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"21 June"

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JUNE 21 IS THE LONGEST DAY OF THE YEAR. THIS IS THE TURNING POINT DAY – THE DAY WITH THE LONGEST LIGHT HOURS AND THE SHORTEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR, IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE. THIS IS THE 173TH DAY OF THE YEAR, IN THE 25TH WEEK OF THE GREGORIAN CALENDAR. BY THE END OF THE YEAR, 193 DAYS REMAIN.

HISTORICAL EVENTS ON THIS DAY
250 BC - ARTUSTES CALCULATES THE EXTENT OF THE EARTH.
1898 - GUAM BECOMES THE TERRITORY OF THE UNITED STATES
1942 - WORLD WAR II: THE NORTH AFRICAN CAMPAIGN: TOOK FALLS TO THE GERMANS
1948 - THE SMALL EXPERIMENTAL MACHINE OF MANCHESTER IS FIRST ACTIVATED.
1970 - WINS THE RESULT 4 - 1 IN THE 1970S FINAL GAME, THIS IS THE THIRD WIN IN BRAZIL'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP AND ABORTION.
2004 - THE FIRST PRIVATE-FUNDED SPACE FLIGHT, ASTRONAUT MIKE MALVILLE IN SPICE X
2005 - A DIFFICULT ACCIDENT IN THE COLLISION BETWEEN TRAIN AND TRUCK IN ISRAEL LEADS TO ABOUT 200 WOUNDED AND EIGHT DEAD.
2009 - THE AUTONOMOUS EXPANSION OF GREENLAND ISLAND FROM DENMARK
2016 - DURING DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS BY RESIDENTS OF NAZARETH, SHE ROSE 62 YEARS AFTER ITS ESTABLISHMENT, THE CITY'S NAME COMMEMORATES THE GALILEE LANDSCAPE.
2017 - KING OF SAUDI ARABIA SALMAN BEN ABDUL-AYZ AL-AUD APPOINTED HIS ELDEST SON MUHAMMAD BIN SALMAN EYUD AS HE WAS ARRESTED INSTEAD OF MUHAMMAD BEN NAFA BIN ABDUL-AUD.

BORN BORN
1732 - JOHANN CHRISTUF FRIEDRICH BACH, MUSICIAN AND COMPOSER, 16TH CHILD OF JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (PRIED IN 1795)
1764 - SYDNEY SMITH, A BRITISH NAVAL OFFICER DURING THE NAPOLEONIC WARS (PRIED IN 1840)
1774 - DANIEL TOMPKINS, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (PRIED IN 1825)
1781 - SIMONE DANNY FOSSON, A FRENCH PHYSICIST AND MATHEMATICIAN
1812 - MOSES HES, A WRITER AND A THINKER OF A GERMAN SOCIALIST.
1850 - ENRICO CHICTIC, AN ITALIAN BALLET TEACHER AND DANCER (PRIED IN28)
1863 - MAX WOLF, A GERMAN ASTRONOMER FROM THE ASTROPOTOGRAPHICS AND CHAIR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ASTRONOMY AT HEIDEELBERG UNIVERSITY (PRIED IN 1932)
1864 - HEINRICH AND FLYNN, HISTORIAN AND SCHOLAR OF THE HISTORY OF SWISS ART (DIED IN 1945)
1870 - CLARA AMERWER, A GERMAN JEWISH CHEMIST (THE SUICIDE IN 1915)
1882 - JACOB BEN DOV, PHOTOGRAPHER AND FILM PHOTOGRAPHER, FROM THE PIONEERS OF JEWISH PHOTOGRAPHERS IN ISRAEL (PRIED IN 1968)
1882 – LOIS COMEPNIS, PRESIDENT OF CATALONIA (1940)
1884 - CLAUDE OKLINK, BRITISH ARMY COMMANDER (SIGNED IN 1981)
1889 - RALPH CRAIG, AMERICAN ATHLETE, OLYMPIC CHAMPION IN 100 METERS AND 200 METERS (SIGNED IN 1972)
1891 - HERMANN CHERCHEN, GERMAN CONDUCTOR (PRIED IN 1966)
1892 - REINHOLD NEBOR, AMERICAN PROTESTANT THEOLOGIAN (PUNGED IN 1971)
1893 - ALEAVE, A CZECH COMPOSER (PRIED IN 1973)
1905 - JEAN-PAUL SARTRE, A PHILOSOPHER AND MUSICIAN, LAUREATE OF THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE IN 1964.
1907 - JACOB ILINI, THE PIONEERS OF THE STUDY OF NUTRITION IN ISRAEL (HE RESIGNED IN 2010)
1914 - KINDNESS RYK, A JEWISH PARTISAN, FROM THE TOWN'S PARATROOPERS ( EXECUTION IN 1944)
1921 JANE RUSSELL, AN AMERICAN ACTRESS AND SINGER (WHO WAS IN 2011)
1925 - MORERIN STYIPTON, AN AMERICAN ACTRESS, IS THE OSCAR AWARD FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF 1981 (SWEDEN IN 2006)
1928 - ABRAHAM IN NORMANDY, AN ISRAELI FOOTBALLER WHO PLAYED AT THE GATEKEEPER'S POSITION IN TEL AVIV AND THE ISRAELI TEAM (PRIED IN 2019)
1929 - ABD AL-HAHAHEZ, AN EGYPTIAN SINGER (PRIED IN 1977)
1931 - DAVID KUSHNER, ATHLETIC AND COACHING ISRAELI ATHLETICS (PRIED IN 2020)
1932 - FOR THOSE WHO HAVE IMPROVED, PIANIST AND ARGENTINE COMPOSER
1935 - FRANCESAZ SAGAN, WRITER, PLAYWRIGHT AND FRENCH WRITER (SWEDEN IN 2004)
1939 - SALOMA, SPANISH SINGER, THE 1969 EUROVISION SONG