June 21st, 1212

Born on June 21st, 1212

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 296,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 457 days, exactly on August 18th, 2025, people who were born on June 21st, 1212 will be 297,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on June 21st?

June 21st, 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.

June 21st, 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.

June 21st, 1957

Ellen Fairclough became the first woman to be appointed to the cabinet of Canada.

June 21st, 1948

The Manchester Baby (replica pictured), the world's first stored-program computer, ran its first computer program.

June 21st, 1940

World War II: The main offensive of the unsuccessful Italian invasion of France began.

June 21st, 1921

Irish War of Independence: Most of the village of Knockcroghery in County Roscommon was burned by British forces.

June 21st, 1919

Admiral Ludwig von Reuter scuttled the German High Seas Fleet in Scapa Flow to prevent the ships from being seized and divided amongst the Allied Powers.

June 21st, 1898

In a bloodless event during the Spanish–American War, the United States captured Guam from Spain.

June 21st, 1890

Rudyard Kipling's poem Mandalay was published.

June 21st, 1864

New Zealand Wars: A British victory against the Māori King Movement brought the Tauranga campaign to an end.

June 21st, 1854

Crimean War: During the Battle of Bomarsund, Irish sailor Charles Davis Lucas (pictured) threw an artillery shell off his ship before it exploded, earning him the first Victoria Cross.

June 21st, 1848

In the Wallachian Revolution, Ion Heliade Rădulescu and Christian Tell proclaimed a new republican government in present-day Romania.

June 21st, 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.

June 21st, 1788

New Hampshire ratified the U.S. Constitution and was admitted as the ninth U.S. state.

June 21st, 1575

French Wars of Religion: Catholic forces defeated an armed group of Huguenots attempting to capture Besançon, from which they had previously been expelled.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on June 21st

Same Day
Who's birthday is on June 21st?

74

Jean-Paul Sartre

French existentialist philosopher (1905–1980)

*June 21st, 1905, Paris †April 15th, 1980, 14th arrondissement of Paris

41

Jussie Smollett

American actor and singer

*June 21st, 1982, Santa Rosa

44

Chris Pratt

American actor (born 1979)

*June 21st, 1979, Virginia

38

Lana Del Rey

American singer (born 1985)

*June 21st, 1985, New York City

58

Reema Lagoo

Indian actress

*June 21st, 1958, Mumbai †May 18th, 2017, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital

62

Joko Widodo

President of Indonesia since 2014

*June 21st, 1961, Surakarta City

47

Wang Chen

Hong Kong badminton player

*June 21st, 1976, Shanghai

41

William, Prince of Wales

Heir apparent to the throne of the United Kingdom & 14 Commonwealth Realms

*June 21st, 1982, St. Mary's Hospital

75

Ian McEwan

British author

*June 21st, 1948, Aldershot

43

Judy Holliday

American actress, comedian and singer (1921-1965)

*June 21st, 1921, New York City †June 7th, 1965, New York City

73

Rainer Arnold

German politician

*June 21st, 1950, Stuttgart

68

Michel Platini

French association football player, manager and executive

*June 21st, 1955, Jœuf

80

Maureen Stapleton

American actress (1925-2006)

*June 21st, 1925, Troy †March 13th, 2006, Lenox

76

Shirin Ebadi

Iranian lawyer, human rights activist, and Nobel Peace Prize recipient

*June 21st, 1947, Hamadan

59

David Morrissey

English actor

*June 21st, 1964, Kensington

76

Meredith Baxter

American actress and producer (born 1947)

*June 21st, 1947, South Pasadena

88

Monte Markham

American actor

*June 21st, 1935, Manatee County

54

Benazir Bhutto

11th and 13th prime minister of Pakistan (1953–2007)

*June 21st, 1953, Karachi †December 27th, 2007, Rawalpindi

57

Leticia Sabater

Spanish presenter, singer and journalist

*June 21st, 1966, Barcelona

58

Lana Wachowski

Polish-American film director

*June 21st, 1965, Chicago

30

Dylan Groenewegen

Dutch cyclist

*June 21st, 1993, Amsterdam

50

Zuzana Čaputová

Slovak lawyer, environmental activist and politician

*June 21st, 1973, Bratislava

69

David Burns

Actor, singer

*June 21st, 1901, Manhattan †March 12th, 1971, Philadelphia

22

Eleanor Worthington Cox

British actress

*June 21st, 2001, Merseyside

63

Mike MacDonald

Canadian actor and comedian

*June 21st, 1954, Metz †March 17th, 2018, Ottawa

50

Juliette Lewis

American actress and singer

*June 21st, 1973, Los Angeles

89

Jane Russell

American actress and model (1921–2011)

*June 21st, 1921, Bemidji †February 28th, 2011, Santa Maria

85

Don Black

English lyricist

*June 21st, 1938, London

40

Edward Snowden

American whistleblower and former NSA contractor (born 1983)

*June 21st, 1983, Elizabeth City

26

Rebecca Black

American YouTuber and singer

*June 21st, 1997, Irvine

68

Tony Scott

British film director and producer (1944–2012)

*June 21st, 1944, North Shields †August 19th, 2012, San Pedro

53

Bolesław V the Chaste

High Duke of Poland

*June 21st, 1226, Nowy Korczyn †December 7th, 1279, Kraków

75

Andrzej Sapkowski

Polish novelist

*June 21st, 1948, Łódź

43

Richard Jefferson

American professional basketball player

*June 21st, 1980, Los Angeles

69

Machado de Assis

Brazilian writer

*June 21st, 1839, Rio de Janeiro †September 29th, 1908, Rio de Janeiro

39

Ben Clark

Spanish writer

*June 21st, 1984, Ibiza

20

Adhisty Zara

Indonesian singer and actress

*June 21st, 2003, Bandung City

51

Leo IX

German aristocrat and pope (reigning 1049–1054), who precipitated the Great Schism (1054); canonized, with feast day on 19 April

*June 21st, 1002, Eguisheim †April 19th, 1054, Rome

58

Yang Liwei

Chinese astronaut

*June 21st, 1965, Suizhong County

56

Pierre Omidyar

American entrepreneur and philanthropist; founder of eBay

*June 21st, 1967, Paris

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Public holidays on June 21st

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Solstice-related observances) which are celebrated on June 21st.

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Leap year

Yes: 1212 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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