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June 21 in history: Lord Mountbatten resigns as Governor General of India and more!

1895
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1895

German Emperor Wilhelm II opens the Kiel Canal

1948
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1948

Lord Mountbatten resigns as Governor General of India 

1963
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1963

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini becomes Pope Paul VI

2004
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2004

SpaceShipOne completes the world's first manned private spaceflight

2009
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2009

Greenland assumes self-rule