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, 1,718,841,600 seconds 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.
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
451 –
Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius’ battles Attila the Hun. After the battle, which was inconclusive, Attila retreats, causing the Romans to interpret it as a victory.
1787 –
Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the United States.
1837 –
Queen Victoria succeeds to the British throne.
1900 –
Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army begins a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Beijing, China.
1944 –
Continuation war: the Soviet Union demands an unconditional surrender from Finland during the beginning of partially successful Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive. The Finnish government refuses.
1948 –
Toast of the Town, later The Ed Sullivan Show, makes its television debut.
1960 –
The Mali Federation gains independence from France (it later splits into Mali and Senegal).
1963 –
The so-called “red telephone” is established between the Soviet Union and the United States following the Cuban Missile Crisis.
1990 –
Asteroid Eureka is discovered.
2003 –
The WikiMedia Foundation is founded in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Who were born on June 20?
1915 –
Terence Young, British film director (d. 1994)
1941 –
Stephen Frears, English film director
1972 –
Paul Bako, American baseball player
1978 –
Bobby Seay, American baseball player
1978 –
Frank Lampard, English footballer
1978 –
Jan-Paul Saeijs, Dutch footballer
1978 –
Quinton Jackson, American mixed martial artist
1979 –
Cael Sanderson, American olympic freestyle wrestler
1979 –
Charles Howell III, American professional golfer
1979 –
Charlotte Hatherley, English guitarist (Ash)
Who died on June 20?
1176 –
Mikhail of Vladimir, Russian prince
1787 –
Carl Friedrich Abel, German composer (b. 1723)
1870 –
Jules de Goncourt, French writer (b. 1830)
1875 –
Joseph Meek, American mountain man (b. 1810)
1958 –
Kurt Alder, German chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1902)
1972 –
Howard Johnson, American businessman, originator of restaurant chain (b. 1897)
1995 –
Emil Cioran, Romanian-born French philosopher (b. 1911)
2003 –
Bob Stump, American politician (b. 1927)
2005 –
Jack Kilby, American electrical engineer, Nobel laureate (b. 1923)
2006 –
Billy Johnson, American baseball player (b. 1918)
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