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This is a list of selected June 20 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article, featured list or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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Ineligible

Blurb Reason
World Refugee Day; needs 3rd party refs
1756 – A garrison of the British army in India was imprisoned in the Black Hole of Calcutta in conditions so cramped that at least 43 died. refimprove section
1863American Civil War: West Virginia was admitted to the Union after it seceded from Virginia and the rest of the Confederacy. refimprove section
1947 – A Mafia hitman murdered gangster Bugsy Siegel in Beverly Hills, California. refimprove

Eligible

  • 1893 – After a widely publicized trial, American Lizzie Borden was acquitted of the murder of her father and stepmother.

June 20: Solstice (23:09 UTC, 2012); Midsummer festivities begin (Northern Hemisphere); Winter solstice festivals (Southern Hemisphere); Flag Day in Argentina; International Surfing Day (2012)

A ship in the Kiel Canal

  • 1895 – The Kiel Canal (pictured), crossing the base of the Jutland peninsula and the busiest artificial waterway in the world, was officially opened.
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