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21 June 2028
Holidays, observances, history and sky information for this date.
Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
United Nations
International Day of YogaSelected anniversaries
Anniversary
2000 - President Bill Clinton awarded the Medal of Honor to 22 Asian Americans, mostly from the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, for actions during World War II.President of the United States from 1993 to 2001
Anniversary
1973 - The U.S. Supreme Court delivered its decision in the landmark case Miller v. California, establishing the Miller test for determining what is obscene material.Highest court of jurisdiction in the U.S.
Anniversary
1957 - Ellen Fairclough (pictured) became the first woman to be appointed to the cabinet of Canada.Canadian politician (1905–2004)
Anniversary
1948 - The Manchester Baby (replica pictured), the world's first stored-program computer, ran its first program.First electronic stored-programme computer, 1948
Anniversary
1940 - World War II: The main offensive of the unsuccessful Italian invasion of France began.Global conflict from 1939 to 1945
Historical events
History
2025 - A hot air balloon catches fire mid-flight and crashes in Praia Grande, Santa Catarina, Brazil, killing 8 of the 21 on board.Lighter-than-air aircraft
History
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 maritime disaster
History
2012 - An Indonesian Air Force Fokker F27 Friendship crashes near Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport, killing 11.Aerial service branch of the Indonesian National Armed Forces
History
2006 - Pluto's newly discovered moons are officially named Nix and Hydra.Largest dwarf planet in the Solar System
History
2006 - A Yeti Airlines de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter crashes at Jumla Airport in Nepal, killing nine people.Nepalese airline
History
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).Ku Klux Klan organizer convicted of manslaughter (1925–2018)
History
2004 - SpaceShipOne becomes the first privately funded spaceplane to achieve spaceflight.American experimental spaceplane
History
2001 - 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.Independent city in Virginia, US
History
2000 - 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.Former British anti-homosexuality law
Notable births
Born
2011 - Lil Bub, American celebrity cat (died 2019)Internet celebrity cat (2011–2019)
Born
2007 - Nanou Philips, Belgian ASMR social media personalityBelgian ASMR internet personality (born 2007)
Born
2001 - Alexandra Obolentseva, Russian chess playerRussian chess player (born 2001)
Born
2000 - Dylan Brown, New Zealand rugby league playerNew Zealand international rugby league footballer
Born
1999 - Ky Rodwell, Australian rugby league playerAustralian rugby league footballer
Born
1998 - Isabel Atkin, British-American freestyle skierBritish-American freestyle skier
Born
1997 - Rebecca Black, American singer-songwriterAmerican YouTuber, singer, songwriter, and DJ (born 1997)
Born
1997 - Derrius Guice, American football playerAmerican football player (born 1997)
Notable deaths
Died
2024 - Frederick Crews, American essayist and literary critic (born 1933)American essayist and literary critic (1933–2024)
Died
2023 - Winnie Ewing, Scottish politician (born 1929)Scottish politician (1929–2023)
Died
2018 - Charles Krauthammer, American columnist and conservative political commentator (born 1950)American psychiatrist and journalist (1950–2018)
Died
2016 - Pierre Lalonde, Canadian television host and singer (born 1941)Canadian entertainer (1941–2016)
Died
2015 - Darryl Hamilton, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1964)American baseball player and analyst (1964–2015)
Died
2015 - Remo Remotti, Italian actor, playwright, and poet (born 1924)Italian actor, playwright, artist, and poet
Died
2015 - Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski, German soldier and politician (born 1932)East German politician (1932–2015)
Sky
Moon phase
New Moon
1.2% illuminated
Lunar age: 28.5 days
Sun zodiac
Cancer
0.64 degrees
Constellation: Gemini
Moon zodiac
Gemini
14.32 degrees
Constellation: Taurus
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.