On this day in History - Jun 20
0451- The Battle of Chalons, Flavius Aetius' victory over Attila the Hun.
0451 - Theodorid, King of the Visigoths dies
0840 - Louis the Pious, dies (b. 0778). King of the Franks, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
1214 - University of Oxford receives its charter.
0451 - Theodorid, King of the Visigoths dies
0840 - Louis the Pious, dies (b. 0778). King of the Franks, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
1214 - University of Oxford receives its charter.
1483 - Execução do Duque de Bragança após ser julgado em Évora (Portugal)
1561 - Sigismund, was born (d. 1632). King of Sweden and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
1561 - Sigismund, was born (d. 1632). King of Sweden and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
1597 - Willem Barentsz, dies. Navigator.
1615 - Salvator Rosa, was born (d. 15 Mar 1673). Italian painter, draftsman, etcher, poet, and actor, specialized in Landscapes. [Self-portrait (1641), River Landscape with Apollo and the Cumean Sibyl (1655)],
1631 - The sack of Baltimore: the Irish village of Baltimore was attacked by Algerian pirates.
1634 - Charles Emmanuel II of Savoy was born (d. 1675).
1631 - The sack of Baltimore: the Irish village of Baltimore was attacked by Algerian pirates.
1634 - Charles Emmanuel II of Savoy was born (d. 1675).
1667 - Início do pontificado do Papa Clemente IX
1685 - Monmouth Rebellion: The Duke of Monmouth declared himself King of England at Bridgwater.
1756 - British soldiers were thrown into the cell known as the Black Hole of Calcutta.
1756 - Joseph Martin Kraus, was born. Composer
1763 - Wolfe Tone, was born. Irish patriot
1771 - Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, was born (d. 1820). Philanthropist, entrepreneur.
1782 - The U.S. Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States.
1787 - Karl Friedrich Abel, dies. German composer
1789 - Deputies of the French Third Estate took the Tennis Court Oath
1791 - The Flight to Varennes began.
1797 - Sophie (Frémiet) Rude, was born (d. 1867). French artist.
1808 - Samson Raphael Hirsch, was born (d. 1888). Rabbi.
1819 - Jacques Offenbach, was born (d. 1880). Composer.
1819 - The US vessel Savannah arrives at Liverpool. She is the first steam-propelled vessel to cross the Atlantic, most of the journey was made under sail.
1820 - Manuel Belgrano, dies. Argentine lawyer and politician.
1685 - Monmouth Rebellion: The Duke of Monmouth declared himself King of England at Bridgwater.
1756 - British soldiers were thrown into the cell known as the Black Hole of Calcutta.
1756 - Joseph Martin Kraus, was born. Composer
1763 - Wolfe Tone, was born. Irish patriot
1771 - Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, was born (d. 1820). Philanthropist, entrepreneur.
1782 - The U.S. Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States.
1787 - Karl Friedrich Abel, dies. German composer
1789 - Deputies of the French Third Estate took the Tennis Court Oath
1791 - The Flight to Varennes began.
1797 - Sophie (Frémiet) Rude, was born (d. 1867). French artist.
1808 - Samson Raphael Hirsch, was born (d. 1888). Rabbi.
1819 - Jacques Offenbach, was born (d. 1880). Composer.
1819 - The US vessel Savannah arrives at Liverpool. She is the first steam-propelled vessel to cross the Atlantic, most of the journey was made under sail.
1820 - Manuel Belgrano, dies. Argentine lawyer and politician.
1833 - Léon-Joseph-Florentin Bonnat, was born (d. 8 Sep 1922). French painter, collector, and teacher.
1836 - Muere el revolucionario Emmanuel Joseph Sièyes.
1837 - William IV of the United Kingdom dies
1837 - Coronation of Queen Victoria .
1837 - William IV of the United Kingdom dies
1837 - Coronation of Queen Victoria .
1840 - Samuel F.B. Morse received a patent for telegraphy signals (U.S. No. 1,647).
1860 - Juan Llimona was born (d. 1926). Spanish painter.
1861 - Frederick Gowland Hopkins, was born.British biochemist, who received (with Christiaan Eijkman) the 1929 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for discovery of essential nutrient factors, now known as vitamins, needed in animal diets to maintain health
1862 - Barbu Catargiu is assassinated.
1863 - West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state.
1866 - Bernhard Riemann, dies (b. 1826). Mathematician.
1860 - Juan Llimona was born (d. 1926). Spanish painter.
1861 - Frederick Gowland Hopkins, was born.British biochemist, who received (with Christiaan Eijkman) the 1929 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for discovery of essential nutrient factors, now known as vitamins, needed in animal diets to maintain health
1862 - Barbu Catargiu is assassinated.
1863 - West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state.
1866 - Bernhard Riemann, dies (b. 1826). Mathematician.
1874 - Morte de António Joaquim da Costa Carvalho . Barão de S. Lourenço (n. 19 Mai 1800).
1875 - Sebastian Wilhelm Valentin Bauer dies (b. 23 Dec 1822). German pioneer inventor and builder of submarines.
1877 - Alexander Graham Bell installs world's first commercial telephone service in Hamilton Ontario.
1887 - Kurt Schwitters was born († 8 Jan 1948). German Dadaist painter, sculptor, designer, and writer, founder of the Merz Dadaist movement. Rainbow Santa Claus
1893 - Lizzie Borden is found innocent of murdering her stepmother and father.
1894 - Lloyd Augustus Hall was born. Chemist.
1899 - Jean Moulin, was born. Leader of the French Resistance in WW II.
1900 - China : Contando com o apoio do governo imperial chinês e liderado pela imperatriz Tzu'u Hzi, mais de 100,000 Boxers (jovens chineses) sitiam os estrangeiros de Pequim e queimam as igrejas cristãs da cidade. O embaixador alemão é uma das vítimas.
1901 - Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom dies.
1905 - Lillian Hellman, was born in New Orleans (d. 1984). American playwright, dramatist.
1908 - Fallece el músico Federico Chueca.
1909 - Errol Flynn, was born (d. 1959). Actor.
1912 - Anthony Buckeridge, was born (d. 2004) . Author.
1877 - Alexander Graham Bell installs world's first commercial telephone service in Hamilton Ontario.
1887 - Kurt Schwitters was born († 8 Jan 1948). German Dadaist painter, sculptor, designer, and writer, founder of the Merz Dadaist movement. Rainbow Santa Claus
1893 - Lizzie Borden is found innocent of murdering her stepmother and father.
1894 - Lloyd Augustus Hall was born. Chemist.
1899 - Jean Moulin, was born. Leader of the French Resistance in WW II.
1900 - China : Contando com o apoio do governo imperial chinês e liderado pela imperatriz Tzu'u Hzi, mais de 100,000 Boxers (jovens chineses) sitiam os estrangeiros de Pequim e queimam as igrejas cristãs da cidade. O embaixador alemão é uma das vítimas.
1901 - Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom dies.
1905 - Lillian Hellman, was born in New Orleans (d. 1984). American playwright, dramatist.
1908 - Fallece el músico Federico Chueca.
1909 - Errol Flynn, was born (d. 1959). Actor.
1912 - Anthony Buckeridge, was born (d. 2004) . Author.
1917 - Morre em Estocolmo o poeta poertuguês António (Joaquim de Castro) Feijó (n. 1859 em Ponte de Lima). Ver link sobre lançamento do livro «Poesias Dispersas e Inéditas»
1919 - 150 die at the Teatro Yaguez fire, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
1919 - É assinado o Tratado de Versalhes que põe fim a Primeira Guerra Mundial e impõe à Alemanha severas penalidades.
1924 - Chet Atkins, was born. Coutry guitar player.
1924 - Audie Murphy was born. Actor.
1919 - 150 die at the Teatro Yaguez fire, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
1919 - É assinado o Tratado de Versalhes que põe fim a Primeira Guerra Mundial e impõe à Alemanha severas penalidades.
1924 - Chet Atkins, was born. Coutry guitar player.
1924 - Audie Murphy was born. Actor.
1931 - Olympia Dukakis, was born. Actress
1931 - Martin Landau, was born. Actor. Academy Award-winning supporting actor: Ed Wood [1994]; Mission Impossible, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Tucker: The Man and His Dreams, By Dawn’s Early Light, Mistress, North by Northwest, Pork Chop Hil
1936 - Danny Aiello, was born. Actor
1937 - Donald Sullivan, was born. Priest
1939 - Benny Goodman's Song School ends its radio series.
1940 - Eugen Drewermann, was born. Theologian
1940 - John Mahoney, was born. Actor
1941 - Ulf Merbold, was born. Physicist and astronaut
1941 - Ilse Ritter, was born. Actress
1942 - Brian Wilson, was born. Bass player and singer for The Beach Boys
1944 - Cheryl Holdridge, was born. Actress and Mouseketeer
1945 - Shekhar Mehta, was born. Racer, winner of the Safari Rally
1945 - Anne Murray,was born. Singer
1945 - Bruno Frank, dies. Aauthor
1946 - Bob Vila, was born. Handyman
1946 - Xanana Gusmão, was born. East Timor revolutionary leader. Politician. The charismatic former rebel won East Timor's first presidential election, held in April 2002
1947 - Dolores "LaLa" Brooks, was born. Singer, member of the Crystals
1947 - Bugsy Siegel, dies assassinated. Gangster
1948 - Toast of the Town, later The Ed Sullivan Show, debuts.
1949 - Lionel Richie, was born. Musician
1951 - Tress MacNeille, was born. Voice actress (The Simpsons, Animaniacs, Rugrats)
1952 - John Goodman, was born. Actor
1953 - Cyndi Lauper, was born. Singer.
1954 - Michael Anthony, was born. Musician, Van Halen
1956 - A Venezuelan Super-Constellation crashed in Atlantic Ocean off Ashbury Park, New Jersey killing 74 people.
1957 Se inaugura en Rosario (provincia de Santa Fe) el notable Monumento a la Bandera.
1958 - Kurt Alder, dies (b. 10 Jul 1902). German chemist, 1950 Nobel Prize laureate (with Otto Diels) for their development of the Diels-Alder reaction (1928), or diene synthesis, a widely used method of synthesizing cyclic organic compounds.
1931 - Martin Landau, was born. Actor. Academy Award-winning supporting actor: Ed Wood [1994]; Mission Impossible, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Tucker: The Man and His Dreams, By Dawn’s Early Light, Mistress, North by Northwest, Pork Chop Hil
1936 - Danny Aiello, was born. Actor
1937 - Donald Sullivan, was born. Priest
1939 - Benny Goodman's Song School ends its radio series.
1940 - Eugen Drewermann, was born. Theologian
1940 - John Mahoney, was born. Actor
1941 - Ulf Merbold, was born. Physicist and astronaut
1941 - Ilse Ritter, was born. Actress
1942 - Brian Wilson, was born. Bass player and singer for The Beach Boys
1944 - Cheryl Holdridge, was born. Actress and Mouseketeer
1945 - Shekhar Mehta, was born. Racer, winner of the Safari Rally
1945 - Anne Murray,was born. Singer
1945 - Bruno Frank, dies. Aauthor
1946 - Bob Vila, was born. Handyman
1946 - Xanana Gusmão, was born. East Timor revolutionary leader. Politician. The charismatic former rebel won East Timor's first presidential election, held in April 2002
1947 - Dolores "LaLa" Brooks, was born. Singer, member of the Crystals
1947 - Bugsy Siegel, dies assassinated. Gangster
1948 - Toast of the Town, later The Ed Sullivan Show, debuts.
1949 - Lionel Richie, was born. Musician
1951 - Tress MacNeille, was born. Voice actress (The Simpsons, Animaniacs, Rugrats)
1952 - John Goodman, was born. Actor
1953 - Cyndi Lauper, was born. Singer.
1954 - Michael Anthony, was born. Musician, Van Halen
1956 - A Venezuelan Super-Constellation crashed in Atlantic Ocean off Ashbury Park, New Jersey killing 74 people.
1957 Se inaugura en Rosario (provincia de Santa Fe) el notable Monumento a la Bandera.
1958 - Kurt Alder, dies (b. 10 Jul 1902). German chemist, 1950 Nobel Prize laureate (with Otto Diels) for their development of the Diels-Alder reaction (1928), or diene synthesis, a widely used method of synthesizing cyclic organic compounds.
1960 - 12nd Emmy Awards: Playhouse 90, Robert Stack and Jane Wyatt
1960 - Independence of Mali and Senegal.
1960 - John Taylor, was born. Musician, Duran Duran
1963 - "Hotline" established between Soviet Union and United States.
1960 - Independence of Mali and Senegal.
1960 - John Taylor, was born. Musician, Duran Duran
1963 - "Hotline" established between Soviet Union and United States.
1963 - Morreu o médico e professor universitário português Pulido Valente.
1964 - Se crea la Federación Colombiana de Fútbol. Como se mantiene la Asociación Colombiana de Fútbol, existen en este país dos entidades paralelas en la organización del fútbol.
1964 - Se crea la Federación Colombiana de Fútbol. Como se mantiene la Asociación Colombiana de Fútbol, existen en este país dos entidades paralelas en la organización del fútbol.
1964 - Michael Landon Jr. was born. Actor ( Bonanza).
1966 - Canada sells 336 million bushels of wheat to Soviet Union.
1967 - Nicole Kidman, was born. Actress .
1967 - Muhammad Ali was convicted of violating Selective Service laws by refusing to be drafted.
1966 - Canada sells 336 million bushels of wheat to Soviet Union.
1967 - Nicole Kidman, was born. Actress .
1967 - Muhammad Ali was convicted of violating Selective Service laws by refusing to be drafted.
1969 - Georges Pompidou sworn in as president of France and Jacques Chaban-Delmas becomes Prime Minister.
1970 - Prince Moulay Rachid, was born. Prince of Morocco
1971 - Jeordie White, was born. Bassist for Marilyn Manson from 1990 – 2002
1970 - Prince Moulay Rachid, was born. Prince of Morocco
1971 - Jeordie White, was born. Bassist for Marilyn Manson from 1990 – 2002
1976 - Czechoslovakia becomes European soccer champ.
1977 - Oil begins to flow through the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS).
1978 - Frank Lampard, was born. Football player for Chelsea, English Premiership Champions
1980 - Roberto Duran starts his classic boxing trilogy with Sugar Ray Leonard by defeating him in Canada by a decision in 15 rounds, to gain the WBC world Welterweight championship.
1981- Iran is taken over by what is now known as the Islamic Republic of Iran after two and a half years of intimidation.
1977 - Oil begins to flow through the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS).
1978 - Frank Lampard, was born. Football player for Chelsea, English Premiership Champions
1980 - Roberto Duran starts his classic boxing trilogy with Sugar Ray Leonard by defeating him in Canada by a decision in 15 rounds, to gain the WBC world Welterweight championship.
1981- Iran is taken over by what is now known as the Islamic Republic of Iran after two and a half years of intimidation.
1981 - Vila Praia da Vitória, nos Açores, é elevada a cidade.
1983 - LZW patent filed in USA.
1990 - Asteroid Eureka discovered.
1990 - Se crea en Buenos Aires la Universidad Maimónides.
1983 - LZW patent filed in USA.
1990 - Asteroid Eureka discovered.
1990 - Se crea en Buenos Aires la Universidad Maimónides.
1990 - 50,000 die in a 7.6 earthquake in Iran
1991 - German parliament decides to move the capital from Bonn back to Berlin.
1993 - Vince Foster, dies. Deputy White House Counsel (suicide).
1994 - O. J. Simpson é declarado inocente em Los Angeles pelo assassinato de sua ex-mulher Nicole, e do amigo dela Ronald Goldman.
1995 - Emil Cioran, dies. Romanian-born French philosopher and essayist
1998 - Conrad Schumann, dies. East German borderguard, most famous escapee from East Germany.
1999 - Clifton Fadiman, dies. Author
1991 - German parliament decides to move the capital from Bonn back to Berlin.
1993 - Vince Foster, dies. Deputy White House Counsel (suicide).
1994 - O. J. Simpson é declarado inocente em Los Angeles pelo assassinato de sua ex-mulher Nicole, e do amigo dela Ronald Goldman.
1995 - Emil Cioran, dies. Romanian-born French philosopher and essayist
1998 - Conrad Schumann, dies. East German borderguard, most famous escapee from East Germany.
1999 - Clifton Fadiman, dies. Author
2000 - Vittorio Gassman, dies. Italian Actor.
2001 - Pervez Musharraf becomes president of Pakistan
2001 - Andrea Yates drowns her children in a bathtub and admits to the crime. She would be sentenced to life in prison.
2002 - Erwin Chargaff, dies. Biochemist
2002 - Tinus Osendarp, dies. Dutch sprinter.
2003 - LZW patent expires in USA.
2003 - Bounce premieres at the Goodman Theatre.
2003 - Formation of Wikimedia Foundation announced.
2003 - Bob Stump,dies. U.S. Congressman from Arizona.
2001 - Pervez Musharraf becomes president of Pakistan
2001 - Andrea Yates drowns her children in a bathtub and admits to the crime. She would be sentenced to life in prison.
2002 - Erwin Chargaff, dies. Biochemist
2002 - Tinus Osendarp, dies. Dutch sprinter.
2003 - LZW patent expires in USA.
2003 - Bounce premieres at the Goodman Theatre.
2003 - Formation of Wikimedia Foundation announced.
2003 - Bob Stump,dies. U.S. Congressman from Arizona.
2004 - Descoberta de novas pinturas rupestres na aldeia de Colmeal - Vale do Côa (Portugal).
2004 - Portugal bate a Espanha por 1-0 com um golo de Nuno Gomes e qualifica-se para os quartos de final do Campeonato da Europa (Nota do webmaster : Assisti ao vivo a este jogo que fica como sendo o acontecimento desportivo que maior alegria me transmitiu até à data. Nem o recente triunfo do Benfica no Campeonato Nacional excedeu aquela euforia).
Roman Empire - Festival in honor of Summanus
Ancient Latvia - Zalu Diena
UNHCR World Refugee Day - Dia Mundial dos Refugiados
Flag Day in Argentina (1938) Día de la Bandera El Congreso de la Nación, por ley nacional Nº 12.361, estableció el día 20 de junio (por ser el aniversario del fallecimiento del Gral. Manuel Belgrano, el 20 de junio de 1820) como "Día de la Bandera".
Roman Empire - Festival in honor of Summanus
Ancient Latvia - Zalu Diena
UNHCR World Refugee Day - Dia Mundial dos Refugiados
Flag Day in Argentina (1938) Día de la Bandera El Congreso de la Nación, por ley nacional Nº 12.361, estableció el día 20 de junio (por ser el aniversario del fallecimiento del Gral. Manuel Belgrano, el 20 de junio de 1820) como "Día de la Bandera".
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