June 21st, 1966

People born on June 21, 1966

June 21st in History

1989:
The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Texas v. Johnson that flag burning is protected speech under the United States Constitution.

1964:
Three civil rights workers, Andrew Goodman, James Chaney and Mickey Schwerner, are murdered in Neshoba County, Mississippi, United States, by members of the Ku Klux Klan.

1957:
Ellen Louks Fairclough sworn in as Canada's first woman Cabinet Minister

1915:
The U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision in Guinn v. United States 238 US 347 1915, striking down an Oklahoma law denying the right to vote to some citizens.

1859:
Franco-Austrian War: Battle of Solférino is fought. Witnessed by Henri Dunant, the results were the Geneva Conventions and the Red Cross.