Thursday 20 June is the 172nd day of the Gregorian calendar. There are 196 days left until the end of the year.
Saint of the day: Blessed Virgin Mary Consoler
June Proverb
The wheat sways blond in June, the farmer stands ready with scythe in hand
It happened today
1919 – 150 people die in the fire at the Yaguez Theater, in Mayagüez (Puerto Rico)
1939 – Benny Goodman’s Song School ends its radio series
1941 – The United States Army Air Forces, predecessors of the current United States Air Force, are established
1963 – The “red line” between the Soviet Union and the United States is established
1975 – Jaws is released in theaters
1978 – Italy adheres to the Bern Convention for the protection of literary and artistic works
1979 – For the first time in Italy a woman, Nilde Iotti, is elected president of the Chamber of Deputies
1990 – The German parliament decides to move the capital from Bonn to Berlin.
2001 – Pervez Musharraf becomes president of Pakistan
2020 – Italy: Luca Palamara, magistrate, is expelled from the Judiciary for exchanging favors with Italian political parties
Birthdays
Antonio Catalani – Italian artist and model (20 June 1988)
John Goodman – American actor (June 20, 1952)
Nicole Kidman – Australian actress (20 June 1967)
Benjamin Mascolo – singer from Modena (20 June 1993)
