What happened on June 20 ?

1005 - Ali az-Zahir, caliph (d. 1036)

1389 - John, Duke of Bedford, regent of England (d. 1435)

1566 (O.S.) - King Sigismund III Vasa (d. 1632)

1583 - Jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and statesman (d. 1652)

1634 - Charles Emmanuel II of Savoy (d. 1675)

1642 (O.S.) - George Hickes, English minister and scholar (d. 1715)

1647 - John George III, Elector of Saxony (d. 1691)

1717 - Jacques Saly, French sculptor (d. 1776)

1723 (O.S.) - Adam Ferguson, Scottish philosopher and historian (d. 1816)

1723 (O.S.) - Theophilus Lindsey, English theologian (d. 1808)

1756 - Joseph Martin Kraus, Swedish composer (d. 1792)

1763 - Wolfe Tone, Irish patriot (d. 1798)

1771 - Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, Scottish philanthropist and entrepreneur (d. 1820)

1786 - Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, French poet (d. 1859)

1808 - Samson Raphael Hirsch, German rabbi (d. 1888)

1819 - Jacques Offenbach, German composer (d. 1880)

1858 - Charles W. Chesnutt, American writer (d. 1932)

1860 - Jack Worrall, Australian cricketer, footballer, and coach (d. 1937)

1861 - Frederick Hopkins, English biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine (d. 1947)

1872 - George Carpenter, the 5th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1948)

1887 - Kurt Schwitters, German painter and writer (d. 1948)

1891 - John A. Costello, second Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland (d. 1976)

1896 - Wilfrid Pelletier, French Canadian conductor (d. 1982)

1899 - Jean Moulin, French Resistance leader (d. 1943)

1905 - Lillian Hellman, American playwright (d. 1984)

1907 - Jimmy Driftwood, American songwriter and musician (d. 1998)

1909 - Errol Flynn, Australian actor (d. 1959)

1912 - Anthony Buckeridge, English author (d. 2004)

1915 - Terence Young, British film director (d. 1994)

1916 - Jean-Jacques Bertrand, premier of Quebec (d. 1973)

1924 - Chet Atkins, American guitar player (d. 2001)

1924 - Audie Murphy, American actor (d. 1971)

1928 - Jean-Marie Le Pen, French politician

1930 - Magdalena Abakanowicz, Polish artist

1931 - Olympia Dukakis, American actress

1931 - Martin Landau, American actor

1933 - Danny Aiello, American actor

1934 - Rossana Podestà , Italian actress

1935 - Len Dawson, Former football player

1937 - Jerry Keller, pop singer and songwriter

1940 - Eugen Drewermann, German theologian

1940 - John Mahoney, English actor

1941 - Ulf Merbold, German physicist and astronaut

1942 - Brian Wilson, American popular music composer and singer; founder of The Beach Boys

1944 - Cheryl Holdridge, American actress

1945 - Anne Murray, Canadian singer

1946 - Bob Vila, television presenter

1946 - Xanana Gusmão, President of East Timor

1946 - Andre Watts, American pianist

1947 - Dolores "LaLa" Brooks, American singer (the Crystals)

1947 - Candy Clark, American actress

1948 - Ludwig Scotty, President of Nauru

1949 - Lionel Richie, American musician and singer (The Commodores)

1951 - Tress MacNeille, American voice actress

1951 - Paul Muldoon, Northern Irish poet

1952 - John Goodman, American actor

1952 - Larry Riley, American actor (d. 1992)

1954 - Michael Anthony, American musician

1956 - Ace Andres, American musician

1958 - Chuck Wagner, American actor

1960 - John Taylor, English musician (Duran Duran)

1960 - Jeremy Monteiro, Singaporean pianist

1963 - Viktor Ko?ený, Czech businessman

1967 - Nicole Kidman, Australian actress

1968 - Robert Rodríguez, American filmmaker

1970 - Russell Garcia, British field hockey player

1970 - Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco

1971 - Jeordie White, American bassist

1973 - Chino Moreno, American musician (Deftones)

1977 - Stefán H. ÿfeigsson, Icelandic space engineer

1978 - Frank Lampard, English footballer

1981 - Ardian Gashi, Norwegian footballer

1981 - Alisan Porter, American actress and singer

1988 - Shefali Chowdhury, Welsh actress