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June 22 is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 192 days remain until the end of the year.
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: Allied Christian troops defeat the Turks.
- 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.
- 1783 – A poisonous cloud from Laki volcanic eruption in Iceland reaches Le Havre in France.
- 1825 – The British Parliament abolishes feudalism and the seigneurial system in British North America.
- 1844 – North American fraternity Delta Kappa Epsilon is founded at Yale University.
- 1848 – Beginning of the June Days Uprising in Paris.
- 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.
- 1897 – British colonial officers Rand and Ayerst are assassinated in Pune, Maharashtra, India by the Chaphekar brothers and Ranade, who were later caught and hanged. They are considered the first martyrs to the cause of India's freedom from Britain. The film 22 June 1897 is based on the incident.
- 1898 – Spanish-American War: United States Marines land in Cuba.
- 1907 – The London Underground's Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens.
- 1918 – The Hammond circus train wreck kills 86 and injures 127 near Hammond, Indiana.
- 1922 – Herrin massacre: 19 strikebreakers and 2 union miners are killed in Herrin, Illinois.
- 1940 – France is forced to sign the Second Compiègne armistice with Germany.
- 1941 – Germany invades the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa. Russian The 22 June song is devoted to this day.
- 1941 – First anti-fascist armed unit in occupied Europe is founded by Croatian partisans near Sisak, Croatia.
- 1941 – The June Uprising in Lithuania begins.
- 1941 – Various Communist and Socialist French Resistance movements merge to one group.
- 1942 – Erwin Rommel is promoted to Field Marshal after the capture of Tobruk.
- 1944 – Opening day of the Soviet Union's Operation Bagration against Army Group Centre.
- 1954 – New Zealand housewife, Honora Parker, is beaten to death by her 16 year old daughter Pauline Parker together and her daughter's friend Juliet Hulme. The case is later made into the movie Heavenly Creatures (1994).
- 1957 – The Soviet Union launches an R-12 missile for the first time (in Kapustin Yar).
- 1962 – An Air France Boeing 707 jet crashes in bad weather in Guadeloupe, West Indies killing 113.
- 1969 – The Cuyahoga River catches fire, which triggers a crack-down on pollution in the river.
- 1976 – The Canadian House of Commons abolishes capital punishment.
- 1978 – Charon, a satellite of the dwarf planet Pluto, is discovered.
- 1984 – Virgin Atlantic Airways launches with its first flight from London Heathrow Airport.
- 2002 – An earthquake in western Iran measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale kills more than 261 people.
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- 2009 – The 2009 Washington Metro subway crash was an American subway crash when two Metro trains on the Red Line crashed in Northeast, Washington, D.C., USA, killing at least four and causing at least 70 injuries.
- 2009 – John Bercow is elected Speaker of the British House of Commons, succeeding Michael Martin.
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)
- 1738 – Jacques Delille, French poet and translator (d. 1813)
- 1757 – George Vancouver, British explorer (d. 1798)
- 1767 – Wilhelm von Humboldt, German philosopher and statesman (d. 1835)
- 1805 – Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian politician (d. 1872)
- 1837 – Paul Morphy, American chess master (d. 1884)
- 1845 – Tom Dula, American folk character (Tom Dooley) (d. 1868)
- 1856 – H. Rider Haggard, English author (d. 1925)
- 1861 – Maximilian von Spee, German admiral (d. 1914)
- 1864 – Hermann Minkowski, German mathematician (d. 1909)
- 1871 – William McDougall, British psychologist and polymath (d. 1938)
- 1879 – Thibaudeau Rinfret, jurist and Chief Justice of Canada (d. 1962)
- 1884 – James Rector, American athlete (d. 1949)
- 1885 – Milan Vidmar, Slovenian engineer and chess player (d. 1962)
- 1887 – Julian Huxley, British biologist (d. 1975)
- 1888 – Harold Burton, U.S. Supreme Court justice (d. 1964)
- 1892 – Robert Ritter von Greim, German field marshal (d. 1945)
- 1897 – Edmund A. Chester, American broadcaster and journalist (d. 1973)
- 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)
- 1907 – Mike Todd, American film producer (d. 1958)
- 1909 – Maurice Adler, American film producer (d. 1960)
- 1910 – John Hunt, Leader of the 1953 British Expedition to Mount Everest (d. 1998)
- 1910 – Peter Pears, English tenor (d. 1986)
- 1910 – Konrad Zuse, German engineer and computer pioneer (d. 1995)
- 1912 – Princess Caroline Mathilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1983)
- 1916 – Johnny Jacobs, American television announcer (d. 1982)
- 1919 – Gower Champion, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1980)
- 1920 – Paul Frees, American voice actor (d. 1986)
- 1921 – Joseph Papp, American director and producer (d. 1991)
- 1922 – Bill Blass, American fashion designer (d. 2002)
- 1922 – Geza Vermes, Hungarian author and scholar of religious history and the Dead Sea Scrolls
- 1922 – Mona Lisa, Filipino actress
- 1927 – Ann Petersen, Belgian actress (d. 2003)
- 1930 – Yuri Artyukhin, Russian cosmonaut (d. 1998)
- 1932 – Amrish Puri, Indian actor (d. 2005)
- 1932 – Prunella Scales, English actress
- 1933 – Dianne Feinstein, American politician
- 1933 – Jacques Martin, French TV host (d. 2007)
- 1933 – Libor Pešek, Czech conductor
- 1936 – Kris Kristofferson, American singer/songwriter and actor
- 1936 – Hermeto Pascoal, Brazilian musician
- 1939 – Don Matthews, American football coach in the CFL
- 1940 – Esther Rantzen, British TV presenter
- 1940 – Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian filmmaker/poet
- 1941 – Ed Bradley, American journalist (d. 2006)
- 1941 – Michael Lerner, American actor
- 1943 – Brit Hume, American news anchor and commentator
- 1943 – Eumir Deodato, Brazilian artist, producer and arranger
- 1943 – Judith Barker.English Actress
- 1944 – Klaus Maria Brandauer, Austrian actor
- 1944 – Peter Asher, British singer, guitarist and producer (Peter & Gordon)
- 1946 – Eliades Ochoa, Cuban guitarist (Buena Vista Social Club)
- 1947 – Octavia Butler, American author (d. 2006)
- 1947 – Jerry Rawlings, former President of Ghana
- 1947 – David Lander, American actor and baseball scout
- 1947 – Howard Kaylan, founding member of The Turtles
- 1947 – Pete Maravich, American basketball player (d. 1988)
- 1948 – Todd Rundgren, American songwriter and record producer
- 1949 – Meryl Streep, American actress
- 1949 – Lindsay Wagner, American actress
- 1949 – Alan Osmond, American singer
- 1950 – Zenonas Petrauskas, Lithuanian lawyer and politician (d. 2009)
- 1952 – Graham Greene, Canadian actor
- 1953 – Cyndi Lauper, American singer
- 1953 – Bruce McAvaney, Australian sports broadcaster
- 1954 – Freddie Prinze, American actor and comedian (d. 1977)
- 1955 – Green Gartside, Welsh singer songwriter
- 1956 – Alfons De Wolf, Belgian cyclist
- 1956 – Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Pakistani Politician and Foreign Minister
- 1956 – Tim Russ, American actor
- 1957 – Garry Gary Beers, Australian bassist from group INXS
- 1957 – Danny Baker, English comedy writer and radio presenter
- 1958 – Bruce Campbell, American actor
- 1959 – Wayne Federman, American comedian
- 1959 – Ed Viesturs, American Mountain Climber.
- 1959 – Nicola Sirkis, French singer and lyricist (Indochine)
- 1959 – Mike O'Meara, host of The Mike O'Meara Show and former co-host of Don and Mike Show
- 1960 – Erin Brockovich-Ellis, American environmental activist
- 1960 – Tracy Pollan, American actress
- 1961 – Stephen Batchelor, British field-hockey player
- 1961 – Jimmy Somerville, Scottish singer (Bronski Beat, Communards)
- 1962 – Clyde Drexler, former American NBA player
- 1962 – Stephen Chow, Hong Kong actor and director
- 1962 – Bobby Gillespie, Scottish musician (Primal Scream)
- 1963 – Randy Couture, American mixed martial artist
- 1963 – John Tenta, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 2006)
- 1964 – Amy Brenneman, American actress
- 1964 – Dan Brown, American author
- 1965 – Ľubomír Moravčík, Slovak footballer
- 1965 – Uwe Boll, German film director
- 1966 – Schooly D, American rapper
- 1966 – Michael Park, WRC co-pilot (d. 2005)
- 1966 – Emmanuelle Seigner, French actress
- 1968 – Darrell Armstrong, American basketball player
- 1970 – Steven Page, Canadian singer (Barenaked Ladies)
- 1970 – Michel Elefteriades, Greek-Lebanese politician, artist, producer and businessman
- 1971 – Mary Lynn Rajskub, American actress
- 1971 – Kurt Warner, American football player
- 1972 – David Rees, American cartoonist
- 1973 – Carson Daly, American television personality
- 1973 – Cory Alexander, American basketball player
- 1974 – Donald Faison, American actor
- 1974 – Vijay, Indian actor
- 1975 – Andreas Klöden, German professional road bicycle racer
- 1975 – Laila Rouass, Moroccan-Indian actress
- 1976 – Gordon Moakes, English musician (Bloc Party)
- 1978 – Champ Bailey, American football player
- 1978 – Jai Rodriguez, American TV personality
- 1978 – Dan Wheldon, British race car driver
- 1979 – Joey Cheek, American speed skater
- 1979 – Thomas Voeckler, French road bicycle racer
- 1979 – Brad Hawpe, American baseball player
- 1981 – Chris Urbanowicz, guitarist of British rock band Editors
- 1982 – Soraia Chaves, Portuguese actress and model
- 1982 – Ian Kinsler, American baseball player
- 1984 – Dustin Johnson, professional golfer
- 1984 – Jerome Taylor, West Indies international cricketer
- 1984 – Janko Tipsarević, Serbian tennis player
- 1985 – Rosa Kato, Italian-Japanese model and actress
- 1985 – Sofoklis Schortsanitis, Greek-Cameroonian basketball player
- 1985 – Scott MacIntyre, American singer
- 1986 – Ramin Ott, American Samoan football player
- 1987 – Joe Dempsie, English Actor
- 1987 – Lee Min Ho, Korean Actor
- 1987 – Nikita Rukavytsya, Australian football player
- 1988 – Kieran Lee, English football player
- 1990 – Kei Inoo, Japanese Actor and Singer
- 1993 – Ingmar Lazar, French classical pianist
Deaths
- 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 von Aldringen, Austrian field marshal (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)
- 1874 – Howard Staunton, English chess master (b. 1810)
- 1892 – Pierre Ossian Bonnet, French mathematician (b. 1819)
- 1894 – Alexandre-Antonin Taché, Canadian archbishop (b. 1823)
- 1905 – Francis Lubbock, Governor of Texas (b. 1815)
- 1913 – Ştefan Octavian Iosif, Romanian poet (b. 1875)
- 1925 – Felix Klein, German mathematician (b. 1849)
- 1928 – A. B. Frost, American illustrator (b. 1851)
- 1931 – Armand Fallières, French president (b. 1841)
- 1932 – Tommy Treichel, American professional wrestler (b. 1892)
- 1933 – Henry Birkin, British racing driver (b. 1896)
- 1935 – Szymon Askenazy, Polish historian, diplomat and politician (b. 1866)
- 1936 – Moritz Schlick, Austrian philosopher (b. 1882)
- 1938 – C.J. Dennis, Australian writer and poet (b. 1876)
- 1959 – Hermann Brill, German politician (b. 1895)
- 1961 – Maria of Romania, Queen Consort of Yugoslavia (b. 1900)
- 1963 – Maria Tănase, Romanian singer of traditional and popular music (b. 1913)
- 1964 – Havank, Dutch writer (b. 1904)
- 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)
- 1977 – Peter Laughner, American singer, songwriter and guitarist (Rocket From the Tombs, Pere Ubu) (b. 1952)
- 1979 – Louis Chiron, Monaco race car driver (b. 1899)
- 1984 – Joseph Losey, American theater and film director (b. 1909)
- 1987 – Fred Astaire, American dancer and actor (b. 1899)
- 1988 – Dennis Day, American singer and actor (b. 1916)
- 1989 – Lucien Saulnier, Canadian politician (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)
- 1995 – Leonid Derbenyov, Russian poet-songwriter (b. 1931)
- 1997 – Ted Gärdestad, Swedish singer (b. 1956)
- 1997 – Don Henderson, English actor (b. 1932)
- 1997 – Gérard Pelletier, Canadian journalist, politician, and diplomat (b. 1919)
- 2002 – Darryl Kile, American baseball player (b. 1968)
- 2002 – Ann Landers, American columnist (b. 1918)
- 2004 – Mattie Stepanek, American poet (b. 1990)
- 2004 – Bob Bemer, American computer scientist (b. 1920)
- 2004 – Kim Sun-il, South Korean translator (b. 1970)
- 2006 – Moose (dog actor), dog actor popular for role on Frasier (b. 1990)
- 2007 – Nancy Benoit, former professional wrestling valet (b. 1964)
- 2007 – Erik Parlevliet, Dutch field hockey player (b. 1964)
- 2008 – George Carlin, American comedian, actor (b. 1937)
- 2008 – Dody Goodman, American comedienne (b. 1914)
- 2008 – Jane McGrath, British-born Australian cancer support campaigner (b. 1966)
Holidays and observances
- Roman Catholic Church:
- Aaron of Aleth (fl. 6th century)
- Saint Alban
- Saint John Fisher (d. 1535)
- Saint Paulinus of Nola (d. 431)
- Saint Thomas More (d. 1535)
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