Saturday June 21, 2025
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

: Day of the Week

is the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are until the end of the year. The day of the week is .

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is samedi.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Gemini is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Pearl is the modern birthstone for this month. Moonstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

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: This Day in History

On non-leap years (until 2039), this day marks the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere and the winter solstice in the southern hemisphere, and is the day of the year with the most hours of daylight in the northern hemisphere and the least hours of daylight in the southern hemisphere.

by the Numbers

  • days since
  • year, month, and days ago
  • month since then
  • is in the th week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • weeks ago
  • The year is not a leap year

Historical Event(s)

217 BC
The Romans, led by Gaius Flaminius, are ambushed and defeated by Hannibal at the Battle of Lake Trasimene.
Halifax, Nova Scotia, is founded.
James Otis, Jr. offends the King and Parliament in a speech to the Massachusetts General Court.
New Hampshire ratifies the Constitution of the United States and is admitted as the 9th state in the United States.
Peninsular War: Battle of Vitoria.
Greek War of Independence: Egyptian forces capture Psara in the Aegean Sea.
The first Victoria Cross is awarded during the bombardment of Bomarsund in the Åland Islands.
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.
World War II: Tobruk falls to Italian and German forces.
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.

Who were born on ?

James Short, British mathematician (d. 1768)
Ferdinand André Fouqué, French geologist (d. 1904)
Enrico Cecchetti, Italian ballet dancer (d. 1928)
Edwin Stephen Goodrich, English zoologist (d. 1946)
James Clyde Mitchell, English sociologist and anthropologist (d. 1995)
Zlatko Grgić, Croatian animator (d. 1988)
Dan Henning, American football player
Carrie Preston, American actress
Richard Jefferson, American basketball player
Allyssa DeHaan, American collegiate basketball and volleyball player

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