Daily Almanac: June 20, 2023

Sunrise/Sunset:
RISE: 6:17 a.m.
SET: 9:21 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:
HIGH: 82 °F
LOW: 66 °F

Today is…:
• American Eagle Day
• National Vanilla Milkshake Day
• World Refugee Day

What Happened On This Day:
• 1975 The film Jaws is premiered. Steven Spielberg’s thriller about a rogue great white shark terrorizing a summer resort town is often regarded as one of the greatest films of all time.

• 1963 The “Red Telephone” is instituted. The hotline between the U.S. and the Soviet Union was established following Cuban Missile Crisis. Contrary to popular belief, communications between the two superpowers occurred via teletype or fax, and today, via email.
• 1942 Kazimierz Piechowski and three others escape from Auschwitz concentration camp. In a feat of “exceptional courage and gallantry”, as stated by the Polish author Kazimierz Smoleń, the four prisoners left via the front gate in a stolen SS staff car, dressed as SS officers. During World War II, the Nazi regime murdered 1.1 million people in Auschwitz. Only 144 are known to have escaped.

Births On This Day:

• 1942 Brian Wilson

American singer-songwriter, musician, producer

• 1905 Lillian Hellman

American playwright

Deaths On This Day:

• 1837 William IV of the United Kingdom

• 1947 Bugsy Siegel

American gangster