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On this day in history - Today, June, 21

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Births On This Day,
June, 21

  • 1986 Lana Del Rey

    American singer-songwriter, model

  • 1982 Prince William, Duke of Cambridge

  • 1964 David Morrissey

    English actor

  • 1953 Benazir Bhutto

    Pakistani politician, first female Prime Minister of Pakistan

  • 1905 Jean-Paul Sartre

    French philosopher, writer

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Deaths On This Day,
June, 21

  • 1970 Sukarno

    Indonesian politician, 1st President of Indonesia

  • 1940 Smedley Butler

    American marine general

  • 1908 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Russian composer

  • 1527 Niccolò Machiavelli

    Italian historian, philosopher

  • 1377 Edward III of England