Today in History for 20th June 2022

Historical Events

1779 - Battle of Stono Ferry fought near Charleston, South Carolina (American Revolutionary War)
1919 - Treaty of Versailles: Germany ends incorporation of Austria
1919 - 150 die at the Teatro Yaguez fire, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
1953 - LPGA Western Golf Open Women's Golf, Capital City Club: Louise Suggs defeats Patty Berg, 6 and 5 in the final
1960 - Floyd Patterson KOs Ingemar Johansson in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
1976 - Carol Fugate, Starkweather accomplice, is paroled

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Famous Birthdays

1674 - Nicholas Rowe, English poet and playwright (Tamerlane), Poet Laureate (1715-18), born in Little Barford, Bedfordshire (d. 1718)
1717 - Jacques Saly, French sculptor, born in Valenciennes, France (d. 1776)
1723 - Theophilus Lindsey, English theologian and clergyman, born in Middlewich, Cheshire (d. 1808)
1733 - Betty Washington, younger sister of George Washington, born in Westmoreland County, Colony of Virginia (d. 1797)
1743 - Anna Laetitia Barbauld, English poet and writer of hymns (Life! I Know Not What Thou Art), born in Kibworth Harcourt, Leicestershire, England (d. 1825)
1952 - John Goodman, American actor (Dan Conner on Roseanne, Babe), born in St Louis, Missouri

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Famous Deaths

1947 - Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, American gangster who created casinos in Las Vegas, shot dead in Beverly Hills at 41
1948 - George Frederick Boyle, Australian-American composer, dies at 61
1950 - Claude Jennings, cricketer (Aust opening bat in 1912 Triangular), dies
1953 - Hendrik de Man, sociologist (Belgian Working people Party), dies at 67
1995 - Henry Iliffe Cozens, English Royal Air Force pilot, dies at 91
2002 - Tinus Osendarp, Dutch runner (b. 1916)

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