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, 28,648,800 minutes 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
- 524 –Godomar, King of the Burgundians defeats the Franks at the Battle of Vézeronce.
- 1621 –Execution of 27 Czech noblemen on the Old Town Square in Prague as a consequence of the Battle of White Mountain.
- 1749 –Halifax, Nova Scotia, is founded.
- 1824 –Greek War of Independence: Egyptian forces capture Psara in the Aegean Sea.
- 1877 –The Molly Maguires, ten Irish immigrants convicted of murder, are hanged at the Schuylkill County and Carbon County, Pennsylvania prisons.
- 1898 –The United States captures Guam from Spain.
- 1948 –Columbia Records introduces the long-playing record album in a public demonstration at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York, New York.
- 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.
- 1973 –In handing down the decision in Miller v. California 413 US 15, the Supreme Court of the United States establishes the Miller Test for obscenity in U.S. law.
- 1982 –John Hinckley is found not guilty by reason of insanity for the attempted assassination of U.S. President Ronald Reagan.
Who were born on June 21?
- 1883 –Fyodor Gladkov, Russian writer (d. 1958)
- 1906 –Harold Spina, American composer (d. 1997)
- 1919 –Paolo Soleri, Italian-born American architect
- 1931 –Zlatko Grgić, Croatian animator (d. 1988)
- 1943 –Salomé, Spanish singer
- 1948 –Lionel Rose, Australian boxer
- 1951 –Nils Lofgren, American guitarist, singer, songwriter (E Street Band, Crazy Horse)
- 1954 –Anne Kirkbride, English actress
- 1961 –Sascha Konietzko, German singer and synth player (KMFDM)
- 1978 –Jack Guzman, American actor
Who died on June 21?
- 1377 –King Edward III of England (b. 1312)
- 1521 –Leonardo Loredan, 76th Doge of Venice (b. 1436)
- 1631 –John Smith, English explorer (b. c. 1580)
- 1951 –Charles Dillon Perrine, American astronomer (b. 1867)
- 1985 –Tage Erlander, Prime Minister of Sweden (b. 1901)
- 1986 –Assi Rahbani, Lebanese composer, singer (Rahbani Brothers) and producer (b. 1923)
- 1987 –Madman Muntz, American entrepreneur, businessman, electrical engineer and TV commercial actor (b. 1914)
- 1998 –Al Campanis, American baseball executive (b. 1916)
- 2001 –Souad Hosni, Egyptian actress (b. 1942)
- 2002 –Timothy Findley, Canadian novelist and playwright (b. 1930)
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