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What happened in history on this day: June 21?
On June 21 in ...
- 1002 - Birth of Pope Leo IX (original name Bruno von Egisheim und Dagsburg) in Egisheim, Germany; cousin of the Holy Roman Emperor, became Pope in 1049.
- 1498 - Jews are expelled from Nurenberg Bavaria by Emperor Maximillian.
- 1607 - First Protestant Episcopal parish in America established, Jamestown.
- 1661 - Sweden signs the Treaty of Kardis, in which Russia agrees to return to Sweden areas it had conquered in the Baltic lands.
- 1732 - Birth of Martha Washington first, first lady.
- 1749 - English transport ships land 2576 colonists on what is now Nova Scotia to establish a British military base, naming the town Halifax.
- 1768 - First US bachelor of medicine degree (Dr John Archer).
- 1774 - Birth of Daniel D Tompkins (Democrat-R), 6th US vice-president (1817-25).
- 1788 - US Constitution goes into effect as New Hampshire is 9th state to ratify it.
- 1792 - Captain George Vancouver meets Spanish ships Sutil and Mexicana off Vancouver, British Columbia.
- 1805 - Great Stoneface Mount found in New Hampshire, USA.
- 1821 - African Methodist Episcopal Zion (AMEZ) Church organizes (New York City).
- 1834 - Cyrus Hall McCormick patents reaping machine.
- 1851 - Birth of Daniel Carter Beard in the USA; organized first boy scout troop.
- 1876 - Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna; Mexican general (took Alamo), dies at age 82.
- 1879 - F W Woolworth opens his first store in the US (which fails almost immediately).
- 1882 - Birth of Rockwell Kent; artist/painter/illustrator (Canterbury Tales).
- 1887 - Britain celebrates golden jubilee of Queen Victoria.
- 1891 - Birth of Hermann Scherchen in Berlin, Germany; conductor (Nature of Music).
- 1892 - Birth of Hilding Rosenberg in Bosjökloster, Sweden; composer (Babels Torn).
- 1892 - Birth of Reinhold Niebuhr; US theologian (Nature and Destiny of Man).
- 1893 - First Ferris wheel premieres (Chicago's Columbian Exposition).
- 1900 - Birth of Ted Rogers; pioneer Canadian broadcaster, invented world's first Alternating Current radio, Canada's First Rogers Batteryless (CFRB) began broadcasting as the world's first all electric radio station, started Canada's first FM station.
- 1903 - Birth of Al Hirschfeld; cartoonist (1975 Tony Award).
- 1903 - Birth of Dorothy Stickney; actress (And So They Were Married).
- 1905 - Birth of Jean-Paul Sartre in France; philosopher/writer (Nobel Prize 1964; declined).
- 1912 - Birth of Mary McCarthy; US novelist (Group).
- 1916 - Boston Red Sox pitcher Rube Forster no-hits New York Yankees, 2-0.
- 1919 - Germans scuttle their own naval fleet.
- 1921 - Birth of Frank Scott in Fargo, North Dakota, USA; pianist (Lawrence Welk Show).
- 1921 - Birth of Jane Russell in Bemidji, Minnesota, USA; actress (The Outlaw, The Yellow Rose).
- 1921 - Birth of Jean Kent in London, England; actress (Adventures of Sir Francis Drake).
- 1921 - Birth of Judy Holliday AKA Judith Tuvim in New York City, New York, USA; actress ("dumb" blonde in many movies, Ed Sullivan Show Goodyear Playhouse, Ford Theatre Hour, The Arthur Murray Party, The Perry Como Show, Person to Person, The Name's the Same, The Steve Allen Show, What's My Line).
- 1922 - Birth of Judy Holliday in New York City, New York, USA; comedienne/actress (Born Yesterday, Adam's Rib).
- 1923 - Birth of John Compton in Lynchburg, Tennessee, USA; actor (Shannon - The D.A.'s Man).
- 1925 - Birth of Maureen Stapleton in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Reds, Queen of the Stardust Ballroom, Cat on a Hot In Roof, Airport, Coccoon, Plaza Suite, Liberace: Behind the Music, Miss Rose White, The Gathering).
- 1927 - Birth of Carl Stokes; American politician (Cleveland-Mayor).
- 1928 - Birth of Judith Raskin in New York City, New York, USA; soprano (Susanna - Le Nozze di Figaro).
- 1930 - Birth of Mike McCormack; NFL offensive tackle (New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Phillies).
- 1930 - Babe Ruth hits three home runs as New York Yankees blow 6-0 lead in 7th and lose 15-7.
- 1931 - Birth of Lawrence K Grossman; News president (NBC-TV).
- 1931 - Birth of Margaret Heckler; US Secretary of Health and Human Services (1983-85).
- 1933 - First Great Lakes-to-Gulf of Mexico barge trip completed, New Orleans.
- 1933 - Birth of Bernie Kopell in New York City, New York, USA; actor (The Love Boat, Get Smart, That Girl).
- 1935 - Birth of Françoise Sagan in France; novelist (Bon Jour Trieste).
- 1935 - Birth of Monte Markham in Manatee, Florida, USA; actor (Second Hundred Years, Dallas, New Perry Mason, Baywatch).
- 1937 - The BBC televises coverage of the Wimbledon tennis Championships for the first time.
- 1938 - Birth of Ron Ely in Hereford, Texas, USA; actor (Tarzan, Doc Savage, Miss America Pageant, Sea Hunt).
- 1938 - All major powers agree in London, England to evacuate volunteers from Spain.
- 1939 - Doctors reveal Lou Gehrig has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
- 1940 - Birth of Joe Flaherty in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; comedian (SCTV, Blue Monday, Police Academy: The Series, Maniac Mansion).
- 1940 - Birth of Mariette Hartley in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Poloroid spokesperson, Marooned, Peyton Place, Logan's Run).
- 1942 - 129 degrees F (54 degrees C), Tirat Zevi, Israel (Asian record).
- 1942 - Birth of William Bradford in Reynolds, Connecticut, USA; assistant attorney general.
- 1942 - German General Erwin Rommel's army captures Tobruk in Libya, taking 30-35,000 prisoners.
- 1943 - Federal troops put down racial riot in Detroit, Michigan; 30 dead.
- 1944 - Birth of Corinna Tsopel in Athens, Greece; actress (Man Called Horse).
- 1944 - Birth of Ray Davies; singer/guitarist (The Kinks - "Come Dancing").
- 1946 - Ten die in fire at Baker Hotel, Dallas, Texas, USA.
- 1947 - Birth of Meredith Baxter-Birney in California, USA; actress (Family Ties, Bridget loves Bernie, Beulah Land, Family).
- 1947 - Birth of Michael Gross in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Family Tiesm Tremors, ER).
- 1947 - Birth of Joe Molland; guitarist (Badfinger, "Come and Get it").
- 1948 - In a lab in Manchester, England, the Small Scale Experimental Machine computer, nicknamed "Baby" is created, the first to contain memory (128 bytes) which could store a program.
- 1948 - Edward Wallerstein, president of Columbia Records, demonstrates a long-playing record developed by Peter Goldmark of CBS Laboratories. The microgroove record plays at 33-and-a-third revolutions per minute and could contain a maximum of 23 minutes of music a side.
- 1948 - Birth of Don Airey; rock musician (Deep Purple).
- 1950 - Birth of Joey Kramer in New York City, New York, USA; rock drummer (Aerosmith - "Janie Got a Gun").
- 1953 - Birth of Benazir Bhutto; first female leader of a Muslim nation (Pakistan).
- 1953 - Birth of Robyn Douglass in Sendai, Japan; actress (Lonely Guy, Romantic Comedy, Houston Knights, Gallatica 1980).
- 1954 - John Landy beats Roger Bannister's mile record by 0.014 seconds.
- 1955 - Birth of Leigh McCloskey; actor (Dallas, One Life to Live, The Young and the Restless).
- 1956 - Birth of Mikhail Burtsev in the USSR; sabres (Olympic-gold-1976).
- 1956 - Birth of Rick Sutcliffe; pitcher (Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs).
- 1957 - Birth of Mark Brzezicki; rocker (Big Country - "Wonderland").
- 1957 - Don McBride, actor (Mr Clyde - My Friend Flicka), dies at age 68.
- 1959 - Birth of Tom Chambers; NBA forward, center (Seattle SuperSonics, Phoenix Suns).
- 1961 - Buena Vista releases Disney's live-action feature film The Parent Trap to theaters in the USA. The film is based on the book Das Doppelte Lottchen by Erich Kastner.
- 1962 - Birth of Marc Copage in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Corey Baker - Julia).
- 1963 - Pope Paul VI (Giovanni Battista Montini) succeeds John XXIII.
- 1964 - Birth of Sammi Davis; actor (Homefront).
- 1964 - Birth of Doug Savant; actor (Desperate Housewives, Melrose Place).
- 1965 - Birth of Michael Dolan; actor (I'll Fly Away, Law & Order).
- 1966 - Birth of Nan Woods; actress (One More Saturday Night).
- 1967 - Birth of Tim Simenson; rocker (Bomb the Bass).
- 1970 - Brazil wins last Jules Rimet Trophy soccer championship.
- 1971 - 50,000 attend Celebration of Life rock concert, McCrea, Louisana.
- 1973 - Frank Leahy, football coach (Notre Dame), dies at age 64.
- 1973 - Birth of Juliette Lewis; actress (I Married Dora, A Family for Joe).
- 1975 - Soyuz 19 returns to Earth.
- 1975 - Birth of Justin Cary; musician ("Sixpence None The Richer").
- 1976 - Birth of Mike Einziger; guitarist (Incubus).
- 1977 - Former White House chief of staff Harry R Haldeman enters prison.
- 1977 - Menachem Begin (Likud), becomes Israel's 6th Prime Minister.
- 1978 - Iranian helicopters stray into Soviet airspace and are shot down.
- 1978 - A shootout between Provisional IRA members and the British Army leaves 1 civilian and 3 IRA men dead.
- 1979 - Death of Angus MacLise, American rock percussionist (Velvet Underground) (born 1938).
- 1980 - Death of German bandleader and composer Bert Kaempfert of a stroke on the Mediterranean island of Majorca at age 56. Kaempfert had a No. 1 song in 1961 with "Wonderland By Night,' and released more than 50 albums.
- 1981 - 12-bottle case of 1979 Napamedoc Cabernet wine sells at auction for US$24,000.
- 1981 - Birth of Brandon Flowers; American singer and keyboardist (The Killers).
- 1982 - Birth of Prince William of Wales, son of Prince Charles and Lady Diana.
- 1982 - Washington DC jury finds John Hinckley Junior innocent by insanity of attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan.
- 1983 - In Hokkaido, Japan, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake occurs.
- 1983 - Voters in United Nations Trust Territory districts of Kosrae, Ponape, Truk, and Yap approve becoming associated with the USA.
- 1985 - It is confirmed by American, German, and Brazilian forensic pathologists that the body exhumed in Brazil on June 6 is that of the German Doctor, Josef Mengele.
- 1986 - US President Ronald Reagan gives speech defending his judicial appointments.
- 1987 - Birth of Kim Ryeowook; Korean singer (Super Junior).
- 1988 - Los Angeles Lakers beats Detroit Pistons, for the NBA championship.
- 1989 - US Supreme Court rules it is okay to burn US flag as political expression.
- 1989 - Walt Disney World welcomes its 300-millionth guest, Matt Gleason.
- 1989 - British police arrest 250 people for celebrating the summer solstice at Stonehenge.
- 1990 - Little Richard receives a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.
- 1990 - New York City's Zodiac killer shoots fourth victim, Larry Parham.
- 1990 - US House of Representatives vote 254-177 to stop US flag burning, doesn't pass Senate.
- 1990 - Death of June Christy in Los Angeles of kidney failure at age 64; jazz and big band singer (Stan Kenton Orchestra).
- 1991 - New York Islanders Denis Potvan and Michael Bossy inducted into NHL Hall of Fame.
- 1993 - Death of Louis W. Parker at age 86; inventor of the intercarrier sound system for television sets, the modern basis for coordinating sound and picture.
- 1996 - Buena Vista releases the film The Hunchback of Notre Dame to theaters.
- 1997 - At over 500 McDonald's locations in the United Kingdom and 30 in North America, picketers and protesters pass out leaflets about the controversies of McDonald's food and practices.
- 1997 - Death of Arthur Prysock at age 74; Grammy-nominated rhythm-and-blues singer ("Teach Me Tonight").
- 1999 - Death of Kami, Japanese drummer (Malice Mizer) (born 1973).
- 2000 - Section 28, a law preventing the promotion of homosexuality, is repealed by the Scottish Parliament.
- 2001 - Death of John Lee Hooker natural causes at 83; veteran bluesman ("I'm in the Mood", Grammy award 1990, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1991).
- 2001 - Death of Carroll O'Connor of a heart attack at age 76; actor (Archie Bunker - All in the Family TV show, In the Heat of the Night TV show).
- 2002 - Disney generally releases the Walt Disney Pictures animated film Lilo & Stitch to theaters in the USA. USA theater receipts: US$146 million.
- 2002 - Death of Matt Dennis at age 88; singer/songwriter (Tommy Dorsey band - "Everything Happens to Me", "Let's Get Away from It All", "The Night We Called It a Day"), musical director for the Dick Haymes radio show.
- 2004 - Aftr taking off from Mohave, California, the White Knight carrier plane launches SpaceShipOne rocket plane, which flies into space (62 miles high) and back. This is the first privately-funded spaceplane to achieve spaceflight.
- 2005 - A Volna booster rocket carrying the first light sail spacecraft (a joint Russian-American project) fails 83 seconds after its launch, destroying the spacecraft.
- 2008 - The Princess of the Stars ferry capsizes off the Philippines in heavy seas, caught in Typhoon Fengshen. Over 800 people are killed, only 38 survive.
- 2009 - As a step toward total independence from the Kingdom of Denmark, Greenland assumes control over its law enforcement, judicial affairs, and natural resources. Greenlandic becomes the official language.
- 2009 - Three-year-old colt "Eye of the Leopard" wins the 150th running of the Queen's Plate horse race in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- 2009 - Peugeot finishes first and second in the Le Mans 24-hour car race.
- 2009 - In Silverstone, Great Britain, round 8 of the FIA Formula 1 World Championship is won by Sebastian Vettel.
- 2009 - In Brno, Czech Republic, round 6 of the FIA World Touring Car Championship is held. Race 1 is won by Alex Zanardi; race 2 is won by Sergio Hernández.
- 2009 - Vancouver-based actress, director and writer Lorena Gale (The X Files, Battlestar Gallactica, Smallville, MANTIS, Neon Rider and The Outer Limits) dies from cancer at age 51.
- 2010 - Price of an ounce of gold hits record high of US$1265.
- 2010 - At least 76 people are killed in a train derailment in the south of Congo-Brazzaville, about 60km from the city of Pointe-Noire.
- 2017 - The Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul, Iraq, is destroyed by Daesh.
- 2020 - An annular solar eclipse occurs.
- 2022 - 29 Chinese military aircraft enter Taiwan's air-defence zone. Taiwan jets chase them away.
- 2022 - Death of James Rado at age 90; playwright (Hair).
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