June 20
People born on this day are Gemini.
- 1982
The Argentine Corbeta Uruguay base on Southern Thule surrenders to Royal Marine commandos in the final action of the Falklands War.
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Haitian president Leslie Manigat is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Lieutenant General Henri Namphy.
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Asteroid Eureka is discovered.
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The 7.4 Mw Manjil–Rudbar earthquake affects northern Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing 35,000–50,000, and injuring 60,000–105,000.
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The German Bundestag votes to move seat of government from the former West German capital of Bonn to the present capital of Berlin.
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The 1994 Imam Reza shrine bomb explosion in Iran leaves at least 25 dead and 70 to 300 injured.
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Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-78 to conduct life science and microgravity research aboard the Spacelab module.
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The Wikimedia Foundation is founded in St. Petersburg, Florida.
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Twelve people are killed, including nine clubgoers and three police officers, during a crowd crush in Mexico City.
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RusAir Flight 9605 crashes in Besovets during approach to Petrozavodsk Airport, killing 47.
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Iran's Air Defense Forces shoot down an American surveillance drone over the Strait of Hormuz amid rising tensions between the two countries.
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The first EF5 tornado in 12 years occurs in Enderlin, North Dakota.
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2003Hans Niemann, American chess player
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2003Marc Pubill, Spanish footballer
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2002Giulia Stabile, Spanish-Italian dancer and television presenter
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2002Hugo Ekitike, French footballer
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2001Nicolas Jackson, Senegalese footballer
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2001Gonçalo Ramos, Portuguese footballer
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1997Bálint Kopasz, Hungarian sprint canoeist
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1996Sam Bennett, Canadian ice hockey player
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1995Caroline Weir, Scottish footballer
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1995Carol Zhao, Canadian tennis player
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1994Leonard Williams, American football player
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1993Sead Kolašinac, Bosnian footballer
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