June 21st (2005) was a Tuesday. It's the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 194 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 21st June, 2005
» Edgar Ray Killen, who had previously been acquitted for the murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Mickey Schwerner, is convicted of manslaughter 41 years afterwards (the case had been reopened in 2004).
June 21st Famous Deaths for 2005
» Jaime Sin, Filipino archbishop (b. 1928)
June 21st Holidays in History
» Christian Feast Day:
» Alban of Mainz
» Aloysius Gonzaga
» Engelmund of Velsen
» Martin of Tongres
» Onesimos Nesib (Lutheran)
» June 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Public holidays in Togo or Day of the Martyrs (Togo)
» Go Skateboarding Day
» National Aboriginal Day (Canada)
» Solstice-related observances ('see also June 20'):
» Day of Private Reflection
» International Surfing Day
» National Day (Greenland)
» We Tripantu, a winter solstice festival in the southern hemisphere. (Mapuche, southern Chile)
» Willkakuti, an Andean-Amazonic New Year (Aymara people or Aymara)