June 21 History, Trivia and Fun Facts |
June 21 History Highlights |
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The Summer Solstice |
When the Sun reaches its most northerly and southerly excursion on Earth, a Solstice occurs. There are two each year: traditionally June 21 (summer solstice) and December 21 (the winter solstice). The June solstice is the only day of the year when all locations inside the Arctic Circle experience a continuous period of daylight for 24 hours. On the Antarctic Circle, there are 24 hours of nighttime on the June solstice. Each solstice can occur on the 20th, 21st, or 22nd of that month, depending on your location. |
June 21 is… |
| Daylight Appreciation Day First Day of Summer Peaches & Cream Day Smoothie Day |
June 21 Birthday Quotes |
“Life is an art, not a science. You make it up as you go along.” “Artists are just children who refuse to put down their crayons.” “If to the viewer’s eyes, my world appears less beautiful than his, I’m to be pitied and the viewer praised.” “Understanding human nature. Perception. That’s how I see acting – perception and communication.” “Take it from a kid who grew up having no money, and struggling hard to get by. Just know, if you stick to your path and you believe in yourself and you be courageous enough to be yourself, you can grow up; you can be your own Star-Lord.” – Chris Pratt “They held up The Outlaw for five years. And Howard Hughes had me doing publicity for it every day, five days a week for five years.” |
June 21 Birthdays |
| 1882 – Rockwell Kent, American painter and illustrator (died in 1971) 1903 – Al Hirschfeld, American caricaturist, painter and illustrator (died in 2003) 1921 – Judy Holliday, American comedic actress and singer (died in 1965) 1921 – Jane Russell, American actress (died in 2011) 1941 – Joe Flaherty, American-Canadian comedic actor 1944 – Ray Davies, English singer-songwriter 1947 – Meredith Baxter, American actress 1965 – Lana Wachowski, American director, producer, and screenwriter 1973 – Juliette Lewis, American actress 1979 – Chris Pratt, American actor 1981 – Brandon Flowers, American singer-songwriter 1985 – Lana Del Rey, American singer-songwriter 1997 – Rebecca Black, American singer-songwriter 2011 – Lil Bub, American celebrity cat (died in 2019) |
June 21 History |
1788 – New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify the Constitution of the United States. 1834 – Cyrus Hall McCormick received a patent (#X008277) for his grain reaping machine, 1877 – The Molly Maguires, ten Irish immigrants convicted of murder, were hanged in Pennsylvania prisons, in Schuylkill County and Carbon County. 1893 – The first Ferris wheel premiered at Chicago’s Columbian Exposition, and could hold up to 2000 people on 36 cars, and was 264 feet tall. 1913 – The first successful parachute jump from an airplane by a woman was made by Georgia Broadwick, age 18, over Griffith Field, Los Angeles, California. 1940 – The first successful west-to-east navigation of Northwest Passage begins at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 1948 – Columbia Records introduced the long-playing record album (33 1/3 revolutions per minute) in a public demonstration at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York, New York. The first was released in 1949 – ML 4001, Nathan Milstein performing the Mendelssohn violin concerto. 1952 #1 Hit June 21, 1952 – July 4, 1952: Al Martino – Here In My Heart 1975 #1 Hit June 21, 1975 – July 18, 1975: Captain & Tennille – Love Will Keep Us Together 1978 – East End Show – Evita (Musical) June 21, 1978 1990 (Earthquake) Rudbar, Iran 2004 –SpaceShipOne became the first privately funded spaceplane to achieve spaceflight. 2006 – Pluto’s recently discovered moons were officially named Nix and Hydra. |
Today’s Random Trivia and Shower Thoughts |
| “Mother, should I trust the government?” #songlyrics A group of Cheetahs is called a Coalition. Useless Pronunciation: S as in sea Everything in an apology before the word ‘but’ doesn’t matter. James Bond must be a really bad spy if his villains are always expecting him. 85% of all bikinis never touch the water. “As God is my witness, I’ll never be hungry again.” – Scarlett O’Hara (Vivien Leigh) #moviequotes It’s funny how when I’m eating and I drop something my dog and I are on totally opposite sides of the emotional spectrum. There’s no poo in shampoo, hence the sham. Ringo Starr – Real Name: Richard Starkey In 1994, Timex and Microsoft designed the Datalink 150 watch together. It was the first smartwatch ever, beating Apple by 12 years. By the time you die, your life will have caused a better or worse world than if you had never existed. Your call. Once the initial fun of owning a time machine wore off, most people would just use it to ripen avocados. |
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