June 20: World Refugee Day; Duanwu/Dragon Boat Festival (Chinese calendar, 2015); Flag Day in Argentina; National Famine Commemoration Day in Ireland (2015)
- 451 – Flavius Aetius, with the help of Roman foederati, defeated Attila in the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains, and halted the invasion of Gaul by the Huns and their allies.
- 1789 – French Revolution: Meeting in a tennis court near the Palace of Versailles, members of France's Third Estate took the Tennis Court Oath, pledging not to separate until a new constitution was established.
- 1819 – Arriving in Liverpool, the SS Savannah (pictured) became the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
- 1943 – Rioting between blacks and whites began on Belle Isle, Detroit, Michigan, and continued for three days.
- 1960 – The Mali Federation gained independence from France, but lasted only two months before dividing into Senegal and Mali.
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