| 451 |
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Roman and barbarian warriors halt Attila’s army at the Catalaunian Plains in eastern France. |
| 1397 |
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The Union of Kalmar unites Denmark, Sweden, and Norway under one monarch. |
| 1756 |
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Nearly 150 British soldiers are imprisoned in the ‘Black Hole’ cell of Calcutta. Most die. |
| 1793 |
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Eli Whitney applies for a cotton gin patent. |
| 1819 |
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The paddle-wheel steamship Savannah arrives in Liverpool, England, after a voyage of 27 days and 11 hours–the first steamship to successfully cross the Atlantic. |
| 1837 |
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18-year-old Victoria is crowned Queen of England. |
| 1863 |
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President Abraham Lincoln admits West Virginia into the Union as the 35th state. |
| 1898 |
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On the way to the Philippines to fight the Spanish, the U.S. Navy seizes the island of Guam. |
| 1901 |
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Charlotte M. Manye of South Africa becomes the first native African to graduate from an American University. |
| 1910 |
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Mexican President Porfirio Diaz proclaims martial law and arrests hundreds. |
| 1920 |
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Race riots in Chicago, Illinois leave two dead and many wounded. |
| 1923 |
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France announces it will seize the Rhineland to assist Germany in paying her war debts. |
| 1941 |
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The U.S. Army Air Force is established, replacing the Army Air Corps. |
| 1955 |
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The AFL and CIO agree to combine names for a merged group. |
| 1963 |
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The United States and the Soviet Union agree to establish a hot line between Washington and Moscow. |
| 1964 |
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General William Westmoreland succeeds General Paul Harkins as head of the U.S. forces in Vietnam. |
| 1967 |
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Boxing champion Muhammad Ali is convicted of refusing induction into the American armed services. |
| 1972 |
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President Richard Nixon names General Creigton Abrams as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. |
| 1999 |
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NATO declares an official end to its bombing campaign of Yugoslavia. |
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Born on June 20 |
| 1723 |
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Adam Ferguson, Scottish historian and philopsopher (Principals of Moral and Political Science). |
| 1858 |
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Charles Chesnutt, African-American novelist. |
| 1887 |
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Kurt Schwitters, German artist. |
| 1899 |
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Jean Moulin, French Resistance fighter during World War II. |
| 1907 |
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Lillian Hellman, playwright (The Little Foxes, Toys in the Attic). |
| 1909 |
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Errol Flynn, film actor (The Adventures of Robin Hood, Captain Blood). |
| 1910 |
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Chester Arthur Burnett, blues singer. |
| 1910 |
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Josephine Johnson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author (Jordanstown, Wildwood). |
| 1924 |
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Chet Atkins, guitarist. |
| 1924 |
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Audie Murphy, American soldier during World War II, author and actor. |
| 1928 |
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Jean-Marie Le-Pen, leader of the National Front party in France. |
| 1946 |
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Andre Watts, pianist. |
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