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What happened in history on this day: June 21?
On June 21 in ...
- 1937 - The BBC televises coverage of the Wimbledon tennis Championships for the first time.
- 1996 - Buena Vista releases the film The Hunchback of Notre Dame to theaters.
Births on June 21
- 1903 - Birth of Dorothy Stickney; actress (And So They Were Married).
- 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).
- 1933 - Birth of Bernie Kopell in New York City, New York, USA; actor (The Love Boat, Get Smart, That Girl).
- 1935 - Birth of Monte Markham in Manatee, Florida, USA; actor (Second Hundred Years, Dallas, New Perry Mason, Baywatch).
- 1938 - Birth of Ron Ely in Hereford, Texas, USA; actor (Tarzan, Doc Savage, Miss America Pageant, Sea Hunt).
- 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).
- 1944 - Birth of Corinna Tsopel in Athens, Greece; actress (Man Called Horse).
- 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).
- 1953 - Birth of Robyn Douglass in Sendai, Japan; actress (Lonely Guy, Romantic Comedy, Houston Knights, Gallatica 1980).
- 1955 - Birth of Leigh McCloskey; actor (Dallas, One Life to Live, The Young and the Restless).
- 1962 - Birth of Marc Copage in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Corey Baker - Julia).
- 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).
- 1973 - Birth of Juliette Lewis; actress (I Married Dora, A Family for Joe).
Deaths on June 21
- 1957 - Don McBride, actor (Mr Clyde - My Friend Flicka), dies at age 68.
- 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).
- 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.
- 2022 - Death of James Rado at age 90; playwright (Hair).
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