It happened on a… June 21

2021

Carl Nassib (Las Vegas Raiders) becomes the first openly gay player in the NFL in a post on Instagram.

2015

US Open Men’s Golf, Chambers Bay GC: Jordan Spieth (21) becomes youngest winner since 1923.

2004

SpaceShipOne becomes the first privately funded spaceplane to achieve spaceflight.

2003

“Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,” was published by J.K. Rowling. The book set sales records around the world with an estimated 5 million copies were sold on the first day.

1970

FIFA World Cup Final, Estadio Azteca, Mexico City: Brazil and Pelé become first team and player to win World Cup 3 times, beating Italy, 4-1 in front of 107,412.

1963

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

1957

John Diefenbaker (C) takes office as Prime Minister of Canada.

Louis St. Laurent resigns as Prime Minister of Canada, ending the longest uninterrupted run at the federal level in Canadian history.

1948

Columbia Records introduces the long-playing record album in a public demonstration at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York, New York.

1939

Lou Gehrig quit baseball due to illness. He was stricken with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a disorder now commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig’s Disease in North America

1893

1st Ferris wheel opens at Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.

1749

Town of Halifax, Nova Scotia, is founded by the British – sparks Father Le Loutre’s War.

1665

First of 24 companies of the Le Régiment de Carignan-Salières start arriving in New France; the first duty of the 1300 soldiers is to invade the Iroquois territories; 400 will stay to colonize New France after their three year service.