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Historical events & facts — June 20
What happened on June 20?
June 20 is World Refugee Day, established by the UN in 2001 on the 50th anniversary of the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (1951). The number of people forcibly displaced worldwide surpassed 100 million in 2022 — the highest figure since World War II — including refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced persons, partly due to the war in Ukraine and other crises.
On June 20, 1789, the deputies of the Third Estate of the French Estates-General, locked out of their meeting hall on the orders of King Louis XVI, gathered in the tennis court of the Palace of Versailles and swore — the Tennis Court Oath — not to disperse until they had given France a constitution. The oath was the point of no return for the French Revolution.
June 20 is Argentine Flag Day, in honour of General Manuel Belgrano, who died on that day. Belgrano had created the Argentine flag on February 27, 1812, with the sky-blue and white colours inspired by the sky and the Río de la Plata. The flag was first raised on August 23, 1812 at the Libertad Battery in Rosario — the city where Flag Day is commemorated today.
Notable birthdays — June 20
Famous people born on June 20
Hermann von Boyen
Leopold Hermann Ludwig von Boyen was a Prussian army officer who helped to reform the Prussian Army in the early 19th century. He also served as minister of war of Prussia in the period 1810–1813 and again from 1 March 1841 – 6 October 1847.
Gus Schilling
August "Gus" Schilling was an American film actor who started in burlesque comedy and usually played nervous comic roles, often unbilled. A friend of Orson Welles, he appeared in five of the director's films — Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons, The Lady from Shanghai, Macbeth and Touch of Evil.
Zoltán Sztáray
Zoltán Sztáray was one of the better known contemporary writers of the Hungarian emigration. He was imprisoned in the Recsk forced labor camp for many months until he escaped and moved to the United States. He was born in Magyarcsaholy, Kingdom of Hungary, and died in Portland, Oregon.
Fritz Koenig
Fritz Koenig was a German sculptor, considered one of the most important international German sculptors of the 20th century.
Edith Windsor
Edith Windsor was an American LGBT rights activist and a technology manager at IBM. She was the lead plaintiff in the 2013 Supreme Court of the United States case United States v. Windsor, which overturned Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act and was considered a landmark legal victory for the same-sex marriage movement in the United States.
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