Today in History
21 June
317 births · 113 deaths · 50 events recorded
Notable Births
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Lil Bub
b. 2011
Internet celebrity cat (2011–2019)
Alexandra Obolentseva
b. 2001
Russian chess player (born 2001)
Dylan Brown
b. 2000
New Zealand international rugby league footballer
Lana Del Rey
b. 1985
American singer-songwriter (born 1985)
Irene van Dyk
b. 1972
New Zealand and South Africa netball international
Kathy Mattea
b. 1959
American musician, activist (born 1959)
Wade Phillips
b. 1947
American football coach (born 1947)
Mary McCarthy (author)
b. 1912
American novelist and political activist (1912–1989)
Notable Deaths
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Frederick Crews
d. 2024
American essayist and literary critic (1933–2024)
Winnie Ewing
d. 2023
Scottish politician (1929–2023)
Charles Krauthammer
d. 2018
American psychiatrist and journalist (1950–2018)
Darryl Hamilton
d. 2015
American baseball player and analyst (1964–2015)
Veijo Meri
d. 2015
Finnish writer
Remo Remotti
d. 2015
Italian actor, playwright, artist, and poet
Inigo Jones
d. 1652
English architect (1573–1652)
Niccolò Machiavelli
d. 1527
Florentine statesman, diplomat, and political theorist (1469–1527)
On This Day in History
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2025
A hot air balloon catches fire mid-flight and crashes in Praia Grande, Santa Catarina, Brazil, killing 8 of the 21 on board.
Hot air balloon
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.
2012 Indian Ocean migrant boat disaster
2012
An Indonesian Air Force Fokker F27 Friendship crashes near Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport, killing 11.
Indonesian Air Force
2009
Greenland assumes self-rule.
Greenland
2006
Pluto's newly discovered moons are officially named Nix and Hydra.
Pluto
2006
A Yeti Airlines de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter crashes at Jumla Airport in Nepal, killing nine people.
Yeti Airlines
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).
Edgar Ray Killen
2004
SpaceShipOne becomes the first privately funded spaceplane to achieve spaceflight.
SpaceShipOne