Page 7: Historical Events In June - 21
Sunday, 15 June 2025
1995 Kenneth Henry Lowry Lamb, broadcaster, dies at 71 on this day in history.
1997 Art Prysock, jazz musician, dies at 68 on June - 21.
2005 Volna booster rocket carrying the first light sail spacecraft (a joint Russian-United States project) failed 83 seconds after its launch, destroying the spacecraft on June - 21.
2012 Moody's downgrades 15 major banks in the UK, US, Canada and Europe on this day in history.
2013 15 people are killed and 20 are injured after a suicide bomber attacks a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan on this day in history.
2017 On this day in history romanian Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu outed after losing no-confidence vote 241-7
2017 On this day in history in landmark case Israeli woman wins sexism case against airline El Al after asked to change seat away from a man
2017 The Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul, Iraq, is destroyed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant on June - 21.
2018 EU imposes tariffs on US goods worth $3.2 billion in response to US tariffs on this day in history.
2018 New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Arden becomes the second world leader to give birth in office, to a daughter on this day in history.
2018 On June - 21 sara Netanyahu, wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu , is charged with fraud
2019 On June - 21 uK police called to house of leader contender Boris Johnson over alleged altercation with his girlfriend
2020 Kurt Cobain 's guitar during Nirvana's MTV Unplugged show sells for a record $6 million on this day in history.
2020 On this day in history an annular solar eclipse occurs.