June 20 1180 First Battle of Uji, starting the Genpei War in Japan.
June 20 1620 The Battle of Höchst takes place during the Thirty Years' War.
June 20 1756 A British garrison is imprisoned in the Black Hole of Calcutta.
June 20 1900 Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army begins a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Beijing, China. (Film 55 Days in Peking.)
June 20 1943 World War II: The Royal Air Force launches Operation Bellicose, the first shuttle bombing raid of the war. Lancaster bombers damage the V-2 rocket production facilities at the Zeppelin Works while en route to an air base in Algeria.
June 20 1944 World War II: The Battle of the Philippine Sea concludes with a decisive U.S. naval victory. The lopsided naval air battle is also known as the "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot"
June 20 1944 Continuation War: The Soviet Union demands an unconditional surrender from Finland during the beginning of partially successful Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive. The Finnish government refuses.
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