June 21st, 1979

Born on June 21st, 1979

Age in days, weeks and months
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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

Born on June 21st, 1979

44

Chris Pratt

American actor (born 1979)

*June 21st, 1979, Virginia

44

Kostas Katsouranis

Greek footballer

*June 21st, 1979, Chalandritsa

44

Annett Fleischer

German actress and television presenter

*June 21st, 1979, Berlin

44

Rocco Gardner

British businessman

*June 21st, 1979, London

44

Julia Hahn

German jurist

*June 21st, 1979, Bonn

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

41

Jussie Smollett

American actor and singer

*June 21st, 1982, Santa Rosa

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

38

Lana Del Rey

American singer (born 1985)

*June 21st, 1985, New York City

43

Richard Jefferson

American professional basketball player

*June 21st, 1980, Los Angeles

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

74

Jean-Paul Sartre

French existentialist philosopher (1905–1980)

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

45

Erica Durance

Canadian actress

*June 21st, 1978, Calgary

59

David Morrissey

English actor

*June 21st, 1964, Kensington

50

Zuzana Čaputová

Slovak lawyer, environmental activist and politician

*June 21st, 1973, Bratislava

40

Edward Snowden

American whistleblower and former NSA contractor (born 1983)

*June 21st, 1983, Elizabeth City

75

Ian McEwan

British author

*June 21st, 1948, Aldershot

68

Michel Platini

French association football player, manager and executive

*June 21st, 1955, Jœuf

50

Juliette Lewis

American actress and singer

*June 21st, 1973, Los Angeles

73

Rainer Arnold

German politician

*June 21st, 1950, Stuttgart

39

Ben Clark

Spanish writer

*June 21st, 1984, Ibiza

43

Silvina Luna

Argentine actress model (1980-2023)

*June 21st, 1980, Rosario †August 31st, 2023, Buenos Aires

42

Brandon Flowers

American indie rock singer

*June 21st, 1981, Henderson

58

Lana Wachowski

Polish-American film director

*June 21st, 1965, Chicago

Same year
Born in 1979

45

Gao Ling

Chinese badminton player

*March 14th, 1979, Wuhan

45

Yang Wei

Chinese badminton player

*January 13th, 1979, Guangdong

44

Tine Baun

Danish badminton player

*July 21st, 1979, Hørsholm

44

Deborah Secco

Brazilian actress

*November 26th, 1979, Rio de Janeiro

45

Johan Harstad

Norwegian author

*February 10th, 1979, Stavanger Municipality

44

Saralee Thungthongkam

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1979, Bangkok

44

Anders Kristiansen

Badminton player

*September 7th, 1979, Frederikssund Municipality

44

Nikhil Kanetkar

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1979, Pune

44

Guf

Russian rapper

*September 23rd, 1979, Ivanteyevskaya Street

44

Ghayath Almadhoun

Swedish poet

*July 19th, 1979, Damascus

45

Dan Tangnes

Norwegian ice hockey player (1979-)

*March 8th, 1979, Oslo

44

Patricia Aulitzky

Austrian actress

*July 7th, 1979, Salzburg

44

Mia Audina

Indonesian badminton player

*August 22nd, 1979, Jakarta

44

Chen Hong

Badminton player

*November 28th, 1979, Changting County

45

Ingo Kindervater

Badminton player

*January 1st, 1979, Burgwedel

44

Britta Andersen

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1979, Aarhus

44

Vincent Kartheiser

American actor

*May 5th, 1979, Minneapolis

44

Aamir Ghaffar

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1979, Peshawar

45

Lise Risom Olsen

Norwegian actress

*March 1st, 1979, Fredrikstad Municipality

44

Diego Forlán

Uruguayan association football player and manager

*May 19th, 1979, Montevideo

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Born on June 21st, 1979
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1979 is a normal year and no leap year.

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