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What Happened on June 22nd This Day in History

Year	Name
2022	An earthquake occurs in eastern Afghanistan resulting in over 1,000 deaths.
2015	The Afghan National Assembly building is attacked by gunmen after a suicide bombing. All six of the gunmen are killed and 18 people are injured.
2012	Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo is removed from office by impeachment and succeeded by Federico Franco.
2012	A Turkish Air Force McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II fighter plane is shot down by the Syrian Armed Forces, killing both of the plane's pilots and worsening already-strained relations between Turkey and Syria.
2009	A Washington D.C Metro train traveling southbound near Fort Totten station collides into another train waiting to enter the station. Nine people are killed in the collision (eight passengers and the train operator) and at least 80 others are injured.
2002	An earthquake measuring 6.5 Mw strikes a region of northwestern Iran killing at least 261 people and injuring 1,300 others and eventually causing widespread public anger due to the slow official response.
2000	Wuhan Airlines Flight 343 is struck by lightning and crashes into Wuhan's Hanyang District, killing 49 people.
1990	Cold War: Checkpoint Charlie is dismantled in Berlin.
1986	The famous Hand of God goal, scored by Diego Maradona in the quarter-finals of the 1986 FIFA World Cup match between Argentina and England, ignites controversy. This was later followed by the Goal of the Century. Argentina wins 2–1 and later goes on to win the World Cup.
1984	Virgin Atlantic launches with its first flight from London to Newark.
1978	Charon, the first of Pluto's satellites to be discovered, was first seen at the United States Naval Observatory by James W. Christy.
1969	The Cuyahoga River catches fire in Cleveland, Ohio, drawing national attention to water pollution, and spurring the passing of the Clean Water Act and the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency.
1966	Vietnamese Buddhist activist leader Thích Trí Quang was arrested as the military junta of Nguyen Cao Ky crushed the Buddhist Uprising.[12]
1965	The Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea is signed.
1962	Air France Flight 117 crashes on approach to Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport in Guadeloupe, killing 112 people.
1948	The ship HMT Empire Windrush brought the first group of 802 West Indian immigrants to Tilbury, marking the start of modern immigration to the United Kingdom.
1948	King George VI formally gives up the title "Emperor of India", half a year after Britain actually gave up its rule of India.
1945	World War II: The Battle of Okinawa comes to an end.
1944	World War II: Opening day of the Soviet Union's Operation Bagration against the Army Group Centre.
1944	U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs into law the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill.
1942	World War II: Erwin Rommel is promoted to Field Marshal after the Axis capture of Tobruk.
1942	The Pledge of Allegiance is formally adopted by US Congress.
1941	World War II: Nazi Germany invades the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa.
1940	World War II: France is forced to sign the Second Compiègne armistice with Germany, in the same railroad car in which the Germans signed the Armistice in 1918.
1918	The Hammond Circus Train Wreck kills 86 and injures 127 near Hammond, Indiana.
1911	George V and Mary of Teck are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
1911	Mexican Revolution: Government forces bring an end to the Magonista rebellion of 1911 in the Second Battle of Tijuana.[6]
1907	The London Underground's Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens.
1898	Spanish–American War: In a chaotic operation, 6,000 men of the U.S. Fifth Army Corps begins landing at Daiquirí, Cuba, about 16 miles (26 km) east of Santiago de Cuba. Lt. Gen. Arsenio Linares y Pombo of the Spanish Army outnumbers them two-to-one, but does not oppose the landings.
1897	British colonial officers Charles Walter Rand and Lt. Charles Egerton Ayerst are assassinated in Pune, Maharashtra, India by the Chapekar brothers and Mahadeo Vinayak Ranade, who are later caught and hanged.
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.
1870	The United States Department of Justice is created by the U.S. Congress.
1839	Cherokee leaders Major Ridge, John Ridge, and Elias Boudinot are assassinated for signing the Treaty of New Echota, which had resulted in the Trail of Tears.
1813	War of 1812: After learning of American plans for a surprise attack on Beaver Dams in Ontario, Laura Secord sets out on a 30 kilometer journey on foot to warn Lieutenant James FitzGibbon.
1807	In the Chesapeake–Leopard affair, the British warship HMS Leopard attacks and boards the American frigate USS Chesapeake.
1783	A poisonous cloud caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano in Iceland reaches Le Havre in France.
1774	The British pass the Quebec Act, setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America.
1633	The Holy Office in Rome forces Galileo Galilei to recant his view that the Sun, not the Earth, is the center of the Universe in the form he presented it in, after heated controversy.
1593	Battle of Sisak: Allied Christian troops defeat the Ottomans.
1527	Fatahillah expels Portuguese forces from Sunda Kelapa, now regarded as the foundation of Jakarta.
910	The Hungarians defeat the East Frankish army near the Rednitz River, killing its leader Gebhard, Duke of Lotharingia (Lorraine).
813	Battle of Versinikia: The Bulgars led by Krum defeat the Byzantine army near Edirne. Emperor Michael I is forced to abdicate in favor of Leo V the Armenian.
217	Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV Philopator of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom.
168	Battle of Pydna: Romans under Lucius Aemilius Paullus defeat Macedonian King Perseus who surrenders after the battle, ending the Third Macedonian War.

Famous People Born on June 22

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Year	Name
1948	Todd Rundgren, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1922	Clair Cameron Patterson, American scientist (d. 1995)
1919	Henri Tajfel, Polish social psychologist (d. 1982)
1897	Edmund A. Chester, American journalist and broadcaster (d. 1973)
1950	Adrian Năstase, Romanian lawyer and politician, 59th Prime Minister of Romania
1953	Wim Eijk, Dutch cardinal
1939	Ed Paschke, Polish-American painter and academic (d. 2004)
1956	Darryl Brohman, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
1932	Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari, Princess of Iran (d. 2001)
1915	Cornelius Warmerdam, American pole vaulter and coach (d. 2001)

Famous People Deaths On June 22

Here is a list of some famous peope who died on June 22. For full list please click on the link above.

Date	Name
1634	Johann von Aldringen, Austrian field marshal (b. 1588)
1894	Alexandre-Antonin Taché, Canadian archbishop and missionary (b. 1823)
1868	Heber C. Kimball, American religious leader (b. 1801)
1988	Dennis Day, American singer and actor (b. 1916)
1664	Katherine Philips, Anglo-Welsh poet (b. 1631)
1928	A. B. Frost, American illustrator and painter (b. 1851)
1974	Darius Milhaud, French composer and educator (b. 1892)
910	Gebhard, Frankish nobleman
1017	Leo Passianos, Byzantine general
1933	Tim Birkin, English racing driver and lieutenant (b. 1896)