Historical Events In June - 22

1944  On this day in history fDR signs "GI Bill of Rights" (Servicemen's Readjustment Act)   

1944  On this day in history british 14th army frees Imphal Assam   

1945  Beaufort, Borneo, occupied on this day in history.   

1945  Japanese resistance on Tarakan ends on this day in history.   

1945  On June - 22 isamu Tsjo, Japanese chief-staff 32nd Army, commits harakiri   

1946  Alec Bedser takes 7-49 v India on 1st day of his 1st Test cricket on June - 22.   

1947  12" rain in 42 mins (Holt, MO) on June - 22.   

1949  On this day in history ezzard Charles defeats Jersey Joe Walcott for the boxing title   

1949  On June - 22 the birth of Lindsay Wagner, US film and television actress   

1949  On June - 22 the birth of Meryl Streep, American film actress   

1949  On June - 22 ezzard Charles beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 for hw boxing title   

1950  On June - 22 julio Fonseca, composer, dies at 65   

1951  On this day in history gene Rayburn & Dee Finch show premieres on NBC radio   

1954  Congress passes revised organic act for Virgin Islands on June - 22.   

1954  On June - 22 don Hollenbeck, newscaster (CBS Weekend News), dies at 49   

1955  Off Clarenville Newfoundland, cable ships start laying new transatlantic telephone cable at Clarenville on June - 22.   

1955  On June - 22 antonio Segni forms govt in Italy   

1955  Sadashiv Garpatrao Shinde, cricketer (7 Tests for India), dies at 31 on this day in history.   

1957  On this day in history kC stops using streetcars in it's transit system   

1958  Game in KC between A's &Red Sox delayed 29 minutes due to tornado on June - 22.   

1958  Game in KC between A's & Red Sox delayed 29 minutes due to tornado on June - 22.   

1959  Vanguard SLV-6 launched for Earth orbit (failed) on June - 22.   

1959  On June - 22 "Along Came Jones" by Coasters peaks at #9   

1961  Beatles record Aint She Sweet, Cry for a Shadow, When the Saints Go Marching In, Why, Nobody's Child &My Bonnie, in Hamburg on June - 22.   

1961  Betty Elder, actress (Annie Get Your Gun), dies on this day in history.   

1964  On this day in history havank, [HF van der Kallen], detective writer (Shade), dies at 60   

1965  Adriaan F Dussenbroek, Dutch doctor/co-founder (UNA), dies at 72 on June - 22.   

1966  On June - 22 roger Blunt, cricketer (9 Tests for NZ, 330 runs, 12 wickets), dies   

1967  On this day in history adrian Grigor'yevich Shaposhnikov, composer, dies at 79   

1969  Aretha Franklin arrested in Detroit for creating a disturbance on June - 22.   

1969  Judy Garland, actress (Wizard of Oz, Easter Parade), dies at 47 of an overdose on this day in history.   

1970  On this day in history pres Nixon signs 26th amendment (voting age lowered to 18)   

1973  On June - 22 george Harrison releases "Living in the Material World"   

1973  Skylab 2's astronauts land on June - 22.   

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1478  On this day in history birth of philips de Schone, Archduke of Austrian/King of Castilia (Philips I)   

1611  Pablo Bruna, composer was born on this day in history.   

1613  Lambert Pietkin, composer was born on June - 22.   

1674  On this day in history birth of eugene J P, Earl of Merode, Belgian marquis of Westerloo   

1680  On this day in history birth of ebenezer Erskine, Scottish religious dissenter (d. 1754)   

1684  Francesco Onofrio Manfredini, composer was born on June - 22.   

1701  On June - 22 birth of nikolaj Eigtved, Danish architect (Christiansborg Castle)   

1704  On this day in history birth of john Taylor, English classical scholar (d. 1766)   

1276  On this day in history innocent V, [Pierre the Tarantaise], Pope (1276), dies at about 36   

1429  Death of Ghiyath al-Kashi, Persian astronomer and mathematician (b. 1380) on June - 22.   

1527  Machiavelli, writer, dies on June - 22.   

1535  Death of John Fisher, English bishop (1504-35)/cardinal, beheaded at about 65 on this day in history.   

1632  Death of James Whitelocke, English judge (b. 1570) on this day in history.   

1634  Death of Johann von Aldringen, Austrian field marshal (b. 1588) on this day in history.   

1699  Death of Josiah Child, English Governor of the East India Company (b. 1630) on June - 22.   

1714  Death of Matthew Henry, English non-conformist minister (b. 1662) on this day in history.