Historical Events
Event of Interest
Kurt Cobain's guitar during Nirvana's MTV Unplugged show sells for a record $6 million
Kurt Cobain
- New archaeological discovery announced near Stonehenge of a large circle of shafts surrounding a village 2500 BC, largest prehistoric structure in Britain
- Saudi Arabia bans international visitors from making the Islamic Hajj pilgrimage in 2020 due to COVID-19
- WHO records a new record number of new daily cases of COVID-19 - 183,020, with 116,000 coming from North and South America
Famous Deaths
- Ahmed Radhi, Iraqi soccer striker (121 caps; 62 goals; Al-Rasheed; Asian Footballer of the Year 1988), dies of COVID-19 at 56
- Dennis Young, New Zealand rugby union hooker (22 caps; Canterbury 139 games), dies from cancer at 90
2020 Highlights
About June 21, 2020
Day of the Week: Sunday
How Long Ago? 8 months and 10 days
Leap Year: Yes