HISTORY FOR JUNE 21

June 21, 2001 Total solar eclipse in Madagascar-Atl Ocean (4m56s)
June 21, 1998 98th U.S. Golf Open: at Olympic Club SF
June 21, 1997 "Defending the Caveman," closes at Helen Hayes New York City after 671 performances
June 21, 1997 35th NHL draft Boston picks center Joe Thornton 1st
June 21, 1997 Women's National Basketball Association begins as New York Liberty beats LA Sparks
June 21, 1994 Steffi Graf becomes 1st defending tennis champ to lose in 1st round of a major tournament (Wimbledon to Lorrie McNeal)
June 21, 1993 "Camelot" opens at Gershwin Theater New York City for 56 performances
June 21, 1993 English mathematician Andrew Wiles proves last theorem of Fermat
June 21, 1993 STS-57 (Endeavour) launches into orbit
June 21, 1992 92nd U.S. Golf Open: Tom Kite shoots a 285 at Pebble Beach GL California
June 21, 1992 Actor Michael Chiklis (Commish) marries Michelle Epstein
June 21, 1992 Actress Marina Sirtis, Star Trek NG, marries rocker Michael Lamper
June 21, 1992 Danielle Ammaccapan wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
June 21, 1992 Last day of test cricket for Ian Botham and Allan Lamb
June 21, 1991 Islanders Denis Potvan and Michael Bossy inducted into NHL Hall of Fame
June 21, 1991 Jorg Haider resigns as premier of Karinthia
June 21, 1991 New York Islanders Denis Potvin and Mike Bossy, elected to Hockey Hall of Fame
June 21, 1990 Little Richard gets a star on Hollywood's walk of fame
June 21, 1990 Parliament of W and E Germany recognize Oder-Neissegrens
June 21, 1990 U.S. House of Representatives vote 254-177 to stop U.S. flag burning, doesn't pass
June 21, 1990 At Yankee Stadium rally, Nelson Mandela dons a New York Yankee baseball cap and proclaims "I am a Yankee!"
June 21, 1989 Carlton Fisk becomes AL catcher HR hitter, 307th at Yankee stadium
June 21, 1989 Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson remarry
June 21, 1989 Supreme Court rules ok to burn U.S. flag as a political expression
June 21, 1989 Yankees trade Rickey Henderson to A's for Plunk, Cadaret and Polonia
June 21, 1988 42nd NBA Championship: Los Angeles Lakers beat Detroit Pistons, 4 games to 3
June 21, 1988 Many killed at demonstration against general Ne Win in Rangoon
June 21, 1988 Rascals begin 1st tour in 20 years
June 21, 1987 87th U.S. Golf Open: Scott Simpson shoots a 277 at Olympic Club in SF
June 21, 1987 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
June 21, 1987 Discovery rolls over from OPF to Vandenberg AFB
June 21, 1987 Mike Tyson sexually harasses a parking lot attendant
June 21, 1986 "Living on Video" by Trans-X peaks at #61
June 21, 1986 "Vienna Calling" by Falco peaks at #18
June 21, 1986 Bo Jackson, Heisman Trophy winner, singns with Kansas City Royals
June 21, 1986 Heike Drechsler of East Germany long jumps 7.45 m (women's record)
June 21, 1986 President Reagan gives speech defending his judicial appointments
June 21, 1985 American, Brazilian and West German forensic pathologists confirm skeletal remains exhumed in Brazil were Nazi Dr. Josef Mengele
June 21, 1983 Stephanie Kay Ashmore, of Alabama, 18, crowned America's Junior Miss
June 21, 1983 Tennis ace Arthur Ashe undergoes double bypass heart surgery
June 21, 1982 Paul McCartney releases "Take it Away"
June 21, 1982 Washington D.C. jury finds John Hinckley, Jr. innocent by insanity
June 21, 1982 John Hinckley found not guilty of 1981 attempted assassination of President Reagan by reason of insanity
June 21, 1981 12-bottle case of 1979 Napamedoc Cabernet wine auctioned for $24,000
June 21, 1981 81st U.S. Golf Open: David Graham shoots 273 at Merion GC in Ardmore Pa
June 21, 1981 Don Fagan and Walter Becker quit Steely Dan
June 21, 1981 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf
June 21, 1981 Riots at Casablanca, kills 66-200
June 21, 1981 Socialists/communists win French parliamentary election
June 21, 1979 Sri Lanka beat Canada by 60 runs to win the 1st ICC Trophy
June 21, 1978 Andrew Lloyd Webber and Rice's musical "Evita," premiers in London
June 21, 1977 Former White House chief of staff HR Haldeman enters prison
June 21, 1977 Menachem Begin (Likud), becomes Israel's 6th PM
June 21, 1976 Berlinguers PCI wins election in Italy
June 21, 1975 "Jaws" by Steven Spielberg opens
June 21, 1975 Elton John, Eagles and Beach Boys play Wembley
June 21, 1975 Ritchie Blackmore quits Deep Purple, forms Rainbow
June 21, 1975 Soyuz 19 returns to Earth
June 21, 1975 West Indies beat Australia by 17 runs to win Cricket World Cup
June 21, 1971 50,000 attend Celebration of Life, rock concert, McCrea Louisiana
June 21, 1971 71st U.S. Golf Open: Lee Trevino shoots a 280 at Merion GC in Ardmore PA
June 21, 1971 Indians Ken Harrelson retires from baseball to play pro golf
June 21, 1971 International Court of Justice asks South-Africa to pull out of Namibia
June 21, 1970 70th U.S. Golf Open: Tony Jacklin shoots a 281 at Hazeltine National Minn
June 21, 1970 Brazil beats Italy, 4-1, to win soccer's World Cup, in Mexico City
June 21, 1970 Detroit's Cesar Gutierrez goes 7-for-7 to tie a record set in 1892
June 21, 1970 Judy Rankin wins LPGA George Washington Golf Classic
June 21, 1969 Dmitri Shostakovitch's 14th Symphony, premieres in Moscow
June 21, 1969 John Pennel pole vaults world record (5.45 m)
June 21, 1969 Zager and Evans release "In the Year 2525"
June 21, 1968 Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren resigns
June 21, 1967 Yanks take 5-3 lead in 11th and lose 6-5, in 2nd game Red Sox lead 3-2 in 9th and Yanks beat them 6-3
June 21, 1966 Queen Juliana opens Coen tunnel in Amsterdam
June 21, 1965 65th U.S. Golf Open: Gary Player shoots 282 at Bellerive CC in St. Louis
June 21, 1964 Beckwith arrested for murder of Medger Evers, found guilty 30 yr later
June 21, 1964 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Lady Carling Eastern Golf Open
June 21, 1964 Phillies Jim Bunning pitches perfect game (Mets) on Fathers day, in 2nd game of DH, Mets get 3 hits, 3 being fewest hits in NL DH
June 21, 1963 Pope Paul VI (Giovanni Battista Montini) succeeds John XXIII
June 21, 1962 USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 75,190 m
June 21, 1960 Armin Hary runs world record 100m (10.0)
June 21, 1956 Anti-protons detected in the atmosphere
June 21, 1956 German DR frees almost 19,000 prisoners
June 21, 1956 Oriole Connie Johnson beats WS Jack Harshman (1-0) in dual 1 hitters
June 21, 1954 John Landy runs world record mile (3:58.0)
June 21, 1952 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open
June 21, 1951 "17" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 180 performances
June 21, 1951 Patty Berg wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open
June 21, 1951 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Evangelii praecones
June 21, 1950 Joe DiMaggio gets his 2,000th hit
June 21, 1948 1st stored computer program run, on Manchester Mark I
June 21, 1948 33 1/3 RPM LP record introduced (DR Peter Goldmark-Columbia Records)
June 21, 1948 Lord Mountbatten resigns as Governor-General of India
June 21, 1948 Rhodes conference on Israeli-Arab war opens
June 21, 1948 WNAC (now KNEV) TV channel 7 in Boston, MA (CBS) begins broadcasting
June 21, 1948 Columbia commits to 33 1/3 rpm records, plans to phase out 78's as Dr. Peter Goldmark of CBS demonstrates "long playing record"
June 21, 1946 10 die in fire at Baker Hotel, Dallas Texas
June 21, 1946 Bill Veeck buys Indians for $2.2 million
June 21, 1946 Fed judge rules Seattle club doesn't have to play returning serviceman
June 21, 1945 U.S. defeat Japanese forces on Okinawa during WW II
June 21, 1943 Federal troops put down racial riot in Detroit 30 dead
June 21, 1942 129 degrees F (54 degrees C), Tirat Zevi, Israel
June 21, 1942 Jacqueline Kennedy's mother marries Hugh Auchincloss
June 21, 1942 President Roosevelt/premier Churchill arrives in Washington, D.C.
June 21, 1942 Rommel takes Tobruk in North Africa
June 21, 1942 Seinheuer throws female world record spear (47.24m)
June 21, 1941 2nd French troops occupies Damascus Syria
June 21, 1941 After winning 20 straight at Fenway, Lefty Grove loses to Browns
June 21, 1940 German occupiers disband Dutch States-General/Council of State
June 21, 1939 Doctors reveal Lou Gehrig has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
June 21, 1939 New York Yankees announce Lou Gehrig's retirement
June 21, 1938 Baseball's Pinky Higgins gets 12th straight hit
June 21, 1938 Bradman scores 101* in 77 minutes, Australia vs. Lancashire
June 21, 1937 French People's front government-Blum falls
June 21, 1933 1st Great Lakes-to-Gulf of Mexico barge trip completed, New Orleans
June 21, 1932 Heavyweight Jack Sharkey TKOs Max Schmeling (New York City)
June 21, 1932 Jack Sharkey beats Max Schmeling in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
June 21, 1930 Ruth hits 3 home runs as Yanks blow 6-0 lead in 7th and lose 15-7
June 21, 1924 NCRV, Dutch Christian Radio Society, forms
June 21, 1923 Marcus Garvey sentenced to 5 years for using mail to defraud
June 21, 1921 HSC '21 soccer team forms in Haaksbergen
June 21, 1919 Bauer forms German government
June 21, 1919 German Admiral von Reuter scuttles his own captured fleet
June 21, 1917 Hawaiian Red Cross forms
June 21, 1916 Boston Rube Forster no-hits New York Yankees, 2-0
June 21, 1916 Mexican troops beat U.S. expeditionary force under Gen Pershing
June 21, 1915 Anti-British revolt in South-Africa ends with arrest of Gen De Law
June 21, 1913 Tiny Broadwick is 1st woman to parachute from an airplane
June 21, 1907 13th U.S. Golf Open: Alec Ross shoots a 302 at Philadelphia Cricket Club PA
June 21, 1907 E. W. Scripps founded United Press
June 21, 1904 Boston Herald tells of Red Sox trade "Dougherty as a Yankee," 1st known reference to New York club as Yankees (became Yankees in 1913)
June 21, 1903 Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Mazarine Stone" takes place
June 21, 1900 Dodgers score 7 in top of 11th to go ahead of Phillies, 20-13, In bottom of 11th Phillies stalls so umpire forfeits game to Dodgers
June 21, 1898 Guam becomes a territory of U.S.
June 21, 1895 British Roseberry government falls
June 21, 1894 Workers in Pittsburgh strike Pullman sleeping car company
June 21, 1893 1st Ferris wheel premieres, Chicago's Columbian Exposition
June 21, 1887 Britain celebrates golden jubilee of Queen Victoria
June 21, 1879 F. W. Woolworth opens 1st store, failed almost immediately
June 21, 1868 Wagner's opera "Meistersinger von Nuernberg," premieres in Munich
June 21, 1863 Battle at Upperville Virginia, 389 casualities
June 21, 1858 Louisiana chess prodigy Paul Morphy arrives in Europe
June 21, 1849 Battle at Waghausel: Prussian troops beat Baden rebels
June 21, 1834 Cyrus Hall McCormick patents reaping machine
June 21, 1821 African Methodist Episcopal Zion (AMEZ) Church organizes (New York City)
June 21, 1805 Great Stoneface Mt. found in New Hampshire
June 21, 1792 Vancouver meets Spanish ships Sutil and Mexicana off Vancouver, BC
June 21, 1791 Fleeing French King Louis XVI and family captured at Varennes-en-Argonne
June 21, 1788 U.S. Constitution goes into effect as New Hampshire is 9th to ratify
June 21, 1788 Vizille France population demands local parliament
June 21, 1768 1st U.S. bachelor of medicine degree, Dr. John Archer
June 21, 1749 Pieter Steyn installed as pension advisor of Neth
June 21, 1684 King Charles II revokes Massachusetts Bay Colony charter
June 21, 1672 Dutch pension advisor Johan de Witt seriously wounded
June 21, 1672 French troops under king Louis XIV occupy Utrecht
June 21, 1667 Dutch Admiral Michiel de Ruyter occupies Sheerness, England
June 21, 1661 Treaty of Kardis: Russia and Sweden sign peace treaty
June 21, 1633 Galileo Galilei is forced by Inquisition to "abjure, curse, and detest" his Copernican heliocentric views
June 21, 1607 1st Protestant Episcopal parish in America established, Jamestown
June 21, 1572 Garrison under Adrian of Swieten conquers Gouda
June 21, 1547 Great fire in Moscow
June 21, 1529 Battle at Landriano: Leyva beats France
June 21, 1498 Jews are expelled from Nurenberg Bavaria by Emperor Maximillian
June 21, 1128 Battle of Akspoele: earl Willem of Normandy beats Diederik
June 21, 996 Pope Gregory V crowns Otto III Roman Catholic German emperor of Elzas
June 21, 524 Battle at Vezerone: Burgundy beats France

BIRTHDAYS FOR JUNE 21
June 21, 1982 William of Wales, son of Prince Chuck and Lady Di
June 21, 1980 Richard Jefferson, American Athlete
June 21, 1977 Jochen Hecht, Mannheim GER, hockey forward, Team Germany 1998
June 21, 1976 Natalia Cronenbold Aguilera, Miss Universe-Bolivia 1996
June 21, 1974 Rob Kelly, safety for the New Orleans Saints
June 21, 1973 Alyson Annan, born in Sydney, Australia, field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics
June 21, 1973 Juliette Lewis, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Natural Born Killers, Cape Fear
June 21, 1973 Merlakia Jones, WNBA guard and forward for the Cleveland Rockers
June 21, 1973 Sammie Burroughs, linebacker for the Indianapolis Colts
June 21, 1972 Andrew Jordan, NFL tight end for the Minnesota Vikings
June 21, 1972 Billy Milner, NFL tackle for the Miami Dolphins
June 21, 1972 Heath Rylance, CFL quarterback for the Saskatchewan Roughriders
June 21, 1972 Jamal Ellis, NFL/WLAF cornerback, Denver Broncos, Rhein Fire
June 21, 1972 Marv Marshall, NFL/WLAF receiver, Buccaneers, Barcelona Dragons
June 21, 1972 Tony Berti, NFL tackle for the San Diego Chargers
June 21, 1971 Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, Crown Prince/son of King of Nepal
June 21, 1971 Nicole Stevenson, born in Melbourne, Australia, backstroker, Oly-bronze-92, 96
June 21, 1971 Tyrone Drakeford, NFL cornerback for the San Francisco 49ers
June 21, 1971 Ryan Carey, CFL safety for the Saskatchewan Roughriders
June 21, 1970 Brandon Moore, NFL tackle for the New England Patriots
June 21, 1970 John Roethlisberger, born in Afton, Minnesota, gymnast, Olympics-5th-96
June 21, 1969 Chris Perez, CFL tackle for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
June 21, 1969 Donovan Osborne, born in Roseville, California, pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals
June 21, 1968 Alastair Campbell Mackintosh, Hamilton NZ, coxless rower 1996 Olympics
June 21, 1968 Brandon Douglas, born in Oklahoma City, actor, Dr. Quinn, Father's Homecoming
June 21, 1968 Darryl Shannon, Barrie, NHL defenseman for the Buffalo Sabres
June 21, 1968 Henry Newby, NFL linebacker for the Seattle Seahawks
June 21, 1967 Derrick Coleman, NBA forward for the Philadelphia 76ers
June 21, 1967 Michele Smith, softball pitcher, 1996 Olympics gold
June 21, 1967 Nicole Kidman, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, actress, Dead Calm, Far and Away
June 21, 1967 Robert Drummond, CFL running back for the Toronto Argonauts
June 21, 1967 Tim Simenson, rocker, Bomb the Bass
June 21, 1966 David Williams, NFL tackle, Houston Oilers, New York Jets
June 21, 1966 Nan Woods, actress, 1 More Saturday Night
June 21, 1965 Michael Dolan, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, actor, Hamburger Hill, Liberace
June 21, 1964 Doug Savant, born in Burbank, California, actor, Matt Fielding-Melrose Place
June 21, 1964 Kari Kennell, born in Colorado, playmate, Feb, 1988, /actress, Eric's Revenge
June 21, 1964 Sammi Davis-Voss, born in Kidderminster, England, actress, Hope and Glory
June 21, 1963 Jeff Musselman, baseball player
June 21, 1963 Mike Sherrard, NFL wide receiver for the New York Giants
June 21, 1962 Marc Copage, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Corey Baker-Julia
June 21, 1961 Kip Winger, rocker, Winger-17
June 21, 1959 Kathy Mattea, country singer, Love at the Five and Dime
June 21, 1959 Tom Chambers, NBA forward, center, Seattle SuperSonics, Phoenix Suns
June 21, 1958 Gennadi Ivanovich Padalka, Russian major/cosmonaut, SK: Soyuz TM-28
June 21, 1957 Berke Breathed, cartoonist, Vegetarian, Bloom County, Outland
June 21, 1957 Mark Brzezicki, rock drummer, Big Country-Wonderland
June 21, 1957 Berkeley Breathed, American Cartoonist
June 21, 1956 Mikhail Burtsev, U.S.S.R., sabres 1976 Olympics gold
June 21, 1956 Rick Sutcliffe, pitcher, Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs
June 21, 1955 David Marshall Grant, born in Westport CT, actor, Legs, French Postcards
June 21, 1955 Leigh J McCloskey, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Dallas, Executive Suite, Gen Hosp
June 21, 1955 Tim Bray, Canadian Inventor
June 21, 1954 Anne Kirkbridge, actress, Deidre-Coronation Street
June 21, 1954 Jeremy Coney, cricketer, NZ captain turned them into world-beaters
June 21, 1954 Robert Pastorelli, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Eldin-Murphy Brown
June 21, 1953 Benazir Bhutto, 1st female leader of a Moslem nation, Pakistan
June 21, 1953 Charlie Moore, Jr., baseball player
June 21, 1953 Robyn Douglass, Sendai Japan, actress, Lonely Guy, Romantic Comedy
June 21, 1952 James H. Douglas, American Politician
June 21, 1951 Nils Lofgren, Chicago, guitarist, singer and songwriter, East Street Band
June 21, 1950 Joey Kramer, born in New York City, hard rock drummer, Aerosmith-Toys in the Attic
June 21, 1950 Terry Miskolczi, Dunnville ON, Canadian Tour golfer, 1976 Alberta-3rd
June 21, 1949 Jim Bacchus, Rep-D-Florida
June 21, 1948 Joey Malland, Liverpool, rock guitarist, Badfinger-Come and Get It
June 21, 1948 Leo Sayers, rocker, You Make Me Feel Like Dancing
June 21, 1948 Ian Mcewan, British Author
June 21, 1947 Dana Rohrabacher, Rep-R-California
June 21, 1947 Lex van Delden, Dutch actor, Soldier of Orange
June 21, 1947 Meredith Baxter-Birney, California, actr, Family Ties, Bridget Loves Bernie
June 21, 1947 Michael Gross, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Family Ties, FBI murders
June 21, 1947 Meredith Baxter, American Actress
June 21, 1946 Brenda Holloway, U.S. singer and songwriter, When I'm Gone
June 21, 1946 Kate Hoey, British MP, Lab
June 21, 1946 Malcolm Rifkind, British QC MP, Secretary of State for Defense
June 21, 1946 Maurice Saatchi, English advertising CEO, Saatchi and Saatchi
June 21, 1945 Chris Britton, England, rock guitarist, Troggs-Wild Thing
June 21, 1944 Corinna Tsopel, born in Athens, actress, Man Called Horse, /Miss Universe, 64
June 21, 1944 Frans Luitjes, Dutch athlete
June 21, 1944 Jon Hiseman, rocker
June 21, 1944 Miguel Danus, Vicens rocker
June 21, 1944 Ray Davies, London, singer/guitarist, Kinks-Come Dancing
June 21, 1942 Marg Margolies-Mezvinsky, Rep-D-Pennsylvania
June 21, 1942 William Bradford Reynolds, U.S. asst attorney general
June 21, 1941 Pia J Barendrecht, Indonesian/Dutch actress, Pinokkio
June 21, 1940 Joe Flaherty, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, comedian, SCTV, Blue Monday
June 21, 1940 Mariette Hartley, born in New York City, actress, Poloroid spokesperson, Marooned
June 21, 1939 Charles Boone, composer
June 21, 1938 Dan Burton, Rep-R-IN, 1983-
June 21, 1938 James Botten, cricketer, all-rounder in 1965 South Africa series vs. England
June 21, 1938 Ron Ely, Hereford, Texas, actor, Tarzan, Doc Savage
June 21, 1937 Anna Davies, prof of Comparative Philology, Oxford U
June 21, 1937 John Edrich, cricketer, England left-handed batsman, 310* vs. NZ 1965
June 21, 1936 O C Smith, rocker
June 21, 1935 Francoise Sagan, born in Cajarc, France, novelist, Bonjour Trieste
June 21, 1935 Monte Markham, born in Manatee, Florida, actor, Second Hundred Years, Dallas
June 21, 1934 Wulf Kirsten, writer
June 21, 1933 Bernie Kopell, born in New York City, actor, Love Boat, Get Smart, That Girl
June 21, 1932 Bernard Ingham, press secretary, Margaret Thatcher
June 21, 1932 Lalo Schifrin, Buenos Aires, Argentina, composer
June 21, 1932 Ocie Lee "OC" Smith, U.S. jazz singer, Little Green Apples
June 21, 1931 Lawrence K. Grossman, News president, NBC-TV
June 21, 1931 Margaret Heckler, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, 1983-85
June 21, 1930 Gerald Kaufman, British MP, shadow Foreign Secretary
June 21, 1930 Mike McCormack, NFL offensive tackle, New York Yankees, Cleveland, Phila
June 21, 1930 Patricia Lindop, radio biologist
June 21, 1930 Peter Marshall, police commissioner, London
June 21, 1929 Agha Saadat Ali, cricketer, Paki bat in Test vs. NZ 1956, scored 8*
June 21, 1929 John Morgan, British ambassador, to Mexico
June 21, 1928 Judith Raskin, born in New York City, soprano, Susanna-Le Nozze di Figaro
June 21, 1928 V G Yershov, cosmonaut
June 21, 1927 Carl Burton Stokes, born in Cleveland, Mayor-Cleve, /TV newscaster
June 21, 1927 Jackie Collum, baseball player
June 21, 1926 Conrad Hall, American Artist
June 21, 1925 Maureen Stapleton, born in Troy, New York, actress, Airport, Coccoon, Plaza Suite
June 21, 1924 Wally Fawkes, cartoonist/jazz clarinettist
June 21, 1923 John Compton, born in Lynchburg, Tennessee, actor, Shannon-D.A.'s Man
June 21, 1922 Jim McConnon, cricketer, England off-spinner against Pakistan 1954
June 21, 1922 Judy Holliday, born in New York City, comedienne/actress, Born Yesterday, Adam's Rib
June 21, 1921 Frank Scott, born in Fargo ND, pianist, Lawrence Welk Show
June 21, 1921 H Heiáenbuttel, writer
June 21, 1921 Jane Russell, born in Bemidji, Minnesota, full-figured actress, Outlaw
June 21, 1921 Jean Kent, born in London, England, actress, Adv of Sir Francis Drake
June 21, 1921 Joan Tetzel, born in New York City, actress, Hell Below Zero, Joy in the Morning
June 21, 1920 Helen Cattanach, British Army Nursing Service, QARANC
June 21, 1918 James Bysse Joll, historian
June 21, 1916 Joe Bamford, British manufacturer/multi-millionaire
June 21, 1914 Jan Decadt, composer
June 21, 1914 William Vickrey, economist
June 21, 1913 Irving Shulman, author/screenwriter
June 21, 1912 Mary McCarthy, U.S., novelist, Group
June 21, 1910 Bela Tardos, composer
June 21, 1910 Charles Jones, composer
June 21, 1909 Kurt Schwaen, composer
June 21, 1906 Luis Maria Millet, composer
June 21, 1905 Jacques Goddot, French publisher, Tour de France
June 21, 1905 Jean Paul Sartre, existentialist/writer, Le Mur, Nobel 1964; declined
June 21, 1905 Jean-Paul Sartre, French Philosopher
June 21, 1903 Alf Sjoberg, Stockholm Sweden, director, Fadern, Oen, Domaren
June 21, 1903 Dorothy Stickney, Dickinson ND, actress, And So They Were Married
June 21, 1903 Helene Costello, dancer/actress, Love Toy
June 21, 1903 Louis Krasner, violinist
June 21, 1903 Al Hirschfeld, American Cartoonist
June 21, 1902 Wilhelm Maler, composer
June 21, 1900 Gunnar Ek, composer
June 21, 1899 Pavel Haas, composer
June 21, 1893 Alois Haba, Czechoslovakia, opera, composer, Mother
June 21, 1892 Hilding Rosenberg, Bosjokloster Sweden, composer, Babels Torn
June 21, 1892 Reinhold Niebuhr, U.S., theologian, Nature and Destiny of Man
June 21, 1891 Hermann Scherchen, Berlin Germany, conductor, Nature of Music
June 21, 1891 Pier Luigi Nervi, Italian architect, Nuove Struttura
June 21, 1884 Claude "Auk" Auchinleck, British fieldmarshal North-Africa
June 21, 1884 Claude Auchinleck, British Soldier
June 21, 1883 Fjodor W. Gladkow, Russian writer, Cement
June 21, 1882 Rockwell Kent, artist/painter/illustrator, Canterbury Tales
June 21, 1880 Josiah Stamp, British Businessman
June 21, 1879 Umberto Brunelleschi, Italian cartoonist/illustrator, Candide
June 21, 1876 Willem H Keesom, physicist, helium vast
June 21, 1873 Henry M Tomlinson, British writer, Sea and Jungle
June 21, 1865 Albert Herbert Brewer, composer
June 21, 1862 Henry Holden Huss, composer
June 21, 1862 Johannes Schlaf, writer
June 21, 1859 Henry O Tanner, artist
June 21, 1851 Daniel Carter Beard, U.S., organized 1st boy scout troop
June 21, 1844 Ernest F Cambier, Belgian colonial pioneer, 1st railway Congo.
June 21, 1839 Joaquim M Machado de Assic, Brazil, writer, Epitaph of a small winner
June 21, 1839 Johannes P R Tak, Dutch liberal politician
June 21, 1839 John Decatur Barry, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1867
June 21, 1839 Machado de Assis, writer
June 21, 1823 Edward Elmer Potter, Bvt Mjr General Union volunteers, died in 1889
June 21, 1818 Ernst II, duke of Saxon-Coburg-Gotha, 1844-93, /composer
June 21, 1818 Joseph Abel Haskin, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1874
June 21, 1817 James Brewerton Ricketts, Bvt Major General Union Army, died in 1887
June 21, 1811 Matthew Simpson, American Clergyman
June 21, 1805 Karl Friedrich Curschmann, composer
June 21, 1792 Ferdinand Christian Baur, German Theologian
June 21, 1790 Wilhelm Speyer, composer
June 21, 1781 Simeon-Denis Poisson, French mathematician, Poisson verdeling
June 21, 1781 Simeon Poisson, French Mathematician
June 21, 1774 Daniel D Tompkins, D-R, 6th U.S. vice-president, 1817-25
June 21, 1763 Pierre P Royer-Collard, French attorney/philosopher
June 21, 1750 Thomas Spence, English Writer
June 21, 1740 Hendrik van Wijn, Dutch archivist, Algemeen Rijksarchief
June 21, 1732 Johann Christoph Frederic Bach, composer
June 21, 1732 Martha Washington, 1st, 1st lady, 1789-97
June 21, 1731 Martha Washington, American First Lady
June 21, 1730 Norinaga Moto'ori, Japanese scientist
June 21, 1668 Cajetan Kolberer, composer
June 21, 1640 Abraham Mignon, still life painter
June 21, 1596 Michael Fjodorovitsj, tsar of Russia, 1613-45, /1st Romanov
June 21, 1577 Giovanni Del Turco, composer
June 21, 1002 Leo IX, [Bruno count of Egesheim and Dagsburg], Pope, 1049-54