June 21

This day in history:

• 1945 – World War II: The Battle of Okinawa ends when the organized resistance of Imperial Japanese Army forces collapses in the Mabuni area on the southern tip of the main island.
• 1942 – World War II: A Japanese submarine surfaces near the Columbia River in Oregon, firing 17 shells at Fort Stevens in one of only a handful of attacks by Japan against the United States mainland.
• 2012 – An Indonesian Air Force Fokker F27 Friendship crashes near Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport, killing 11.
• 1791 – King Louis XVI of France and his immediate family begin the Flight to Varennes during the French Revolution.

Births:

• 1919 – Paolo Soleri, Italian-American architect, designed the Cosanti (d. 2013)
• 1942 – Norbert Brunner, Swiss Catholic bishop
• 1940 – Michael Ruse, Canadian philosopher and academic

Deaths:

• 870 – Al-Muhtadi, Muslim caliph
• 1934 – Thorne Smith, American author (b. 1892)
• 1621 – Louis III, Cardinal of Guise (b. 1575)

Holidays:

• Solstice-related observances (
• World Hydrography Day (international)
• Father's Day (Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Uganda, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates)

Random Article of the day:

Czarnolas, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Czarnolas [t͡ʂarˈnɔlas] is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Darłowo, within Sławno County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) south of Darłowo, 18 km (11 mi) west of Sławno, and 158 km (98 mi) north-east of the regional capital Szczecin.
For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.
The settlement has a population of 3.

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