21 June is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 193 days remaining until the end of the year. On non-leap years (until 2039), this day marks the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere and the winter solstice in the southern hemisphere, and is the day of the year with the most hours of daylight in the northern hemisphere and the fewest hours of daylight in the southern hemisphere. On this day was born in the year: 1002 – Pope Leo IX (d. 1054) 1226 – Bolesław V the Chaste, Polish husband of Kinga of Poland (d. 1279) 1528 – Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress (d. 1603) 1535 – Leonhard Rauwolf, German physician and botanist (d. 1596) 1588 – George Wither, English writer (d. 1667) 1639 – Increase Mather, American minister and author (d. 1723) 1646 – Maria Francisca of Savoy (d. 1683) 1732 – Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, German composer (d. 1791) 1786 – Charles Edward Horn, English singer-songwriter (d. 1849) 1792 – Ferdinand Christian Baur, German theologian (d. 1860) 1805 – Charles Thomas Jackson, American physician (d. 1880) 1839 – Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Brazilian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1908) 1850 – Daniel Carter Beard, American author and illustrator, co-founded the Boy Scouts of America (d. 1941) 1865 – Herbert Brewer, English composer and organist (d. 1928) 1876 – Willem Hendrik Keesom, Dutch physicist (d. 1956) 1880 – Arnold Gesell, American psychologist and pediatrician (d. 1961) 1880 – Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, English economist and civil servant (d. 1941) 1882 – Lluís Companys, Spanish politician, 123rd President of Catalonia (d. 1940) 1890 – Frank S. Land, American businessman, founded DeMolay International (d. 1959) 1891 – Pier Luigi Nervi, Italian architect and engineer, co-designed the Pirelli Tower and Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption (d. 1979) 1891 – Hermann Scherchen, German conductor (d. 1966) 1893 – Alois Hába, Czech composer (d. 1973) 1906 – Harold Spina, American composer (d. 1997) 1914 – William Vickrey, Canadian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996) 1916 – Joseph Cyril Bamford, English businessman, founded J. C. Bamford (d. 2001) 1921 – Judy Holliday, American actress and singer (d. 1965) 1921 – Jane Russell, American actress and singer (d. 2011) 1921 – William Edwin Self, American actor, producer, and production manager (d. 2010) 1927 – Carl Stokes, American politician, 51st Mayor of Cleveland (d. 1996) 1928 – Wolfgang Haken, German-American mathematician 1929 – Abdel Halim Hafez, Egyptian singer and actor (d. 1977) 1929 – Alexandre Lagoya, Egyptian guitarist (d. 1999) 1930 – Gerald Kaufman, English politician 1932 – Bernard Ingham, English journalist and civil servant 1932 – Lalo Schifrin, Argentinian pianist, composer, and conductor 1932 – O. C. Smith, American singer (d. 2001)st 1938 – John W. Dower, American historian and author 1938 – Ron Ely, American actor 1938 – Michael M. Richter, German mathematician and computer scientist 1938 – Eddie Adcock, American singer and banjo player 1939 – Rubén Berríos, Puerto Rican lawyer and politician 1943 – Salomé, Spanish singer 1943 – Eumir Deodato, Brazilian pianist, composer, and producer 1944 – Ray Davies, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Kinks) 1946 – Kate Hoey, British politician 1946 – Brenda Holloway, American singer-songwriter 1946 – Maurice Saatchi, Iraqi-English businessman, founder of M&C Saatchi and Saatchi & Saatchi 1947 – Joey Molland, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Badfinger and Natural Gas) 1948 – Philippe Sarde, French composer 1949 – John Agard, Afro-Guyanese playwright, poet and childrens writer 1950 – Joey Kramer, American drummer and songwriter (Aerosmith) 1950 – Vasilis Papakonstantinou, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist 1951 – Nils Lofgren, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (E Street Band and Crazy Horse) 1952 – Judith Bingham, English composer and mezzo-soprano singer 1953 – Benazir Bhutto, Pakistani politician, 11th Prime Minister of Pakistan (d. 2007) 1954 – Müjde Ar, Turkish actress 1955 – Jean-Pierre Mader, French singer-songwriter and producer 1957 – Mark Brzezicki, English rock drummer (Big Country, The Cult, Ultravox, and Procol Harum) 1958 – Gennady Padalka, Russian colonel and astronaut 1959 – Marcella Detroit, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Shakespears Sister) 1959 – Kathy Mattea, American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1961 – Manu Chao, French singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Mano Negra, Hot Pants, and Los Carayos) 1961 – Sascha Konietzko, German keyboard player and producer (KMFDM, MDFMK, Excessive Force, Schwein, and KGC) 1961 – Kip Winger, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Winger) 1962 – Viktor Tsoi, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Kino) (d. 1990) 1963 – Dario Marianelli, Italian composer 1968 – Sonique, English singer-songwriter and DJ 1970 – Pete Rock, American rapper and producer (Pete Rock & CL Smooth) 1970 – Eric Reed, American pianist and composer (Black Note) 1971 – Anette Olzon, Swedish singer (Nightwish and Alyson Avenue) 1972 – Allison Moorer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1973 – Juliette Lewis, American actress and singer (Juliette and the Licks) 1976 – Mike Einziger, American guitarist and songwriter (Incubus and Time Lapse Consortium) 1977 – Sarah Slean, Canadian singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress 1978 – RimK, French rapper (113) 1978 – Jean-Pascal Lacoste, French singer and actor 1981 – Brandon Flowers, American singer-songwriter (The Killers) 1982 – Rob Mills, Australian singer-songwriter and actor 1982 – Prince William, Duke of Cambridge 1985 – Kris Allen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1985 – Sentayehu Ejigu, Ethiopian long-distance runner 1986 – Lana Del Rey, American singer-songwriter 1987 – Kim Ryeowook, South Korean singer-songwriter and actor (Super Junior and Super Junior-M) 1992 – Max Schneider, American singer-songwriter and actor 1994 – Chisato Okai, Japanese singer and actress (Cute and Tanpopo) 1997 – Rebecca Black, American singer
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