Tuesday, June 20, 2000
History today -- 8:29 am CST, Update by The Master
- 1756: A group of British soldiers were imprisoned in a suffocating cell that gained notoriety as the "Black Hole of Calcutta"; most died.
- 1778: After learning of the British evacuation of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Continental Army under General George Washington marched out of its winter quarters at Valley Forge to intercept the British force on its way to New York City.
- 1782: Congress approved the Great Seal of the United States.
- 1837: Queen Victoria ascended the British throne following the death of her uncle, King William IV.
- 1863: West Virginia became the 35th state.
- 1893: A jury in New Bedford, Mass., found Lizzie Borden innocent of the ax murders of her father and stepmother.
- 1898: During the Spanish-American War, the U.S. cruiser Charleston captured the Spanish-ruled island of Guam.
- 1900: The German ambassador in Peking, Baron von Ketteler, was assassinated by Chinese troops, setting off the Boxer Rebellion, which sought to remove foreign influence in China.
- 1923: Mexican revolutionary leader Pancho Villa was assassinated on his farm.
- 1943: Race riots erupted in Detroit; federal troops were sent in two days later to quell the violence that resulted in more than 30 deaths.
- 1944: The battle of the Philippine Sea ended with Japan losing almost all its remaining trained pilots and at least 4,000 seamen.
- 1947: Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel was shot dead at the Beverly Hills, Calif., mansion of his girlfriend, Virginia Hill, apparently at the order of mob associates.
- 1963: The United States and Soviet Union signed an agreement to set up a "hot line" between the two superpowers.
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