June 22

Sunday 22, 2003:

Bill Clinton releases his memoirs, entitled My Life

Saturday 22, 2002:

An earthquake in western Iran measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale kills more than 261 people

Saturday 22, 1996:

The Quake computer game is released.

Tuesday 22, 1993:

Dr. Charles Epstein of Tiburon, California, USA is injured by a mail bomb sent by the Unabomber.

Thursday 22, 1989:

Dublin City University and University of Limerick are established in Ireland.

Sunday 22, 1986:

The All Jharkhand Students Union is founded, in order to fight for autonomy for tribal peoples in India.

Friday 22, 1984:

William Schnoebelen and his wife Sharon are "saved" by a tract from Chick Publications. There is some debate over the reliability of this, however.

Thursday 22, 1978:

Charon, a satellite of the planet Pluto, is discovered.

Tuesday 22, 1976:

Canadian House of Commons abolishes capital punishment.

Saturday 22, 1963:

Pope Paul VI elected by College of Cardinals.

Friday 22, 1962:

An Air France Boeing 707 jet crashes in bad weather in Guadeloupe, West Indies killing 113

Thursday 22, 1950:

The longship replica Ormen Friske, en route from Birka to Rotterdam, broke apart in the North Sea because of improper construction. All 15 crew members drowned.

Thursday 22, 1944:

Opening day of the Soviet Union's Operation Bagration against Army Group Centre

Sunday 22, 1941:

The Lithuanian 1941 independence begins

Saturday 22, 1940:

France forced to sign armistice with Nazi Germany.

Tuesday 22, 1937:

Camille Chautemps becomes Prime Minister of France

Thursday 22, 1911:

George V is crowned King of the United Kingdom, succeeding his father, Edward VII.

Wednesday 22, 1898:

Spanish-American War: United States Marines land in Cuba.

Thursday 22, 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.

Friday 22, 1866:

Battle of Custoza: an Austrian army defeats the Italian army during the Austro-Prussian War.

Wednesday 22, 1825:

British Parliament abolishes feudalism and the seigneurial system in British North America.

Wednesday 22, 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.

Tuesday 22, 1593:

Croat troops defeat the Turks

Tuesday 22, -168:

Battle of Pydna: Romans under Lucius Aemilius Paullus defeat and capture Macedonian King Perseus, ending the Third Macedonian War

Sunday 22, -217:

Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom

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