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| June 20th, 1991 | Event | The German parliament decides to move the capital from Bonn back to Berlin. |
| June 20th, 1990 | Event | Asteroid Eureka is discovered. |
| June 20th, 1979 | Event | ABC News correspondent Bill Stewart is shot dead by a Nicaraguan soldier under the regime of Anastasio Somoza Debayle. The murder is caught on tape and sparked international outcry of the regime. |
| June 20th, 1973 | Event | Ezeiza massacre in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Snipers fire upon left-wing Peronists. At least 13 are killed and more than 300 are injured. |
| June 20th, 1963 | Event | The so-called "red telephone" is established between the Soviet Union and the United States following the Cuban Missile Crisis. |
| June 20th, 1960 | Event | Independence of Mali and Senegal. |
| June 20th, 1956 | Event | A Venezuelan Super-Constellation crashes in the Atlantic Ocean off Asbury Park, New Jersey, killing 74 people. |
| June 20th, 1948 | Event | Toast of the Town, later The Ed Sullivan Show, makes its television debut. |
| June 20th, 1944 | Event | World War II: The Battle of the Philippine Sea concludes with a decisive U.S. naval victory. The lopsided naval air battle is also known as the "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot". |
| June 20th, 1919 | Event | 150 die at the Teatro Yaguez fire, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. |
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