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 173rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 193 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 8, 2024 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 477,480 hours 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 ‘hectaheptacontatrigon’ 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 222 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 4,200 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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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
- 1824 –Greek War of Independence: Egyptian forces capture Psara in the Aegean Sea.
- 1826 –Maniots defeat Egyptians under Ibrahim Pasha in the Battle of Vergas.
- 1854 –The first Victoria Cross is awarded during the bombardment of Bomarsund in the Åland Islands.
- 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.
- 1900 –Boxer Rebellion. China formally declared war on the United States, Britain, Germany, France and Japan, as an edict issued from the Dowager Empress Cixi.
- 1919 –Admiral Ludwig von Reuter scuttles the German fleet in Scapa Flow, Orkney. The nine sailors killed are the last casualties of World War I.
- 1942 –World War II: Tobruk falls to Italian and German forces.
- 1964 –Three civil rights workers, Andrew Goodman, James Chaney and Mickey Schwerner, are murdered in Neshoba County, Mississippi, United States, by members of the Ku Klux Klan.
- 1982 –John Hinckley is found not guilty by reason of insanity for the attempted assassination of U.S. President Ronald Reagan.
- 2009 –Greenland assumes self-rule.
Who were born on June 21?
- 1825 –William Stubbs, English historian and Anglican Bishop of Oxford (d. 1901)
- 1863 –Max Wolf, German astronomer (d. 1932)
- 1902 –Howie Morenz, Canadian professional ice hockey player (d. 1937)
- 1906 –Nusch Éluard, French performer, model, and artist (d. 1946)
- 1914 –William Vickrey, Canadian economist, Nobel laureate (d. 1996)
- 1926 –Conrad Hall, Tahitian-born American cinematographer (d. 2003)
- 1946 –Rob Dyson, American racing driver and race team owner
- 1960 –Kevin Harlan, American sportscaster
- 1981 –David Bortolussi, French-born Italian rugby player
- 1985 –Anthony Morelli, American football player
Who died on June 21?
- 1621 –Louis III, Cardinal of Guise (b. 1575)
- 1824 –Étienne Aignan, French writer (b. 1773)
- 1964 –Michael Schwerner, American civil rights activist (b. 1939)
- 1970 –Sukarno, President of Indonesia (b. 1901)
- 1990 –Cedric Belfrage (b. 1904)
- 1994 –William Wilson Morgan, American astronomer (b. 1906)
- 2003 –Jason Moran, Australian criminal (b. 1967)
- 2003 –Roger Neilson, Canadian ice hockey coach (b. 1934)
- 2007 –Bob Evans, American restaurateur (b. 1918)
- 2011 –Robert Kroetsch, Canadian author (b. 1927)
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