June 21
1377 - King Edward III died after ruling England for 50 years. He was succeeded by his grandson, Richard II.
1788 - The U.S. Constitution went into effect when New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify it.
1834 - Cyrus McCormick's mechanical reaper was patented.
1942 - German forces led by Generaloberst (Colonel General) Erwin Rommel captured the Libyan city of Tobruk during World War II. (Rommel was promoted to the rank of Field Marshal; Tobruk was retaken by the Allies in November 1942.) An Imperial Japanese submarine fired shells at Fort Stevens on the Oregon coast, causing little damage.
1963 - Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini was chosen to succeed the late Pope John XXIII as the head of the Roman Catholic Church, taking the name Paul VI.
1964 - Three civil rights workers disappeared in Philadelphia, Mississippi. In 2005, 41 years after their disappearance, Edgar Killen was convicted of their murders.
1973 - The Supreme Court ruled that states may ban materials found to be obscene according to local standards.
1977 - Menachem Begin became Israel's sixth prime minister.
1982 - John Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity for the attempted murder of President Ronald Reagan.
1985 - Scientists announced that skeletal remains exhumed in Brazil were those of Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele.
1989 - A sharply divided Supreme Court ruled that burning the U.S. flag as a form of political protest was protected under the First Amendment.
2004 - Michael Melvill pilots the first privately-developed spacecraft, SpacheShipOne, into space.
2008 - The ferry Princess of the Stars, carrying more than 800 people, capsized as Typhoon Fengshen battered the Philippines; only some four dozen people survived.
2010 - Faisal Shahzad, a Pakistan-born U.S. citizen, pleaded guilty to charges of plotting a failed car bombing in New York's Times Square. (He was later sentenced to life in prison.)
2013 - A one-page criminal complaint unsealed in federal court accused former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden of espionage and theft of government property in the NSA surveillance case.
2013 - President Barack Obama nominated James Comey, a top Bush-era Department of Justice official, to head the FBI, succeeding Robert Mueller.
2013 - The Food Network said it was dropping Paula Deen, barely an hour after the celebrity cook posted the first of two videotaped apologies online begging forgiveness from fans and critics troubled by her admission to having used racial slurs in the past.
Birthdays
21 - Rebecca Black (singer)
21 - Kaea Pearce (dancer)
26 - Max Schneider (actor)
26 - Valeria Lukyanova (model)
29 - Jascha Washington (actor)
33 - Lana Del Ray (singer)
33 - Sharna Burgess (dancer)
35 - Michael Malarkey (actor)
36 - Benjamin Walker (actor)
36 - Jussie Smollett (actor)
36 - Prince William (member of British royal family)
37- Brandon Flowers (singer)
39 - Chris Pratt (actor)
40 - Erica Durance (actress)
43 - Justin Cary (musician)
44 - Maggie Siff (actress)
45 - Juliette Lewis (actress)
46 - Allison Moorer (singer)
50 - Paula Irvine (actress)
51 - Carrie Preston (actress)
53 - Michael Dolan (actor)
54 - Doug Savant (actor)
54 - Sammi Davis (actress)
59 - Kathy Mattea (country singer)
63 - Leigh McCloskey (actor)
66 - Robyn Douglass (actress)
71 - Michael Gross (actor)
71 - Meredith Baxter (actress)
77 - Joe Flaherty (comedian)
78 - Mariette Hartley (actress)
83 - Monte Markham (actor)
85 - Bernie Kopell (actor)
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Today in Sports History - June 21
1932 - Heavyweight Max Schmeling lost a title fight rematch in New York by decision to Jack Sharkey, prompting Schmeling's manager, Joe Jacobs, to exclaim: "We was robbed!"
1939 - Doctors reveal Lou Gehrig has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
1942 - Ben Hogan recorded the lowest score (to that time) in a major golf tournament. Hogan shot a 271 for 72 holes in Chicago, IL.
1964 - Jim Bunning of the Philadelphia Phillies pitched a perfect game in a 6-0 victory over the New York Mets.
1970 - Tony Jacklin became the second British golfer in 50 years to win the U.S. Open golf tournament.
1988 - The Los Angeles Lakers defeat the Detroit Pistons in seven games to win the NBA championship.
1991 - New York Islanders Denis Potvan and Michael Bossy inducted into NHL Hall of Fame.
1997 - The WNBA made its debut. The inaugural game saw the New York Liberty defeat the Los Angeles Sparks 67-57. The six other charter members of the league were the Charlotte Sting, Cleveland Rockers, Houston Comets, Phoenix Mercury, Sacramento Monarchs and the Utah Starzz.
2012 - The Miami Heat defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder in five games to win the NBA championship.
1377 - King Edward III died after ruling England for 50 years. He was succeeded by his grandson, Richard II.
1788 - The U.S. Constitution went into effect when New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify it.
1834 - Cyrus McCormick's mechanical reaper was patented.
1942 - German forces led by Generaloberst (Colonel General) Erwin Rommel captured the Libyan city of Tobruk during World War II. (Rommel was promoted to the rank of Field Marshal; Tobruk was retaken by the Allies in November 1942.) An Imperial Japanese submarine fired shells at Fort Stevens on the Oregon coast, causing little damage.
1963 - Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini was chosen to succeed the late Pope John XXIII as the head of the Roman Catholic Church, taking the name Paul VI.
1964 - Three civil rights workers disappeared in Philadelphia, Mississippi. In 2005, 41 years after their disappearance, Edgar Killen was convicted of their murders.
1973 - The Supreme Court ruled that states may ban materials found to be obscene according to local standards.
1977 - Menachem Begin became Israel's sixth prime minister.
1982 - John Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity for the attempted murder of President Ronald Reagan.
1985 - Scientists announced that skeletal remains exhumed in Brazil were those of Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele.
1989 - A sharply divided Supreme Court ruled that burning the U.S. flag as a form of political protest was protected under the First Amendment.
2004 - Michael Melvill pilots the first privately-developed spacecraft, SpacheShipOne, into space.
2008 - The ferry Princess of the Stars, carrying more than 800 people, capsized as Typhoon Fengshen battered the Philippines; only some four dozen people survived.
2010 - Faisal Shahzad, a Pakistan-born U.S. citizen, pleaded guilty to charges of plotting a failed car bombing in New York's Times Square. (He was later sentenced to life in prison.)
2013 - A one-page criminal complaint unsealed in federal court accused former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden of espionage and theft of government property in the NSA surveillance case.
2013 - President Barack Obama nominated James Comey, a top Bush-era Department of Justice official, to head the FBI, succeeding Robert Mueller.
2013 - The Food Network said it was dropping Paula Deen, barely an hour after the celebrity cook posted the first of two videotaped apologies online begging forgiveness from fans and critics troubled by her admission to having used racial slurs in the past.
Birthdays
21 - Rebecca Black (singer)
21 - Kaea Pearce (dancer)
26 - Max Schneider (actor)
26 - Valeria Lukyanova (model)
29 - Jascha Washington (actor)
33 - Lana Del Ray (singer)
33 - Sharna Burgess (dancer)
35 - Michael Malarkey (actor)
36 - Benjamin Walker (actor)
36 - Jussie Smollett (actor)
36 - Prince William (member of British royal family)
37- Brandon Flowers (singer)
39 - Chris Pratt (actor)
40 - Erica Durance (actress)
43 - Justin Cary (musician)
44 - Maggie Siff (actress)
45 - Juliette Lewis (actress)
46 - Allison Moorer (singer)
50 - Paula Irvine (actress)
51 - Carrie Preston (actress)
53 - Michael Dolan (actor)
54 - Doug Savant (actor)
54 - Sammi Davis (actress)
59 - Kathy Mattea (country singer)
63 - Leigh McCloskey (actor)
66 - Robyn Douglass (actress)
71 - Michael Gross (actor)
71 - Meredith Baxter (actress)
77 - Joe Flaherty (comedian)
78 - Mariette Hartley (actress)
83 - Monte Markham (actor)
85 - Bernie Kopell (actor)
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Today in Sports History - June 21
1932 - Heavyweight Max Schmeling lost a title fight rematch in New York by decision to Jack Sharkey, prompting Schmeling's manager, Joe Jacobs, to exclaim: "We was robbed!"
1939 - Doctors reveal Lou Gehrig has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
1942 - Ben Hogan recorded the lowest score (to that time) in a major golf tournament. Hogan shot a 271 for 72 holes in Chicago, IL.
1964 - Jim Bunning of the Philadelphia Phillies pitched a perfect game in a 6-0 victory over the New York Mets.
1970 - Tony Jacklin became the second British golfer in 50 years to win the U.S. Open golf tournament.
1988 - The Los Angeles Lakers defeat the Detroit Pistons in seven games to win the NBA championship.
1991 - New York Islanders Denis Potvan and Michael Bossy inducted into NHL Hall of Fame.
1997 - The WNBA made its debut. The inaugural game saw the New York Liberty defeat the Los Angeles Sparks 67-57. The six other charter members of the league were the Charlotte Sting, Cleveland Rockers, Houston Comets, Phoenix Mercury, Sacramento Monarchs and the Utah Starzz.
2012 - The Miami Heat defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder in five games to win the NBA championship.
