June 22 is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 192 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
- 217 BC – Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV Philopator of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom.
- 168 BC – Battle of Pydna: Romans under Lucius Aemilius Paullus defeat Macedonian King Perseus who surrenders after the battle, ending the Third Macedonian War.
- 1527 - Fatahillah chased away Portugal from Sunda Kelapa harbour, and peoples celebrated it as birthday of Jakarta, Indonesia.
- 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.
- 1774 – The British pass the Quebec Act, setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America.
- 1783 – A poisonous cloud caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano in Iceland reaches Le Havre in France.
- 1807 – In the Chesapeake–Leopard Affair, the British warship HMS Leopard attacks and boards the American frigate USS Chesapeake.
- 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.
- 1825 – The British Parliament abolishes feudalism and the seigneurial system in British North America.
- 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.
- 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 – United States Department of Justice US Congress created the Department of Justice
- 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.
- 1898 – Spanish–American War: United States Marines land in Cuba.
- 1906 – The flag of Sweden is adopted.
- 1907 – The London Underground's Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens.
- 1911 – George V and Mary of Teck are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
- 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.
- 1941 – The June Uprising in Lithuania begins.
- 1942 – Erwin Rommel is promoted to Field Marshal after the capture of Tobruk.
- 1944 – 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.
- 1954 – In Christchurch (New Zealand) Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme murder Pauline's mother because they think she is in the way of their close friendship (movie Heavenly Creatures by Peter Jackson in 1994). See Parker-Hulme murder.
- 1957 – The Soviet Union launches an R-12 missile for the first time (in the 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, triggering 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 by American astronomer James W. Christy.
- 1984 – Virgin Atlantic Airways launches with its first flight from London Heathrow Airport.
- 1990 – Checkpoint Charlie is dismantled in Berlin.
- 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.
- 2009 – Washington Metro train collision: Two Metro trains collide in Washington, D.C., USA, killing nine and injuring over 80.
- 2009 – Eastman Kodak Company announces that it will discontinue sales of the Kodachrome Color Film, concluding its 74-year run as a photography icon.
- 2012 – Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo is removed from office by impeachment and succeeded by Federico Franco.
Births
- 916 – Sayf al-Dawla, Emir of Aleppo (d. 967)
- 1680 – Ebenezer Erskine, Scottish minister (d. 1754)
- 1684 – Francesco Manfredini, Italian composer (d. 1762)
- 1704 – John Taylor, English scholar (d. 1766)
- 1713 – Lord John Sackville, English cricketer (d. 1765)
- 1738 – Jacques Delille, French poet and translator (d. 1813)
- 1757 – George Vancouver, English navy officer and explorer (d. 1798)
- 1763 – Étienne Méhul, French composer (d. 1817)
- 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)
- 1837 – Ernst Ziller, German-Greeek architect, designed the Presidential Mansion, Athens (d. 1923)
- 1845 – Tom Dula, American soldier (d. 1868)
- 1856 – H. Rider Haggard, English writer (d. 1925)
- 1861 – Maximilian von Spee, Danish-German admiral (d. 1914)
- 1864 – Hermann Minkowski, German mathematician (d. 1909)
- 1871 – William McDougall, English psychologist and polymath (d. 1938)
- 1879 – Thibaudeau Rinfret, Canadian jurist (d. 1962)
- 1884 – James Rector, American sprinter (d. 1949)
- 1885 – Milan Vidmar, Slovenian engineer and chess player (d. 1962)
- 1887 – Julian Huxley, English biologist (d. 1975)
- 1888 – Harold Hitz Burton, American politician and lawyer, 45th Mayor of Cleveland (d. 1964)
- 1892 – Robert Ritter von Greim, German field marshal (d. 1945)
- 1896 – Leonard W. Murray, Canadian admiral (d. 1971)
- 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 – John Dillinger, American bank robber and murderer (d. 1934)
- 1903 – Carl Hubbell, American baseball player (d. 1988)
- 1906 – Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American writer, wife of Charles Lindbergh (d. 2001)
- 1906 – Billy Wilder, Austrian-American director (d. 2002)
- 1909 – Buddy Adler, American film producer (d. 1960)
- 1909 – Katherine Dunham, American dancer (d. 2006)
- 1909 – Mike Todd, American film and theater producer, 3rd husband of Elizabeth Taylor (d. 1958)
- 1910 – John Hunt, Baron Hunt, Indian-English army officer and mountaineer (d. 1998)
- 1910 – Peter Pears, English tenor (d. 1986)
- 1910 – Konrad Zuse, German engineer and inventor, invented the Z3 computer (d. 1995)
- 1912 – Princess Caroline Mathilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1983)
- 1913 – Sándor Weöres, Hungarian poet (d. 1989)
- 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)
- 1920 – Jovito Salonga, Filipino politician and lawyer
- 1921 – Joseph Papp, American director and producer (d. 1991)
- 1922 – Bill Blass, American fashion designer (d. 2002)
- 1922 – Mona Lisa, Filipino actress
- 1922 – Géza Vermes, Hungarian author and scholar
- 1927 – Ann Petersen, Belgian actress (d. 2003)
- 1930 – Yury Artyukhin, Russian engineer and astronaut (d. 1998)
- 1930 – Walter Bonatti, Italian mountaineer (d. 2011)
- 1932 – Amrish Puri, Indian actor (d. 2005)
- 1932 – June Salter, Australian actress (d. 2001)
- 1932 – Prunella Scales, English actress
- 1933 – Dianne Feinstein, American politician, 38th Mayor of San Francisco
- 1933 – Jacques Martin, French television host and producer (d. 2007)
- 1933 – Libor Pešek, Czech conductor
- 1934 – James Bjorken, American physicist
- 1936 – Kris Kristofferson, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (The Highwaymen)
- 1936 – Hermeto Pascoal, Brazilian composer and musician
- 1939 – Don Matthews, American-Canadian football coach
- 1940 – Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian filmmaker and poet
- 1940 – Esther Rantzen, English journalist
- 1941 – Ed Bradley, American journalist (d. 2006)
- 1941 – Michael Lerner, American actor
- 1941 – Terttu Savola, Finnish politician
- 1943 – Judith Barker, English actress
- 1943 – Eumir Deodato, Brazilian pianist, composer, and producer
- 1943 – Brit Hume, American journalist
- 1944 – Peter Asher, English singer, guitarist, and producer (Peter & Gordon)
- 1944 – Klaus Maria Brandauer, Austrian actor
- 1945 – Rainer Brüderle, German politician
- 1946 – Eliades Ochoa, Cuban singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Cuarteto Patria)
- 1947 – Octavia Butler, American author (d. 2006)
- 1947 – Howard Kaylan, American singer (The Turtles and Flo & Eddie)
- 1947 – David Lander, American actor
- 1947 – Pete Maravich, American basketball player (d. 1988)
- 1947 – Jerry Rawlings, Ghanaian politician, President of Ghana
- 1948 – Steve Eastin, American actor
- 1948 – Todd Rundgren, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Nazz, Utopia, The New Cars, and Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band)
- 1949 – Alan Osmond, American singer (The Osmonds)
- 1949 – Meryl Streep, American actress
- 1949 – Lindsay Wagner, American actress
- 1949 – Elizabeth Warren, American attorney, educator, and author
- 1950 – Adrian Năstase, Romanian politician and lawyer, 59th Prime Minister of Romania
- 1950 – Zenonas Petrauskas, Lithuanian lawyer and politician (d. 2009)
- 1952 – Graham Greene, Canadian actor
- 1953 – Wim Eijk, Dutch archbishop
- 1953 – Cyndi Lauper, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (Blue Angel)
- 1953 – Bruce McAvaney, Australian sportscaster
- 1954 – Freddie Prinze, American actor and comedian (d. 1977)
- 1955 – Green Gartside, Welsh singer-songwriter (Scritti Politti)
- 1956 – Alfons De Wolf, Belgian cyclist
- 1956 – Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Pakistani politician
- 1956 – Tim Russ, American actor
- 1956 – Manuel Saval, Mexican actor (d. 2009)
- 1956 – Markus Schatte, German football coach
- 1957 – Kevin Bond, Former English footballer and manager
- 1957 – Danny Baker, English writer, journalist, and screenwriter
- 1957 – Garry Gary Beers, Australian bassist, songwriter, and producer (INXS and Absent Friends)
- 1958 – Bruce Campbell, American actor
- 1959 – Wayne Federman, American comedian, actor, and author
- 1959 – Mike O'Meara, American radio host
- 1959 – Nicola Sirkis, French singer-songwriter and guitarist (Indochine)
- 1959 – Ed Viesturs, American mountaineer
- 1960 – Erin Brockovich, American lawyer and environmentalist
- 1960 – Tracy Pollan, American actress
- 1961 – Stephen Batchelor, English field hockey player
- 1961 – Jimmy Somerville, Scottish singer-songwriter and musician (Bronski Beat and The Communards)
- 1962 – Stephen Chow, Hong Kong actor and director
- 1962 – Clyde Drexler, American basketball player
- 1962 – Bobby Gillespie, Scottish singer-songwriter and musician (Primal Scream, The Jesus and Mary Chain, and The Wake)
- 1962 – Gerald Hillringhaus, German footballer
- 1963 – Randy Couture, American mixed martial artist
- 1963 – Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 61st Yokozuna
- 1963 – John Tenta, Canadian wrestler (d. 2006)
- 1964 – Amy Brenneman, American actress
- 1964 – Dan Brown, American author
- 1965 – Uwe Boll, German director
- 1965 – Ľubomír Moravčík, Slovak footballer
- 1966 – Schoolly D, American rapper and actor
- 1966 – Michael Park, English race car driver (d. 2005)
- 1966 – Emmanuelle Seigner, French actress
- 1968 – Darrell Armstrong, American basketball player
- 1970 – Michel Elefteriades, Greek-Lebanese politician and businessman
- 1970 – Steven Page, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Barenaked Ladies)
- 1971 – Kambri Crews, American writer
- 1971 – Mary Lynn Rajskub, American actress
- 1971 – Kurt Warner, American football player
- 1972 – David Rees, American cartoonist
- 1973 – Carson Daly, American television host
- 1974 – Vijay, Indian actor
- 1974 – Donald Faison, American actor
- 1975 – Müslüm Can, Turkish footballer
- 1975 – Kenshin Kawakami, Japanese baseball player
- 1975 – Andreas Klöden, German cyclist
- 1975 – Laila Rouass, Moroccan-Indian actress
- 1976 – Gordon Moakes, English singer and musician (Bloc Party and Young Legionnaire)
- 1978 – Champ Bailey, American football player
- 1978 – Tim Driesen, Belgian actor, singer, and dancer
- 1978 – Jai Rodriguez, American actor, singer, and author
- 1978 – Dan Wheldon, English race car driver (d. 2011)
- 1979 – Joey Cheek, American speed skater
- 1979 – Xenofon Gittas, Greek footballer
- 1979 – Brad Hawpe, American baseball player
- 1979 – Leire Martínez, Basque singer-songwriter (La Oreja de Van Gogh)
- 1979 – Thomas Voeckler, French cyclist
- 1981 – Sione Lauaki, New Zealand rugby player
- 1981 – Chris Urbanowicz, English guitarist (Editors)
- 1982 – Soraia Chaves, Portuguese actress and model
- 1982 – Ian Kinsler, American baseball player
- 1984 – Giorgos Apostolidis, Greek basketball player
- 1984 – Dustin Johnson, American golfer
- 1984 – Rubén Iván Martínez, Spanish footballer
- 1984 – Jerome Taylor, Jamaican cricketer
- 1984 – Janko Tipsarević, Serbian tennis player
- 1985 – Rosa Kato, Italian-Japanese model and actress
- 1985 – Scott MacIntyre, American singer-songwriter and pianist
- 1985 – Sofoklis Schortsanitis, Cameroonian-Greek basketball player
- 1986 – Ramin Ott, American-Samoan footballer
- 1987 – Joe Dempsie, English actor
- 1987 – Danny Green, American basketball player
- 1987 – Cory Gunz, American rapper and songwriter
- 1987 – Lee Min Ho, South Korean actor and model
- 1987 – Nikita Rukavytsya, Ukrainian-Australian footballer
- 1988 – Omri Casspi, Israeli basketball player
- 1988 – Portia Doubleday, American actress
- 1989 – Cédric Mongongu, Congolese footballer
- 1989 – Jung Yong-hwa, South Korean singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (CN Blue)
- 1990 – Kei Inoo, Japanese actor and singer
- 1993 – Caydee Denney, American figure skater
- 1993 – Ingmar Lazar, French pianist
Deaths
- 1276 – Pope Innocent V (b. 1225)
- 1429 – Ghiyath al-Kashi, Persian astronomer and mathematician (b. 1380)
- 1535 – John Fisher, English bishop (b. 1469)
- 1632 – James Whitelocke, English judge (b. 1570)
- 1634 – Johann von Aldringen, Austrian field marshal (b. 1588)
- 1699 – Josiah Child, English merchant, economist, and politician (b. 1630)
- 1714 – Matthew Henry, English minister (b. 1662)
- 1868 – Heber C. Kimball, American leader in the Latter Day Saint movement (b. 1801)
- 1872 – Rudecindo Alvarado, Argentine general (b. 1792)
- 1874 – Howard Staunton, English chess player (b. 1810)
- 1892 – Pierre Ossian Bonnet, French mathematician (b. 1819)
- 1894 – Alexandre-Antonin Taché, Canadian archbishop (b. 1823)
- 1905 – Francis Lubbock, American politician, 9th 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 politician, President of France (b. 1841)
- 1933 – Henry Birkin, English race car 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)
- 1942 – August Froehlich, German priest (b. 1891)
- 1945 – Isamu Chō, Japanese general (b. 1895)
- 1945 – Mitsuru Ushijima, Japanese general (b. 1887)
- 1959 – Hermann Brill, German politician (b. 1895)
- 1961 – Maria of Yugoslavia (b. 1900)
- 1963 – Maria Tănase, Romanian singer and actress (b. 1913)
- 1964 – Havank, Dutch journalist and writer (b. 1904)
- 1965 – David O. Selznick, American film producer (b. 1902)
- 1969 – Judy Garland, American singer and actress (b. 1922)
- 1970 – Dang Thuy Tram, Vietnamese doctor (b. 1942)
- 1974 – Darius Milhaud, French composer (b. 1892)
- 1977 – Jacqueline Audry, French director (b. 1908)
- 1977 – Peter Laughner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Rocket From the Tombs and Pere Ubu) (b. 1952)
- 1979 – Louis Chiron, Monegasque race car driver (b. 1899)
- 1980 – Dimitrios Partsalidis, Greek politician (b. 1905)
- 1984 – Joseph Losey, American 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, American economist and educator, 37th First Lady of the United States (b. 1912)
- 1995 – Leonid Derbenyov, Russian poet and songwriter (b. 1931)
- 1995 – Al Hansen, American artist (b. 1927)
- 1997 – Ted Gärdestad, Swedish singer-songwriter (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 – Bob Bemer, American computer scientist (b. 1920)
- 2004 – Mattie Stepanek, American poet (b. 1990)
- 2004 – Kim Sun-il, South Korean translator and missionary (b. 1970)
- 2007 – Nancy Benoit, American wrestler and manager (b. 1964)
- 2007 – Erik Parlevliet, Dutch field hockey player (b. 1964)
- 2008 – George Carlin, American comedian, actor, and author (b. 1937)
- 2008 – Dody Goodman, American actress (b. 1914)
- 2008 – Jane McGrath, English-Australian activist, co-founded the McGrath Foundation (b. 1966)
- 2011 – Harley Hotchkiss, Canadian businessman (b. 1927)
- 2012 – Obaidullah Baig, Pakistani writer and scholar (b. 1926)
- 2012 – María Teresa Castillo, Venezuelan journalist, politician, and activist (b. 1908)
- 2012 – Mary Fedden, English painter (b. 1915)
- 2012 – Fernie Flaman, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1927)
- 2012 – Juan Luis Galiardo, Spanish actor (b. 1922)
- 2012 – Sergio Goretti, Italian bishop (b. 1929)
- 2012 – Jackie Neilson, Scottish footballer (b. 1929)
- 2012 – Mirjam Polkunen, Finnish writer (b. 1926)
- 2012 – Rolly Tasker, Australian sailor (b. 1926)
- 2012 – Hans Villius, Swedish historian (b. 1923)
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