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On leap years, this day usually marks the [[summer]] [[solstice]] in the [[northern hemisphere]] and the [[winter solstice]] in the [[southern hemisphere]].
==Events==
* [[451]] - [[Battle of Chalons]]: [[Flavius Aetius]]' defeats [[Attila the Hun]].
*[[1214]] - The [[University of Oxford]] receives its [[charter]].
*[[1631]] - The [[sack of Baltimore]]: the [[Ireland|Irish]] village of [[Baltimore, County Cork|Baltimore]] is attacked by [[Algeria]]n [[piracy|pirates]].
*[[1685]] - [[Monmouth Rebellion]]: [[James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth]] declares himself [[King of England]] at [[Bridgwater]].
*[[1756]] - A [[British Empire|British]] [[garrison]] is imprisoned in the [[Black Hole of Calcutta]].
*[[1782]] - The [[Congress of the United States|U.S. Congress]] adopts the [[Great Seal of the United States]].
*[[1787]] - [[Oliver Ellsworth]] moves at the [[Federal Convention]] to call the government the [[United States]].
*[[1789]] - [[Deputies]] of the [[History of France|French]] [[Third Estate]] take the [[Tennis Court Oath]].
*[[1791]] - King [[Louis XVI of France]] and his immediate family begin the [[Flight to Varennes]] during [[The French Revolution]].
*[[1819]] - The U.S. [[Ship|vessel]] ''[[SS Savannah]]'' arrives at [[Liverpool]], [[United Kingdom]]. She is the first steam-propelled vessel to cross the [[Atlantic]], although most of the journey was made under sail.
*[[1837]] - [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Queen Victoria]] succeeds to the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|British]] throne.
*[[1840]] - [[Samuel Morse]] receives the patent for the [[telegraph]].
*[[1862]] - [[Barbu Catargiu]], the [[Prime Minister of Romania|Prime Minister]] of [[Romania]], is assassinated.
*[[1863]] - [[American Civil War]]: [[West Virginia]] is admitted as the 35th [[U.S. state]].
*[[1877]] - [[Alexander Graham Bell]] installs the world's first commercial [[telephone]] service in [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]].
*[[1893]] - [[Lizzie Borden]] is acquitted for the murders of her father and stepmother.
*[[1919]] - 150 die at the [[Teatro Yaguez]] fire, [[Mayagüez, Puerto Rico]].
*[[1944]] - [[World War II]]: The [[Battle of the Philippine Sea]] concludes with a decisive [[United States Navy|U.S. naval]] victory. The lopsided naval air battle is also known as the “Great Marianas Turkey Shoot”.
*[[1948]] - ''[[Toast of the Town]]'', later ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'', makes its [[television]] debut.
*[[1956]] - A [[Venezuelan]] [[Lockheed Constellation|Super-Constellation]] crashes in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] off [[Asbury Park]], [[New Jersey]], killing 74 people.
*[[1960]] - Independence of [[Mali]] and [[Senegal]].
*[[1963]] - The so-called "[[Moscow-Washington hotline|red telephone]]" is established between the [[Soviet Union]] and the United States following the [[Cuban Missile Crisis]].
*[[1973]] - [[1973 Ezeiza massacre|Ezeiza massacre]] in [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]]. [[Sniper]]s fire upon left-wing [[Peronism|Peronists]]. At least 13 are killed and more than 300 are injured.
*[[1979]] - ABC News correspondent [[Bill Stewart (journalist)|Bill Stewart]] is shot dead by a [[Nicaragua]]n soldier under the regime of [[Anastasio Somoza Debayle]]. The murder is caught on tape and sparked international outcry of the regime.
*[[1990]] - [[Asteroid]] [[5261 Eureka|Eureka]] is discovered.
*[[1991]] - The [[Germany|German]] [[parliament]] decides to move the [[capital]] from [[Bonn]] back to [[Berlin]].
==Births==
*[[1005]] - [[Ali az-Zahir]], caliph (d. [[1036]])
*[[1389]] - [[John, Duke of Bedford]], regent of England (d. [[1435]])
*[[1566]] ([[Old Style and New Style dates|O.S.]]) - King [[Sigismund III Vasa]] (d. [[1632]])
*[[1583]] - [[Jacob De la Gardie]], Swedish soldier and statesman (d. [[1652]])
*[[1634]] - [[Charles Emmanuel II of Savoy]] (d. [[1675]])
*[[1642]] ([[Old Style and New Style dates|O.S.]]) - [[George Hickes]], English minister and scholar (d. [[1715]])
*[[1647]] - [[John George III, Elector of Saxony]] (d. [[1691]])
*[[1717]] - [[Jacques Saly]], French sculptor (d. [[1776]])
*[[1723]] ([[Old Style|O.S.]]) - [[Adam Ferguson]], Scottish philosopher and historian (d. [[1816]])
* 1723 ([[Old Style|O.S.]]) - [[Theophilus Lindsey]], English theologian (d. [[1808]])
*[[1733]] - [[Betty Washington]]- sister of George Washington
* 1737 - [[Tokugawa Ieharu]], Japanese military (d. [[1786]])
*[[1756]] - [[Joseph Martin Kraus]], Swedish composer (d. [[1792]])
*[[1763]] - [[Wolfe Tone]], Irish patriot (d. [[1798]])
*[[1770]] - [[Moses Waddel]], American [[educator]]/[[Minister (Christianity)|minister]] and bestselling [[author]] (d. [[1840]])
*[[1771]] - [[Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk]], Scottish philanthropist (d. [[1820]])
*[[1786]] - [[Marceline Desbordes-Valmore]], French poet (d. [[1859]])
*[[1808]] - [[Samson Raphael Hirsch]], German rabbi (d. [[1888]])
*[[1819]] - [[Jacques Offenbach]], German-born French composer (d. [[1880]])
*[[1858]] - [[Charles W. Chesnutt]], American writer (d. [[1932]])
*[[1860]] - [[Jack Worrall]], Australian cricketer, footballer, and coach (d. [[1937]])
*[[1861]] - [[Frederick Hopkins]], English biochemist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine]] (d.[[1947]])
*[[1872]] - [[George Carpenter]], the 5th General of [[The Salvation Army]] (d. [[1948]])
*[[1885]] - [[Andrzej Gawroński]], Polish scholar (d. [[1927]])
*[[1887]] - [[Kurt Schwitters]], German painter and writer (d. [[1948]])
*[[1889]] - [[John S. Paraskevopoulos]], Greek-South African astronomer (d. [[1951]])
*[[1891]] - [[John A. Costello]], second [[Taoiseach]] of the [[Republic of Ireland]] (d. [[1976]])
*[[1894]] - [[Lloyd Hall]], American chemist (d. [[1971]])
*[[1896]] - [[Wilfrid Pelletier]], Canadian conductor (d. [[1982]])
*[[1897]] - [[Elisabeth Hauptmann]], German writer (d. [[1973]])
*[[1899]] - [[Jean Moulin]], French Resistance leader (d. [[1943]])
*[[1905]] - [[Lillian Hellman]], American playwright (d. [[1984]])
*[[1907]] - [[Jimmy Driftwood]], American songwriter and musician (d. [[1998]])
*[[1908]] - [[Billy Werber]], American baseball player
*[[1909]] - [[Errol Flynn]], Australian actor (d. [[1959]])
*[[1911]] - [[Gail Patrick]], American actress (d. [[1980]])
*[[1912]] - [[Anthony Buckeridge]], English author (d. [[2004]])
*[[1915]] - [[Dick Reynolds]], Australian rules footballer and coach (d. [[2002]])
* 1915 - [[Terence Young (director)|Terence Young]], British film director (d. [[1994]])
*[[1916]] - [[Jean-Jacques Bertrand]], premier of [[Quebec]] (d. [[1973]])
*[[1917]] - [[Igor Śmiałowski]], Polish actor (d. [[2006]])
*[[1918]] - [[George Lynch (race car driver)|George Lynch]], American auto racer (d. [[1997]])
* 1918 - [[Zoltán Sztáray]], Hungarian writer
*[[1920]] - [[Hans Gerschwiler]], Swiss figure skater
*[[1924]] - [[Chet Atkins]], American guitar player and producer (d. [[2001]])
* 1924 - [[Audie Murphy]], American [[Medal of Honor]] recipient and actor (d. [[1971]])
* 1924 - [[Fritz Koenig]], German sculptor
*[[1928]] - [[Eric Dolphy]], American jazz musician (d. [[1964]])
* 1928 - [[Jean-Marie Le Pen]], French politician
*[[1930]] - [[Paul Pender]], American boxer
* 1930 - [[Magdalena Abakanowicz]], Polish artist
*[[1931]] - [[Olympia Dukakis]], Greek-American actress
* 1931 - [[Martin Landau]], American actor
*[[1932]] - [[Robert Rozhdestvensky]], Russian poet (d. [[1994]])
*[[1933]] - [[Danny Aiello]], American actor
*[[1934]] - [[Wendy Craig]], English actress
* 1934 - [[Rossana Podestà]], Italian actress
*[[1935]] - [[Len Dawson]], former football player
* 1935 - [[Neal Knox]], gun rights activist (d. [[2005]])
*[[1936]] - [[Billy Guy]], American singer ([[The Coasters]]) (d. [[2002]])
*[[1937]] - [[Jerry Keller]], pop singer and songwriter
*[[1938]] - [[Mickie Most]], British record producer (d. [[2003]])
*[[1939]] - [[Ramakant Desai]], Indian cricketer (d. [[1998]])
*[[1940]] - [[Eugen Drewermann]], German theologian
* 1940 - [[John Mahoney]], English actor
*[[1941]] - [[Ulf Merbold]], German physicist and astronaut
* 1941 - [[Stephen Frears]], English film director
*[[1942]] - [[Brian Wilson]], American musician; founder of [[The Beach Boys]]
*[[1944]] - [[Cheryl Holdridge]], American actress
* 1944 - [[David Roper]], English actor
*[[1945]] - [[Anne Murray]], Canadian singer
*[[1946]] - [[Bob Vila]], television presenter
* 1946 - [[Xanana Gusmão]], [[President of East Timor]]
* 1946 - [[Andre Watts]], American pianist
*[[1947]] - [[Dolores "LaLa" Brooks|Dolores Brooks]], American singer ([[the Crystals]])
* 1947 - [[Candy Clark]], American actress
* 1947 - [[Josef Clemens]], German bishop and Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
* 1947 - [[Ivo Milazzo]], Italian comic book artist
*[[1948]] - [[Ludwig Scotty]], [[President of Nauru]]
*[[1949]] - [[Lionel Richie]], American musician ([[The Commodores]])
* 1949 - [[Alan Longmuir]], Scottish bass guitarist ([[Bay City Rollers]])
*[[1951]] - [[Tress MacNeille]], American voice actress
* 1951 - [[Paul Muldoon]], Northern Irish poet
*[[1951]] - [[Bill Simon]], American businessman and politician
*[[1952]] - [[John Goodman]], American actor
* 1952 - [[Larry Riley]], American actor (d. [[1992]])
* 1952 - [[Vikram Seth]], Indian poet
*[[1953]] - [[Ulrich Mühe]], German actor (d. [[2007]])
*[[1953]] - [[Raúl Ramírez]], Mexican tennis player
* 1952 - [[Willy Rampf]], German [[F1]] technical director ([[BMW Sauber]])
*[[1954]] - [[Michael Anthony (musician)|Michael Anthony]], American musician ([[Van Halen]])
* 1954 - [[Ilan Ramon]], Israeli combat pilot and astronaut (d. [[2003]])
* 1954 - [[Allan Lamb]], South African born English cricketer
*[[1956]] - [[Peter Reid]], English former footballer
*[[1957]] - [[Koko B. Ware]], American professional wrestler
*[[1958]] - [[Chuck Wagner]], American actor
* 1958 - [[Ron Hornaday]], American racecar driver
*[[1960]] - [[John Taylor (Duran Duran)|John Taylor]], English musician ([[Duran Duran]])
*[[1963]] - [[Amir Derakh]], American musician ([[Orgy (band)|Orgy]])
* 1963 - [[Don West (sportscaster)|Don West]], American professional wrestling announcer
*[[1964]] - [[Pierfrancesco Chili]], Italian motorcycle racer
* 1964 - [[Silke Möller]], German track and field athlete
*[[1967]] - [[Nicole Kidman]], American-born Australian actress
*[[1968]] - [[Robert Rodriguez]], American film director
*[[1969]] - [[MaliVai Washington]], American former tennis player
* 1970 - [[Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco]]
* 1970 - [[Andrea Nahles]], German politician
* 1970 - [[Bruce Woodcock (computer games analyst)|Bruce Woodcock]], American computer games analyst
*[[1971]] - [[Josh Lucas]], American actor
* 1971 - [[Jeordie White]], American musician ([[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]])
*[[1971]] - [[Rodney Rogers]], American basketball player
*[[1972]] - [[Paul Bako]], American baseball player
*[[1973]] - [[Brian Maloney]], Austin Designer and creator of snerst.com
* 1973 - [[Chino Moreno]], American musician ([[Deftones]])
*[[1974]] - [[Attila Czene]], Hungarian swimmer
* 1974 - [[Jami Ferrell]], American model and actress
*[[1975]] - [[Daniel Zítka]], Czech footballer
*[[1976]] - [[Jerome Fontamillas]],Filipino American musician ([[Switchfoot]])
*[[1976]] - [[Carlos Lee]], Panamanian baseball player
* 1976 - [[Rob Mackowiak]], American baseball player
* 1976 - [[Juliano Belletti]], Brazilian footballer
*[[1977]] - [[Gordan Giriček]], Croatian basketball player
*[[1978]] - [[LaVar Arrington]], American football player
* 1978 - [[Quinton Jackson]], American Mixed Martial Artist
* 1978 - [[Frank Lampard]], English footballer
* 1978 - [[Jan-Paul Saeijs]], Dutch footballer
* 1978 - [[Bobby Seay]], American baseball player
*[[1979]] - [[Charlotte Hatherley]], English guitarist ([[Ash (band)|Ash]])
* 1979 - [[Charles Howell III]], Professional Golfer
* 1979 - [[Cael Sanderson]], Olympic Wrestler
*[[1979]] - [[Lani Billard]], Canadian actress
* 1980 - [[Carlo Festuccia]], Italian rugby union footballer
* 1980 - [[Fabian Wegmann]], German road racing cyclist
* 1980 - [[Tony Lovato]], American singer and guitarrist ([[Mest]])
* 1980 - [[Franco Semioli]], Italian footballer
*[[1981]] - [[Ardian Gashi]], Albanian-Norwegian footballer
*[[1983]] - [[Darren Sproles]], American football player
* 1983 - [[Josh Childress]], American basketball player
* 1983 - [[Cherrie Ying]], Hong Kong actress
*[[1985]] - [[Souleymane Mamam]], Togolese footballer
* 1985 - [[Darko Miličić]], Serbian basketball player
*[[1986]] - [[DJ Biz]], Computer DJ
*[[1988]] - [[Shefali Chowdhury]], Welsh actress
*[[1989]] - [[Christopher Mintz-Plasse]], American actor
*[[1990]] - [[Tim Commandeur]], Australian musician
*[[1997]] - [[Maria Lark]], Russian-born American actress
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==Deaths==
* [[451]] - [[Theodorid]], [[Visigoths#Kings of the Visigoths|King of the Visigoths]]
* [[840]] - [[Louis the Pious]], Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (b. [[778]])
* [[885]] - [[Bernard Plantapilosa]], Count of Auvergne (b. [[841]])
*[[1597]] - [[Willem Barentsz]], Dutch navigator
*[[1668]] - [[Heinrich Roth]], German Sanskrit scholar (b. [[1620]])
*[[1776]] - [[Benjamin Huntsman]], English inventor and manufacturer (b. [[1704]])
*[[1787]] - [[Carl Friedrich Abel]], German composer (b. [[1723]])
*[[1800]] - [[Abraham Gotthelf Kästner]], German mathematician (b. [[1719]])
*[[1820]] - [[Manuel Belgrano]], Argentine lawyer and politician (b. [[1770]])
*[[1837]] - [[William IV of the United Kingdom]] (b. [[1765]])
*[[1869]] - [[Toshizou Hijikata]], [[Shinsengumi]] vice-commander (b. [[1835]])
*[[1870]] - [[Jules de Goncourt]], French writer (b. [[1830]])
*[[1906]] - [[John Clayton Adams]], British landscape artist (b. [[1840]])
*[[1925]] - [[Josef Breuer]], Austrian psychologist (b. [[1842]])
*[[1945]] - [[Bruno Frank]], German author (b. [[1878]])
*[[1947]] - [[Bugsy Siegel]], American crime figure (b. [[1906]])
*[[1952]] - [[Luigi Fagioli]], Italian race car driver (b. [[1898]])
*[[1958]] - [[Kurt Alder]], German chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel laureate]] (b. [[1902]])
*[[1963]] - [[Raphaël Salem]], Greek mathematician (b. [[1898]])
*[[1972]] - [[Howard Deering Johnson|Howard Johnson]], American businessman, originator of restaurant chain (b. [[1897]])
*[[1976]] - [[Lou Klein]], American baseball player (b. [[1918]])
*[[1978]] - [[Mark Robson]], Canadian film director and producer (b. [[1913]])
*[[1995]] - [[Emil Cioran]], Romanian-born French philosopher (b. [[1911]])
*[[1996]] - [[Jim Ellison]], Singer/Guitarist for the band Material Issue (b. [[1964]])
*[[1997]] - [[Lawrence Payton]], American singer ([[The Four Tops]]) (b. [[1938]])
*[[1998]] - [[Conrad Schumann]], East German border guard (b. [[1942]])
*[[1999]] - [[Clifton Fadiman]], American author (b. [[1902]])
*[[2002]] - [[Erwin Chargaff]], Austrian biochemist (b. [[1905]])
* 2002 - [[Tinus Osendarp]], Dutch runner (b. [[1916]])
*[[2003]] - [[Bob Stump]], American politician (b. [[1927]])
*[[2005]] - [[Jack Kilby]], American electrical engineer, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel laureate]] (b. [[1923]])
* 2005 - [[Larry Collins (writer)|Larry Collins]], American writer (b. [[1929]])
*[[2006]] - [[Billy Johnson (baseball player)|Billy Johnson]], American baseball player (b. [[1918]])
*[[2007]] - [[Trevor Henry]], New Zealand Justice (b. [[1902]])
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==Holidays and observances==
*[[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees]] - [[World Refugee Day]].
*[[Flag Day]] in [[Argentina]] ([[1938]]).
*[[West Virginia]] – [[West Virginia Day]].
*[[International Surfing Day]].
*[[Adalbert, Archbishop of Magdeburg|Saint Adalbert of Magdeburg]] (d. [[981]])
==External links==
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/20 BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=06|day=20}}
* [http://www1.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/on_this_day?mth=Jun&day=20 On This Day in Canada]
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