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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.
[edit] 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: 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.
- 1783 - Poisonous cloud from Laki volcanic eruption in Iceland reaches Le Havre in France.
- 1812 - Napoleon declares war to Russia
- 1815 - Second abdication of Napoleon
- 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.
- 1848 - Beginning of the June Days Uprising in Paris.
- 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.
- 1918 - Hammond circus train wreck kills 86 and injures 127 near Hammond, Indiana.
- 1937 - Camille Chautemps becomes Prime Minister of France
- 1940 - France forced to sign the Second Compiègne 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 anti-fascist armed unit in occupied Europe founded by Croatian partisans 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
- 1954 - Murder of Honora Parker in Christchurch (New Zealand)by her daughter Pauline Parker and her girlfriend Juliet Hulme,both 16 years old
- 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.
- 1969 - The Cuyahoga River caught fire, which triggered a crack-down on pollution in the river.
- 1976 - Canadian House of Commons abolishes capital punishment.
- 1978 - Charon, a satellite of the dwarf 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.
- 2002 - An earthquake in western Iran measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale kills more than 261 people.
[edit] 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)
- 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 - Peter Pears, English tenor (d. 1986)
- 1910 - Konrad Zuse, German engineer (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
- 1927 - Ann Petersen, Belgian actress (d. 2003)
- 1930 - Yuri Artyukhin, cosmonaut (d. 1998)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 1952 - Graham Greene, Canadian actor
- 1953 - Cyndi Lauper, American singer
- 1954 - Freddie Prinze, American actor and comedian (d. 1977)
- 1956 - Tim Russ, American actor
- 1955 - Green Gartside, Welsh singer songwriter
- 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, actor, author
- 1959 - Nicola Sirkis, French singer, guitarist and lyricist (Indochine)
- 1959 - Mike O'Meara, co-host of Don and Mike Show
- 1960 - Erin Brockovich-Ellis
- 1961 - Stephen Batchelor
- 1961 - Jimmy Sommerville, 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
- 1964 - Dan Brown, American author
- 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)
- 1970 - Michel Elefteriades, Greek-Lebanese politician, artist, producer and businessman
- 1971 - Mary Lynn Rajskub, American actress
- 1971 - Kurt Warner, American football player
- 1972 - Zinedine Zidane, French football player
- 1973 - Carson Daly, American television personality
- 1974 - Donald Faison, American 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 - Jerome Taylor, West Indies international cricketer
- 1984 - Janko Tipsarević, Serbian tennis player
- 1988 - Kieran Lee, English football player
[edit] 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 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)
- 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)
- 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, 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 - Ted Gärdestad, Swedish singer (b. 1956)
- 1997 - Don Henderson, English actor (b. 1932)
- 1997 - Gérard Pelletier, French 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, 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)
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[edit] Liturgical Feasts
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ *Holweck, F. G. A Biographical Dictionary of the Saint. St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co. 1924.
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