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Today in History
Saturday, 20 June 2026
2003
The WikiMedia Foundation is founded in St. Petersburg, Florida.
1991
The German parliament decides to move the capital from Bonn back to Berlin.
1990
Asteroid Eureka is discovered.
1982
The Argentine base (Corbeta Uruguay) on Southern Thule surrenders to Royal Marine commandos in the final action of the Falklands War.
1979
ABC News correspondent Bill Stewart is shot dead by a Nicaraguan soldier under the regime of Anastasio Somoza Debayle. The murder is caught on tape and sparked international outcry of the regime.
1973
Ezeiza massacre in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Snipers fire upon left-wing Peronists. At least 13 are killed and more than 300 are injured.
1963
The so-called "red telephone" is established between the Soviet Union and the United States following the Cuban Missile Crisis.
1960
Independence of Mali and Senegal.
1959
A rare June hurricane struck Canada's Gulf of St. Lawrence killing 35.
1956
A Venezuelan Super-Constellation crashes in the Atlantic Ocean off Asbury Park, New Jersey, killing 74 people.
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