June 20

Events

 * 1840 – Samuel Morse receives the patent for the telegraph.
 * 1877 – Alexander Graham Bell installs the world's first commercial telephone service in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
 * 1963 – The so-called "red telephone" is established between the Soviet Union and the United States following the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Births

 * 1756 – Joseph Martin Kraus, Swedish composer (d. 1792)
 * 1819 – Jacques Offenbach, German-born French composer (d. 1880)
 * 1891 – Giannina Arangi-Lombardi, Italian soprano (d. 1951)
 * 1896 – Wilfrid Pelletier, Canadian conductor (d. 1982)
 * 1907 – Jimmy Driftwood, American songwriter and musician (d. 1998)
 * 1924 – Chet Atkins, American guitar player and producer (d. 2001)
 * 1928 – Eric Dolphy, American jazz musician (d. 1964)
 * 1936 – Billy Guy, American singer (The Coasters) (d. 2002)
 * 1942 – Brian Wilson, American musician; founder of The Beach Boys
 * 1945 – Anne Murray, Canadian singer
 * 1947 – Dolores Brooks, American singer (the Crystals)
 * 1949 – Lionel Richie, American musician (The Commodores)
 * 1949 – Alan Longmuir, Scottish bass guitarist (Bay City Rollers)
 * 1951 – Tress MacNeille, American voice actress
 * 1960 – John Taylor, English musician (Duran Duran)
 * 1963 – Amir Derakh, American musician (Orgy)
 * 1971 – Jeordie White, American musician (Marilyn Manson)
 * 1973 – Chino Moreno, American musician (Deftones)
 * 1976 – Jerome Fontamillas,Filipino American musician (Switchfoot)
 * 1979 – Charlotte Hatherley, English guitarist (Ash)
 * 1980 – Tony Lovato, American singer and guitarrist (Mest)