Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/June 21
June 21: Solstice and Xiazhi (18:06 UTC, 2007); Midsummer in northern Europe (2007).
- 1813 - Peninsular War: In the Battle of Vitoria, the Marquess of Wellington's combined British, Portuguese, and Spanish allied army defeated the French near Vitoria, Spain.
- 1864 - New Zealand land wars: The Tauranga Campaign ended.
- 1985 - Greenland officially adopted its own flag, adding support to its independence movement from Denmark.
- 2000 - The controversial amendment to the United Kingdom Local Government Act of 1988 known as Section 28, stating that a local authority cannot intentionally promote homosexuality, was repealed in Scotland with a 99 to 17 vote.
- 2004 - SpaceShipOne (pictured) completed the first privately funded human spaceflight.