All Events

Historical Events on June 21

  • Montreal

    1734

    In Montreal in 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.

  • Greek War of Independence

    1824

    Greek War of Independence: Egyptian forces capture Psara in the Aegean Sea.

  • American Civil War

    1864

    American Civil War: The Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road begins.

  • 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.

  • World War II

    1942

    World War II: Tobruk falls to Italian and German forces.

  • Civil Rights Movement

    1964

    Three civil rights workers, Andrew Goodman, James Chaney and Mickey Schwerner, are murdered in Neshoba County, Mississippi, United States, by members of the Ku Klux Klan.

  • U.S. Supreme Court

    1989

    The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Texas v. Johnson that American flag-burning was a form of political protest protected by the First Amendment.

  • Pluto

    2006

    Pluto's newly discovered moons are officially named Nix and Hydra.

  • Greenland

    2009

    Greenland assumes self-rule.

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