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Notable anniversaries in history for today: June 20
- 150th: 1874 - First US Lifesaving Medal awarded (Lucian Clemons).
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Audie Murphy in Kingston, Texas, USA; most decorated American GI of WWII (27 US decorations plus 5 decorations from France and Belgium), actor (Whispering Smith TV show (1961), Destry, Joe Butterfly).
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Chet Atkins in Luttrell, Tennessee, USA; guitarist, producer (Eddy Arnold, Don Gibson, Jim Reeves, Jerry Reed, Skeeter Davis, Connie Smith, Waylon Jennings).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Rossana Podesta in Tripoli, Libya; actress (Hercules, Ulysses).
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Michael Anthony; rock bassist/singer (Van Halen - "Pretty Woman", "Jump", "1984").
- 50th: 1974 - Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2124 Nissen.
- 40th: 1984 - The biggest exam shake-up in the British education system in over ten years is announced, with O-level and CSE exams to be replaced by a new exam, the GCSE.
- 40th: 1984 - Death of Estelle Winwood at age 101 of natural causes; actress (Miracle on 34th Street, Aunt Hilda - Batman TV show).
- 30th: 1994 - Chinese bulk carrier Apollo Sea sinks off South Africa shortly after leaving Saldanha Bay, creating an oil slick washing ashore on Dassen Island.
- 25th: 1999 - Death of Clifton Fadiman at age 95; writer/host (Information Please radio and TV show).
- 20th: 2004 - Ken Griffey, Junior of the Cincinnati Reds hits his 500th career home run, the 20th major league player to reach this mark.
- 20th: 2004 - Death of Jim Bacon, Premier of Tasmania (born 1950).
- 20th: 2004 - Retief Goosen wins the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club.
- 15th: 2009 - A suicide truck bomb near a Shia mosque in Taza, near Kirkuk, Iraq, kills 72, injures about 200 others.
- 15th: 2009 - Ground is broken in New Mexico, USA, on the construction site of Spaceport America, the world's first purpose-built commercial spaceport. It will cost the New Mexico government almost US$200 million.
- 5th: 2019 - Iran shoots down a United States RQ-4 Global Hawk surveillance drone over the Strait of Hormuz after claiming it violated their airspace. The U.S. claims it was shot down in international airspace in an "unprovoked attack".
- 5th: 2019 - (to June 21) Chinese President Xi Jinping makes a state visit to North Korea. It is his first visit to the country as president.
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