Historical events on June 20
JUNE 20, 1900
Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army began a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Peking.
The Boxer Rebellion, also known as the Boxer Uprising, was an anti-foreign, anti-imperialist, and anti-Christian uprising in North China between 1899 and
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JUNE 20, 1837
Queen Victoria (pictured) acceded to the British throne, beginning a 63-year reign.
Victoria was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in January 1901.
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JUNE 20, 1994
A bomb explosion in the Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad, Iran, left at least 25 dead and more than 70 injured.
A bomb explosion occurred at the shrine of Ali al-Ridha, the eighth Imam of Shia, on 20 June 1994 in a crowded
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JUNE 20, 1921
British Army officer Thomas Stanton Lambert was assassinated by the Irish Republican Army near Moydrum, Ireland.
Major-General Thomas Stanton Lambert, was a British Army officer of the First World War era. He joined the East Lancashire Regiment in
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JUNE 20, 1959
The extratropical remnants of an Atlantic hurricane reached the Gulf of St. Lawrence in Canada, causing 22 fishing boats to capsize and killing 35 people.
Extratropical cyclones, sometimes called mid-latitude cyclones or wave cyclones, are low-pressure areas which, along with the anticyclones of high-pressure areas, drive the
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JUNE 20, 1943
World War II: The Royal Air Force began Operation Bellicose, a four-day shuttle-bombing mission that included raids on Germany and Italy and a refuelling and rearming stop in Algeria.
World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all
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JUNE 20, 1979
Bill Stewart, an American journalist, was executed by Nicaraguan Guardia forces.
William D. Stewart was an American journalist with ABC News who was murdered by Nicaraguan government National Guard ("Guardia") forces while reporting
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JUNE 20, 1921
Workers at the Buckingham and Carnatic Mills in Madras, India, began a four-month strike.
Buckingham and Carnatic Mills, popularly known as B & C Mills, were textile mills run by Binny and Co. in the city
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JUNE 20, 1947
A Mafia hitman murdered gangster Bugsy Siegel, one of the driving forces in the development of the Las Vegas Strip, in Beverly Hills, California.
"Mafia", as an informal or general term, is often used to describe criminal organizations that bear a strong similarity to the original
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JUNE 20, 1960
The Mali Federation gained independence from France, but dissolved into Mali and Senegal two months later.
The Mali Federation was a federation in West Africa linking the French colonies of Senegal and the Sudanese Republic for two months
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JUNE 20, 2019
Iranian aircraft shot down an American drone over the Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions between the two countries.
On June 20, 2019, Iran's integrated system of Air Defense Forces shot down a United States RQ-4A Global Hawk BAMS-D surveillance drone
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JUNE 20, 1782
The Congress of the Confederation adopted the Great Seal of the United States (obverse pictured), used to authenticate documents issued by the U.S. federal government.
The Congress of the Confederation, or the Confederation Congress, formally referred to as the United States in Congress Assembled, was the governing
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JUNE 20, 1926
Approximately 250,000 spectators attended the opening procession of the 28th International Eucharistic Congress in Chicago, United States.
The 28th International Eucharistic Congress was held in Chicago, Illinois, United States from June 20 to 24, 1926. The event, held by
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JUNE 20, 1975
Steven Spielberg's film Jaws was released; it became a summer blockbuster and the first film to earn $100 million in U.S. theatrical rentals.
Steven Allan Spielberg is an American filmmaker. A major figure of the New Hollywood era and pioneer of the modern blockbuster, Spielberg
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