963 Ralph Sanford, actor (Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp), dies at 64
06/20/1964 Edgar Barrier, actor (Cobra Woman, Rocky, Macbeth), dies at 57
06/20/1965 Ira Louvin, country singer (Louvin Brothers), dies at 41
06/20/1966 Georges Lema�tre, originator of 'big bang' theory, dies at 71
06/20/1972 Howard Johnson, US restaurant/hotel founder, dies at 75
06/20/1975 Daniel Ayala Perez, composer, dies at 68
06/20/1977 Abner Biberman, actor (Imhook-Kodiak), dies at 68
06/20/1978 Karel G Bakker, actor (Coffee House), dies at 66
06/20/1980 Gustaf Allan Pettersson, composer, dies at 68
06/20/1984 Estelle Winwood, actress (Miracle on 34th Street), dies at 99
06/20/1984 Sunny Johnson, actress (Animal House), dies cerebral hemorrhage at 3
06/20/1986 Tim Herbert, comedian (Dagmar's Canteen), dies at 71
06/20/1990 Ina Balin, actress (Patsy), dies at 52, of pulmonary hypertension
06/20/1994 Bram Koopmans, cyclist/coach, dies at 78
Significant Events:
06/20/ 451 Germans & Romans beat Atiila's the Hun at Catalarinische Fields
06/20/1212 French & Spanish crusaders unite against the Almohaden at Toledo
06/20/1402 Battle of Angora (Ankara)-Tatars defeat Turkish Army
06/20/1567 Jews are expelled from Brazil by order of regent Don Henrique
06/20/1632 Britain grants 2nd Lord Baltimore rights to Chesapeake Bay area
06/20/1756 146 Brit soldiers imprisoned in India-Black Hole of Calcutta-most di
06/20/1756 India rebels defeat Calcutta on British army
06/20/1779 Battle of Stone Ferry
06/20/1782 Congress approves Great Seal of US & eagle as it's symbol
06/20/1789 Oath of Tennis Court (for a new constitution) in France taken
06/20/1791 King Louis XVI caught trying to escape French Revolution
06/20/1793 Eli Whitney applies for a cotton gin patent
06/20/1819 Savannah becomes 1st steamship to cross any ocean (Atlantic)
06/20/1825 Coronation of French king Charles X the Bourbon
06/20/1837 England issues its 1st stamp, 1P Queen Victoria
06/20/1855 Commissioners appointed to lay out SF streets west of Larkin
06/20/1863 1st bank chartered in US (National Bank of Davenport Iowa)
06/20/1863 Skirmish at Greencastle Pennsylvania
06/20/1863 West Virginia admitted as 35th US state
06/20/1864 Battle of Kinston NC & Battle of Abingdon VA
06/20/1864 Battle of Petersburgs VA - in trenches
06/20/1864 Schermutselingen at Lattermore's Mills/Powder Springs Georgia
06/20/1866 Italy declares war on Austria
06/20/1867 Pres Andrew Johnson announces purchase of Alaska
06/20/1871 Ku Klux Klan trials began in federal court in Oxford Miss
06/20/1874 1st US Lifesaving Medal awarded (Lucian Clemons)
06/20/1893 Lizzie Borden acquitted in murder of parentst in New Bedford Mass
06/20/1895 1st female doctor of science earned (Caroline Willard Baldwin)
06/20/1895 A Charlois discovers asteroid #404 Arsinoe
06/20/1895 Canal of Smock official opens
06/20/1895 Nicaragua, El Salvador & Honduras form a short-lived confederation
06/20/1907 1st Portland Rose festival
06/20/1910 'Krazy Kat' comic strip by George Herriman debuts in NY Journal
06/20/1911 NAACP incorporates (NY)
06/20/1915 German offensive in Argonnes
06/20/1917 J Palisa discovers asteroid #876 Scott
06/20/1919 German govt of Scheideman resigns
06/20/1920 Yanks win protest of 1-0 White Sox win & game is replayed
06/20/1921 11.5' (29.2 cm) of rainfall, Circle, Montana (state record)
06/20/1926 Mordecai W Johnson becomes 1st black president of Howard University
06/20/1931 Karl Buresch becomes chancellor of Austrian
06/20/1936 Jesse Owens of US sets 100 meter record at 10.2
06/20/1939 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1817 Katanga
06/20/1939 Test flight of 1st rocket plane using liquid propellants
06/20/1940 Heavyweight Joe Louis KOs Arturo Godoy (NYC)
06/20/1942 Adolf Eichmann proclaims deportation of Dutch Jews
06/20/1942 German troops conquer Tobruk, North Africa
06/20/1943 Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) founded
06/20/1943 Detroit race riot kills 35
06/20/1943 German round up Jews in Amsterdam
06/20/1943 National Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) organizes
06/20/1943 New Qu�bec (Chubb) Crater discovered in northern Qu�bec (3� km dia)
06/20/1944 Congress charters Central Intelligence Agency
06/20/1944 Soviet forces conquer Wiborg
06/20/1944 US attacks Japanese fleet in Philippines Sea
06/20/1947 Pres Truman vetoes Taft-Hartley Act
06/20/1948 'Toast of the Town' hosted by Ed Sullivan premieres on CBS-TV
06/20/1948 Deutsche Mark introduced in West-Germany
06/20/1950 Dutch Air Force base Tjililitan given to Indonesia
06/20/1950 Joe Dimaggio's 2,000th hit, Yanks beat Indians 8-2
06/20/1956 Venezuelan Super Constellation crashes in NJ, 74 killed
06/20/1960 Federation of Mali (& Senegal) becomes independent of France
06/20/1960 Heavyweight Floyd Patterson KOs Ingemar Johnstown (NYC)
06/20/1963 1st Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 6-2
06/20/1963 Beatles form 'Beatles Ltd' to handle their income
06/20/1963 US & USSR agree to set up 'Hot Line'
06/20/1964 Ken Venturi wins US Open golf tournament
06/20/1966 Billy Casper wins US Open golf tournament
06/20/1966 Sheila Scott completes 1st round-the-world solo flight by a woman
06/20/1967 Muhammad Ali convicted of refusing induction into armed services
06/20/1967 Phillies Larry Jackson beats NY Mets for 18th straight time
06/20/1968 Jim Hines becomes 1st person to run 100 meters in under 10 seconds
06/20/1969 150,000 attend Newport '69, Jimi Hendrix gets $120,000 to appear
06/20/1969 Georges Pompidou sworn in as president of France
06/20/1969 White Rhodesia agrees to race separation
06/20/1970 British govt of Edward Heath forms (with Margaret Thatcher)
06/20/1970 Oriole's Brooks Robinson get his 2,000 career hit, a 3 run HR
06/20/1973 Juan Per�n returns to Argentina
06/20/1974 Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2124 Nissen
06/20/1976 Carl Fugate, Starkwether accomplice, paroled
06/20/1976 Czechoslovakia becomes European soccer champ
06/20/1976 Jerry Pate wins US Open golf tournament
06/20/1976 River Country opens
06/20/1977 Menahem Begin forms Israeli cabinet
06/20/1977 Oil enters Trans-Alaska pipeline exits 38 days later at Valdez
06/20/1981 Mudjahedin uprises against Iran regime
06/20/1982 Israeli PM Menachem Begin arrives in Washington
06/20/1982 Tom Watson wins US Open golf tournament
06/20/1983 Larry Nelson wins US Open golf tournament
06/20/1983 Yankee Bobby Murcer retires
06/20/1986 Drs at Bethesda Naval remove 2 small benign polyps from Reagan's col
06/20/1987 Johnny Carson marries 4th wife Alexis Mass
06/20/1988 Curtis Strange wins US Open golf tournament
06/20/1988 Haiti's general assembly dissolves
06/20/1988 NYC WABC-AM becomes flagship radio station of NJ Devils
06/20/1988 Price is Right model Janice Pennington is knocked out by a TV camera
06/20/1990 40,000-50,000 die in a (7.6) earthquake in Iran
06/20/1990 Nelson Mandela lands in NYC to begin a tour of US
06/20/1993 Chicago Bulls defeat Phoenix Suns 4 games to 2 for NBA title
06/20/1994 Bomb attack on Islamic temple in Mashad Iran (70 killed)
06/20/1994 Ernie Els win's 1994 Golf US Open
06/20/1994 OJ Simpson arraigned on murder of Nicole Simpson & Ronald Goldman
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