June 22

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

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.
1812 - Napoleonic Wars- Napoleon invades Russia.
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
1941 - Various Communist and Socialist French Resistance movements merge to one group.
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 - Giovanni Cardinal Montini elected Pope by the College of Cardinals, and takes the name Pope Paul VI.
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)
1738 - Jacques Delille, French poet, 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 player (d. 1884)
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, polymath (d. 1938)
1879 - Thibaudeau Rinfret, jurist and Chief Justice of Canada (d. 1962)
1885 - Milan Vidmar, Slovenian engineer and chess player (d. 1962)
1887 - Julian Huxley, British biologist (d. 1975)
1892 - Robert Ritter von Greim, German field marshal (d. 1945)
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)
1910 - Peter Pears, English tenor (d. 1986)
1910 - Konrad Zuse, German engineer (d. 1995)
1919 - Gower Champion, dancer, choreographer, actor and director (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)
1927 - Ann Petersen, Belgian actress (d. 2003)
1930 - Yuri Artyukhin, cosmonaut (d. 1998)
1930 - Charles Augustus Lindbergh III, son of Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, and murder victim (d. 1932)
1933 - Dianne Feinstein, Former mayor of San Francisco and U.S. Senator
1936 - Kris Kristofferson, American singer, songwriter, and actor
1936 - Hermeto Pascoal, Brazilian musician
1940 - Esther Rantzen, British TV presenter
1941 - Ed Bradley, American journalist
1943 - Brit Hume, American news anchor and commentator
1944 - Klaus Maria Brandauer, Austrian actor
1944 - Peter Asher, British singer, guitarist and producer (Peter & Gordon)
1946 - Eliades Ochoa, Cuban guitarist, member of Buena Vista Social Club
1947 - Octavia Butler, American author (d. 2006)
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 singer, songwriter, and record producer
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)
1956 - Tim Russ, American actor
1957 - Garry Gary Beers, Australian bassist from group INXS
1958 - Bruce Campbell, American actor
1961 - Stephen Batchelor, British field hockey player
1961 - Jimmy Sommerville, Scottish singer {Bronski Beat, Communards and solo]
1962 - Clyde Drexler, NBA player
1963 - Randy Couture, Greco-Roman wrestler and mixed martial artist
1963 - John Tenta, Canadian wrestler (d. 2006)
1964 - Dan Brown, American author
1964 - Dicky Barrett, American singer (Mighty Mighty Bosstones)
1965 - Lubomir Moravcik, Slovakian footballer
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)
1971 - Kurt Warner, American football player
1971 - Mary Lynn Rajskub, American actress
1972 - Miguel Del Toro, Mexican baseball player
1973 - Carson Daly, American television personality
1974 - Donald Faison, American Actor
1975 - Andreas Klöden, German professional road bicycle racer
1978 - Champ Bailey, American football player
1978 - Jai Rodriguez, American TV-personality, see Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
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
1984 - Lindsay Pagano, American singer
1985 - Karla Cossio, Mexican actress
1987 - Melanie Banville, Canadian gymnast

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)
1874 - Howard Staunton, English chess master (b. 1810)
1894 - Alexandre-Antonin Taché, Canadian archbishop (b. 1823)
1905 - Francis Lubbock, Governor of Texas (b. 1815)
1913 - Ştefan Octavian Iosif, Romanian poet (b. 1875)
1928 - A. B. Frost, American illustrator (b. 1851)
1931 - Armand Fallières, French president (b. 1841)
1935 - Szymon Askenazy, Polish historian, diplomat and politician (b. 1866)
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)
1979 - Louis Chiron, Monaco race car driver (b. 1899)
1984 - Joseph Losey, American theather 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, French 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)
1994 - Otto Bradfisch, Nazi leader (b. 1903)
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)
2006 - Moose, dog actor who played Eddie in Frasier (b. 1990)

Holidays and Observances

Anti-fascist struggle day in Croatia

Liturgical Feasts

?Saint Alban see June 21#Holidays and Observances
Saint John Fisher (died 1535)
Saint Paulinus of Nola (died 431)
Saint Sighild
Saint Thomas More (died 1535)
Blessed Lambert (died 1125)

External links

BBC: On This Day

June 21 - June 23 - May 22 - July 22 -- listing of all days

Gourt Home::Gourt :: June 22

Events

Births

Deaths

Holidays and Observances

Liturgical Feasts

See also

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