400 Historic Events for June 21
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| 1940 |
Birth |
Joe Flaherty, Pitts Pa, comedian (SCTV, Blue Monday)
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| 1940 |
Birth |
Mariette Hartley, NYC, actress (Poloroid spokesperson, Marooned)
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| 1940 |
Death |
Edouard Vuillard, French painter/graphic artist, dies
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| 1940 |
Death |
Hendrik Marsman, Dutch poet/writer/critic, drowns at 40
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| 1941 |
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After winning 20 straight at Fenway, Lefty Grove loses to Browns
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| 1941 |
Birth |
Pia J Barendrecht, Indonesian/Dutch actress (Pinokkio)
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| 1941 |
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2nd French troops occupies Damascus Syria
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| 1942 |
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President Roosevelt/premier Churchill arrives in Washington, DC
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| 1942 |
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Jacqueline Kennedy's mother marries Hugh Auchincloss
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| 1942 |
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129øF (54øC), Tirat Zevi, Israel (Asian record)
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| 1942 |
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Seinheuer throws female world record spear (47.24m)
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| 1942 |
Birth |
Marg Margolies-Mezvinsky, (Rep-D-Pennsylvania)
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| 1942 |
Birth |
William Bradford Reynolds, Conn, US asst attorney general
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| 1942 |
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Rommel takes Tobruk in North Africa
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| 1943 |
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Federal troops put down racial riot in Detroit 30 dead
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| 1944 |
Birth |
Jon Hiseman, rocker
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| 1944 |
Birth |
Corinna Tsopel, Athens, actress (Man Called Horse)/Miss Universe (64)
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| 1944 |
Birth |
Miguel Danus, Vicens rocker
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| 1944 |
Birth |
Ray Davies, London, singer/guitarist (Kinks-Come Dancing)
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| 1944 |
Death |
Jan Bonekamp, Dutch resistance fighter/friend of Hannie Schaft, dies
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| 1944 |
Event |
Very heavy bombing on Berlin
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| 1944 |
Birth |
Frans Luitjes, Dutch athlete
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| 1945 |
Birth |
Chris Britton, England, rock guitarist (Troggs-Wild Thing)
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| 1945 |
Event |
US defeat Japanese forces on Okinawa during WW II
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| 1945 |
Death |
Josef Hora, Czech writer/poet (Sinking Shadows), dies at 53
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