Wednesday, June 20, 2018

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
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Famous Birthdays


John Goodman

66th Birthday


Lionel Richie

69th Birthday

Nicole Kidman

51st Birthday


Sigismund III Vasa

(1566 - 1632)
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Famous Deaths


Bugsy Siegel

(1906 - 1947)

Jack Kilby

(1923 - 2005)
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