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Edward III transformed the Kingdom of England into one of the most formidable military powers in Europe.
Notable Deaths on June 21
1377 — Edward III of England (born 1312)
Edward III of England (born 1312)
June 21 has 113 recorded notable deaths across history, from 532 to 2024. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
113 source records
532 – 2024
Today in history
Major events on June 21
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- 1734 In Montreal, New France, a slave known by the French name of Marie-Joseph Angélique is put to death, having been convicted of setting the fire that destroyed much of the city. Source
- 2004 SpaceShipOne becomes the first privately funded spaceplane to achieve spaceflight. Source
- 1973 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. Source
- 1993 Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-57 to retrieve the European Retrievable Carrier (EURECA) satellite. It is also the first shuttle mission to carry the Spacehab module. Source
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Carroll O'Connor found widespread fame as Archie Bunker, the main character in the CBS television sitcoms All in the Family (1971–1979) and its continuation, Archie Bunker's Place (1979–1983).
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John Smith was a leader of the Virginia Colony between September 1608 and August 1609, and he led an exploration along the rivers of Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay, during which he became the first English explorer to map the Chesapeake Bay area.
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A moderate liberal who turned independent conservative as a political pundit, Krauthammer won the Pulitzer Prize for his columns in The Washington Post in 1987.
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Inigo Jones was an English architect who was the first significant architect in England in the early modern era and the first to employ Vitruvian rules of Proportion (architecture) and symmetry in his buildings.
More major people who died on June 21
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
2001
Carroll O'Connor
American actor and producer (born 1924)
John Carroll O'Connor was an American actor whose television career spanned over four decades.
1631
John Smith
English admiral and explorer (born 1580)
John Smith was an English soldier, explorer, admiral of New England, and author. He was knighted for his services to Sigismund Báthory, Prince of Transylvania, and his friend Mózes Székely.
2018
Charles Krauthammer
American columnist and conservative political commentator (born 1950)
Charles Krauthammer was an American political columnist and psychiatrist.
1652
Inigo Jones
English architect, designed the Queen's House and Wilton House (born 1573)
Inigo Jones was an English architect who was the first significant architect in England in the early modern era and the first to employ Vitruvian rules of Proportion (architecture) and symmetry in his buildings.
1940
Édouard Vuillard
French painter (born 1868)
Jean-Édouard Vuillard was a French painter, decorative artist, and printmaker.
1988
Bobby Dodd
American football coach (born 1908)
Robert Lee Dodd was an American college football player and coach, college baseball coach, and college athletics administrator.
2024
Frederick Crews
American essayist and literary critic (born 1933)
Frederick Campbell Crews was an American essayist and literary critic.
1998
Anastasio Ballestrero
Italian cardinal (born 1913)
Anastasio Alberto Ballestrero, religious name Anastasio del Santissimo Rosario, was an Italian cardinal and member of the Discalced Carmelites who served as the Archbishop of Turin from 1977 until his resignation in…
1968
Constance Georgina Tardrew
South African botanist (born 1883)
Constance Georgina Adams, also known as Constance Georgina Tardrew, was a South African housewife and collector of botanical specimens.
2013
James P. Gordon
American physicist and academic (born 1928)
James Power Gordon was an American physicist known for his work in the fields of optics and quantum electronics.
1529
John Skelton
English poet and educator (born 1460)
John Skelton, also known as John Shelton was an English poet, playwright, priest, and tutor to King Henry VIII.
1876
Antonio López de Santa Anna
Mexican general and politician 8th President of Mexico (born 1794)
Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón, often known as Santa Anna, was a Mexican general, politician, and caudillo who served as the eighth president of Mexico on multiple occasions…
2010
Russell Ash
English author (born 1946)
Russell Ash was the British author of the Top 10 of Everything series of books, as well as Great Wonders of the World, Incredible Comparisons and many other reference, art and humour titles, most notably his series of…
868
Ali al-Hadi
the tenth Imam of Shia Islam (born 829)
Ali ibn Muhammad al-Hadi was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the tenth Imam in Twelver Shia, succeeding his father, Muhammad al-Jawad.
1985
Tage Erlander
Swedish lieutenant and politician, 25th Prime Minister of Sweden (born 1901)
Tage Fritjof Erlander was a Swedish politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Sweden and leader of the Social Democratic Party from 1946 to 1969.
1940
Smedley Butler
American general, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1881)
Major General Smedley Darlington Butler was a United States Marine Corps officer and, later, an anti-war advocate.
1951
Charles Dillon Perrine
American astronomer (born 1867)
Charles Dillon Perrine was an American astronomer at the Lick Observatory in California (1893-1909) who moved to Cordoba, Argentina to accept the position of Director of the Argentine National Observatory (1909-1936).
1969
Maureen Connolly
American tennis player (born 1934)
Maureen Catherine Connolly-Brinker, known as "Little Mo", was an American tennis player, the winner of nine major singles titles in the early 1950s. In 1953, she became the first woman to win a Grand Slam.
2001
John Lee Hooker
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1917)
John Lee Hooker was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. The son of a sharecropper, he rose to prominence performing an electric guitar-style adaptation of Delta blues that he developed in Detroit.