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