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On June 21, the Intihuatana stone casts the longest shadow 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t33685633/machu-picchu/

June 21 is the Incan new year holiday of Inti Raymi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huaca_de_Chena#Skills_of_observation 

We Tripantu is the Mapuche New Year fest
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49689923/we-tripantu/



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The Astrological Association of Great Britain was formed at 7.22 pm GMT on 21 June 1958
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrological_Association_of_Great_Britain

The Met Office headquarters in Devon was officially opened on 21 June 2004
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Met_Office#Locations

SSEM, the world's first stored-program computer, ran its first program on 21 June 1948.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_Small-Scale_Experimental_Machine

The discovery of the element iridium was documented in a letter to the Royal Society on June 21, 1804
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iridium

The Battle of Lake Trasimene (June 21, 217 BC) was a Roman defeat in the Second Punic War
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49689809/battle-of-lake-trasimene/



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The Kandilli Earthquake Museum was opened on June 21, 2006
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandilli_Earthquake_Museum

The cornerstone for the Dearborn Observatory building was laid on June 21, 1888
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dearborn_Observatory

The official opening of the Mills Observatory new improved facilities occurred on June 21, 1984
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mills_Observatory

The Gnomon of Saint-Sulpice is an astronomical measurement device
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnomon_of_Saint-Sulpice#Structure



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The Explorer 41 (IMP 5, Interplanetary Monitoring Platform-G) satellite was launched on 21 June 1969
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explorers_program

The Orbiting Solar Observatory (OSO 8) was launched on June 21, 1975.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSO_8

STS-57 was a Shuttle-Spacehab mission of Space Shuttle Endeavour that launched 21 June 1993
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-57

Flight 15P of SpaceShipOne (X0), took place on June 21, 2004.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t3079953/the-white-knight/

The Molniya-3K 12L satellite was launched on 21 June 2005
http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/molniya-3k.htm

The TanDEM-X satellite was launched on 21 June 2005
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t28680252/tandem-x-radar-satellite/

Progress M-11M/43-P was launched on 21 June 2011
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43271652/progress-m-11m43p/

On June 21, 1913, Georgia Broadwick became the first woman to parachute jump from a moving aircraft, doing so over Los Angeles, California.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parachute



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Herbert Friedman (June 21, 1916 - September 9, 2000) was an American pioneer in solar physics sounding rockets
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Friedman

Yáng Lìwei (born June 21, 1965) is a Chinese major general and military pilot 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49689940/yng-lwei/

Oleg Dmitriyevich Kononenko (born June 21, 1964) is a Russian cosmonaut.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_Kononenko

Gennady Ivanovich Padalka (born June 21, 1958) is a Russian Air Force officer and an RSA cosmonaut.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gennady_Padalka

Georg Balthazar von Neumayer (21 June 1826 - 24 May 1909), was a German polar explorer 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_von_Neumayer

James Short (10 June O.S. (21 June N.S.) 1710 - 15 June 1768) was a Scottish mathematician. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Short_(mathematician)

Hugh Frank Newall FRS (21 June 1857 - 22 Feb. 1944) was a British astrophysicist.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Newall

Jean Chacornac (June 21, 1823 - September 6, 1873) was a French astronomer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Chacornac

Wilhelm Gliese (21 June 1915 - 12 June 1993) was a German astronomer 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Gliese

Maximilian Franz Joseph Cornelius Wolf (June 21, 1863 - October 3, 1932) was a German astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Wolf

Siméon Denis Poisson (21 June 1781 - 25 April 1840), was a French mathematician, geometer, and physicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sim%C3%A9on_Denis_Poisson



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The science fiction film 'Lifeforce' was released on June 21, 1985
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifeforce_(film)

The film 'Rocketeer' was released on June 21, 1991
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rocketeer_(film)



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NGC 5950 was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Stephan on the 21st June 1882.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57885195/ngc-5950/

NGC 6069 was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Stephan on the 21st June 1882.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57885192/ngc-6069/

NGC 6074 was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Stephan on the 21st June 1874.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57885188/ngc-6074/

NGC 6078 was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Stephan on the 21st June 1876.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57885181/ngc-6078/

NGC 6083 was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Stephan on the 21st June 1876.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57885175/ngc-6083/

NGC 6172 was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Stephan on the 21st June 1884.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57885170/ngc-6172/



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GRB 100621A was a gamma-ray burst observed on June 21, 2010
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t37062195/grb-100621a/

The extrasolar planet NGC 2423-3b was discovered in an open cluster on the 21st June 2007
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_2423-3_b

Hydra is the second outermost known natural satellite of Pluto was discovered in June 2005
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydra_(moon)#Discovery

Nix a natural satellite of Pluto was discovered along with Hydra in June 2005
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49689842/nix/

Comet 1903 C (borrelly) was discovered on the 21st June 1903
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1904ApJ....19..121A

A Peculiar Fireball on June 21, 1937
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t54112882/fireball-on-june-21-1937/

The Getafe pseudometeorite fell on the 21st June 1994
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t54116472/getafe-meteorite/



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Meteorites

The Clohars (L4) meteorite fell in France, on the 21st June, 1822. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t54110422/clohars-meteorite/

The Leeuwfontein (L6 Chondrite) meteorite fell in Gauteng, South Africa, on the 21st June, 1912.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43489229/leeuwfontein-meteorite/

The Trysil (L/LL6 Chondrite) meteorite fell in Hedmark, Norway, on the 21st June, 1927.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43489212/trysil-meteorite/

The Guangrao (L6 Chondrite) meteorite fell in Shandong, China, on the 21st June, 1980. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43489198/guangrao-meteorite/

The Uchkuduk (L6 Chondrite) meteorite fell in Navoi, Uzbekistan, on the 21st June, 1989
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43489186/uchkuduk-meteorite/



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