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 171^st day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 194 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 7, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,172,960 minutes 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 ‘hectaheptacontahenagon’ day.

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 242 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 4,564 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

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

• 1652 –
  Tarhoncu Ahmet Paşa is appointed grand vezir of the Ottoman Empire.
• 1819 –
  The U.S. vessel SS Savannah arrives at Liverpool, England, United Kingdom. She is the first steam-propelled vessel to cross the Atlantic, although most of the journey is made under sail.
• 1837 –
  Queen Victoria succeeds to the British throne.
• 1863 –
  American Civil War: West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state.
• 1895 –
  The Kiel Canal, crossing the base of the Jutland peninsula and the busiest artificial waterway in the world, is officially opened.
• 1900 –
  Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army begins a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Beijing, China.
• 1921 –
  Workers of Buckingham and Carnatic Mills in the city of Chennai, India, begin a four-month strike.
• 1979 –
  ABC News correspondent Bill Stewart is shot dead by a Nicaraguan soldier under the regime of Anastasio Somoza Debayle. The murder is caught on tape and sparks an international outcry against the regime.
• 2003 –
  The WikiMedia Foundation is founded in St. Petersburg, Florida.
• 2009 –
  During the Iranian election protests, the death of Neda Agha-Soltan is captured on video and spreads virally on the Internet, making it “probably the most widely witnessed death in human history”.

Who were born on June 20?

• 1642 –
  George Hickes, English minister and scholar (d. 1715)
• 1770 –
  Moses Waddel, American educator/minister and bestselling author (d. 1840)
• 1808 –
  Samson Raphael Hirsch, German rabbi (d. 1888)
• 1897 –
  Elisabeth Hauptmann, German writer (d. 1973)
• 1912 –
  Anthony Buckeridge, English author (d. 2004)
• 1924 –
  Chet Atkins, American guitar player and producer (d. 2001)
• 1931 –
  Olympia Dukakis, American actress
• 1946 –
  Bob Vila, American television host
• 1949 –
  Alan Longmuir, Scottish bass guitarist (Bay City Rollers)
• 1982 –
  Aleksei Berezutski, Russian footballer

Who died on June 20?

• 1176 –
  Mikhail of Vladimir, Russian prince
• 1820 –
  Manuel Belgrano, Argentine lawyer and politician (b. 1770)
• 1837 –
  William IV of the United Kingdom (b. 1765)
• 1847 –
  Juan Larrea, Argentine economist (b. 1782)
• 1869 –
  Hijikata Toshizō, Shinsengumi vice-commander (b. 1835)
• 1872 –
  Elie Frédéric Forey, French general (b. 1804)
• 1888 –
  Johannes Zukertort, German-Polish-Jewish chess master (b. 1842)
• 1952 –
  Luigi Fagioli, Italian race car driver (b. 1898)
• 1998 –
  Conrad Schumann, East German border guard (b. 1942)
• 2005 –
  Jack Kilby, American electrical engineer, Nobel laureate (b. 1923)