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Historical Events on June 20

  • University of Oxford

    1248

    The University of Oxford receives its Royal charter.

  • United States Congress

    1782

    The U.S. Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States.

  • American Civil War

    1863

    American Civil War: West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state.

  • World War II

    1940

    World War II: Italy begins an unsuccessful invasion of France.

  • The Holocaust

    1942

    The Holocaust: Kazimierz Piechowski and three others, dressed as members of the SS-Totenkopfverbände, steal an SS staff car and escape from the Auschwitz concentration camp.

  • Royal Air Force

    1943

    World War II: The Royal Air Force launches Operation Bellicose, the first shuttle bombing raid of the war. Lancaster bombers damage the V-2 rocket production facilities at the Zeppelin Works while en route to an air base in Algeria.

  • Venezuela

    1956

    A Venezuelan Super-Constellation crashes in the Atlantic Ocean off Asbury Park, New Jersey, killing 74 people.

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    1963

    Following the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Soviet Union and the United States sign an agreement to establish the so-called "red telephone" link between Washington and Moscow.

  • Wikimedia Foundation

    2003

    The Wikimedia Foundation is founded in St. Petersburg, Florida.

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