June 22

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June 22 is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 192 days remaining.

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 See also
5 External links

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Events

217 BC - Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom
168 BC - Battle of Pydna: Romans under Lucius Aemilius Paullus defeat and capture Macedonian King Perseus, ending the Third Macedonian War
1593 - Battle of Sisak: Slovene - 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.
1866 - Battle of Custoza: an Austrian 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.
1898 - Spanish-American War: United States Marines 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 Croatian 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.
1984 - William Schnoebelen and his wife Sharon are "saved" by a tract from Chick Publications. There is some debate over the reliability of this, however.
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.
1989 - Dublin City University and University of Limerick are established in Ireland.
1999 - Significant Other (album) by Limp Bizkit is released.
2002 - An earthquake in western Iran measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale kills more than 261 people.
2003 - The largest hailstone ever recorded falls from a thunderstorm in Aurora, Nebraska, USA.
2004 - Bill Clinton releases his memoirs, entitled My Life.

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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)
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, 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, baseball player