Today is Saturday, June 20, the 171st day of 2015. There are 194 days left in the year.
1402 — Battle of Angora (Ankara); Tatars defeat Turkish Army
1791 — King Louis XVI caught trying to escape French Revolution
1837 — Queen Victoria at 18 ascends British throne following death of uncle King William IV Ruled for 63 years ending in 1901
1867 — President Andrew Johnson announces purchase of Alaska
1871 — Ku Klux Klan trials began in federal court in Oxford, Miss.
1947 — President Truman vetoes Taft-Hartley Act
1895 — First female doctor of science earned (Caroline Willard Baldwin)
1963 — U.S. and USSR agree to set up “Hot Line"
1968 — Jim Hines becomes first person to run 100 meters in under 10 seconds
1969 — 150,000 attend Newport ’69; Jimi Hendrix gets $120,000 to appear
1990 — Nelson Mandela lands in NYC to begin a tour of the U.S.