Today in History
20 June
209 births · 62 deaths · 54 events recorded
Notable Births
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Hans Niemann
b. 2003
American chess grandmaster (born 2003)
Marc Pubill
b. 2003
Spanish footballer
Bálint Kopasz
b. 1997
Hungarian canoeist (born 1997)
Sam Bennett (ice hockey)
b. 1996
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1996)
Caroline Weir
b. 1995
Scottish footballer (born 1995)
Carol Zhao
b. 1995
Canadian tennis player born 1995
Wilfrid Pelletier
b. 1896
Canadian musician and arts administrator (1896–1982)
Alexander Winton
b. 1860
British transportation innovator (1860–1932)
Notable Deaths
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Donald Sutherland
d. 2024
Canadian actor (1935–2024)
Taylor Wily
d. 2024
American actor (1968–2024)
Caleb Swanigan
d. 2022
American basketball player (1997–2022)
Prodigy (rapper)
d. 2017
American rapper (1974–2017)
Miriam Schapiro
d. 2015
Canadian artist (1923–2015)
Angelo Niculescu
d. 2015
Romanian footballer and manager
Ingvar Rydell
d. 2013
Swedish footballer
Judy Agnew
d. 2012
Second Lady of the United States from 1969 to 1973
On This Day in History
All 54 ›
2025
The first EF5 tornado in 12 years occurs in Enderlin, North Dakota.
2025 Enderlin tornado
2019
Iran's Air Defense Forces shoot down an American surveillance drone over the Strait of Hormuz amid rising tensions between the two countries.
Islamic Republic of Iran Air Defense Force
2011
RusAir Flight 9605 crashes in Besovets during approach to Petrozavodsk Airport, killing 47.
RusAir Flight 9605
2003
The Wikimedia Foundation is founded in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Wikimedia Foundation
1996
Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-78 to conduct life science and microgravity research aboard the Spacelab module.
Space Shuttle Columbia
1994
The 1994 Imam Reza shrine bomb explosion in Iran leaves at least 25 dead and 70 to 300 injured.
Imam Reza shrine bombing
1991
The German Bundestag votes to move seat of government from the former West German capital of Bonn to the present capital of Berlin.
Bundestag
1990
Asteroid Eureka is discovered.
Asteroid