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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

Gérard de Rooy

Dutch truck racer.

Born June 21st, 1980 (age 46 years) in Eindhoven.

Lucas Miedler

Austrian tennis player.

Born June 21st, 1996 (age 30 years) in Tulln an der Donau.

Karl Erjavec

Slovenian lawyer and politician.

Born June 21st, 1960 (age 66 years) in Aiseau-Presles.

Alvin Olin King

American politician (1890-1958).

Born June 21st, 1890 in Leoti.

Died February 21st, 1958 at 67 years old in Lake Charles.

Ellen Price

Danish actor and ballerina (1878-1968).

Born June 21st, 1878 in Snekkersten.

Died March 4th, 1968 at 89 years old in Brøndby Municipality.

Guglielmo Ferrero

Italian historian and writer (1871-1942).

Born June 21st, 1871 in Portici.

Died August 3rd, 1942 at 71 years old in Mont Pèlerin.

Miriam Neureuther

German cross-country skier and biathlete.

Born June 21st, 1990 (age 36 years) in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

Gadeer Mreeh

Druze-israeli journalist and politician.

Born June 21st, 1984 (age 42 years) in Daliyat al-Karmel.

Ralph Craig

American athlete (1889–1972).

Born June 21st, 1889 in Detroit. [ref]

Died July 21st, 1972 at 83 years old in Lake George.

Valeri Zolotukhin

Russian actor (1941–2013).

Born June 21st, 1941 in Bystryy Istok.

Died March 30th, 2013 at 71 years old in Moscow (glioblastoma).

Joan Standing

British actress (1903-1979).

Born June 21st, 1903 in Worcestershire.

Died February 3rd, 1979 at 75 years old in Houston (cancer).

Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint

Danish architect (1853-1930).

Born June 21st, 1853 in Skælskør.

Died December 1st, 1930 at 77 years old in Copenhagen.

Hiroya Matsumoto

Japanese actor.

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

Yakov Yakovlev

Soviet politician (1896-1938).

Born June 21st, 1896 in Horadnia.

Died July 29th, 1938 at 42 years old in Kommunarka shooting ground (execution by shooting).

Pape Diakhaté

Senegalese and french footballer.

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

Chad Ho

South african swimmer.

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

Norman L. Bowen

Canadian geologist (1887-1956).

Born June 21st, 1887 in Kingston.

Died September 11th, 1956 at 69 years old in Washington, D.C..

Nelson Gonçalves

Brazilian recording artist and singer.

Born June 21st, 1919 in Santana do Livramento, Rio Grande do Sul.

Died April 18th, 1998 at 78 years old in Rio de Janeiro (myocardial infarction).

Abubaker Kaki Khamis

Athletics competitor, middle distance runner.

Born June 21st, 1989 in Mujlad.

Died April 12th, 2025 at 35 years old

Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen

Danish sculptor, author of the equestrian statue of king christian ix (1863–1945).

Born June 21st, 1863 in Sønder Stenderup.

Died February 21st, 1945 at 81 years old in Copenhagen.

Demonte Harper

American basketball player (born 1989).

Born June 21st, 1989 (age 37 years) in Nashville.

Santiago Derqui

President of argentina (1809-1867).

Born June 21st, 1809 in Córdoba.

Died November 5th, 1867 at 58 years old in Corrientes.

Gino Bramieri

Italian actor (1928-1996).

Born June 21st, 1928 in Milan.

Died June 18th, 1996 at 67 years old in Milan (pancreatic cancer).

Guy Lux

French television presenter (1919-2003).

Born June 21st, 1919 in 12th arrondissement of Paris.

Died June 13th, 2003 at 83 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine (myocardial infarction).

Nikolai Todorov

Bulgarian academic and politician.

Born June 21st, 1921 in Varna.

Died August 27th, 2003 at 82 years old in Sofia.

Birthdays 351 to 375 of 617

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