June, 21st in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Tuesday 21, 2005:
Donald Tsang Yam Kuen is appointed by the People's Republic of China to take over from Tung Chee Hwa as the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

Monday 21, 2004:
SpaceShipOne becomes the first privately funded spaceplane to achieve spaceflight.

Saturday 21, 2003:
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the fifth book in J.K. Rowling's hugely popular Harry Potter series, is published.

Wednesday 21, 2000:
Section 28 repealed in Scotland with a 99 to 17 vote.

Wednesday 21, 1989:
The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Texas v. Johnson that flag burning is protected speech under the United States Constitution.

Monday 21, 1982:
Fête de la Musique street music festival inaugurated in France by Jack Lang.

Thursday 21, 1973:
In handing down the decision in Miller v. California 413 US 15, the Supreme Court of the United States establishes the Miller Test, which now governs obscenity in U.S. law.

Monday 21, 1965:
Folk rock band The Byrds release their highly influential debut album Mr. Tambourine Man.

Sunday 21, 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.

Friday 21, 1957:
Ellen Louks Fairclough sworn in as Canada's first woman Cabinet Minister

Saturday 21, 1947:
A seaman named Harold Dahl claims to have seen six UFOs near Maury Island, United States. The next morning Dahl reported the first modern MIB encounter.

Thursday 21, 1945:
World War II: Battle of Okinawa ends.

Sunday 21, 1942:
World War II: A Japanese submarine surfaces near the Columbia River in Oregon, firing 17 shells at nearby Fort Stevens in one of only a handful of attacks by the Japanese against the U.S. mainland.

Friday 21, 1940:
First successful west-to-east navigation of Northwest Passage begins at Vancouver, British Columbia.

Wednesday 21, 1939:
The New York Yankees U.S. baseball team announce Lou Gehrig's retirement.

Saturday 21, 1919:
Admiral Ludvig von Reuter scuttles the German fleet in Scapa Flow, Orkney. The nine sailors killed were the last casualties of the First World War.

Monday 21, 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.

Tuesday 21, 1898:
Guam becomes a U.S. territory.

Tuesday 21, 1887:
Queen Victoria's golden jubilee.

Thursday 21, 1877:
The Molly Maguires, ten Irish immigrants who were labor activists, are hanged in the Carbon County, Pennsylvania Prison.

Tuesday 21, 1864:
Maori Wars: The Tauranga Campaign ends.

Tuesday 21, 1859:
Franco-Austrian War: Battle of Solférino is fought. Witnessed by Henri Dunant, the results were the Geneva Conventions and the Red Cross.

Wednesday 21, 1826:
Maniots defeat Egyptians under Ibrahim Pasha in the Battle of Vergas

Monday 21, 1824:
Greek War of Independence: Egyptian forces capture Psara in the Aegean Sea.

Monday 21, 1813:
Laura Secord sets out to warn British forces of an impending U.S. attack on Queenston, Ontario.

Thursday 21, 1798:
Irish Rebellion of 1798: The British Army defeats Irish rebels at Battle of Vinegar Hill

Saturday 21, 1788:
New Hampshire ratifies the Constitution and is thus admitted as the 9th state in the United States.

Saturday 21, 1749:
Halifax, Nova Scotia, founded.

Monday 21, 1734:
In Montreal in New France (today primarily Quebec), a black slave known by the French name of Marie-Joseph Angélique was tortured and hanged by the French authorities in a public ceremony that involved her disgrace and the amputation of a hand.

Sunday 21, 1665:
First soldiers of Le Régiment de Carignan-Salières arrive at Quebec to invade Iroquois territories.

Monday 21, 1621:
an execution of 27 Czech lords on the Old Town Square in Prague as a consequence of the battle on the "White Mountain".

Wednesday 21, 524:
Battle of Vezerone: Burgundy triumphs over the French.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/21-june/on-this-day.html


People born on June 21

1986:
Maia Chong, Chinese supermodel and American artist (b: June 21, 1986) (Biography of Maia Chong)

1983:
Daniel Callahan, Stickin' it to the Man (b: June 21, 1983) (Biography of Daniel Callahan)

1982:
Prince William of Wales (b: June 21, 1982) (Biography of Prince William of Wales)

1981:
Brandon Flowers, American singer and keyboardist (The Killers) (b: June 21, 1981) (Biography of Brandon Flowers)

1976:
Mike Einziger, American musician (Incubus) (b: June 21, 1976) (Biography of Mike Einziger)
Nigel Lappin, Australian footballer (b: June 21, 1976) (Biography of Nigel Lappin)

1973:
Juliette Lewis, American actress (b: June 21, 1973) (Biography of Juliette Lewis)

1970:
Sindee Coxx, American pornographic actress (b: June 21, 1970) (Biography of Sindee Coxx)

1966:
Rudi Bakhtiar, American journalist (b: June 21, 1966) (Biography of Rudi Bakhtiar)

1964:
Doug Savant, American actor (b: June 21, 1964) (Biography of Doug Savant)

1962:
Viktor Tsoi, Russian musician (b: June 21, 1962 ; d: August 15, 1990) (Biography of Viktor Tsoi)

1959:
Marcella Detroit, singer and songwriter (Shakespear's Sister) (b: June 21, 1959) (Biography of Marcella Detroit)
Kathy Mattea, American country singer (b: June 21, 1959) (Biography of Kathy Mattea)

1958:
Gennady Padalka, cosmonaut (b: June 21, 1958) (Biography of Gennady Padalka)

1957:
Berkeley Breathed, American cartoonist and author (b: June 21, 1957) (Biography of Berkeley Breathed)

1955:
Tim Bray, Canadian computer programmer (b: June 21, 1955) (Biography of Tim Bray)
Michel Platini, French footballer (b: June 21, 1955) (Biography of Michel Platini)
Leigh McCloskey, American actor (b: June 21, 1955) (Biography of Leigh McCloskey)

1954:
Robert Menasse, Austrian writer (b: June 21, 1954) (Biography of Robert Menasse)

1953:
Benazir Bhutto, Prime Minister of Pakistan (b: June 21, 1953) (Biography of Benazir Bhutto)

1951:
Nils Lofgren, American musician (b: June 21, 1951) (Biography of Nils Lofgren)

1950:
Anne Carson, Canadian poet (b: June 21, 1950) (Biography of Anne Carson)

1948:
Ian McEwan, English writer (b: June 21, 1948) (Biography of Ian McEwan)
Lionel Rose, Australian boxer (b: June 21, 1948) (Biography of Lionel Rose)
Andrzej Sapkowski, Polish writer (b: June 21, 1948) (Biography of Andrzej Sapkowski)

1947:
Meredith Baxter, American actress (b: June 21, 1947) (Biography of Meredith Baxter)
Shirin Ebadi, Iranian activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b: June 21, 1947) (Biography of Shirin Ebadi)

1946:
Brenda Holloway, American musician (b: June 21, 1946) (Biography of Brenda Holloway)

1944:
Ray Davies, English musician (The Kinks) (b: June 21, 1944) (Biography of Ray Davies)

1943:
Salomé, Spanish singer (b: June 21, 1943) (Biography of Salomé (singer))

1942:
Henry Taylor, American poet (b: June 21, 1942) (Biography of Henry Taylor)

1940:
Mariette Hartley, American actress (b: June 21, 1940) (Biography of Mariette Hartley)

1939:
Ruben Berrios, Puerto Rican politician (b: June 21, 1939) (Biography of Ruben Berrios)

1935:
Françoise Sagan, French writer (b: June 21, 1935) (Biography of Françoise Sagan)

1931:
Margaret Mary O'Shaughnessy Heckler, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (b: June 21, 1931) (Biography of Margaret Mary O'Shaughnessy Heckler)

1930:
Sir Gerald Kaufman, British politician (b: June 21, 1930) (Biography of Gerald Kaufman)

1927:
Carl Stokes, Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio (b: June 21, 1927 ; d: April 3, 1996) (Biography of Carl Stokes)

1926:
Conrad Hall, Tahitian-born cinematographer (b: June 21, 1926 ; d: January 4, 2003) (Biography of Conrad Hall)

1925:
Maureen Stapleton, American actress (b: June 21, 1925) (Biography of Maureen Stapleton)

1921:
Judy Holliday, American actress (b: June 21, 1921 ; d: June 7, 1965) (Biography of Judy Holliday)
Jane Russell, American actress (b: June 21, 1921) (Biography of Jane Russell)

1919:
Gower Champion, dancer and choreographer (b: June 21, 1919 ; d: August 25, 1980) (Biography of Gower Champion)
Gérard Pelletier, French journalist, politician, and diplomat (b: June 21, 1919 ; d: June 22, 1997) (Biography of Gérard Pelletier)

1914:
William Vickrey, Canadian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: June 21, 1914) (Biography of William Vickrey)

1912:
Mary McCarthy, American writer (b: June 21, 1912) (Biography of Mary McCarthy)

1905:
Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and writer, recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature (refused) (b: June 21, 1905 ; d: April 15, 1980) (Biography of Jean-Paul Sartre)

1903:
Al Hirschfeld, American cartoonist (b: June 21, 1903 ; d: January 20, 2003) (Biography of Al Hirschfeld)

1898:
Donald C. Peattie, American botanist and writer (b: June 21, 1898) (Biography of Donald C. Peattie)

1896:
Charles B. Momsen, American inventor (b: June 21, 1896) (Biography of Charles B. Momsen)

1893:
Alois Hába, Czech composer (b: June 21, 1893) (Biography of Alois Hába)

1892:
Reinhold Niebuhr, Protestant theologian (b: June 21, 1892 ; d: June 1, 1971) (Biography of Reinhold Niebuhr)

1891:
Hermann Scherchen, German conductor (b: June 21, 1891 ; d: June 12, 1966) (Biography of Hermann Scherchen)
Pier Luigi Nervi, Italian architect (b: June 21, 1891) (Biography of Pier Luigi Nervi)

1889:
Ralph Craig, American athlete (b: June 21, 1889 ; d: July 21, 1972) (Biography of Ralph Craig)

1887:
Norman L. Bowen, Canadian petrologist (b: June 21, 1887) (Biography of Norman L. Bowen)

1884:
Claude Auchinleck, British field marshal (b: June 21, 1884) (Biography of Claude Auchinleck)

1883:
Lluís Companys i Jover, President of Catalonia (b: June 21, 1883) (Biography of Lluís Companys i Jover)

1882:
Rockwell Kent, American artist (b: June 21, 1882) (Biography of Rockwell Kent)

1880:
Arnold Gesell, American psychologist and pediatrician (b: June 21, 1880) (Biography of Arnold Gesell)

1864:
Heinrich Wölfflin, Swiss art historian (b: June 21, 1864) (Biography of Heinrich Wölfflin)

1863:
Max Wolf, German astronomer (b: June 21, 1863) (Biography of Max Wolf)

1862:
Damrong Rajanubhab, Thai prince and historian (b: June 21, 1862 ; d: December 1, 1943) (Biography of Damrong Rajanubhab)

1859:
Henry Ossawa Tanner, American painters (b: June 21, 1859) (Biography of Henry Ossawa Tanner)

1839:
Machado de Assis, Brazilian writer (b: June 21, 1839) (Biography of Machado de Assis)

1823:
Jean Chacornac, French astronomer (b: June 21, 1823 ; d: September 23, 1873) (Biography of Jean Chacornac)

1811:
Carlo Matteucci, Italian physicist (b: June 21, 1811) (Biography of Carlo Matteucci)

1781:
Siméon-Denis Poisson, French mathematician and physicist (b: June 21, 1781) (Biography of Simeon Poisson)

1774:
Daniel D. Tompkins, Congressman, Governor of New York, and sixth Vice President of the United States (b: June 21, 1774) (Biography of Daniel D. Tompkins)

1764:
Sidney Smith, British admiral (b: June 21, 1764 ; d: May 26, 1840) (Biography of Sidney Smith (admiral))

1763:
Pierre Paul Royer-Collard, French philosopher (b: June 21, 1763) (Biography of Pierre Paul Royer-Collard)

1736:
Enoch Poor, American general in the Continental Army (b: June 21, 1736 ; d: September 8, 1780) (Biography of Enoch Poor)

1676:
Anthony Collins, English philosopher (b: June 21, 1676 ; d: December 13, 1729) (Biography of Anthony Collins)

1646:
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, German philosopher and scientist (b: June 21, 1646) (Biography of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz)

1639:
Increase Mather, New England Puritan minister (b: June 21, 1639 ; d: August 23, 1723) (Biography of Increase Mather)

1535:
Leonhard Rauwolf, German physician and botanist (b: June 21, 1535 ; d: September 15, 1596) (Biography of Leonhard Rauwolf)

1002:
Pope Leo IX (b: June 21, 1002 ; d: April 19, 1054) (Biography of Pope Leo IX)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/21-june/births.html