Other notable June 20th happenings:

• 1782 Congress approves Great Seal of US & the eagle as it’s symbol
• 1793 Eli Whitney applies for a cotton gin patent
• 1895 1st female doctor of science earned (Caroline Willard Baldwin)
• 1907 1st Portland Rose festival
• 1911 NAACP incorporates (NY)
• 1936 Jesse Owens of the US sets 100 meter record at 10.2
• 1939 Test flight of 1st rocket plane using liquid propellants
• 1939 Benny Goodman’s Song School goes off the air
• 1944 Congress charters Central Intelligence Agency
• 1963 US & USSR agree to set up “Hot Line”
• 1977 Oil flows in trans-Alaska pipeline
• 1979 Alexander R. Wishkoski – born