June 21 in history: Lord Mountbatten resigns as Governor General of India and more!
| Updated: Jun 21, 2021, 07:56 AM IST
Here's what happened today in history
1895
German Emperor Wilhelm II opens the Kiel Canal
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1948
Lord Mountbatten resigns as Governor General of India
(Photograph:WION)
1963
Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini becomes Pope Paul VI
(Photograph:WION)
2004
SpaceShipOne completes the world's first manned private spaceflight
(Photograph:WION)
;2009
Greenland assumes self-rule