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June 21 is often the 172nd day of the year, unless it really is a leap year in which it is the 173rd day of the year. This is on a Gregorian calendar, which leaves 193 days remaining till January 1st, where a new year beings. June 21 marks the summer season solstice in the northern hemisphere and the winter solstice in the southern hemisphere. That implies that June 21 is typically the day of the year year with the longest hours of daylight in the northern hemisphere and the shortest in the southern hemisphere.

You can inform currently that June 21 is an critical date to mark for several causes. Right here are many occasions that have happened on June 21 in the previous:

524 - Burgundy triumphs over the French in the Battle of Vezerone

1749 - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada is founded.

1788 - New Hampshire ratifies the Constitution and as a outcome is admitted as the 9th state in the United States.

1798 - The British Army defeats Irish rebels at Battle of Vinegar Hill in the Irish Rebellion of 1798

1813 - Laura Secord(the individual not the chocolate) sets out to warn British forces of an upcoming attack on Queenston, Ontario by the U.S.

1826 - In the Battle of Vergas Maniots defeat Egyptians under Ibrahim Pasha

1864 - The Tauranga Campaign ends.

1887 - Queen Victoria's golden jubilee.

1898 - Guam becomes a U.S. territory.

1919 - Throughout the Winnipeg General Strike, Royal Canadian Mounted Police fire a volley into a crowd of unemployed war veterans that kills two folks

1945 - Battle of Okinawa ends in WWII.

1965 - Folk rock band The Byrds release their highly influential debut album Mr. Tambourine Man.

1982 - John Hinckley is located not guilty by cause of insanity for the attempted assassination of U.S. President Ronald Reagan.

1989 - The U.S. Supreme Court guidelines in Texas v. Johnson that flag burning is protected speech under the United States Constitution.

2000 - Section 28 repealed in Scotland with a 99 to 17 vote.

2003 - J.K. Rowling's fifth book in huge series of Harry Potter, "Order of the Phoenix" is published

2004 - SpaceShipOne launches and rapidly becomes the first privately funded spaceplane to obtain spaceflight. www