June 21
People born on this day are Cancer.
- 1985
Braathens SAFE Flight 139 is hijacked on approach to Oslo Airport, Fornebu. Special forces arrest the hijacker and there are no fatalities.
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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.
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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.
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Section 28 (of the Local Government Act 1988), outlawing the 'promotion' of homosexuality in the United Kingdom, is repealed in Scotland with a 99 to 17 vote.
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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.
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SpaceShipOne becomes the first privately funded spaceplane to achieve spaceflight.
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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).
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Pluto's newly discovered moons are officially named Nix and Hydra.
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A Yeti Airlines de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter crashes at Jumla Airport in Nepal, killing nine people.
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Greenland assumes self-rule.
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An Indonesian Air Force Fokker F27 Friendship crashes near Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport, killing 11.
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A hot air balloon catches fire mid-flight and crashes in Praia Grande, Santa Catarina, Brazil, killing 8 of the 21 on board.
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2011Lil Bub, American celebrity cat (died 2019)
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2007Nanou Philips, Belgian ASMR social media personality
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2001Alexandra Obolentseva, Russian chess player
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2000Dylan Brown, New Zealand rugby league player
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1999Ky Rodwell, Australian rugby league player
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1997Rebecca Black, American singer-songwriter
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1997Derrius Guice, American football player
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1996Tyrone May, Australian rugby league player
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1996Scottie Scheffler, American golfer
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1994Başak Eraydın, Turkish tennis player
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1993Hungrybox, Argentine-American esports player
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1992MAX, American singer, songwriter, actor, dancer and model
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