On National Indigenous Peoples Day (formerly named National Aboriginal Day), Canadians recognize the contributions of the First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples. The holiday is observed on June 21 each year because this date often coincides with the summer solstice, when many indigenous peoples celebrate their culture and heritage.
Daily Calendar for Saturday, June 21, 2025
Died
- King Edward III of England –
- Carroll O'Connor (actor) –
- Kermit Love (costume designer) –
- Charles Krauthammer (Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist) –
Born
- Charles Bowers Momsen (American vice admiral, inventor) –
- Jean-Paul Sartre (writer & philosopher) –
- Jane Russell (actress) –
- Judy Holliday (actress) –
- Maureen Stapleton (actress) –
- Doug Savant (actor) –
- Chris Pratt (actor) –
- Prince William of Wales (oldest son of Prince Charles and Princess Diana) –
Events
- John Archer became first to receive Bachelor of Medicine degree in U.S. –
- New Hampshire ratified the Constitution and was admitted as the 9th state –
- Cyrus H. McCormick was awarded a U.S. patent for a reaper –
- The ferris wheel debuted at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago –
- France surrendered to Germany (WW II) –
- Richard M. Nixon married Thelma Catherine “Pat” Ryan –
- Sesquicentennial U.S. postage stamp “The Old Man of the Mountains” debuted –
- First 999 emergency phone service in North America began, in Winnipeg, Manitoba –
- The original Walt Disney movie The Parent Trap debuted –
- Jim Bunning of the Philadelphia Phillies pitched a perfect baseball game –
- The first amendment to Canada’s Constitution Act of 1982, which guaranteed the constitutional rights of Indians and Inuits, took effect –
- SpaceShipOne left the Earth behind and made its indelible entry in the history books as the first private spacecraft to carry humans into space –
- A 25-foot-tall, 17.5-ton treat of frozen Snapple juice melted, flooding Union Square in downtown Manhattan with kiwi-strawberry-flavored fluid –
- Tallest structure built with LEGOS (114 feet 11 inches) set Guinness World Record, Milan, Italy –
Weather
- The Apalachicola-Tallahassee area of Florida was hit by an early-season hurricane –
- Fifteen inches of snow was reported at the summit of Mount Evans in Colorado –
- Typhoon Fengshen, with winds of up to 121 miles per hour, struck the central and northern Philippines –
- Washington, D.C., had a record high temperature of 99 degrees Fahrenheit –
- Boston, Massachusetts, had a record high temperature of 96 degrees Fahrenheit –
