June 22 Events |
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| June 22nd, 2002 (June 22 2002) | Event | An earthquake in western Iran measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale kills more than 261 people. | |
| June 22nd, 1978 (June 22 1978) | Event | Charon, a satellite of the dwarf planet Pluto, is discovered. | |
| June 22nd, 1976 (June 22 1976) | Event | Canadian House of Commons abolishes capital punishment. | |
| June 22nd, 1969 (June 22 1969) | Event | The Cuyahoga River catches fire, which triggered a crack-down on pollution in the river. | |
| June 22nd, 1962 (June 22 1962) | Event | An Air France Boeing 707 jet crashes in bad weather in Guadeloupe, West Indies killing 113. | |
| June 22nd, 1957 (June 22 1957) | Event | The Soviet Union launches R-12 missile for the first time (in Kapustin Yar). | |
| June 22nd, 1944 (June 22 1944) | Event | Opening day of the Soviet Union s Operation Bagration against Army Group Centre. | |
| June 22nd, 1942 (June 22 1942) | Event | Erwin Rommel is promoted to Field Marshal after the capture of Tobruk. | Erwin Rommel Quotes |
| June 22nd, 1941 (June 22 1941) | Event | Germany invades the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa, one of the most dramatic turning points of World War II. | |
| June 22nd, 1941 (June 22 1941) | Event | First anti-fascist armed unit in occupied Europe founded by Croatian partisans near Sisak, Croatia. | |
| June 22nd, 1941 (June 22 1941) | Event | The Lithuanian 1941 independence begins. | |
| June 22nd, 1941 (June 22 1941) | Event | Various Communist and Socialist French Resistance movements merge to one group. | |
| June 22nd, 1940 (June 22 1940) | Event | France is forced to sign the Second Compiegne armistice with Germany. | |
| June 22nd, 1922 (June 22 1922) | Event | Herrin massacre, 19 strikebreakers and 2 union miners are killed in Herrin, Illinois. | |
| June 22nd, 1918 (June 22 1918) | Event | Hammond circus train wreck kills 86 and injures 127 near Hammond, Indiana. | |
| June 22nd, 1898 (June 22 1898) | Event | Spanish-American War: United States Marines land in Cuba. | |
| June 22nd, 1893 (June 22 1893) | Event | 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. | |
| June 22nd, 1866 (June 22 1866) | Event | Battle of Custoza: an Austrian army defeats the Italian army during the Austro-Prussian War. | |
| June 22nd, 1848 (June 22 1848) | Event | Beginning of the June Days Uprising in Paris. | |
| June 22nd, 1844 (June 22 1844) | Event | Influential North American fraternity Delta Kappa Epsilon is founded at Yale University. | |
| June 22nd, 1825 (June 22 1825) | Event | British Parliament abolishes feudalism and the seigneurial system in British North America. | |
| June 22nd, 1815 (June 22 1815) | Event | Second abdication of Napoleon. | |
| June 22nd, 1812 (June 22 1812) | Event | Napoleon declares war on Russia and invades. | |
| June 22nd, 1783 (June 22 1783) | Event | Poisonous cloud from Laki volcanic eruption in Iceland reaches Le Havre in France. | |
| June 22nd, 1633 (June 22 1633) | Event | 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. | Galileo Galilei Quotes |
| June 22nd, 1593 (June 22 1593) | Event | Battle of Sisak: Allied Christian troops defeat the Turks. | |
| June 22nd, 0217 (June 22 0217) | Event | Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. | Ptolemy Quotes |
| June 22nd, 0168 (June 22 0168) | Event | Battle of Pydna: Romans under Lucius Aemilius Paullus defeat and capture Macedonian King Perseus, ending the Third Macedonian War. | |
