June 21st, 2023

Born on June 21st, 2023

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 300 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 98 days, exactly on July 25th, 2024, people who were born on June 21st, 2023 will be 400 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?

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

47

Wang Chen

Hong Kong badminton player

*June 21st, 1976, Shanghai

74

Jean-Paul Sartre

French existentialist philosopher (1905–1980)

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

41

William, Prince of Wales

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

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

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

75

Ian McEwan

British author

*June 21st, 1948, Aldershot

73

Rainer Arnold

German politician

*June 21st, 1950, Stuttgart

68

Michel Platini

French association football player, manager and executive

*June 21st, 1955, Jœuf

59

David Morrissey

English actor

*June 21st, 1964, Kensington

22

Eleanor Worthington Cox

British actress

*June 21st, 2001, Merseyside

76

Shirin Ebadi

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

*June 21st, 1947, Hamadan

30

Dylan Groenewegen

Dutch cyclist

*June 21st, 1993, Amsterdam

43

Judy Holliday

American actress, comedian and singer (1921-1965)

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

76

Meredith Baxter

American actress and producer (born 1947)

*June 21st, 1947, South Pasadena

80

Maureen Stapleton

American actress (1925-2006)

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

26

Rebecca Black

American YouTuber and singer

*June 21st, 1997, Irvine

20

Adhisty Zara

Indonesian singer and actress

*June 21st, 2003, Bandung City

88

Monte Markham

American actor

*June 21st, 1935, Manatee County

58

Lana Wachowski

Polish-American film director

*June 21st, 1965, Chicago

50

Zuzana Čaputová

Slovak lawyer, environmental activist and politician

*June 21st, 1973, Bratislava

54

Benazir Bhutto

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

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

40

Edward Snowden

American whistleblower and former NSA contractor (born 1983)

*June 21st, 1983, Elizabeth City

50

Juliette Lewis

American actress and singer

*June 21st, 1973, Los Angeles

43

Richard Jefferson

American professional basketball player

*June 21st, 1980, Los Angeles

39

Ben Clark

Spanish writer

*June 21st, 1984, Ibiza

75

Andrzej Sapkowski

Polish novelist

*June 21st, 1948, Łódź

85

Don Black

English lyricist

*June 21st, 1938, London

32

Gaël Kakuta

Congolese association football player

*June 21st, 1991, Lille

68

Tony Scott

British film director and producer (1944–2012)

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

69

David Burns

Actor, singer

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

56

Pierre Omidyar

American entrepreneur and philanthropist; founder of eBay

*June 21st, 1967, Paris

89

Jane Russell

American actress and model (1921–2011)

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

58

Yang Liwei

Chinese astronaut

*June 21st, 1965, Suizhong County

52

Anette Olzon

Swedish singer

*June 21st, 1971, Katrineholm

63

Mike MacDonald

Canadian actor and comedian

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

36

Sebastian Prödl

Austrian association football player

*June 21st, 1987, Graz

56

Yingluck Shinawatra

Prime Minister of Thailand from 2011 to 2014

*June 21st, 1967, San Kamphaeng

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Born on June 21st, 2023
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 2023 is a normal year and no leap year.

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