2012 Indian Ocean migrant boat disaster
2012
A boat carrying more than 200 migrants capsizes in the Indian Ocean between the Indonesian island of Java and Christmas Island, killing 17 people and leaving 70 others missing..
June-21
Historical Events on June 21
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Indonesian Air Force
An Indonesian Air Force Fokker F27 Friendship crashes near Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport, killing 11.
2012
Greenland
Greenland assumes self-rule.
2009
Pluto
Pluto's newly discovered moons are officially named Nix and Hydra.
2006
Yeti Airlines
A Yeti Airlines de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter crashes at Jumla Airport in Nepal, killing nine people.
2006
Edgar Ray Killen
2005
Edgar Ray Killen, who had previously been unsuccessfully tried for the murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Mickey Schwerner, is convicted of manslaughter 41 years afterwards (the case had been reopened in 2004)..
SpaceShipOne
SpaceShipOne becomes the first privately funded spaceplane to achieve spaceflight.
2004
Alexandria, Virginia
A federal grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia, indicts 13 Saudis and a Lebanese in the 1996 bombing of the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia that killed 19 American servicemen.
2001
Section 28
Section 28 (of the Local Government Act 1988), outlawing the 'promotion' of homosexuality in the United Kingdom, is repealed in Scotland with a 99 to 17 vote.
2000
Space Shuttle Endeavour
Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-57 to retrieve the European Retrievable Carrier (EURECA) satellite. It is also the first shuttle mission to carry the Spacehab module.
1993
Supreme Court of the United States
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..
Braathens SAFE Flight 139
Braathens SAFE Flight 139 is hijacked on approach to Oslo Airport, Fornebu. Special forces arrest the hijacker and there are no fatalities.
1985
John Hinckley Jr.
John Hinckley is found not guilty by reason of insanity for the attempted assassination of U.S. President Ronald Reagan.
1982
Tim Rice
The original production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, Evita, based on the life of Eva Perón, opens at the Prince Edward Theatre, London.
1978
Primer Congreso del Hombre Andino
The Primer Congreso del Hombre Andino is inaugurated in Arica, Chile.
1973
Miller v. California
1973
In its decision in Miller v. California, 413 U.S. 15, the Supreme Court of the United States establishes the Miller test for determining whether something is obscene and not protected speech under the U.S. constitution..
Penn Central Transportation Company
Penn Central declares Section 77 bankruptcy in what was the largest U.S. corporate bankruptcy to date.
1970
Civil rights movement
Three civil rights workers, Andrew Goodman, James Chaney and Michael Schwerner, are murdered in Neshoba County, Mississippi, United States, by members of the Ku Klux Klan.
1964
1963 conclave
Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini is elected as Pope Paul VI.
1963
Ellen Fairclough
Ellen Fairclough is sworn in as Canada's first female Cabinet Minister.
1957
Polytechnic University of the Philippines
1952
The Philippine School of Commerce, through a republic act, is converted to Philippine College of Commerce, later to be the Polytechnic University of the Philippines..
Battle of Okinawa
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.
1945
Axis capture of Tobruk
World War II: Tobruk falls to Italian and German forces; 33,000 Allied troops are taken prisoner.
1942
Bombardment of Fort Stevens
World War II: A Japanese submarine surfaces near the Columbia River in Oregon, firing 17 shells at Fort Stevens in one of only a handful of attacks by Japan against the United States mainland.
1942
World War II
World War II: Italy begins an unsuccessful invasion of France.
1940
Conscription
1930
One-year conscription comes into force in France..
Dwight Morrow
An agreement brokered by U.S. Ambassador Dwight Whitney Morrow ends the Cristero War in Mexico.
1929
Knockcroghery
The Irish village of Knockcroghery was burned by British forces.
1921
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police fire a volley into a crowd of unemployed war veterans, killing two, during the Winnipeg general strike.
1919
Ludwig von Reuter
Admiral Ludwig von Reuter scuttles the German fleet at Scapa Flow, Orkney. The nine sailors killed are the last casualties of World War I.
1919
Supreme Court of the United States
1915
The U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision in Guinn v. United States 238 US 347 1915, striking down Oklahoma grandfather clause legislation which had the effect of denying the right to vote to blacks..
Boxer Rebellion
Boxer Rebellion: China formally declares war on the United States, Britain, Germany, France and Japan, as an edict issued from the Empress Dowager Cixi.
1900
Capture of Guam
The United States captures Guam from Spain. The few warning shots fired by the U.S. naval vessels are misinterpreted as salutes by the Spanish garrison, which was unaware that the two nations were at war.
1898
American Civil War
American Civil War: The Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road begins.
1864
Wallachian Revolution of 1848
In the Wallachian Revolution, Ion Heliade Rădulescu and Christian Tell issue the Proclamation of Islaz and create a new republican government.
1848
Maniots
1826
Maniots defeat Egyptians under Ibrahim Pasha in the Battle of Vergas..
Greek War of Independence
Greek War of Independence: Egyptian forces capture Psara in the Aegean Sea.
1824
Peninsular War
Peninsular War: Wellington defeats Joseph Bonaparte at the Battle of Vitoria.
1813
Irish Rebellion of 1798
Irish Rebellion of 1798: The British Army defeats Irish rebels at the Battle of Vinegar Hill.
1798
Louis XVI
King Louis XVI of France and his immediate family begin the Flight to Varennes during the French Revolution.
1791
New Hampshire
1788
New Hampshire becomes the ninth state to ratify the Constitution of the United States..
James Otis Jr.
James Otis Jr. offends the King and Parliament in a speech to the Massachusetts General Court.
1768
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Halifax, Nova Scotia, is founded.
1749
Montreal
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.
1734
Old Town Square execution
Execution of 27 Czech noblemen on the Old Town Square in Prague as a consequence of the Battle of White Mountain.
1621
Sengoku period
1582
Sengoku period: Oda Nobunaga, the most powerful of the Japanese daimyōs, is forced to commit suicide by his own general Akechi Mitsuhide..
Kingdom of France
French forces are driven out of northern Italy by Spain at the Battle of Landriano during the War of the League of Cognac.
1529
Külüg Khan
Külüg Khan is enthroned as Khagan of the Mongols and Wuzong of the Yuan.
1307
Belisarius
A Byzantine expeditionary fleet under Belisarios sails from Constantinople to attack the Vandals in Africa, via Greece and Sicily.
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