on this day

Wala, walang kinalaman sa akin at all. Lagi lang akong nacu-curious kung ano bang mga historical na nangyari sa araw na June 21 sa iba't ibang panahon sa iba't ibang parte ng mundo. So sa tulong ng Wikipedia (na dati akala ko'y isang malaking joke dahil kung anu-ano na lang ang makikita mo dito), napag-alaman kong: (Note: Sorry kinopy-paste ko lang, iniiwasan ko nang maging napakamabusisi sa mga walang kapararakang bagay.) Nung... 524 - Godomar, King of the Burgundians defeats the Franks at the Battle of Vezerone. 1621 - An execution of 27 Czech lords on the Old Town Square in Prague as a consequence of the battle on the "White Mountain." 1734 - In Montreal in New France (today primarily Quebec), a black slave known by the French name of Marie-Joseph Angélique was tortured and hanged by the French authorities in a public ceremony that involved her disgrace and the amputation of a hand. 1749 - Halifax, Nova Scotia, founded. 1788 - New Hampshire ratifies the Constitution and is thus admitted as the 9th state in the United States. 1798 - Irish Rebellion of 1798: The British Army defeats Irish rebels at Battle of Vinegar Hill. 1813 - Laura Secord sets out to warn British forces of an impending U.S. attack on Queenston, Ontario. 1824 - Greek War of Independence: Egyptian forces capture Psara in the Aegean Sea. 1826 - Maniots defeat Egyptians under Ibrahim Pasha in the Battle of Vergas. 1854 - First Victoria Cross won during bombardment of Bomarsund in the Aland Islands. 1859 - Italian Independence wars: Battle of Solférino is fought. Witnessed by Henri Dunant, the results were the Geneva Conventions and the Red Cross. 1864 - Maori Wars: The Tauranga Campaign ends. 1877 - The Molly Maguires, ten Irish immigrants who were labor activists, are hanged in the Carbon County, Pennsylvania Prison. 1887 - Queen Victoria's golden jubilee. 1898 - Guam becomes a U.S. territory. 1919 - Royal Canadian Mounted Police fire a volley into a crowd of unemployed war veterans, killing two, during the Winnipeg General Strike. 1919 - Admiral Ludwig von Reuter scuttles the German fleet in Scapa Flow, Orkney. The nine sailors killed were the last casualties of the First World War. 1932 - After heavyweight boxer Max Schmeling lost a title fight by decision to Jack Sharkey, Schmeling's manager, Joe Jacobs, exclaimed, ''We was robbed!'' 1939 - The New York Yankees U.S. baseball team announce Lou Gehrig's retirement. 1940 - World War II: France surrenders to Germany. 1940 - First successful west-to-east navigation of Northwest Passage begins at Vancouver, British Columbia. 1945 - World War II: Battle of Okinawa ends. 1947 - A seaman named Harold Dahl claims to have seen six UFOs near Maury Island, United States. The next morning Dahl reported the first modern Men in Black encounter. 1957 - Ellen Louks Fairclough sworn in as Canada's first woman Cabinet Minister 1964 - Three civil rights workers, Andrew Goodman, James Chaney and Mickey Schwerner, are murdered in Neshoba County, Mississippi, United States, by members of the Ku Klux Klan. 1965 - Folk rock band The Byrds releases their highly influential debut album Mr. Tambourine Man. 1973 – The Supreme Court of the United States rules that states may ban materials found to be obscene according to local standards. 1982 - John Hinckley is found not guilty by reason of insanity for the attempted assassination of U.S. President Ronald Reagan. 1982 - Fête de la Musique street music festival inaugurated in France by Jack Lang. 1985 - Scientists announced that skeletal remains exhumed in Brazil were those of Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele. 1989 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules that burning the American flag as a form of political protest is protected by the First Amendment. 1997 - French musician Jean Michel Jarre's "Oxygene Tour" concert in Spodek (Katowice, Poland) for deaf and poorly hearing children of Europe. 1999 - First iBook introduced by Apple Computer. 2001 - Jeff Skilling (Former Enron CEO) is hit in the face with a pie during a visit to California. 2003 - Deputy Justice Fazel Ahmed Manawi of the Afghan Supreme Court announces that Aftab editor Sayed Madawi and his deputy Ali Payam Sestani will be tried for "libeling Islam." 2004 - SpaceShipOne becomes the first privately funded spaceplane to achieve spaceflight. 2005 - Donald Tsang Yam Kuen is appointed by the People's Republic of China to take over from Tung Chee Hwa as the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. At eto pa, mga ino-observe at/o sini-celebrate ng mundo sa araw na 'to bukod sa bersdey ko: Summer solstice (Northern Hemisphere) and Winter solstice (Southern Hemisphere) Astrology: First day of sun sign Cancer --> So Cancer nga talaga 'ko. National Aboriginal Day in Canada (starting in 1996) Midsummer – Neopagan festival – Litha National Day of Greenland Fête de la Musique in France, Belgium and Switzerland. --> At shempre alam naman nating lahat 'to. Ang totoo n'yan, masyadong natuwa ang mga Pranses nang pinanganak ako. Shaun Goater Day in Bermuda Go Skateboarding Day International Surfing Day --> O dibs! San ka pa? Pramis hindi imbento 'to. Muntik na nga akong mahulog sa upuan ko eh. What can be more nakakakilig than finding out that your birthday coincides with this day??? Hihihihihi! Hay talagang surfing and Dindin are meant to be. Ahahahaha. So ayan. Yun lang. Gusto ko lang i-share. Malay ba natin magamit pa natin 'to pag naging contestant ang isa sa 'tin sa "Game k n b?" o "Laban o bawi" o "Pinoy henyo"? Huh. Oo na.