On This Day for June 20 - Casket Letters found, Howlin' Wolf is featured, and more

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, [click here to view](. June 20 [Howlin' Wolf, 1964.]( FEATURED BIOGRAPHY 1910 Howlin' Wolf [READ MORE]( [Mary, Queen of Scots]( FEATURED EVENT 1567 Casket Letters found [READ MORE]( Advertisement Advertisement [Earth's To-Do List]( MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY [Supreme Court building, Washington, D.C.] 2002: In Atkins v. Virginia the [U.S. Supreme Court]( ruled that the imposition of the [death penalty]( in cases involving [intellectually disabled]( defendants violated the [Eighth Amendment]( protection against cruel and unusual punishment. [Nicole Kidman.] 1967: Australian actress [Nicole Kidman]( was known for her considerable range and versatility, as well as for her glamorous looks and cool demeanour—was born in Hawaii. 1903: American automobile-racing driver [Barney Oldfield]( accomplished the first mile-a-minute performance in a car, at Indianapolis, Indiana. [Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins] 1861: British biochemist [Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins]( who won a share of the 1929 [Nobel Prize]( for Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of [vitamins]( was born in Eastbourne, East Sussex. [Versailles, Palace of: gardens] 1789: Locked out of their meeting hall at [Versailles]( the deputies of the [Third Estate]( in [France]( congregated on a nearby tennis court and took an oath not to separate until a written constitution had been established—the [Tennis Court Oath](. [Paraguay] 1992: A new constitution went into effect in [Paraguay]( signaling the end of military rule established in the 1950s by [Alfredo Stroessner](. [SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY]( ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1967 [Nicole Kidman]( Australian actress 1952 [John Goodman]( American actor 1925 [Audie Murphy]( American war hero and actor 1949 [Lionel Richie]( American singer, songwriter, and producer 1909 [Errol Flynn]( Australian actor 1953 [Cyndi Lauper]( American singer and songwriter [SEE ALL BIOS ON THIS DAY]( Advertisement FOLLOW: [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [YouTube]( To unsubscribe from Britannica e-mails, [click here](. Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 United States © 2019 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. [Privacy Policy]( • [Help](