EST. DECEMBER 1994 • 30+ YEARS ONLINE
yow.com 🐯
Owned continuously since 1994
TODAY IN HISTORY
June 20
Saturday, June 20, 2026
Day 171 of 2026 | Week 25 | 188 days until Christmas 🎅
HISTORIC EVENTS
The first EF5 tornado in 12 years occurs in Enderlin, North Dakota.
Iran's Air Defense Forces shoot down an American surveillance drone over the Strait of Hormuz amid rising tensions between the two countries.
RusAir Flight 9605 crashes in Besovets during approach to Petrozavodsk Airport, killing 47.
The Wikimedia Foundation is founded in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-78 to conduct life science and microgravity research aboard the Spacelab module.
The 1994 Imam Reza shrine bomb explosion in Iran leaves at least 25 dead and 70 to 300 injured.
The German Bundestag votes to move seat of government from the former West German capital of Bonn to the present capital of Berlin.
Asteroid Eureka is discovered.
The 7.4 Mw Manjil–Rudbar earthquake affects northern Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing 35,000–50,000, and injuring 60,000–105,000.
Haitian president Leslie Manigat is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Lieutenant General Henri Namphy.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
born in Portadown
American college football coach (Lehigh University Mountain Hawks 2006-18; record 85-64)
American professional wrestling announcer
American tennis star
Finnish soccer defender (10 caps; TPS 319 games)
American country-rock guitarist and songwriter
German speed skater (3 Olympic gold 1980
English musician (Duran Duran)
American TV host and actor (The Young and the Restless)
American screenwriter and television producer (Curb Your Enthusiasm
American actor (Automan)
Puerto Rican-American baseball player
Indian tribal politician (President of India 2022-)
American general (Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff 2019-23)
American auto racer (NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series C'ships 1996
🎯 yow.com Connection
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