What happened on 21 June in History: If you're curious about today's historical events, you've come to the right source. Each day presents us with a range of significant occurrences that have shaped both Indian and world history. Today, we commemorate several noteworthy events that have taken place on this very day in the past.
International Day of Yoga
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lead a yoga session for the first time at UN Headquarters on the 9th International Day of Yoga to be celebrated on June 21. Since 2015, June 21 has been designated as the International Day of Yoga to promote awareness of the advantages of the age-old practice known as yoga.
World Music Day
Every year World Music Day is celebrated on 21 June to promote music on an international level and is a way to establish global harmony through music.
World Hydrography Day
World Hydrography Day is observed on 21 June every year to increase public awareness about hydrography science. Every year the International Hydrographic Organisation (IHO) and its international members celebrate this day.
1307 - Külüg Khan is enthroned as Emperor of China and seventh Great Khan after defeating rival factions and succeeding his uncle Temür Khan.
1576 - Mughal army defeated Rana Pratap in the battle of Haldighat.
1834 - American inventor and businessman Cyrus McCormick patents the reaping machine
1945 - Japanese forces defeated on Okinawa
Japanese resistance on Okinawa was finally crushed this day in 1945, less than three months after U.S. troops landed there as the last stepping-stone before the planned assault on Japan's main islands in World War II.
1948 - Chakravorty Rajgopalachari became the First Indian Governor-General of India.
1982 - Prince William of Wales (later Prince William, duke of Cambridge) was born to Charles, prince of Wales and heir to the British throne, and Diana, princess of Wales.
1991 - P. V. Narasimha Rao becomes Prime Minister of India as head of a Congress Party minority government.
2004 - SpaceShipOne becomes the first privately funded spaceplane to achieve spaceflight.
2006 - Pluto's newly discovered moons are officially named Nix and Hydra
2009 - Greenland became self-governing as an expanded home-rule agreement with Denmark took effect.
2017 - After Mohammed bin Nayef, Mohammed bin Salman was appointed as the new successor of Saudi Arabia on this day.
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