June 21 in history — What Happened Today in History

Braathens SAFE Flight 139 is hijacked on approach to Oslo Airport, Fornebu. Special forces arrest the hijacker and there are no fatalities.

John Hinckley is found not guilty by reason of insanity for the attempted assassination of U.S. President Ronald Reagan.

The original production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, Evita, based on the life of Eva Perón, opens at the Prince Edward Theatre, London.

The Primer Congreso del Hombre Andino is inaugurated in Arica, Chile.

In its decision in Miller v. California, 413 U.S. 15, the Supreme Court of the United States establishes the Miller test for determining whether something is obscene and not protected speech under the U.S. constitution.

Penn Central declares Section 77 bankruptcy in what was the largest U.S. corporate bankruptcy to date.

Three civil rights workers, Andrew Goodman, James Chaney and Michael Schwerner, are murdered in Neshoba County, Mississippi, United States, by members of the Ku Klux Klan.

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini is elected as Pope Paul VI.

Ellen Fairclough is sworn in as Canada's first female Cabinet Minister.

The Philippine School of Commerce, through a republic act, is converted to Philippine College of Commerce, later to be the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.

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.

World War II: Tobruk falls to Italian and German forces; 33,000 Allied troops are taken prisoner.

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.

Having defeated forces of Vichy France, Allied forces capture Damascus.

World War II: Italy begins an unsuccessful invasion of France.

One-year conscription comes into force in France.

An agreement brokered by U.S. Ambassador Dwight Whitney Morrow ends the Cristero War in Mexico.

The Irish village of Knockcroghery is burned by British forces.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police fire a volley into a crowd of unemployed war veterans, killing two, during the Winnipeg general strike.

Admiral Ludwig von Reuter scuttles the German fleet at Scapa Flow, Orkney. The nine sailors killed are the last casualties of World War I.

The U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision in Guinn v. United States 238 US 347 1915, striking down Oklahoma grandfather clause legislation which had the effect of denying the right to vote to African-Americans.

Boxer Rebellion: China formally declares war on the United States, Britain, Germany, France and Japan, as an edict issued from the Empress Dowager Cixi.

The United States captures Guam from Spain. The few warning shots fired by the U.S. naval vessels are misinterpreted as salutes by the Spanish garrison, which was unaware that the two nations were at war.

American Civil War: The Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road begins.

In the Wallachian Revolution, Ion Heliade Rădulescu and Christian Tell issue the Proclamation of Islaz and create a new republican government.

Maniots defeat Egyptians under Ibrahim Pasha in the Battle of Vergas.

Greek War of Independence: Egyptian forces capture Psara in the Aegean Sea.

Peninsular War: Wellington defeats Joseph Bonaparte at the Battle of Vitoria.

MAX, American singer, songwriter, actor, dancer and model

Hussein El Shahat, Egyptian professional footballer

Gaël Kakuta, French footballer

Lee Min-young, South Korean singer-songwriter, actress, and entertainer

Ričardas Berankis, Lithuanian tennis player

Sergei Matsenko, Russian chess player

François Moubandje, Swiss footballer

Håvard Nordtveit, Norwegian footballer

Isabel Pires, Portuguese politician

Abubaker Kaki, Sudanese runner

Allyssa DeHaan, American basketball and volleyball player

Alejandro Ramírez, American chess player

Paolo Tornaghi, Italian footballer

James P. Gordon, American physicist and academic (born 1928)

Elliott Reid, American actor and screenwriter (born 1920)

Richard Adler, American composer and producer (born 1921)

Abid Hussain, Indian economist and diplomat, Indian Ambassador to the United States (born 1926)

Sunil Janah, Indian photographer and journalist (born 1918)

Anna Schwartz, American economist and author (born 1915)

Robert Kroetsch, Canadian author and poet (born 1927)

Russell Ash, English author (born 1946)

Irwin Barker, Canadian actor and screenwriter (born 1956)

İlhan Selçuk, Turkish lawyer, journalist, and author (born 1925)

Scott Kalitta, American race car driver (born 1962)

Bob Evans, American businessman, founded Bob Evans Restaurants (born 1918)

Jared C. Monti, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1975)