Martyrs' Day (Eritrea)

Name: Martyrs' Day (Eritrea)
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On June 20, in the year 0, Martyrs' Day (Eritrea). This event is recorded as a Holidays event in the history of June 20, one of 363 recorded events on this date across all of history.

There are approximately sixteen nationally recognized public holidays in Eritrea. The most important national holidays are Independence Day, Martyrs' Day, and Revolution Day. Additional holidays follow the calendar of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church, and the two holy Eids, as Muslim holidays are observed as public holidays in Eritrea.

Key Facts

This event took place on June 20, 0 (AD era).
It is categorised as a Holidays event in recorded history.
Referenced in 1 Wikipedia article.
Wikipedia source last updated on 14 December 2025.

On This Date in History 363

Type	Year	Date	Event
Historical Events	2025	Jun 20	The first EF5 tornado in 12 years occurs in Enderlin, North Dakota
Notable Deaths	2024	Jun 20	Donald Sutherland, Canadian actor and producer (born 1935)
Notable Deaths	2024	Jun 20	Taylor Wily, American actor, sumo wrestler and mixed martial artist (born 1968)
Notable Deaths	2022	Jun 20	Caleb Swanigan, American basketball player (born 1997)
Historical Events	2019	Jun 20	Iran's Air Defense Forces shoot down an American surveillance drone over the Strait of Hormuz amid rising tensions betwe
Selected Events	2019	Jun 20	Iranian aircraft shot down an American drone over the Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions between the two countrie
Notable Deaths	2017	Jun 20	Prodigy, American music artist (born 1974)
Notable Deaths	2015	Jun 20	Angelo Niculescu, Romanian footballer and manager (born 1921)
Notable Deaths	2015	Jun 20	Miriam Schapiro, Canadian-American painter and sculptor (born 1923)
Notable Deaths	2013	Jun 20	Ingvar Rydell, Swedish footballer (born 1922)
Notable Deaths	2012	Jun 20	Judy Agnew, Second Lady of the United States
Notable Deaths	2012	Jun 20	LeRoy Neiman, American painter (born 1921)
Notable Deaths	2012	Jun 20	Heinrich IV, Prince Reuss of Köstritz (born 1919)
Notable Deaths	2012	Jun 20	Andrew Sarris, American critic (born 1928)
Historical Events	2011	Jun 20	RusAir Flight 9605 crashes in Besovets during approach to Petrozavodsk Airport, killing 47
Notable Deaths	2011	Jun 20	Ryan Dunn, American television personality (born 1977)
Notable Deaths	2010	Jun 20	Roberto Rosato, Italian footballer (born 1943)
Notable Deaths	2010	Jun 20	Harry B
Selected Events	2009	Jun 20	Iranian student Neda Agha-Soltan was shot dead in Tehran during the presidential election protests; footage of her death
Notable Deaths	2005	Jun 20	Larry Collins, American journalist, historian, and author (born 1929)
Notable Deaths	2005	Jun 20	Jack Kilby, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1923)
Notable Deaths	2004	Jun 20	Jim Bacon, Australian politician, 41st Premier of Tasmania (born 1950)
Historical Events	2003	Jun 20	The Wikimedia Foundation is founded in St
Notable Births	2003	Jun 20	Hans Niemann, American chess player
Notable Births	2003	Jun 20	Marc Pubill, Spanish footballer
Notable Births	2002	Jun 20	Hugo Ekitike, French footballer
Notable Deaths	2002	Jun 20	Erwin Chargaff, Austrian-American biochemist and academic (born 1905)
Notable Deaths	2002	Jun 20	Tinus Osendarp, Dutch runner (born 1916)
Notable Births	2001	Jun 20	Nicolas Jackson, Senegalese footballer
Notable Births	2001	Jun 20	Gonçalo Ramos, Portuguese footballer
Notable Deaths	1999	Jun 20	Clifton Fadiman, American game show host, author, and critic (born 1902)
Notable Births	1997	Jun 20	Bálint Kopasz, Hungarian sprint canoeist
Notable Deaths	1997	Jun 20	Cahit Külebi, Turkish poet and author (born 1917)
Historical Events	1996	Jun 20	Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-78 to conduct life science and microgravity research aboard the Spacelab module
Notable Births	1996	Jun 20	Sam Bennett, Canadian ice hockey player
Notable Births	1995	Jun 20	Caroline Weir, Scottish footballer
Notable Births	1995	Jun 20	Carol Zhao, Canadian tennis player
Notable Deaths	1995	Jun 20	Emil Cioran, Romanian-French philosopher and educator (born 1911)
Historical Events	1994	Jun 20	The 1994 Imam Reza shrine bomb explosion in Iran leaves at least 25 dead and 70 to 300 injured
Notable Births	1994	Jun 20	Leonard Williams, American football player
Selected Events	1994	Jun 20	A bomb explosion in the Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad, Iran, left at least 25 dead and more than 70 injured
Notable Births	1993	Jun 20	Sead Kolašinac, Bosnian footballer
Historical Events	1991	Jun 20	The German Bundestag votes to move seat of government from the former West German capital of Bonn to the present capital
Notable Births	1991	Jun 20	Kalidou Koulibaly, Senegalese footballer
Notable Births	1991	Jun 20	Rick ten Voorde, Dutch footballer
Historical Events	1990	Jun 20	Asteroid Eureka is discovered
Historical Events	1990	Jun 20	The 7
Notable Births	1990	Jun 20	Ding Ning, Chinese table tennis player
Notable Births	1990	Jun 20	DeQuan Jones, American basketball player
Notable Births	1990	Jun 20	Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, Senegalese writer