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What happened in history on this day: June 20?
On June 20 in ...
- 1963 - Beatles form "Beatles Ltd" to handle their income.
Births on June 20
- 1906 - Birth of Bob Howard in Newton, Massachusetts, USA; singer/pianist ("Sing it Again").
- 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).
- 1931 - Birth of Arne Nordheim in Larvik, Norway; conductor/composer (Aftonland).
- 1936 - Birth of Billy Guy in Atasca, Texas, USA; singer (The Coasters - "Searchin'", "Little Egypt", "Run Red Run", "Wait A Minute"), producer (J. R. Bailey).
- 1942 - Birth of Brian Wilson in Inglewood, California, USA; singer (The Beach Boys - "In My Room").
- 1945 - Birth of Anne Murray in Nova Scotia, Canada; singer ("Snow Bird").
- 1946 - Birth of André Watts in Nuremberg, Germany; concert pianist (Oberon).
- 1949 - Birth of Lionel Richie; singer (The Commodores, "Hello", "Penny Lover").
- 1953 - Birth of Cyndi Lauper in Brooklyn, New York, USA; singer ("Girls Just Want to Have Fun", "Vibes").
- 1954 - Birth of Michael Anthony; rock bassist/singer (Van Halen - "Pretty Woman", "Jump", "1984").
- 1960 - Birth of John Taylor; rocker (Duran Duran - "Girls on Film", "Rio", "Hungry Like the Wolf").
- 1967 - Birth of Joseph William Cathcart; rock guitarist (Nelson - "Love and Affection").
- 1967 - Birth of Murphy Karges; musician (Sugar Ray).
- 1983 - Birth of Chris Dudley; keyboardist (Underoath).
Deaths on June 20
- 1965 - Ira Louvin, country singer (Louvin Brothers), dies at age 41.
- 1997 - Death of Lawrence Payton at age 59 of liver cancer; singer (Four Tops - "Baby I Need Your Loving", "Reach Out (I'll Be There)").
- 1998 - Death of Bobby Gimby at age 79 in North Bay, Ontario, Canada; Canadian trumpeter-songwriter (The Happy Gang - "Ca-na-da" (1967), Kitsilano Boys Band, Mart Kenney's Western Gentlemen, Juliette show).
- 2006 - Death of Claydes Charles Smith at age 57; co-founder and lead guitarist (Kool and the Gang - "Celebration" (1981)).
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