So you want to have a drink but you aren't sure why? Here are some GREAT reasons to call your friends over and have a party.

June 21st


- Christian Feast Day
- Father's Day (Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, and Uganda)
- Go Skateboarding Day
- Martyrs' Day (Togo)
- National Aboriginal Day (Canada)
- Statehood Day (New Hampshire)
- Summer Solstice related observances (see June 20):
- World Humanist Day (Humanism)

June 21st


- 2006 - Pluto's newly discovered moons are officially named Nix & Hydra.
- 2004 - SpaceShipOne becomes the first privately funded spaceplane to achieve spaceflight.
- 2001 - A federal grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia, indicts 13 Saudis and a Lebanese in the 1996 bombing of the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia that killed 19 American servicemen.
- 2000 - Section 28 (outlawing the 'promotion' of homosexuality in the United Kingdom) is repealed in Scotland with a 99 to 17 vote.
- 1982 - John Hinckley is found not guilty by reason of insanity for the attempted assassination of U.S. President Ronald Reagan.
- 1973 - In handing down the decision in Miller v. California 413 US 15, the Supreme Court of the United States establishes the Miller Test for obscenity in U.S. law.
- 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 is sworn in as Canada's first woman Cabinet Minister.
- 1952 - The Philippine School of Commerce, through a republic act, is converted to Philippine College of Commerce, later to be the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.
- 1948 - Columbia Records introduces the long-playing record album in a public demonstration at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.
- 1942 - World War II: Tobruk falls to Italian and German forces.
- 1942 - World War II: A Japanese submarine surfaces near the Columbia River in Oregon, firing 17 shells at nearby Fort Stevens in one of only a handful of attacks by the Japanese against the United States mainland.
- 1940 - The first successful west-to-east navigation of Northwest Passage begins at Vancouver, British Columbia.
- 1919 - The Royal Canadian Mounted Police fire a volley into a crowd of unemployed war veterans, killing two, during the Winnipeg General Strike.
- 1919 - Admiral Ludwig von Reuter scuttles the German fleet in Scapa Flow, Orkney. The nine sailors killed are the last casualties of World War I.
- 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.
- 1898 - The United States captures Guam from Spain.
- 1895 - The Kiel Canal is officially opened.
- 1877 - The Molly Maguires, ten Irish immigrants convicted of murder, are hanged at the Schuylkill County and Carbon County, Pennsylvania prisons.
- 1864 - New Zealand Land Wars: The Tauranga Campaign ends.
- 1854 - The first Victoria Cross is awarded during the bombardment of Bomarsund in the Åland Islands.
- 1826 - Maniots defeat Egyptians under Ibrahim Pasha in the Battle of Vergas.
- 1824 - Greek War of Independence: Egyptian forces capture Psara in the Aegean Sea.
- 1813 - Peninsular War: Battle of Vitoria.
- 1798 - Irish Rebellion of 1798: The British Army defeats Irish rebels at the Battle of Vinegar Hill.
- 1788 - New Hampshire ratifies the Constitution of the United States and is admitted as the 9th state in the United States.
- 1768 - James Otis, Jr. offends the King and Parliament in a speech to the Massachusetts General Court.
- 1749 - Halifax, Nova Scotia, is founded.
- 1734 - In Montreal in New France, a slave known by the French name of Marie-Joseph Angélique is put to death, having been convicted of the arson that destroyed much of the city.
- 1621 - Execution of 27 Czech noblemen on the Old Town Square in Prague as a consequence of the Battle of White Mountain.
- 1582 - The Incident at Honn?-ji takes place in Kyoto, Japan.
- 1307 - Külüg Khan enthroned as Khagan of the Mongols and Wuzong of the Yuan.
- 524 - Godomar, King of the Burgundians defeats the Franks at the Battle of Vézeronce.

June 21st


- 2001 - Alexandra Obolentseva, Russian chess player
- 1990 - Pietro Baccolo, Italian footballer
- 1989 - Jascha Washington, American actor
- 1988 - Alejandro Ramírez, Costa Rican chess Grandmaster
- 1988 - Paolo Tornaghi, Italian footballer
- 1987 - Sebastian Prödl, Austrian footballer
- 1987 - Ryeowook, Korean pop singer
- 1987 - Dale Thomas, Australian rules footballer
- 1986 - Hideaki Wakui, Japanese baseball player
- 1985 - Kris Allen, American singer
- 1985 - Anthony Morelli, American football player
- 1985 - Byron Schammer, Australian rules footballer
- 1984 - Alicia Alighatti, American pornographic actress
- 1984 - Jujubee, American drag queen and reality TV personality
- 1984 - Franck Perera, French racing driver
- 1982 - Prince William of Wales, British nobleman, second in the line of succession to the British throne
- 1982 - Rob Mills, Australian Singer and Performer
- 1981 - David Bortolussi, French-born Italian rugby player
- 1981 - Yann Danis, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1981 - Brandon Flowers, American singer and keyboardist (The Killers)
- 1981 - Garrett Jones, American baseball player
- 1980 - Luca Anania, Italian footballer
- 1980 - Richard Jefferson, American basketball player
- 1980 - Sendy Rleal, Dominican baseball player
- 1979 - Kostas Katsouranis, Greek footballer
- 1979 - Chris Pratt, American actor
- 1978 - Erica Durance, Canadian actress
- 1978 - Jack Guzman, American actor
- 1978 - Jean-Pascal Lacoste, French singer, actor and TV host
- 1978 - Cristiano Lupatelli, Italian footballer
- 1978 - Dejan Ognjanovi?, Montenegrin football player
- 1978 - Rim'K, French rapper
- 1977 - Michael Gomez, Irish boxer
- 1977 - Jochen Hecht, German ice hockey player
- 1976 - Antonio Cochran, American football player
- 1976 - Mike Einziger, American guitarist (Incubus)
- 1976 - Nigel Lappin, Australian rules footballer
- 1974 - Natasha Desborough, British radio personality
- 1974 - Neely Jenkins, American bassist and vocalist (Park Ave., Tilly and the Wall)
- 1974 - Rob Kelly, American football player
- 1974 - Craig Lowndes, Australian racing driver
- 1973 - Juliette Lewis, American actress
- 1972 - Alon Hilu, Israeli writer
- 1972 - Neil Doak, Irish cricketer
- 1971 - Anette Olzon, Swedish singer (Nightwish)
- 1970 - Sindee Coxx, American pornographic actress
- 1970 - Pete Rock, American rapper and producer
- 1969 - Gabriella Paruzzi, Italian skier
- 1968 - Sonique, British DJ
- 1967 - Jim Breuer, American comedian
- 1967 - Derrick Coleman, American basketball player
- 1967 - Pierre Omidyar, Iranian-American businessman
- 1967 - Carrie Preston, American actress
- 1966 - Rudi Bakhtiar, American journalist
- 1966 - Pierre Thorsson, Swedish handball player
- 1966 - Nan Woods, American actress
- 1965 - Larry Wachowski, American film director
- 1965 - Yang Liwei, Chinese astronaut
- 1964 - Sammi Davis, British actress
- 1964 - David Morrissey, British actor
- 1964 - Doug Savant, American actor
- 1963 - Lucas de Groot, Dutch type designer
- 1962 - Viktor Tsoi, Soviet guitarist, singer and songwriter (Kino) (d. 1990)
- 1962 - Takeshi Asami, Japanese racing driver
- 1961 - Kip Winger, American singer and guitarist (Winger)
- 1961 - Manu Chao, French multi-instrumentalist (Mano Negra)
- 1961 - Sascha Konietzko, German singer and synth player (KMFDM)
- 1961 - Karen Barber, English ice dancer
- 1960 - Kevin Harlan, American sportscaster
- 1959 - Tom Chambers, American basketball player
- 1959 - Marcella Detroit, American singer and songwriter (Shakespear's Sister)
- 1959 - Kathy Mattea, American country singer
- 1958 - Gennady Padalka, Russian cosmonaut
- 1957 - Berkeley Breathed, American cartoonist and author
- 1957 - Lucien DeBlois, Canadian professional ice hockey player
- 1955 - Tim Bray, Canadian computer programmer
- 1955 - Leigh McCloskey, American actor
- 1955 - Aloysius Amwano, Nauruan politician
- 1955 - Jean-Pierre Mader, French singer and songwriter
- 1955 - Michel Platini, French footballer
- 1954 - Müjde Ar, Turkish actress
- 1954 - Kathy Sullivan, American attorney and politician
- 1954 - Mark Kimmitt, US Army general
- 1954 - Anne Kirkbride, English actress
- 1954 - Robert Menasse, Austrian writer
- 1954 - Robert Pastorelli, American actor (d. 2004)
- 1953 - Benazir Bhutto, Prime Minister of Pakistan (d. 2007)
- 1953 - Maurice Boucher, Canadian organized crime boss
- 1953 - Michael Bowen, American actor
- 1952 - Kôichi Mashimo, Japanese anime director
- 1951 - Jim Douglas, American politician, 80th Governor of Vermont
- 1951 - Nils Lofgren, American guitarist, singer, songwriter (E Street Band, Crazy Horse)
- 1950 - Joey Kramer, American drummer and percussionist (Aerosmith)
- 1950 - Vasilis Papakonstantinou, Greek singer
- 1950 - Enn Reitel, English actor
- 1950 - Gérard Lanvin, French actor
- 1950 - Anne Carson, Canadian poet
- 1948 - Ian McEwan, English writer
- 1948 - Lionel Rose, Australian boxer
- 1948 - Andrzej Sapkowski, Polish writer
- 1947 - Meredith Baxter, American actress
- 1947 - Michael Gross, American actor
- 1947 - Shirin Ebadi, Iranian lawyer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate
- 1947 - Joey Molland, English guitarist (Badfinger)
- 1946 - Brenda Holloway, American singer and songwriter
- 1946 - Trond Kirkvaag, Norwegian comedian and author
- 1945 - Adam Zagajewski, Polish philosopher and poet
- 1945 - Philippe Sarde, French composer
- 1944 - Ray Davies, English singer and songwriter (The Kinks)
- 1944 - Corinna Tsopei, Greek beauty pageant winner
- 1943 - Salomé, Spanish singer
- 1942 - Togo D. West, Jr., American attorney and public official
- 1942 - Dan Henning, American football player
- 1942 - Henry S. Taylor, American writer
- 1941 - Joe Flaherty, American-Canadian actor
- 1941 - Lyman Ward, Canadian actor
- 1940 - Mariette Hartley, American actress
- 1940 - Michael Ruse, Canadian philosopher
- 1939 - Ruben Berrios, Puerto Rican politician
- 1938 - Ron Ely, American actor
- 1938 - John W. Dower, American author and historian
- 1936 - Joseph Gosnell, Canadian Nisga'a leader
- 1935 - Françoise Sagan, French writer (d. 2004)
- 1933 - Bernie Kopell, American actor
- 1932 - O.C. Smith, American singer (d. 2001)
- 1932 - Lalo Schifrin, Argentine pianist and composer
- 1931 - Margaret Mary O'Shaughnessy Heckler, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services
- 1931 - Jan Tr?bka, Polish scientist, philosopher
- 1930 - Sir Gerald Kaufman, British politician
- 1930 - Mike McCormack, American professional football player
- 1929 - Abdel Halim Hafez, Egyptian singer and actor (d. 1977)
- 1929 - Alexandre Lagoya, Greek-Italian classical guitarist (d. 1999)
- 1927 - Carl Stokes, Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1996)
- 1926 - Conrad Hall, Tahitian-born cinematographer (d. 2003)
- 1925 - Giovanni Spadolini, Italian politician (d. 1994)
- 1925 - Maureen Stapleton, American actress (d. 2006)
- 1924 - Pontus Hultén, Swedish art collector and pioneering museum director (d. 2006)
- 1924 - Jean Laplanche, French psychoanalytic thinker
- 1924 - Max McNab, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2007)
- 1923 - Jacques Hébert, French-Canadian author, journalist and politician (d. 2007)
- 1921 - Judy Holliday, American actress (d. 1965)
- 1921 - Jane Russell, American actress
- 1921 - Jean de Broglie, French politician (d. 1976)
- 1919 - Gérard Pelletier, French-Canadian journalist, politician, and diplomat (d. 1997)
- 1919 - Vladimir Simagin, Russian chess master and teacher (d. 1968)
- 1919 - Paolo Soleri, Italian-born American architect
- 1918 - Eddie Lopat, American baseball player (d. 1992)
- 1918 - James Clyde Mitchell, English sociologist and anthropologist (d. 1995)
- 1916 - Joseph Cyril Bamford, English inventor and industrialist (d. 2001)
- 1916 - Buddy O'Connor, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1977)
- 1914 - William Vickrey, Canadian economist, Nobel laureate (d. 1996)
- 1912 - Mary McCarthy, American writer (d. 1989)
- 1912 - Kazimierz Leski, Polish engineer, fighter pilot and officer of the Home Army's intelligence and counter-intelligence (d. 2000)
- 1910 - Aleksandr Tvardovsky, Soviet poet (d. 1971)
- 1906 - Helene Costello, American actress (d. 1957)
- 1906 - Nusch Éluard, French performer, model and surrealist artist (d. 1946)
- 1906 - Harold Spina, American composer (d. 1997)
- 1906 - Grete Sultan, German musician (d. 2005)
- 1905 - Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and writer, Nobel laureate (declined the prize) (d. 1980)
- 1903 - Al Hirschfeld, American caricaturist (d. 2003)
- 1902 - Howie Morenz, Canadian professional ice hockey player (d. 1937)
- 1899 - George Miles Watson, British racehorse breeder (d. 1968)
- 1898 - Donald C. Peattie, American botanist and writer (d. 1964)
- 1896 - Charles B. Momsen, American inventor (d. 1967)
- 1894 - Milward Kennedy, British public servant and mystery writer (d. 1968)
- 1893 - Alois Hába, Czech composer (d. 1973)
- 1892 - Reinhold Niebuhr, Protestant theologian (d. 1971)
- 1891 - Pier Luigi Nervi, Italian architect (d. 1979)
- 1891 - Hermann Scherchen, German conductor (d. 1966)
- 1890 - Frank S. Land, American founder of the Order of DeMolay (d. 1959)
- 1889 - Ralph Craig, American athlete (d. 1972)
- 1889 - Tadeusz Jan Kowalski, Polish orientalist (d. 1948)
- 1887 - Norman L. Bowen, Canadian petrologist (d. 1956)
- 1884 - Claude Auchinleck, British field marshal (d. 1981)
- 1883 - Fyodor Gladkov, Russian writer (d. 1958)
- 1882 - Rockwell Kent, American painter, printmaker and illustrator (d. 1971)
- 1882 - Lluís Companys i Jover, Spanish politician (d. 1940)
- 1880 - Arnold Gesell, American psychologist and pediatrician (d. 1961)
- 1880 - Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, British civil servant, industrialist, economist, statistician and banker (d. 1941)
- 1876 - Willem Hendrik Keesom, Dutch physicist (d. 1956)
- 1870 - Clara Immerwahr, German chemist (d. 1915)
- 1868 - Edwin Stephen Goodrich, English zoologist (d. 1946)
- 1864 - Heinrich Wölfflin, Swiss art historian (d. 1945)
- 1863 - Max Wolf, German astronomer (d. 1932)
- 1862 - Damrong Rajanubhab, Thai prince and historian (d. 1943)
- 1859 - Henry Ossawa Tanner, American painter (d. 1937)
- 1858 - Medardo Rosso, Italian sculptor (d. 1928)
- 1850 - Daniel Carter Beard, founder of the Boy Scouts of America (d. 1941)
- 1850 - Enrico Cecchetti, Italian ballet dancer (d. 1928)
- 1839 - Machado de Assis, Brazilian writer (d. 1908)
- 1834 - Frans de Cort, Flemish writer (d. 1878)
- 1834 - Elizabeth Jane Caulfeild, Countess of Charlemont Irish Jewish noblewoman (d. 1882)
- 1828 - Ferdinand André Fouqué, French geologist (d. 1904)
- 1825 - William Stubbs, English historian and Anglican Bishop of Oxford (d. 1901)
- 1823 - Jean Chacornac, French astronomer (d. 1873)
- 1812 - Moses Hess, French/German-born Jewish socialist and precursor of Zionism (d. 1875)
- 1811 - Carlo Matteucci, Italian physicist (d. 1868)
- 1805 - Charles Thomas Jackson, American polymath (d. 1880)
- 1792 - Ferdinand Christian Baur, German theologian (d. 1860)
- 1791 - Robert Napier, British engineer (d. 1876)
- 1788 - Princess Augusta of Bavaria (d. 1850)
- 1786 - Charles Edward Horn, British musician (d. 1849)
- 1781 - Siméon Denis Poisson, French mathematician and physicist (d. 1840)
- 1774 - Daniel D. Tompkins, Congressman, Governor of New York and 6th Vice President of the United States (d. 1825)
- 1764 - Sidney Smith, Royal Navy admiral (d. 1840)
- 1763 - Pierre Paul Royer-Collard, French philosopher (d. 1845)
- 1759 - Alexander J. Dallas, American statesman and financier (d. 1817)
- 1750 - Pierre-Nicolas Beauvallet, French sculptor, draftsman and printmaker (d. 1818)
- 1750 - (O.S.) – Thomas Spence, English classical writer (d. 1814)
- 1741 - Benedetto, Duke of Chablais, Italian general in the French Revolution (d.1808)
- 1736 - (O.S.) – Enoch Poor, American general in the Continental Army (d. 1780)
- 1732 - Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, German composer (d. 1791)
- 1730 - Motoori Norinaga, Japanese scholar (d. 1801)
- 1712 - Luc Urbain de Bouexic, comte de Guichen, French admiral (d. 1790)
- 1710 - James Short, British mathematician (d. 1768)
- 1706 - John Dollond, English optician (d. 1761)
- 1676 - (O.S.) – Anthony Collins, English philosopher (d. 1729)
- 1646 - Maria Francisca of Nemours, Queen of Portugal (d. 1683)
- 1639 - (O.S.) – Increase Mather, New England Puritan minister (d. 1723)
- 1535 - Leonhard Rauwolf, German physician and botanist (d. 1596)
- 1528 - Maria of Spain, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1603)
- 1226 - King Boleslaus V of Poland (d. 1279)
- 1002 - Pope Leo IX (d. 1054)