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June 21 is day 172 of a common year and carries the traditional birthday symbols associated with June: Pearl, Alexandrite & Moonstone and Rose & Honeysuckle.
June 21 is day 172 of a common year and carries the traditional birthday symbols associated with June: Pearl, Alexandrite & Moonstone and Rose & Honeysuckle.
This profile brings together calendar context, birthday traditions and verified material connected with June 21.
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Explore how birthstones became associated with calendar months and the traditions connected with June.
Explore birthstones →Discover the flower traditions linked with June and how birth flowers became part of modern birthday culture.
Explore birth flowers →The same calendar date has opposite seasonal settings in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
Explore calendar stories →Cakes, candles, songs and milestone ages vary across families and cultures.
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June 21 is day 172 of a common year and carries the traditional birthday symbols associated with June: Pearl, Alexandrite & Moonstone and Rose & Honeysuckle.
Explore this birthday →Greenland assumed expanded self-government under a new Self-Government Act.
WorldSpaceShipOne completed the first privately funded crewed spaceflight to cross the 100-kilometre boundary.
SpaceForensic investigators identified remains in Brazil as those of Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele.
WorldCardinal Giovanni Battista Montini was elected pope and took the name Paul VI.
ReligionGermany’s Kiel Canal was formally opened, linking the North Sea and Baltic Sea.
EngineeringAmerican singer-songwriter known for cinematic pop and nostalgic imagery.
British royal and heir apparent to the British throne.
English actor and director known for stage, television and film work.
Pakistani politician who became the first woman to lead a democratic government in a Muslim-majority country.
French philosopher, playwright and author associated with existentialism.
June 21 is day 172 of a common year, with 193 days remaining after it. Its traditional June birthday associations include Pearl, Alexandrite & Moonstone and Rose & Honeysuckle.
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