June 20, 1996 in History

Event:

Space Shuttle STS-78, Columbia 20, launches into space





More Notable Events on June 20:
1990 50,000 die in a 7.6 earthquake in Iran
1977 Oil enters Trans-Alaska pipeline exits 38 days later at Valdez
1949 Central Intelligence Agency Act, passes
1867 President Andrew Johnson announces purchase of Alaska
1840 Samuel Morse patents his telegraph
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