History for June 21

History for June 21 - On-This-Day.com
Martha Washington 1731, Al Hirshfield 1903, Jean-Paul Sartre 1905


Jane Russell 1921, Mariette Hartley 1940, Meredith Baxter Birney 1947


1834 - Cyrus McCormick patented the first practical mechanical reaper for farming. His invention allowed farmers to more than double their crop size.

1893 - The Ferris Wheel was introduced at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, IL.


1940 - Richard M. Nixon and Thelma Catherine ‘Pat’ Ryan were married.


1963 - In St. Louis, Bob Hayes set a record when he ran the 100-yard dash in 0:09.1.


1963 - France announced that they were withdrawing from the North Atlantic NATO fleet.


1985 - Scientists announced that skeletal remains exhumed in Brazil were those of Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele.


1989 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that burning the American flag as a form of political protest was protected by the First Amendment.


2004 - SpaceShipOne, designed by Burt Rutan and piloted by Mike Melvill, reached 328,491 feet above Earth in a 90 minute flight. The height is about 400 feet above the distance scientists consider to be the boundary of space.