20 June
Notable Births
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
Leonard Williams (defensive lineman)
b. 1994
American football player (born 1994)
Kalidou Koulibaly
b. 1991
Senegalese-French footballer (born 1991)
Rick ten Voorde
b. 1991
Dutch footballer
DeQuan Jones
b. 1990
American basketball player (born 1990)
Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
b. 1990
Senegalese writer
Christopher Mintz-Plasse
b. 1989
American actor (born 1989)
Javier Pastore
b. 1989
Argentine footballer (born 1989)
Terrelle Pryor
b. 1989
American football player (born 1989)
A-FÜ
b. 1987
Taiwanese singer and songwriter (born 1987)
Carsten Ball
b. 1987
Australian tennis player
Asmir Begović
b. 1987
Bosnian footballer (born 1987)
Joseph Ebuya
b. 1987
Kenyan long-distance runner (born 1987)
Wilfrid Pelletier
b. 1896
Canadian musician and arts administrator (1896–1982)
Alexander Winton
b. 1860
British transportation innovator (1860–1932)
Notable Deaths
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
LeRoy Neiman
d. 2012
American painter and printmaker (1921–2012)
Heinrich IV, Prince Reuss of Köstritz
d. 2012
Prince Reuss
Ryan Dunn
d. 2011
American television personality and stunt performer (1977–2011)
Roberto Rosato
d. 2010
Italian footballer (1943–2010)
Jack Kilby
d. 2005
American electronics engineer (1923–2005)
Erwin Chargaff
d. 2002
American biochemist (1905–2002)
Tinus Osendarp
d. 2002
Dutch sprinter and WW2 collaborator (1916–2002)
Clifton Fadiman
d. 1999
American radio and television personality (1904–1999)
Cahit Külebi
d. 1997
Turkish poet and author (1917–1997)
Emil Cioran
d. 1995
Romanian philosopher, aphorist and essayist (1911–1995)
Estelle Winwood
d. 1984
British actress (1883–1984)
Mark Robson (film director)
d. 1978
Canadian-American film director, producer, and editor (1913–1978)
On This Day in History
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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
1990
The 7.4 Mw Manjil–Rudbar earthquake affects northern Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing 35,000–50,000, and injuring 60,000–105,000.
1990 Manjil–Rudbar earthquake
1988
Haitian president Leslie Manigat is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Lieutenant General Henri Namphy.
Leslie Manigat
1982
The International Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide opens in Tel Aviv, despite attempts by the Turkish government to cancel it, as it included presentations on the Armenian genocide.
International Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide
1982
The Argentine Corbeta Uruguay base on Southern Thule surrenders to Royal Marine commandos in the final action of the Falklands War.
Corbeta Uruguay base
1979
ABC News correspondent Bill Stewart is shot dead by a Nicaraguan National Guard soldier under the regime of Anastasio Somoza Debayle during the Nicaraguan Revolution. The murder is caught on tape and sparks an international outcry against the regime.
ABC News (United States)
1975
The film Jaws is released in the United States, becoming the highest-grossing film of that time and starting the trend of films known as "summer blockbusters".
Jaws (film)
1973
Snipers fire upon left-wing Peronists in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in what is known as the Ezeiza massacre. At least 13 are killed and more than 300 are injured.
Sniper
1973
Aeroméxico Flight 229 crashes on approach to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport, killing all 27 people on board.
Aeroméxico Flight 229
1972
Watergate scandal: An 18+1⁄2-minute gap appears in the tape recording of the conversations between U.S. President Richard Nixon and his advisers regarding the recent arrests of his operatives while breaking into the Watergate complex.
Watergate scandal
1964
A Curtiss C-46 Commando crashes in the Shengang District of Taiwan, killing 57 people.
Curtiss C-46 Commando
1963
Following the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Soviet Union and the United States sign an agreement to establish the so-called "red telephone" link between Washington, D.C., and Moscow.
Cuban Missile Crisis
1960
The Mali Federation gains independence from France (it later splits into Mali and Senegal).
Mali Federation