June 20, 1914. The German battleship Bismarck launched.

June 20, 1977. Oil begins flowing through the Alaska Pipeline.

June 20, 1863 West Virginia, which had seceeded from Virginia in 1861, officially joins the Union.

June 20, 1947 Bugsy Siegel, the founder of Las Vegas, murdered in his mistress's home in Beverly Hills, CA.

June 20, 1964 William Westmoreland takes command of US forces in Vietnam.