On this day — June 21

Santa Catarina, Brazil, killing 8 of the 21 on board.

killing 11.

killing nine people.

who had previously been unsuccessfully tried for the murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Mickey Schwerner, is convicted of manslaughter 41 years afterwards (the case had been reopened in 2004).

Virginia, indicts 13 Saudis and a Lebanese in the 1996 bombing of the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia that killed 19 American servicemen.

outlawing the 'promotion' of homosexuality in the United Kingdom, is repealed in Scotland with a 99 to 17 vote.

It is also the first shuttle mission to carry the Spacehab module.

Johnson, 491 U.S. 397, that American flag-burning is a form of political protest protected by the First Amendment.

Special forces arrest the hijacker and there are no fatalities.

President Ronald Reagan.

Evita, based on the life of Eva Perón, opens at the Prince Edward Theatre, London.