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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_21" title="June 21">June 21</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%AAte_de_la_Musique" title="Fête de la Musique">Fête de la Musique</a></b>; <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Day_of_Yoga" title="International Day of Yoga">International Day of Yoga</a></b>; <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Indigenous_Peoples_Day" title="National Indigenous Peoples Day">National Indigenous Peoples Day</a></b> in Canada; <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiazhi" title="Xiazhi">Xiazhi</a></b> in China (2024)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1575" title="1575">1575</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Wars_of_Religion" title="French Wars of Religion">French Wars of Religion</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic</a> forces <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Besan%C3%A7on" title="Battle of Besançon">defeated an armed group</a></b> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huguenots" title="Huguenots">Huguenots</a> attempting to capture <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Besan%C3%A7on" title="Besançon">Besançon</a>, from which they had previously been expelled.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1854" title="1854">1854</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean_War" title="Crimean War">Crimean War</a>: During the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bomarsund" title="Battle of Bomarsund">Battle of Bomarsund</a>, Irish sailor <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Davis_Lucas" title="Charles Davis Lucas">Charles Davis Lucas</a></b> threw an artillery shell off his ship before it exploded, earning him the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Cross</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1890" title="1890">1890</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudyard_Kipling" title="Rudyard Kipling">Rudyard Kipling</a>'s poem <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandalay_(poem)" title="Mandalay (poem)">Mandalay</a></b></i> was published.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1921" title="1921">1921</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_War_of_Independence" title="Irish War of Independence">Irish War of Independence</a>: Most of the village of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knockcroghery" title="Knockcroghery">Knockcroghery</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Roscommon" title="County Roscommon">County Roscommon</a> was burned by British forces.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1957" title="1957">1957</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Fairclough" title="Ellen Fairclough">Ellen Fairclough</a></b> became the first woman to be appointed to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet_of_Canada" title="Cabinet of Canada">cabinet of Canada</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niccol%C3%B2_Machiavelli" title="Niccolò Machiavelli">Niccolò Machiavelli</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1527); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joko_Widodo" title="Joko Widodo">Joko Widodo</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1961); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_O%27Kelly-Kennedy" title="Kathleen O'Kelly-Kennedy">Kathleen O'Kelly-Kennedy</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1986); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soad_Hosny" title="Soad Hosny">Soad Hosny</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2001)</p>
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