ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

• 1986 Diego Maradona coins the phrase “Hand of God”
• 1945 Okinawa falls to U.S. troops
• 1633 The Catholic Church forces Galileo Galilei to renounce his heliocentric world view

INDIA 

• The annular 'ring of fire' solar eclipse, wherein the Sun appears like a ring of fire, was visible in several states
• ISRO receives patent for Liquid Cooling and Heating Garment (LCHG) for human spaceflight
• Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Raj Mohan Vohra, awarded Maha Vir Chakra for bravery in 1971 India-Pakistan War, dies at 88
• Social worker Vidyaben Shah dies at 98 in Delhi; was ex-President of ICCW (Indian Council for Child Welfare),won Padma Shri (1992)

ECONOMY & CORPORATE

• With USD 157.4 billion, India becomes 12th largest holder of US govt securities at April end; Japan remained No: 1 with USD 1.27 trillion

WORLD

• International Day of the Celebration of the Solstice observed on June 21
• Solstice: derived from the Latin sol ("sun") and sistere ("to stand still")
• International Day of Yoga observed on June 21; theme: "Yoga for Health - Yoga at Home"
• World Music Day celebrated on June 21: started by Frenchmen Jack Lang and Maurice Fleuret in 1981
• 2968-metre Mount Merapi volcano erupts on the island of Java in Indonesia
• China to set up a "national security agency in Hong Kong to administer a new law aimed at cracking down on dissent