About Jun 20, 1861 Day of the Week: Thursday How Long Ago? 157 years Star Sign: Gemini Famous Birthdays Arthur Battelle Whiting, American composer and teacher, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts (d. 1936) Frederick Gowland Hopkins, British biochemist (Nobel Prize 1929), born in Eastbourne, England (d. 1947) Share On Facebook Share On Twitter 1860 Famous Birthdays 1862