Page 5: Historical Events In June - 20

1925  On this day in history doris J Hart, St Louis Mo, tennis player (Wimbledon 1951)   

1925  On June - 20 wilhelm Posse, composer, dies at 72   

1926  Mordecai W Johnson becomes first black president of Howard University on this day in history.   

1926  On June - 20 mordecai W Johnson becomes 1st black president of Howard University   

1926  On June - 20 arthur Bell, royal botanic gardens director (Kew Gardens)   

1927  On this day in history john M Dengler, jazz bass sax/trumpet/trombone   

1928  On June - 20 david Mitchell, British MP   

1929  On June - 20 ingrid Haebler, Austrian pianist (Hayd/Mozart/Schubert)   

1930  65th British Golf Open: Bobby Jones shoots a 291 at Hoylake Hoylake on June - 20.   

1930  On this day in history ellie Rabb, US, actor (Fabulous Baker Boys, Extreme Close-up)   

1931  Karl Buresch becomes chancellor of Austrian on this day in history.   

1932  On June - 20 a's Roger Cramer gets 6 consecutive hits in a game (repeats in 1935)   

1933  On June - 20 clara Zetkin, German feminist/communist, dies   

1936  Jesse Owens of the US sets 100 meter record at 10.2 on June - 20.   

1936  On June - 20 jesse Owens of US sets 100 meter record at 10.2   

1939  C Jackson discovers asteroid #1817 Katanga on June - 20.   

1939  On this day in history test flight of first rocket plane using liquid propellants   

1939  On this day in history test flight of 1st rocket plane using liquid propellants   

1940  Joe Louis TKOs Arturo Godoy in 8 for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.   

1940  Jehan Alain, French organist/composer, dies in battle at 29 on June - 20.   

1941  The birth of Stephen Frears, English born film director2006 The Miami Heat win the NBA Finals over the Dallas Mavericks, 4-2 on this day in history.   

1941  German U-203 fails on torpedo attack on US battleship Texas on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history stephanie H (Lapidoth-)Swarth, author (Lonely flowers, dies   

1941  On this day in history the birth of Stephen Frears, English born film director   

1942  On June - 20 japanese submarine shells isolated Estevan Point on Vancouver Island, with little damage; only time Canadian land territory under fire in World War II   

1942  Adolf Eichmann proclaims deportation of Dutch Jews on this day in history.   

1943  On June - 20 national Congress of Racial Equality organizes   

1943  New Qu‚bec (Chubb) Crater discovered in northern Qu‚bec (3« km dia) on June - 20.   

1943  Ungava Bay Quebec, Chubb sights the New Quebec Crater; one of the world's largest, at 403 metres deep and nearly 11 km around on June - 20.   

1943  Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) founded on this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history congress charters Central Intelligence Agency   

1945  Bruno Frank, writer, dies at 58 on June - 20.   

1946  On June - 20 nYC transit begins using PA system   

1947  On this day in history pres Truman vetoes Taft-Hartley Act   

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1005  On this day in history birth of ali az-Zahir, caliph (d. 1036)   

1389  John, Duke of Bedford, regent of England (d. 1435) was born on June - 20.   

1566  Sigismund III, King of Poland/Sweden was born on June - 20.   

1583  On June - 20 birth of jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and statesman (d. 1652)   

1585  Lazaro Valvasensi, composer was born on June - 20.   

1615  On this day in history birth of salvatore Rosa, Italian painter/musician [or 7/21]   

1634  Charles Emanuel II, Duke of Savoy (1638-75) was born on this day in history.   

1642  George Hickes, English linguistic (Old German Philology) was born on this day in history.   

0451  On this day in history death of theodorid, King of the Visigoths   

0840  Louis de Vrome, emperor of French rich, dies on June - 20.   

0885  On this day in history death of bernard Plantapilosa, Count of Auvergne (b. 841)   

1585  On June - 20 christianus Adrichomius, writer (Theatrum Terrae Sanctae), dies at 52   

1597  Willem Barents, explorer (discovered Spitsbergen & Bereneil), dies on June - 20.   

1649  Maria Tesselschade Roemers Visscher, author, dies on June - 20.   

1668  Death of Heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (b. 1620) on this day in history.   

1751  On this day in history adriaen Valckenier, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1737-41), dies at 56