Historical events on June 21
JUNE 21, 1788
New Hampshire ratified the U.S. Constitution and was admitted as the ninth U.S. state.
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, Vermont
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JUNE 21, 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.
William Jefferson Clinton is an American politician and lawyer who was the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001.
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JUNE 21, 1575
French Wars of Religion: Catholic forces defeated an armed group of Huguenots attempting to capture Besançon, from which they had previously been expelled.
The French Wars of Religion were a series of civil wars between French Catholics and Protestants from 1562 to 1598. Between two
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JUNE 21, 1957
Ellen Fairclough became the first woman to be appointed to the cabinet of Canada.
Ellen Louks Fairclough was a Canadian politician. A Progressive Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1950 to 1963,
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JUNE 21, 1826
Greek War of Independence: A combined Egyptian and Ottoman army began an invasion of the Mani Peninsula, but were initially held off by the Maniots at the fortifications of Vergas.
The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution or the Greek Revolution of 1821, was a successful war of
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JUNE 21, 1921
Irish War of Independence: Most of the village of Knockcroghery in County Roscommon was burned by British forces.
The Irish War of Independence, also known as the Anglo-Irish War, was a guerrilla war fought in Ireland from 1919 to 1921
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JUNE 21, 1940
World War II: The main offensive of the unsuccessful Italian invasion of France began.
World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all
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JUNE 21, 1128
William Clito defeated Thierry of Alsace in a battle over the succession to the title of Count of Flanders.
William Clito was a member of the House of Normandy who ruled the County of Flanders from 1127 until his death and
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JUNE 21, 1890
Rudyard Kipling's poem Mandalay was published.
Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English journalist, novelist, poet, and short-story writer. He was born in British India, which inspired much of his work.
JUNE 21, 1864
New Zealand Wars: A British victory against the Māori King Movement brought the Tauranga campaign to an end.
The New Zealand Wars took place from 1845 to 1872 between the New Zealand colonial government and allied Māori on one side,
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JUNE 21, 1919
During a general strike in Winnipeg, Canada, members of the Royal North-West Mounted Police attacked a crowd of strikers, armed with clubs and revolvers.
The Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 was one of the most famous and influential strikes in Canadian history. For six weeks, May
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JUNE 21, 1898
In a bloodless event during the Spanish–American War, the United States captured Guam from Spain.
The Spanish–American War was fought between Spain and the United States in 1898. It began with the sinking of the USS Maine
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JUNE 21, 1529
War of the League of Cognac: The French army under Francis de Bourbon was destroyed in Lombardy, Italy, by the Spanish army.
The War of the League of Cognac (1526–30) was fought between the Habsburg dominions of Charles V—primarily the Holy Roman Empire and
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JUNE 21, 1948
The Manchester Baby (replica pictured), the world's first stored-program computer, ran its first program.
The Manchester Baby, also called the Small-Scale Experimental Machine (SSEM), was the first electronic stored-program computer. It was built at the University
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JUNE 21, 1848
In the Wallachian Revolution, Ion Heliade Rădulescu and Christian Tell proclaimed a new republican government in present-day Romania.
The Wallachian Revolution of 1848 was a Romanian liberal and nationalist uprising in the Principality of Wallachia. Part of the Revolutions of
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JUNE 21, 217 BC
Second Punic War: The Carthaginians under Hannibal ambushed a Roman army at the Battle of Lake Trasimene, capturing or killing 25,000 men.
The Second Punic War was the second of three wars fought between Carthage and Rome, the two main powers of the western
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JUNE 21, 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.
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has
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