What are the important events that happened on June 20? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
June 20: Facts & Myths About This Day
June 20 is the 172nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 194 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 7, 2024 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 477,456 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaheptacontadigon’ day.
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Gemini is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Pearl is the modern birthstone for this month. Moonstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 223 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,199 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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June 20: This Day In History
On leap years, this day usually marks the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere and the winter solstice in the southern hemisphere.
June 20 Historical Events
- 1214 –The University of Oxford receives its charter.
- 1837 –Queen Victoria succeeds to the British throne.
- 1840 –Samuel Morse receives the patent for the telegraph.
- 1862 –Barbu Catargiu, the Prime Minister of Romania, is assassinated.
- 1863 –American Civil War: West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state.
- 1944 –World War II: The Battle of the Philippine Sea concludes with a decisive U.S. naval victory. The lopsided naval air battle is also known as the “Great Marianas Turkey Shoot”.
- 1956 –A Venezuelan Super-Constellation crashes in the Atlantic Ocean off Asbury Park, New Jersey, killing 74 people.
- 1973 –Ezeiza massacre in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Snipers fire upon left-wing Peronists. At least 13 are killed and more than 300 are injured.
- 1991 –The German Bundestag votes to move the capital from Bonn back to Berlin.
- 2003 –The WikiMedia Foundation is founded in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Who were born on June 20?
- 1583 –Jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and statesman (d. 1652)
- 1634 –Charles Emmanuel II of Savoy (d. 1675)
- 1642 –George Hickes, English minister and scholar (d. 1715)
- 1771 –Hermann von Boyen, German army officer (d. 1848)
- 1796 –Luigi Amat di San Filippo e Sorso, Italian cardinal (d. 1878)
- 1855 –Sir Richard Lodge, English historian (d. 1936)
- 1953 –Robert Crais, American mystery writer
- 1958 –Ron Hornaday, American racecar driver
- 1970 –Bruce Woodcock, American computer games analyst
- 1983 –Cherrie Ying, Hong Kong actress
Who died on June 20?
- 1597 –Willem Barentsz, Dutch navigator (b. 1550)
- 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)
- 1869 –Hijikata Toshizō, Shinsengumi vice-commander (b. 1835)
- 1999 –Clifton Fadiman, American author (b. 1902)
- 2005 –Jack Kilby, American electrical engineer, Nobel laureate (b. 1923)
- 2005 –Larry Collins, American writer (b. 1929)
- 2009 –Neda Agha-Soltan, Iranian student (b. 1982)
- 2010 –Harry Blackmore Whittington, British palaeontologist (b. 1916)
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