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History Of Day

Historical Events -  June 20

1837 : Victoria became Queen of England.

1840 : Samuel Morse received the patent for the telegraph.

1887 : Victoria Terminus, the busiest railway station in India, opened in Bombay (now Mumbai).

1985 : Mother Teresa was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by the then President Ronald Reagan.

1990 : A magnitude 7.4 earthquake shook Iran, killing at least 50,000 people and injuring 150,000.

1990 : Asteroid Eureka was discovered.

2001 : Pervez Musharraf became President of Pakistan.

2003 : The Wikimedia Foundation was founded.

Famous birthdays – June 20

1869: Laxmanrao Kirloskar, an Indian businessman. 

1915: Terence Young, a British film director, and screenwriter.

1939: Ramakant Desai, former Indian cricketer.

1952: Vikram Seth, an Indian novelist, and poet.

 

Death Anniversaries -  June 20

1668: Heinrich Roth, a missionary and pioneering Sanskrit scholar.

1837: William IV, King of the United Kingdom.                           

1917: James Mason Crafts, an American chemist.

1987: Salim Ali, an Indian ornithologist and naturalist.

 

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