June 20

Wednesday 20, 2001:

In Texas, USA, Andrea Yates drowns her children in a bathtub and admits to the crime. She would be sentenced to life in prison.

Monday 20, 1977:

Oil begins to flow through the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS).

Wednesday 20, 1877:

Alexander Graham Bell installs world's first commercial telephone service in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Sunday 20, 1819:

The US vessel Savannah arrives at Liverpool, United Kingdom. She is the first steam-propelled vessel to cross the Atlantic, most of the journey was made under sail.

Tuesday 20, 451:

451- According to some sources, this was the date of the Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius' victory over Attila the Hun.