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June 21st

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🎉 Holidays on this date

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Father's Day (United States)

Celebration of fathers and paternal figures, observed on the third Sunday of June in the US and many other countries.

cultural Date varies by year.

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Midsummer (Midsommar)

Celebration of the summer solstice around June 21, widely observed across Scandinavia and parts of Europe with dancing, flowers, and bonfires.

cultural Observed June 21 each year.

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World Music Day (Fête de la Musique)

Annual celebration of music on June 21 (summer solstice), originating in France in 1982 and now observed in hundreds of cities worldwide.

cultural Observed June 21 each year.

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617 Notable birthdays

Hermann Scherchen

German conductor (1891–1966).

Born June 21st, 1891 in Berlin.

Died June 12th, 1966 at 74 years old in Florence (myocardial infarction).

Luiz Gama

Brazilian lawyer, poet, abolitionist and journalist (1830-1882).

Born June 21st, 1830 in Salvador.

Died August 24th, 1882 at 52 years old in São Paulo (diabetes).

Robert Menasse

Austrian writer (born 1954).

Born June 21st, 1954 (age 72 years) in Vienna. [ref]

Isaac Vorsah

Ghanaian footballer.

Born June 21st, 1988 (age 38 years) in Accra.

Nonna Grishayeva

Russian actress and singer.

Born June 21st, 1971 (age 55 years) in Odesa.

Paweł Zatorski

Polish volleyball player.

Born June 21st, 1990 (age 36 years) in Łódź.

Wilhelm Wolff

German politician (1809-1864).

Born June 21st, 1809 in Tarnawa, Lower Silesian Voivodeship.

Died May 9th, 1864 at 54 years old in Manchester.

Guilhermina Suggia

Portuguese musician.

Born June 21st, 1885 in Porto.

Died July 30th, 1950 at 65 years old in Porto (cancer).

Caroline Brasch Nielsen

Danish model.

Born June 21st, 1993 (age 33 years) in Copenhagen.

Danny Buijs

Dutch footballer.

Born June 21st, 1982 (age 44 years) in Dordrecht.

Arnošt Lustig

Czech jewish author (1926–2011).

Born June 21st, 1924 in Prague. [ref]

Died February 26th, 2011 at 86 years old in Prague (lung cancer). [ref]

Miroslav Karhan

Slovak footballer (born 1976).

Born June 21st, 1976 (age 50 years) in Trnava.

Medardo Rosso

Italian artist (1858–1928).

Born June 21st, 1858 in Turin. [ref]

Died March 31st, 1928 at 69 years old in Milan. [ref]

Bert Karlsson

Swedish politician.

Born June 21st, 1945 (age 81 years).

Prince Alexander of Prussia

Eldest child of prince frederick of prussia and his wife, princess luise of anhalt-bernburg (1820-1896).

Born June 21st, 1820 in Berlin.

Died January 4th, 1896 at 75 years old in Berlin.

Cristiano Lupatelli

Italian footballer.

Born June 21st, 1978 (age 48 years) in Perugia.

Jujubee

American drag queen.

Born June 21st, 1984 (age 42 years) in Boston.

Jochen Hecht

German ice hockey player.

Born June 21st, 1977 (age 49 years) in Mannheim.

Aleksandr Tvardovsky

Soviet poet (1910–1971).

Born June 21st, 1910 in Zagorye.

Died December 18th, 1971 at 61 years old in Vatutinki (lung cancer).

Wolfgang Haken

German topologist (1928–2022).

Born June 21st, 1928 in Berlin.

Died October 2nd, 2022 at 94 years old in Champaign. [ref]

Eric O'Dell

Canadian ice hockey player.

Born June 21st, 1990 (age 36 years) in Ottawa.

Alf Sjöberg

Swedish film director (1903-1980).

Born June 21st, 1903 in Hedvig Eleonora parish.

Died August 17th, 1980 at 77 years old in Oscar Parish (traffic collision). [ref]

Erik Janža

Slovenian footballer.

Born June 21st, 1993 (age 33 years) in Murska Sobota, Maribor.

Björn Runge

Swedish film director.

Born June 21st, 1961 (age 65 years) in Lysekil.

Rubén Rayos

Spanish footballer.

Born June 21st, 1986 (age 40 years) in Elche.

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