June 21

Events

 * 1930 - is issued twos patents. One is for the "Production of Molded Articles" (No. 1,744,534) and another is for a method of "Mounting for Diaphragms of Sound Boxes" (No. 1,744,533).
 * 1948 – Columbia Records introduces the long-playing record album in a public demonstration at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.

Births

 * 1732 –, German composer (d. 1791)
 * 1786 –, British musician
 * 1891 –, German conductor (d. 1966)
 * 1906 –, American composer (d. 1997)
 * 1929 –, Greek-Italian classical guitarist (d. 1999)
 * 1932 –, Argentine pianist and composer
 * 1943 –, Spanish singer
 * 1944 –, English musician (The Kinks)
 * 1945 –, French composer
 * 1946 –, American musician
 * 1947 –, English musician (Badfinger)
 * 1950 –, American drummer and percussionist (Aerosmith)
 * 1950 –, Greek singer and musician
 * 1955 –, French singer-songwriter
 * 1959 –, singer and songwriter (Shakespear's Sister)
 * 1959 –, American country singer
 * 1961 –, American musician
 * 1961 –, French musician
 * 1961 –, German musician
 * 1962 –, Russian musician
 * 1968 –, British DJ
 * 1970 –, American rapper/producer
 * 1971 –, Swedish singer
 * 1974 –, British radio personality
 * 1974 –, American musician
 * 1976 –, American musician
 * 1978 –, French rapper
 * 1981 –, American singer and keyboardist (The Killers)
 * 1987 –, Korean pop singer