What happend on 20th June

19.06
21.06
1877

Alexander Graham Bell installs world's first commercial telephone service in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

1863

West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state.

1862

Barbu Catargiu is assassinated.

1837

Queen Victoria succeeds to the British throne.

1819

The US vessel Savannah arrives at Liverpool, United Kingdom. She is the first steam-propelled vessel to cross the Atlantic, most of the journey was made under sail.

1791

The Flight to Varennes began.

1789

Deputies of the French Third Estate took the Tennis Court Oath

1782

The U.S. Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States.

1756

British garrison imprisoned in the Black Hole of Calcutta.

1685

Monmouth Rebellion: The Duke of Monmouth declares himself King of England at Bridgwater.