Historical Events In June - 21

1995  Kenneth Henry Lowry Lamb, broadcaster, dies at 71 on June - 21.   

1997  Art Prysock, jazz musician, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

2012  Moody's downgrades 15 major banks in the UK, US, Canada and Europe on June - 21.   

2013  On this day in history 15 people are killed and 20 are injured after a suicide bomber attacks a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan   

2017  Romanian Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu outed after losing no-confidence vote 241-7 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history eU imposes tariffs on US goods worth $3.2 billion in response to US tariffs   

2018  New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Arden becomes the second world leader to give birth in office, to a daughter on June - 21.   

2018  On this day in history sara Netanyahu, wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu , is charged with fraud   

2019  UK police called to house of leader contender Boris Johnson over alleged altercation with his girlfriend on this day in history.   

2020  Kurt Cobain 's guitar during Nirvana's MTV Unplugged show sells for a record $6 million on June - 21.   

2020  An annular solar eclipse occurs on June - 21.   

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1002  Leo IX, [Bruno count of Egesheim & Dagsburg], Pope (1049-54) was born on this day in history.   

1002  On June - 21 birth of pope Leo IX (d. 1054)   

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

1528  Maria of Spain, Holy Roman Empire Empress (1603) was born on June - 21.   

1577  On this day in history birth of giovanni Del Turco, composer   

1596  Michael Fjodorovitsj, tsar of Russia (1613-45)/1st Romanov was born on this day in history.   

1639  On June - 21 birth of increase Mather, New England Puritan minister (d. 1723)   

1640  On June - 21 birth of abraham Mignon, still life painter   

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

1205  Death of Enrico Dandolo, Doge of Venice (b. 1107) on this day in history.   

1208  Philips van Zwaben Hohenstaufen, Roman-German King, dies on this day in history.   

1305  On this day in history death of king Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and Poland (b. 1271)   

1377  Edward III, king of England (1327-77), dies on June - 21.   

1421  Death of Jean Le Maingre, Marshal of France (b. 1366) on this day in history.   

1527  On this day in history niccolo Machiavelli, Florentine statesman/author, dies at 57   

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