On This Day for June 21 - Japanese defenses destroyed on Okinawa, Benazir Bhutto is featured, and more

Created: 2020-06-21 10:02 Updated: 2020-06-21 10:02 Notebook: On this Day in History

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June 21

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Benazir Bhutto

FEATURED EVENT

1945

Japanese defenses destroyed on Okinawa

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2009: Greenland became self-governing as an expanded home-rule agreement with Denmark took effect.

1997: The Women's National Basketball Association debuted, as the league's first game was played; the New York Liberty defeated the Los Angeles Sparks. [How much do you know about basketball?]

1982: Prince William of Wales (later Prince William, duke of Cambridge) was born to Charles, prince of Wales and heir to the British throne, and Diana, princess of Wales. [Sort fact from fiction in our English royalty quiz.]

1982: John Hinckley, Jr., was ruled to be innocent by reason of insanity in the shooting of U.S. President Ronald Reagan .

1963: Paul VI was elected pope of the Roman Catholic Church. [Take our pope quiz.]

1919: Italian American architect Paolo Soleri, who was one of the best-known utopian city planners of the 20th century, was born in Turin, Italy. [Sort fact from fiction in our art and architecture quiz.]

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