June 21: June solstice (04:24 UTC, 2017); International Yoga Day; National Aboriginal Day in Canada
Replica of the Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine
- 1734 – A black slave known as Marie-Joseph Angélique, having been convicted of setting the fire that destroyed much of Montreal, was tortured and then hanged in New France.
- 1826 – Greek War of Independence: A combined Egyptian and Ottoman army began their invasion of the Mani Peninsula, but they were initially held off by the Maniots at the fortifications of Vergas.
- 1864 – New Zealand Wars: British victory in the Battle of Te Ranga brought the Tauranga Campaign to an end.
- 1948 – The Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine (replica pictured), the world's first stored-program computer, ran its first computer program.
- 1963 – Italian cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini was elected as Pope Paul VI.
Increase Mather (b. 1639) · Clara Immerwahr (b. 1870) · Gideon Sundback (d. 1954)
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