Historical Events In June - 21

1968  Ruth St Denis, ballerina (Dances of the 5 Senses), dies at 91 on this day in history.  

1969  On this day in history zager &Evans release "In the Year 2525"  

1969  Maureen "Little Mo" Connolly, 1st woman grand slam (1953), dies at 34 on this day in history.  

1970  Achmed Sukarno, 1st president of Indonesia (1945-67), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1971  On June - 21 50,000 attend Celebration of Life, rock concert, McCrea Louisana  

1972  Seth Bingham, composer, dies at 90 on this day in history.  

1973  Nixon and Brezhnev sign arms limitation agreement on this day in history.  

1973  On this day in history frank Leahy, football coach (Notre Dame), dies at 64  

1975  Soyuz 19 returns to Earth on this day in history.  

1975  Heinz Lau, composer, dies at 49 on June - 21.  

1977  On June - 21 former White House chief of staff HR Haldeman enters prison  

1977  On June - 21 menachem Begin (Likud), becomes Israel's 6th PM  

1979  Julian Orchard, actor (Perfect Friday, Bless this House), dies at 49 on this day in history.  

1981  On June - 21 12-bottle case of 1979 Napamedoc Cabernet wine auctioned for $24,000  

1981  Gunnar Ek, composer, dies on 81st birthday on this day in history.  

1982  On June - 21 paul McCartney releases "Take it Away"  

1982  Wash DC jury finds John Hinckley Jr innocent by insanity on June - 21.  

1983  Anton G J van de Velde, Flemish writer/director (Tijl), dies at 87 on June - 21.  

1985  On this day in history american, Brazilian &West German forensic pathologists confirm skeletal remains exhumed in Brazil were Nazi Dr Josef Mengele  

1986  Pres Reagan gives speech defending his judicial appointments on this day in history.  

1987  Discovery rolls over from OPF to Vandenberg AFB on June - 21.  

1987  On June - 21 mike Tyson sexually harasses a parking lot attendent  

1988  On June - 21 robert Lee "Bobby" Dodd, US football coach  

1989  On June - 21 melanie Griffith &Don Johnson remarry  

1989  On June - 21 supreme Court rules ok to burn US flag as a political expression  

1989  On this day in history lee Quencey Calhoun, hurdler (Olympic-gold-1956, 60), dies at 56  

1990  On June - 21 25,000 die in Iranian Earthquake  

1990  Little Richard gets a star on Hollywood's walk of fame on June - 21.  

1990  On this day in history nYC's Zodiac killer shoots 4th victim, Larry Parham  

1990  On June - 21 uS House of Reps vote 254-177 to stop US flag burning, doesn't pass  

1990  On June - 21 manjil-Rudbar earthquake in Iran killing 50,000 people  

1992  On this day in history li Xiannian, Chinese President (1983-88), dies  

1993  On June - 21 frank Moro, entertainer, dies  

1994  On June - 21 mark Robert Isfeld, combat Engineer, dies at 31  

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1002  Leo IX, [Bruno count of Egesheim & Dagsburg], Pope (1049-54) was born on June - 21.  

1002  On this day in history birth of pope Leo IX (d. 1054)  

1226  On June - 21 birth of king Boleslaus V of Poland (d. 1279)  

1528  On this day in history birth of maria of Spain, Holy Roman Empire Empress (1603)  

1577  Giovanni Del Turco, composer was born on June - 21.  

1596  On this day in history birth of michael Fjodorovitsj, tsar of Russia (1613-45)/1st Romanov  

1639  On this day in history birth of increase Mather, New England Puritan minister (d. 1723)  

1640  Abraham Mignon, still life painter was born on June - 21.  

0524  On this day in history chlodomir, king of the France to Orleans (511-24), dies at about 28  

1205  On June - 21 death of enrico Dandolo, Doge of Venice (b. 1107)  

1208  Philips van Zwaben Hohenstaufen, Roman-German King, dies on June - 21.  

1305  Death of King Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and Poland (b. 1271) on this day in history.  

1377  Edward III, king of England (1327-77), dies on this day in history.  

1421  Death of Jean Le Maingre, Marshal of France (b. 1366) on June - 21.  

1527  Niccolo Machiavelli, Florentine statesman/author, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

1529  John Skelton, English poet, dies at about 69 on June - 21.