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UPI Almanac for Friday, June 21, 2024

On June 21, 2008, nearly 1,400 people, most of them on a ferry that capsized, were killed in Typhoon Fengshen in the Philippines.

By United Press International
Flooding is widespread on Panay Island, Philippines, on June 27, 2008, where the US Navy is helping to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster response in the wake of Typhoon Fengshen. On June 21, 2008, nearly 1,400 people, most of them on a ferry that capsized, were killed in the typhoon. File Photo by Spike Call/U.S. Navy
1 of 2 | Flooding is widespread on Panay Island, Philippines, on June 27, 2008, where the US Navy is helping to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster response in the wake of Typhoon Fengshen. On June 21, 2008, nearly 1,400 people, most of them on a ferry that capsized, were killed in the typhoon. File Photo by Spike Call/U.S. Navy | License Photo

Today is Friday, June 21, the 173rd day of 2024 with 193 to follow.

The moon is full. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Neptune and Saturn.

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Those born on this date are under the sign of Cancer. They include Saint/Pope Leo IX in 1002; Boy Scouts of America founder Daniel Carter Beard in 1850; philosopher/author Jean-Paul Sartre in 1905; actor Jane Russell in 1921; actor Bernie Kopell in 1933 (age 91); actor Monte Markham in 1935 (age 89); actor Ron Ely in 1938 (age 86); actor/TV host Mariette Hartley in 1940 (age 84); actor Joe Flaherty in 1941; musician Ray Davies (Kinks) in 1944 (age 80); actor Michael Gross in 1947 (age 77); actor Meredith Baxter in 1947 (age 77); Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi in 1947 (age 77); musician Joey Molland (Badfinger) in 1947 (age 77); writer Ian McEwan in 1948 (age 76); musician Joey Kramer (Aerosmith) in 1950 (age 74); musician Nils Lofgren in 1951 (age 73); two-time Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto in 1953; actor Robert Pastorelli in 1954; actor Josh Pais in 1958 (age 66); musician Kathy Mattea in 1959 (age 65); sportscaster Kevin Harlan in 1960 (age 64); Indonesian President Joko Widodo in 1961 (age 63); actor David Morrissey in 1964 (age 60); filmmaker Lana Wachowski in 1965 (age 59); actor Carrie Preston in 1967 (age 57); actor Juliette Lewis in 1973 (age 51); musician Justin Cary (Sixpence None The Richer) in 1975 (age 49); musician Mike Einziger (Incubus) in 1976 (age 48); actor Chris Pratt in 1979 (age 45); musician Brandon Flowers (Killers) in 1981 (age 43); Britain's Prince William in 1982 (age 42); actor Benjamin Walker in 1982 (age 42); actor Jussie Smollett in 1983 (age 41); Edward Snowden, former CIA employee who exposed government secrets, in 1983 (age 41); actor Michael Malarkey in 1983 (age 41); musician Lana Del Rey in 1985 (age 39); actor Natalie Alyn Lind in 1999 (age 25).

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On this date in history:

In 1788, the U.S. Constitution became effective when it was ratified by a ninth state, New Hampshire.

In 1942, German forces, led by Gen. Erwin Rommel, took control of Tobruk, Libya, in an assault on British forces. The North African city was a key port on the Mediterranean Sea.

In 1945, Japanese defenders of Okinawa surrendered to U.S. troops.

In 1964, Ku Klux Klan members killed three civil rights activists -- James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner -- and hid their bodies in unmarked graves. An informer led the FBI to the three men's graves 44 days later.

In 1982, John Hinckley Jr. was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the March 1981 shootings of U.S. President Ronald Reagan and three other people who were also wounded. Hinckley has been in a hospital in Washington, with permission in recent years to spend time outside the institution with his family.

In 1985, international experts in Sao Paulo, Brazil, conclusively identified the bones of a 1979 drowning victim as the remains of Dr. Josef Mengele, a Nazi war criminal, ending a 40-year search for the "angel of death" of the Auschwitz concentration camp.

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In 1990, an earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale struck northwestern Iran, killing up to 50,000 people.

In 1997, Cambodia announced the capture of former Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot.

In 2000, NASA announced that its Mars Global Surveyor had spotted grooved surface features, suggesting a relatively recent water flow on the planet.

In 2005, a Mississippi jury convicted 80-year-old former Ku Klux Klan leader Edgar Ray Killen of manslaughter in the 1964 killings of three civil rights workers. He was sentenced to 60 years in prison and died in 2018.

In 2008, nearly 1,400 people, most of them on a ferry that capsized, were killed in Typhoon Fengshen in the Philippines.

In 2011, a RusAir passenger plane flying from Moscow to Petrozavodsk in rain and fog crashed on a highway near an airport and broke apart in flames. Forty-four people died, eight survived.

In 2021, Laurel Hubbard made history as the first openly transgender athlete to be selected to compete in an Olympic Games, qualifying for a spot on New Zealand's weightlifting team.

In 2021, Las Vegas Raiders defensive lineman Carl Nassib became the first active NFL player in league history to come out as gay.

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In 2023, the Food and Drug Administration granted approval for GOOD Meat, the meat division of Eat Just, and UPSIDE Foods, to sell cultivated poultry in the United States. It was the first approval by the regulatory body for companies to produce meat by growing cells extracted from an animal's body.


A thought for the day: "To make peace, one must be an uncompromising leader. To make peace, one must also embody compromise." -- former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto

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