400 Historic Events for June 21
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| 1839 |
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John Decatur Barry, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1867
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| 1839 |
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Johannes P R Tak, Dutch liberal politician
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| 1839 |
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Joaquim M Machado de Assic, Brazil, writer (Epitaph of a small winner)
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| 1844 |
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Ernest F Cambier, Belgian colonial pioneer (1st railway Congo)
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| 1849 |
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Battle at Wagh„usel: Prussian troops beat Baden rebels
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| 1851 |
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Daniel Carter Beard, US, organized 1st boy scout troop
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| 1858 |
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Louisiana chess prodigy Paul Morphy arrives in Europe
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| 1859 |
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Henry O Tanner, artist
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| 1862 |
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Johannes Schlaf, writer
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| 1862 |
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Henry Holden Huss, composer
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| 1863 |
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Battle at Upperville Virginia, 389 casualities
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| 1865 |
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Albert Herbert Brewer, composer
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| 1868 |
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Wagner's opera "Meistersinger von Nuernberg," premieres in Munich
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| 1873 |
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Henry M Tomlinson, British writer (Sea and Jungle)
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| 1874 |
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Anders J ngstr”m, Swedish astronomer/physicist (-unit), dies at 59
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| 1876 |
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Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Mexican general (took Alamo), dies at 79
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| 1876 |
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Willem H Keesom, physicist (helium vast)
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| 1879 |
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F W Woolworth opens 1st store (failed almost immediately)
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| 1879 |
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Umberto Brunelleschi, Italian cartoonist/illustrator (Candide)
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| 1882 |
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Rockwell Kent, artist/painter/illustrator (Canterbury Tales)
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| 1883 |
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Fjodor W Gladkow, Russian writer (Cement)
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| 1884 |
Death |
Alexander, prince/last male descendent of Johan W Friso, dies
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| 1884 |
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Claude "Auk" Auchinleck, British fieldmarshal North-Africa
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| 1887 |
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Britain celebrates golden jubilee of Queen Victoria
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| 1887 |
Death |
Adolf Schimon, composer, dies at 67
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