June 21 in history
Events on June 21
Notable events that happened on June 21 in past years.
- 2025
A hot air balloon catches fire mid-flight and crashes in Praia Grande, Santa Catarina, Brazil, killing 8 of the 21 on board.
Wikipedia article: Hot air balloon - 2006
Pluto's newly discovered moons are officially named Nix and Hydra.
Wikipedia article: Pluto - 2004
SpaceShipOne becomes the first privately funded spaceplane to achieve spaceflight.
Wikipedia article: SpaceShipOne - 1989
The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397, that American flag-burning is a form of political protest protected by the First Amendment.
Wikipedia article: Supreme Court of the United States - 1973
The Primer Congreso del Hombre Andino is inaugurated in Arica, Chile.
Wikipedia article: Primer Congreso del Hombre Andino - 1963
Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini is elected as Pope Paul VI.
Wikipedia article: 1963 conclave - 1945
World War II: The Battle of Okinawa ends when the organized resistance of Imperial Japanese Army forces collapses in the Mabuni area on the southern tip of the main island.
Wikipedia article: Battle of Okinawa - 1940
World War II: Italy begins an unsuccessful invasion of France.
Wikipedia article: World War II - 1919
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police fire a volley into a crowd of unemployed war veterans, killing two, during the Winnipeg general strike.
Wikipedia article: Royal Canadian Mounted Police - 1900
Boxer Rebellion: China formally declares war on the United States, Britain, Germany, France and Japan, as an edict issued from the Empress Dowager Cixi.
Wikipedia article: Boxer Rebellion - 1826
Maniots defeat Egyptians under Ibrahim Pasha in the Battle of Vergas.
Wikipedia article: Maniots - 1791
King Louis XVI and his immediate family begin the Flight to Varennes during the French Revolution.
Wikipedia article: Louis XVI - 1734
In Montreal, New France, a slave known by the French name of Marie-Joseph Angélique is put to death, having been convicted of setting the fire that destroyed much of the city.
Wikipedia article: Montreal - 1529
French forces are driven out of northern Italy by Spain at the Battle of Landriano during the War of the League of Cognac.
- 217 BC
A Carthaginian force under Hannibal ambushes and defeats a Roman army commanded by Gaius Flaminius in the battle of lake Trasimene during the Second Punic War.
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