JUNE 20

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2016 Geo-scientist (IFEOLUWA) gives birth to a bouncing baby girl

2015 A rally calling for removal of the Confederate flag forms at the capitol building of the U.S. state of South Carolina in response to a shooting earlier this week of nine African-Americans by white supremacist Dylann Storm Roof

2014 Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko initiates a 7-day cease-fire, allowing troops to defend themselves but not to attack; during the cease-fire, separatists can turn in weapons and receive amnesty; so far, rebels have rejected the offer

2014 Iran balks at the terms for peaceful nuclear development suggested by Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia, and the United States; the nations hope to reach a deal by July 20th; in exchange, sanctions against Iran will be removed

2013 Instagram offers users the ability to upload videos to their service

2013 Dunedin and Christchurch, New Zealand, have roads cut off and flights cancelled due to adverse weather conditions

2012 U.S. CEO of Oracle Corp, Larry Ellison, agrees to purchase 98 percent of Hawaii's island of Lanai

2012 Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, reported to be in a coma, is removed from life support

2011 Australian travelers are warned they may face more disruption from the

2011 Puyehue- Cordon Caulle eruption in Chile

2011 The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers grants private companies the right to create new website domain suffixes

2010 Presidential elections take place in Poland after the death of President Lech Kaczynski in a plane crash April 10, 2010

1999 99th U.S. Golf Open: at Pinehurst CC New Jersey

1997 Negotiators announce agreement in principle with tobacco industry

1996 Space Shuttle STS-78, Columbia 20, launches into space

1995 Space probe Ulysses begins 2nd passage behind the Sun

1994 Bomb attack on Islamic temple in Mashad Iran, 70 killed

1994 Ernie Els win's 1994 Golf U.S. Open

1994 Howard Stern begins 30-minute (Radio) TV show on E! cable network

1994 O. J. Simpson arraigned on murder of Nicole Simpson and Ronald Goldman

1993 47th NBA Championship: Chicago Bulls beat Phoenix Suns, 4 games to 2

1993 93rd U.S. Golf Open: Lee Janzen shoots a 272 at Baltusrol Golf Club New Jersey

1993 Tammie Green wins LPGA Rochester
International Golf Tournament

1992 Kelly Saunders is 1st female baseball announcer for the Baltimore Orioles

1990 50,000 die in a 7.6 earthquake in Iran

1990 Nelson Mandela lands in New York City to begin a tour of U.S.

1988 Curtis Strange wins U.S. Open golf
tournament

1988 Haiti's general assembly dissolves

1988 New York City WABC-AM becomes flagship radio station of New Jersey Devils

1988 "Price is Right" model Janice Pennington is knocked out by a TV camera

1988 WABC officially becomes the New Jersey Devils new home radio

1988 Supreme Court upholds a law that made it illegal for private clubs to discriminate against women and minorities

1987 Chuti Tiu, 17, of Wisconsin, crowned