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June 22 is the 173rd day of the year (174th in Leap Year s) in the Gregorian Calendar , with 192 days remaining.
Events
- defeats Antiochus III The Great of the Seleucid Kingdom
- under Lucius Aemilius Paullus defeat and capture Macedon ian King Perseus , ending the Third Macedonian War
- - Croat troops defeat the Turks
- 1633 - The Holy Office in Rome forces Galileo Galilei to recant his scientific view that the Sun , not the Earth , is the center of the Universe .
- 1825 - British Parliament abolishes Feudalism and the Seigneurial System in British North America .
- 1844 - Influential North American Fraternity Delta Kappa Epsilon is founded at Yale University .
- army defeats the Italian army during the Austro-Prussian War .
- 1893 - The Royal Navy Battleship HMS ''Camperdown'' accidentally rams the British Mediterranean Fleet Flagship HMS ''Victoria'' which sinks taking 358 crew with her, including the fleet's commander, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon .
- land in Cuba .
- 1911 - George V is crowned King of the United Kingdom , succeeding his father, Edward VII .
- 1937 - Camille Chautemps becomes Prime Minister of France
- 1940 - France forced to sign Armistice with Nazi Germany .
- 1941 - Nazi Germany invades the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa , one of the most dramatic turning points of World War II .
- 1941 - First Croatia n anti-fascist armed unit ( Partisans ) founded near Sisak , Croatia .
- 1941 - The Lithuanian 1941 Independence begins
- 1944 - Opening day of the Soviet Union 's Operation Bagration against Army Group Centre
- 1962 - An Air France Boeing 707 jet crashes in bad weather in Guadeloupe , West Indies killing 113
- 1963 - Pope Paul VI elected by College of Cardinals.
- 1976 - Canadian House Of Commons abolishes Capital Punishment .
- 1978 - Charon , a satellite of the planet Pluto , is discovered.
- 1986 - Argentine Footballer Diego Maradona scored both the Hand Of God Goal and the Goal Of The Century against England during the FIFA World Cup in Mexico City .
- 1986 - The All Jharkhand Students Union is founded, in order to fight for autonomy for tribal peoples in India .
- 2002 - An Earthquake in western Iran measuring 6.5 on the Richter Scale kills more than 261 people.
Births
- 1680 - Ebenezer Erskine , Scottish religious dissenter (d. 1754 )
- 1684 - Francesco Manfredini , Italian baroque composer (d. 1762 )
- 1704 - John Taylor , English classical scholar (d. 1766 )
- 1713 - Lord John Philip Sackville , English cricketer (d. 1765 )
- 1757 - George Vancouver , British explorer (d. 1798 )
- 1767 - Wilhelm Von Humboldt , German philosopher and statesman (d. 1835 )
- 1837 - Paul Morphy , American chess player (d. 1884 )
- 1856 - H. Rider Haggard , English author (d. 1925 )
- 1885 - Milan Vidmar , Slovenian engineer and chess player (d. 1962 )
- 1887 - Julian Huxley , British biologist (d. 1975 )
- 1897 - Norbert Elias , German sociologist (d. 1990 )
- 1898 - Erich Maria Remarque , German writer (d. 1970 )
- 1899 - Michał Kalecki , Polish economist (d. 1970 )
- 1902 - Marguerite De La Motte , American actress (d. 1950 )
- 1903 - Carl Hubbell , baseball player (d. 1988 )
- 1903 - John Dillinger , American bank robber (d. 1934 )
- 1906 - Anne Morrow Lindbergh , American author and pilot (d. 2001 )
- 1906 - Billy Wilder , Austrian-born director (d. 2002 )
- 1910 - Peter Pears , English tenor (d. 1986 )
- 1910 - Konrad Zuse , German engineer (d. 1995 )
- 1920 - Paul Frees , American voice actor (d. 1986 )
- 1921 - Joseph Papp , American director and producer (d. 1991 )
- 1930 - Yuri Artyukhin , cosmonaut (d. 1998 )
- 1930 - Charles Augustus Lindbergh III , son of Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh , and murder victim (d. 1932 )
- 1930 - John Joseph Scanlan , Irish-born Catholic prelate (d. 1997 )
- 1933 - Dianne Feinstein , Mayor of San Francisco and U.S. Senator
- 1936 - Kris Kristofferson , American singer, songwriter, and actor
- 1936 - Hermeto Pascoal , Brazilian musician
- 1941 - Ed Bradley , American journalist
- 1943 - Brit Hume , American news anchor and commentator
- 1944 - Klaus Maria Brandauer , Austrian actor
- 1946 - Eliades Ochoa , Cuban guitarist, member of Buena Vista Social Club
- 1947 - David Lander , American actor and baseball scout
- 1948 - Todd Rundgren , American singer, songwriter, and record producer
- 1948 - Pete Maravich , American basketball player (d. 1988 )
- 1949 - Meryl Streep , American actress
- 1949 - Lindsay Wagner , American actress
- 1949 - Alan Osmond , American singer
- 1952 - Graham Greene , Canadian actor
- 1953 - Cyndi Lauper , American singer
- 1954 - Freddie Prinze , American actor and comedian (d. 1977 )
- 1957 - Garry Gary Beers , Australian bassist from group INXS
- 1958 - Bruce Campbell , American actor
- 1961 - Stephen Batchelor , British field hockey player
- 1962 - John Tenta , Canadian wrestler
- 1964 - Dan Brown , American author
- 1964 - Dicky Barrett , American singer ( Mighty Mighty Bosstones )
- 1966 - Michael Park , WRC co-pilot (d. 2005 )
- 1968 - Darrell Armstrong , American basketball player
- 1970 - Steven Page , Canadian singer ( Barenaked Ladies )
- 1971 - Kurt Warner , American football player
- 1971 - Mary Lynn Rajskub , American actress
- 1973 - Carson Daly , American television personality
- 1978 - Champ Bailey , American football player
- 1978 - Dan Wheldon , British race car driver
- 1979 - Joey Cheek , American speed skater
- 1979 - Brad Hawpe , American baseball player
Deaths
- 431 - Paulinus Of Nola , Roman poet
- 1276 - Pope Innocent V
- 1429 - Ghiyath Al-Kashi , Persian astronomer and mathematician (b. 1380 )
- 1535 - John Fisher , Bishop of Rochester (executed)
- 1632 - James Whitelocke , English judge (b. 1570 )
- 1634 - Johann Graf Von Aldringen , Austrian soldier (b. 1588 )
- 1699 - Josiah Child , English Governor of the East India Company (b. 1630 )
- 1714 - Matthew Henry , English non-conformist minister (b. 1662 )
- 1868 - Heber C. Kimball , American religious leader (b. 1801 )
- 1905 - Francis Lubbock , Governor of Texas (b. 1815 )
- 1928 - A. B. Frost , American illustrator (b. 1851 )
- 1931 - Armand Fallières , French president (b. 1841 )
- 1959 - Hermann Brill , German politician (b. 1895 )
- 1965 - David O. Selznick , American film producer (b. 1902 )
- 1969 - Judy Garland , American singer and actress (b. 1922 )
- 1974 - Darius Milhaud , French composer (b. 1892 )
- 1987 - Fred Astaire , American dancer and actor (b. 1899 )
- 1988 - Dennis Day , American singer and actor (b. 1916 )
- 1990 - Ilya Frank , Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908 )
- 1992 - Chuck Mitchell , American actor (b. 1927 )
- 1993 - Pat Nixon , First Lady Of The United States (b. 1912 )
- 1995 - Al Hansen , American artist (b. 1927 )
- 1997 - Gérard Pelletier , French journalist, politician, and diplomat (b. 1919 )
- 1997 - Ted Gärdestad , Swedish singer (b. 1956 )
- 2002 - Darryl Kile , baseball player (b. 1968 )
- 2002 - Ann Landers , American columnist (b. 1918 )
- 2004 - Mattie Stepanek , American poet (b. 1990 )
- 2004 - Bob Bemer , computer scientist (b. 1920 )
See also
External links
June 21 - June 23 - May 22 - July 22 -- Listing Of All Days
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