What are the important events that happened on June 21? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

June 21: Facts & Myths About This Day

June 21 is the 172^nd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 193 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 8, 2025 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,750,464,000 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaheptacontadigon’ day.

Gemini is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Pearl is the modern birthstone for this month. Moonstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 241 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,565 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

June 21: This Day In History

On non-leap years (until 2039), this day marks the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere and the winter solstice in the southern hemisphere, and is the day of the year with the most hours of daylight in the northern hemisphere and the least hours of daylight in the southern hemisphere.

June 21 Historical Events

• 524 –
  Godomar, King of the Burgundians defeats the Franks at the Battle of Vézeronce.
• 1307 –
  Külüg Khan is enthroned as Khagan of the Mongols and Wuzong of the Yuan.
• 1768 –
  James Otis, Jr. offends the King and Parliament in a speech to the Massachusetts General Court.
• 1791 –
  King Louis XVI of France and his immediate family begin the Flight to Varennes during the French Revolution.
• 1854 –
  The first Victoria Cross is awarded during the bombardment of Bomarsund in the Åland Islands.
• 1898 –
  The United States captures Guam from Spain.
• 1900 –
  Baron Eduard Toll, leader of the Russian Polar Expedition of 1900, departed Saint Petersburg in Russia on the explorer ship Zarya, never to return.
• 1915 –
  The U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision in Guinn v. United States 238 US 347 1915, striking down an Oklahoma law denying the right to vote to some citizens.
• 1929 –
  An agreement brokered by U.S. Ambassador Dwight Whitney Morrow ends the Cristero War in Mexico.
• 1948 –
  Columbia Records introduces the long-playing record album in a public demonstration at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York, New York.

Who were born on June 21?

• 1887 –
  Norman L. Bowen, Canadian petrologist (d. 1956)
• 1906 –
  Harold Spina, American composer (d. 1997)
• 1946 –
  Trond Kirkvaag, Norwegian comedian and author
• 1950 –
  Enn Reitel, English actor
• 1955 –
  Tim Bray, Canadian computer programmer
• 1958 –
  Gennady Padalka, Russian cosmonaut
• 1959 –
  Marcella Detroit, American singer and songwriter (Shakespear’s Sister)
• 1962 –
  Takeshi Asami, Japanese racing driver
• 1964 –
  David Morrissey, British actor
• 1967 –
  Derrick Coleman, American basketball player

Who died on June 21?

• 1377 –
  King Edward III of England (b. 1312)
• 1521 –
  Leonardo Loredan, 76th Doge of Venice (b. 1436)
• 1917 –
  Matthias Zurbriggen, Swiss mountaineer (b. 1856)
• 1964 –
  Andrew Goodman, American civil rights activist (b. 1943)
• 1969 –
  Maureen Connolly, American tennis player (b. 1934)
• 1976 –
  Margaret Herrick, American director of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (b. 1902)
• 1987 –
  Madman Muntz, American entrepreneur, businessman, electrical engineer and TV commercial actor (b. 1914)
• 2000 –
  Alan Hovhaness, American composer (b. 1911)
• 2001 –
  Carroll O'Connor, American actor (b. 1924)
• 2001 –
  John Lee Hooker, American musician (b. 1916)