By The Associated Press

              - Today is Sunday, June 20, the 171st day of 1999. There are 194 days
                left in the year. This is Father's Day.

              - On June 20, 1756, in India, a group of British soldiers was
                imprisoned in a suffocating cell that gained notoriety as the "Black
                Hole of Calcutta." Most died.
              - In 1782 Congress approved the Great Seal of the United States.
              - In 1863 West Virginia became the 35th state.
              - In 1893 a jury in New Bedford, Mass., found Lizzie Borden innocent
                of the ax murders of her father and stepmother.
              - In 1898 during the Spanish-American War, the U.S. cruiser Charleston
                captured the Spanish-ruled island of Guam.
              - In 1943 race-related rioting erupted in Detroit; federal troops were
                sent in two days later to quell the violence that resulted in more
                than 30 deaths.
              - In 1947 Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel was shot dead at the Beverly Hills,
                Calif., mansion of his girlfriend Virginia Hill, apparently at the
                order of mob associates.
              - In 1948 the variety series "Toast of the Town," hosted by Ed
                Sullivan, debuted on CBS TV.
              - In 1963 the United States and Soviet Union signed an agreement to
                set up a "hot line" communications link between the two superpowers.
              - In 1967 boxer Muhammad Ali was convicted in Houston of violating
                Selective Service laws by refusing to be drafted. The conviction was
                ultimately overturned.
              - In 1979 ABC News correspondent Bill Stewart was shot to death in
                Managua, Nicaragua, by a member of President Anastasio Somoza's
                national guard.

              - Ten years ago Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev greeted the
                speaker of Iran's parliament, Hashemi Rafsanjani, who was visiting
                Moscow.
              - Five years ago O.J. Simpson pleaded innocent in Los Angeles to the
                killing of his ex-wife, Nicole, and her friend, Ronald Goldman.
              - One year ago on the eve of Father's Day, President Clinton used his
                weekly radio address to announce the release of the first wave of
                almost $60 million in prostate cancer research grants.
 

              *Happy Birthday*
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              - Country musician Chet Atkins is 75.
              - Actress Olympia Dukakis is 68.
              - Actor Martin Landau is 68.
              - Actor James Tolkan is 68.
              - Actor Danny Aiello is 66.
              - Actor John Mahoney is 59.
              - Movie director Stephen Frears is 58.
              - Singer-songwriter Brian Wilson is 57.
              - Actor John McCook is 54.
              - Singer Anne Murray is 54.
              - TV personality Bob Vila is 53.
              - Musician Andre Watts is 53.
              - Actress Candy Clark is 52.
              - Tina Sinatra is 51.
              - Singer Lionel Richie is 50.
              - Actor John Goodman is 47.
              - Singer Cyndi Lauper is 46.
              - Actress Nicole Kidman is 32.