On This Day in History June 20, 2018

Historical Events 451  Battle of the Catalaunian Plains: Roman and Visigoths forces defeat Attila the Hun in north east France 1214  The University of Oxford receives its charter 1789  Tennis Court Oath (for a new constitution) in France made at Versailles 1840  Samuel Morse patents his telegraph 1895  1st female PhD from an American University, earned by Caroline Willard Baldwin (in Science) at Cornell University More Historical Events Famous Birthdays John Goodman 66th Birthday Lionel Richie 69th Birthday Nicole Kidman 51st Birthday Sigismund III Vasa (1566 - 1632) More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Bugsy Siegel (1906 - 1947) Jack Kilby (1923 - 2005) More Famous Deaths