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June 21: Fête de la Musique; International Day of Yoga; National Indigenous Peoples Day in Canada; Xiazhi in China (2024)

Charles Davis Lucas

1575 – French Wars of Religion: Catholic forces defeated an armed group of Huguenots attempting to capture Besançon, from which they had previously been expelled.
1854 – Crimean War: During the Battle of Bomarsund, Irish sailor Charles Davis Lucas (pictured) threw an artillery shell off his ship before it exploded, earning him the first Victoria Cross.
1890 – Rudyard Kipling's poem Mandalay was published.
1921 – Irish War of Independence: Most of the village of Knockcroghery in County Roscommon was burned by British forces.
1957 – Ellen Fairclough became the first woman to be appointed to the cabinet of Canada.

Niccolò Machiavelli (d. 1527)
Joko Widodo (b. 1961)
Kathleen O'Kelly-Kennedy (b. 1986)
Soad Hosny (d. 2001)

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Shaun Goater Day[edit]

This was a one off day on 21 June 2000 to mark Shaun's contribution to Bermudian international standing through his activities as a professional footballer in the English Football Premiership. He played for Manchester City and Charlton Athletic football clubs during his career in England. However, contrary to popular belief, the day has not been subsequently officially marked, nor is it a public holiday in Bermuda or anywhere else. Martyn Smith 11:03, 21 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"O.S."[edit]

What does that mean. I see next to some of the births in this article. The Legendary Ranger 17:10, 22 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Old Style. KSchutte 21:06, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Nationality[edit]

William Stubbs is listed in the Encyclopedia Britannica as 'William Stubbs British Historian. His subject was English history but his nationality is British. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Robata (talk • contribs) 14:59, 18 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Non-notable[edit]

Please don't remove the mention of anti-skateboarding police brutality. It's at least as releavant as the thing about baseball preceding it. Skrayl 17:27, 8 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Both non-notable events have been removed. -- Mufka ^(u) ^(t) ^(c) 17:32, 8 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Please add:

1956 - Rick Sutcliffe, American baseball player and broadcaster— Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.178.126.182 (talk) 13:50, March 19, 2020 (UTC)

Done Fits list inclusion criteria Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 18:03, 19 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

holidays 'go skateboarding day'[edit]

a commercial promotional event. Should be removed. --142.163.195.229 (talk) 12:16, 21 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

not suitable for Holidays and observations[edit]

the following items are not in the right place. They seem to be private initiatives. Day of private reflection; international surfing day; World Humanist Day--142.163.195.229 (talk) 12:22, 21 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 21 June 2022[edit]

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1926 Change Fred Cone to Fred Cone (d. 2021) Cone died December 31, 2021 2607:FEA8:5CA1:8F40:E05F:E5B4:4B1A:7069 (talk) 02:34, 21 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Done ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 11:03, 21 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 26 October 2023[edit]

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Could you add Hussein El Shahat, the Egyptian footballer his year of birth was 1992, to (Births)? and my source is:^[1] 154.180.33.135 (talk) 19:27, 26 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done Thank you. Liu1126 (talk) 21:37, 26 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ "FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2018: List of Players: Al Ain FC" (PDF). FIFA. 6 December 2018. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2018.

[1] "FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2018: List of Players: Al Ain FC" (PDF). FIFA. 6 December 2018. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2018.

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