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King's Highway 61 is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario that forms part of the Lake Superior Circle Tour. The 61-kilometre (38 mi) route extends from a junction at Highway 11, Highway 17 and the Harbour Expressway in Thunder Bay south to a bridge over the Pigeon River, where it crosses into the United States and becomes Minnesota State Highway 61. The roads on either side of the river were completed in 1916, but there was no bridge to connect them. Funding for a bridge over the international crossing at the Pigeon River required federal approval from both governments, but local civic groups in Port Arthur and Duluth expected that the process would be too slow, and built it without approval. The bridge was opened by a travelling motorcade in August 1917, permitting travel between Ontario and Minnesota. To the surprise of the civic groups, Canadian and American highway officials attending the opening announced federal funding to cover the bridge costs. (Full article...)

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Shinnecock Hills Golf Club

In golf, Brooks Koepka wins the U.S. Open at the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club (pictured).
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Saudi-backed troops begin an attack on Houthi forces in the port of Al Hudaydah, Yemen.
In association football, FIFA awards hosting rights for the 2026 World Cup to a joint bid from Canada, Mexico, and the United States.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump meet in Singapore.

On this day

June 20: Flag Day in Argentina

Queen Victoria

451 – Flavius Aetius, with the help of Roman foederati, defeated Attila in the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains, and halted the invasion of Gaul by the Huns and their allies.
1837 – Victoria (pictured) succeeded to the British throne, starting a reign that lasted for more than 63 years.
1921 – Workers at the Buckingham and Carnatic Mills in the city of Madras, India, began a four-month strike.
1943 – Rioting between blacks and whites began on Belle Isle, Detroit, Michigan, and continued for three days.
1975 – The film Jaws was released, becoming the prototypical summer blockbuster and establishing the modern Hollywood business model.

Anna Laetitia Barbauld (b. 1743) · Juan Larrea (d. 1847) · Frank Lampard (b. 1978)

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Cypress Trees is a polychrome-and-gold folding screen attributed to the Japanese painter Kanō Eitoku (1543–1590), one of the most prominent patriarchs of the Kanō school of Japanese painting. The painting dates to the Azuchi–Momoyama period. Now in Tokyo National Museum, it has been designated a National Treasure of Japan.

Painting: Kanō Eitoku

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