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June 20, 1999 99th U.S. Golf Open: at Pinehurst CC New Jersey June 20, 1997 Negotiators announce agreement in principle with tobacco industry June 20, 1996 Space Shuttle STS 78, Columbia 20, launches into space June 20, 1995 Space probe Ulysses begins 2nd passage behind the Sun June 20, 1994 Bomb attack on Islamic temple in Mashad Iran, 70 killed June 20, 1994 Ernie Els win's 1994 Golf U.S. Open June 20, 1994 Howard Stern begins 30-minute (Radio) TV show on E! cable network June 20, 1994 O. J. Simpson arraigned on murder of Nicole Simpson and Ronald Goldman June 20, 1993 47th NBA Championship: Chicago Bulls beat Phoenix Suns, 4 games to 2 June 20, 1993 93rd U.S. Golf Open: Lee Janzen shoots a 272 at Baltusrol GC NJ June 20, 1993 Tammie Green wins LPGA Rochester International Golf Tournament June 20, 1992 Kelly Saunders is 2nd female baseball Pennsylvania announcer for the Baltimore Orioles June 20, 1990 50,000 die in a 7.6 earthquake in Iran June 20, 1990 Nelson Mandela lands in New York City to begin a tour of U.S. June 20, 1988 Curtis Strange wins U.S. Open golf tournament June 20, 1988 Haiti's general assembly dissolves June 20, 1988 New York City WABC-AM becomes flagship radio station of New Jersey Devils June 20, 1988 "Price is Right" model Janice Pennington is knocked out by a TV camera June 20, 1988 WABC officially becomes the New Jersey Devils new home radio June 20, 1988 Supreme Court upholds a law that made it illegal for private clubs to discriminate against women and minorities June 20, 1987 Chuti Tiu, 17, of Wisconsin, crowned America's Junior Miss June 20, 1987 Johnny Carson marries 4th wife Alexis Mass June 20, 1986 Doctors at Bethesda Naval remove 2 small benign polyps from Reagan's colon June 20, 1986 Jim Fregosi replaces Tony LaRussa as White Sox manager June 20, 1984 A's Dave Kingman hits his 3rd grand slam and 14th lifetime June 20, 1984 Amber Kvanli, of Minnesota, crowned America's Junior Miss June 20, 1983 83rd U.S. Golf Open: Larry Nelson shoots a 280 at Oakmont CC PA June 20, 1983 New York Yankee Bobby Murcer retires June 20, 1982 82nd U.S. Golf Open: Tom Watson shoots a 282 at Pebble Beach GL California June 20, 1982 Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin arrives in Washington June 20, 1982 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open June 20, 1982 Pete Rose is 5th to appear in 3,000 games (Cobb, Musial, Aaron, Yaz) June 20, 1981 Guitarist Gerry Cott quits Boomtown Rats June 20, 1981 Mudjahedin uprises against Iran regime June 20, 1981 Pope John Paul II hospitalized for 55 days for infection June 20, 1980 California Angels Freddie Patek, hits 3 home runs and double to beat Red Sox 20-2 June 20, 1980 Roberto Duran takes WBC welterweight title from Sugar Ray Leonard at Olympic Stadium in Montreal by unanimous decision June 20, 1978 1st 6 teams of Women's Pro Basketball League (WBL) granted-Iowa, NJ, Milwaukee, Chicago, Minnesota and Dayton June 20, 1977 Menahem Begin forms Israeli government June 20, 1977 Oil enters Trans-Alaska pipeline exits 38 days later at Valdez June 20, 1976 76th U.S. Golf Open: Jerry Pate shoots a 277 at Atlanta AC in Duluth Ga June 20, 1976 Carl Fugate, Starkwether accomplice, paroled June 20, 1976 Czechoslovakia becomes European soccer champ June 20, 1976 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Hoosier Golf Classic June 20, 1973 Chicago's Cy Acosta is 1st AL pitcher to bat since DH rule (strikeout) June 20, 1973 Juan Peron returns to Argentina June 20, 1973 San Francisco Giants Bobby Bonds sets NL record with 22 lead off HRs June 20, 1971 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Heritage Golf Open June 20, 1970 "Ray Stevens Show," debuts on NBC-TV June 20, 1970 British government of Edward Heath forms, with Margaret Thatcher June 20, 1970 Oriole's Brooks Robinson get his 2,000 career hit, a 3 run HR June 20, 1969 150,000 attend Newport '69, Jimi Hendrix gets $120,000 to appear June 20, 1969 Georges Pompidou sworn in as president of France June 20, 1969 White Rhodesia agrees to race separation June 20, 1968 Jim Hines becomes 1st person to run 100 meters in under 10 seconds June 20, 1967 Phillies Larry Jackson beats New York Mets for 18th straight time June 20, 1966 66th U.S. Golf Open: Billy Casper shoots a 278 at Olympic CC in SF June 20, 1966 Sheila Scott completes 1st round-the-world solo flight by a woman June 20, 1965 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Golf Open June 20, 1964 64th U.S. Golf Open: Ken Venturi shoots a 278 at Congressional CC MD June 20, 1963 1st Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 6-2 June 20, 1963 Beatles form "Beatles Ltd" to handle their income June 20, 1963 U.S. and U.S.S.R. agree to set up Hot Line June 20, 1960 12nd Emmy Awards: Playhouse 90, Robert Stack and Jane Wyatt June 20, 1960 Federation of Mali (& Senegal) becomes independent of France June 20, 1960 Floyd Patterson KOs Ingemar Johansson in 5 for heavywgt boxing title June 20, 1960 Heavyweight Floyd Patterson KOs Ingemar Johnstown (New York City) June 20, 1958 NZ all out 47 vs. England at Lord's Laker 4-13, Lock 5-17 June 20, 1956 Venezuelan Super Constellation crashes in NJ, 74 killed June 20, 1956 At Detroit's Briggs Stadium, Mickey Mantle hits 2 Billy Hoeft pitches into right center field bleachers (no else hits 1 there) June 20, 1955 "Almost Crazy" opens at Longacre Theater New York City for 16 performances June 20, 1953 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Western Golf Open June 20, 1951 Cleveland Indian Bobby Avila hits 3 HRs, double and single vs Red Sox June 20, 1950 Dutch Air Force base Tjililitan given to Indonesia June 20, 1950 Joe Dimaggio's 2,000th hit, Yanks beat Indians 8-2 June 20, 1949 Central Intelligence Agency Act, passes June 20, 1948 "Toast of the Town" hosted by Ed Sullivan premieres on CBS-TV June 20, 1948 20 Jews killed when a bomb is thrown into Jewish quarter of Cairo June 20, 1948 Cleveland draws then record 82,781 for doubleheader June 20, 1948 Deutsche Mark introduced in West-Germany June 20, 1947 President Truman vetoes Taft-Hartley Act June 20, 1946 New York City transit begins using Pennsylvania system - Car # 744 on 8th Ave IND line June 20, 1944 Congress charters Central Intelligence Agency June 20, 1944 Heavy storm hits the Channel June 20, 1944 Nazi begin mass extermination of Jews at Auschwitz June 20, 1944 Soviet forces conquer Wiborg June 20, 1944 U.S. attacks Japanese fleet in Philippines Sea June 20, 1944 U.S. troops occupy Biak June 20, 1943 Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) founded June 20, 1943 Detroit race riot kills 35 June 20, 1943 German round up Jews in Amsterdam June 20, 1943 National Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) organizes June 20, 1943 New Quebec (Chubb) Crater discovered in northern Quebec (3 km dia) June 20, 1943 Sweden's Gunther Hagg beats favorite Greg Rice by 35 yards in 5,000m at national AAU track and field championship in NY June 20, 1942 Adolf Eichmann proclaims deportation of Dutch Jews June 20, 1942 German troops conquer Tobruk, North Africa June 20, 1941 German U-203 fails on torpedo attack on U.S. battleship Texas June 20, 1940 Joe Louis TKOs Arturo Godoy in 8 for heavyweight boxing title June 20, 1939 Test flight of 1st rocket plane using liquid propellants June 20, 1936 Jesse Owens of U.S. sets 100 meter record at 10.2 June 20, 1932 A's Roger Cramer gets 6 consecutive hits in a game (repeats in 1935) June 20, 1931 Karl Buresch becomes chancellor of Austrian June 20, 1930 65th British Golf Open: Bobby Jones shoots a 291 at Hoylake Hoylake June 20, 1926 Mordecai W. Johnson becomes president of Howard University June 20, 1921 11.5" (29.2 cm) of rainfall, Circle, Montana (state record) June 20, 1920 Yanks win protest of 1-0 White Sox win and game is replayed June 20, 1919 German government of Scheideman resigns June 20, 1919 Treaty of Versailles: Germany ends incorporation of Austria June 20, 1915 German offensive in Argonnes June 20, 1914 46th Belmont: Merritt Buxton aboard Luke McLuke wins in 2:20 June 20, 1913 3 of 1st 4 Yankees hit-by-pitch en route to a record 6 hit batsman June 20, 1913 Bert Daniels set AL mark, being hit-by-pitch 3 times in a doubleheader June 20, 1912 New York Giant Josh Devore steals 4 bases in an inning (2nd and 3rd twice) June 20, 1912 New York Giants lead Bost Braves 14-2 into 9th, Giants win 21-12 June 20, 1911 NAACP incorporates in New York June 20, 1910 "Krazy Kat" comic strip by George Herriman debuts in New York Journal June 20, 1909 1st balloon honeymoon (Roger Burham and Eleanor Waring) June 20, 1907 1st Portland Rose festival June 20, 1901 Charlotte Manye is 1st native African to graduate from a U.S. college June 20, 1895 1st female PhD (science) earned (Caroline Willard Baldwin) June 20, 1895 Canal of Smock official opens June 20, 1895 Nicaragua, El Salvador and Honduras form a short-lived confederation June 20, 1893 Lizzie Borden acquitted in murder of parents in New Bedford Mass June 20, 1888 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Libertas June 20, 1874 1st U.S. Lifesaving Medal awarded (Lucian Clemons) June 20, 1867 President Andrew Johnson announces purchase of Alaska June 20, 1866 Italy declares war on Austria June 20, 1864 Battle of Kinston North Carolina and Battle of Abingdon, Virginia June 20, 1864 Battle of Petersburgs Virginia - in trenches June 20, 1864 Skirmish at Lattermore's Mills/Powder Springs Georgia June 20, 1863 1st bank chartered in U.S., National Bank of Davenport, Iowa June 20, 1863 Skirmish at Greencastle Pennsylvania June 20, 1863 West Virginia admitted as 35th U.S. state June 20, 1855 Commissioners appointed to lay out San Francisco streets west of Larkin June 20, 1840 Samuel Morse patents his telegraph June 20, 1837 England issues its 1st stamp, 1P Queen Victoria June 20, 1837 Queen Victoria at 18 ascends British throne following death of uncle King William IV Ruled for 63 years ending in 1901 June 20, 1826 Siam/England sign trade/peace treaty June 20, 1825 Coronation of French king Charles X the Bourbon June 20, 1819 320 ton Savannah becomes 1st steamship to cross any ocean (Atlantic) June 20, 1793 Eli Whitney patents his cotton gin June 20, 1791 King Louis XVI caught trying to escape French Revolution June 20, 1789 Oath of Tennis Court (for a new constitution) in France taken June 20, 1782 Congress approves Great Seal of U.S. and eagle as it's symbol June 20, 1779 Battle of Stone Ferry June 20, 1756 146 British soldiers imprisoned in India-Black Hole of Calcutta-most die June 20, 1756 India rebels defeat Calcutta on British army June 20, 1675 Abenaki, Massachusetts, Mohegan and Wampanoag indians form anti-English front under Metacom June 20, 1656 Polish King Jan II Casimir recaptures Warsaw June 20, 1632 Britain grants 2nd Lord Baltimore rights to Chesapeake Bay area June 20, 1624 Netherlands and France sign Treaty of Compiegne June 20, 1591 Mauritius and Willem van Nassau occupy Devente June 20, 1582 Bishop Domingo de Salazar of Manila suppresses the Philippines June 20, 1567 Jews are expelled from Brazil by order of regent Don Henrique June 20, 1547 Count Philip van Hessen captured June 20, 1530 German Parliament joins to Augsburg together June 20, 1402 Battle of Angora, Ankara-Tatars defeat Turkish Army June 20, 1212 French and Spanish crusaders unite against the Almohaden at Toledo June 20, 451 Germans and Romans beat Atiila the Hun at Catalarinische Fields |