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2021

Carl Nassib (Las Vegas Raiders) became the first openly gay player in the NFL by announcing his sexual orientation on Instagram.

2015

US Open, Chambers Bay GC: Jordan Spieth (21) becomes the youngest winner since 1923.

2004

SpaceShipOne becomes the first privately funded spaceplane to conduct spaceflights.

2003

J.K. Rowling’s book Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is released. Five million copies are sold within 24 hours.

1970

In the World Cup final held in Mexico, Pelé and Brazil became the first player and the first country to win the World Cup three times, defeating Italy 4–1 in front of 107,412 spectators.

1963

Pope Paul VI (Giovanni Battista Montini) succeeds John XXIII.

1957

John Diefenbaker (C) becomes Canada’s 13th prime minister.

Louis St-Laurent resigns as Prime Minister of Canada. This brings to an end the longest uninterrupted federal term in the country’s history.

1948

Columbia Records introduces the first 33-rpm records in New York.

1939

Lou Gehrig retires from baseball due to illness. He is suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a disease now commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.

1893

The first Ferris wheel is unveiled at the World’s Fair in Chicago, Illinois.

1749

The city of Halifax, Nova Scotia, is founded by the British and Edward Cornwallis.

1665

The first of the 24 companies of the Carignan-Salières Regiment arrives in New France; 1,300 soldiers land in Iroquois territory; 400 of them will remain to colonize the region.

It happened on… June 21

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