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Sunday, June 21
June 21, 2026 is day 172 of 365, ISO week 25, in Q2. The moon is First Quarter and the zodiac sign is Gemini.
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- First Quarter
- Lunar age
- 6.2 days
- Illumination
- 38%
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- Summer in the Northern Hemisphere, winter in the Southern Hemisphere
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- Gemini
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- No major fixed observance in the built-in calendar
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- /date/2026-06-21
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June 21Daily Briefing
Local briefSunday, June 21, 2026 combines practical calendar facts with a wider view of the day: 2000: President Bill Clinton awarded the Medal of Honor to 22 Asian Americans, mostly from the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, for actions during World War II.. Use it to check the date, plan across time zones, and scan the observances and historical markers attached to June 21.
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President Bill Clinton awarded the Medal of Honor to 22 Asian Americans, mostly from the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, for actions during World War II.
The U.S. Supreme Court delivered its decision in the landmark case Miller v. California, establishing the Miller test for determining what is obscene material.
Ellen Fairclough (pictured) became the first woman to be appointed to the cabinet of Canada.
The Manchester Baby (replica pictured), the world's first stored-program computer, ran its first program.
World War II: The main offensive of the unsuccessful Italian invasion of France began.
Irish War of Independence: Most of the village of Knockcroghery in County Roscommon was burned by British forces.
Admiral Ludwig von Reuter scuttled the German High Seas Fleet in Scapa Flow to prevent the ships from being seized and divided amongst the Allied Powers.
During a general strike in Winnipeg, Canada, members of the Royal North-West Mounted Police attacked a crowd of strikers, armed with clubs and revolvers.
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