Page 6: Historical Events In June - 22
Wednesday, 20 August 2025
1944 On June - 22 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 On this day in history japanese resistance on Tarakan ends
1945 Isamu Tsjo, Japanese chief-staff 32nd Army, commits harakiri on June - 22.
1946 Alec Bedser takes 7-49 v India on 1st day of his 1st Test cricket on this day in history.
1947 On June - 22 12" rain in 42 mins (Holt, MO)
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 Ezzard Charles beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 for hw boxing title on June - 22.
1950 On June - 22 julio Fonseca, composer, dies at 65
1951 On June - 22 gene Rayburn & Dee Finch show premieres on NBC radio
1954 Congress passes revised organic act for Virgin Islands on June - 22.
1954 Don Hollenbeck, newscaster (CBS Weekend News), dies at 49 on this day in history.
1955 Off Clarenville Newfoundland, cable ships start laying new transatlantic telephone cable at Clarenville on this day in history.
1955 Antonio Segni forms govt in Italy on this day in history.
1955 Sadashiv Garpatrao Shinde, cricketer (7 Tests for India), dies at 31 on this day in history.
1957 On June - 22 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 this day in history.
1958 On June - 22 game in KC between A's & Red Sox delayed 29 minutes due to tornado
1959 Vanguard SLV-6 launched for Earth orbit (failed) on June - 22.
1959 "Along Came Jones" by Coasters peaks at #9 on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1961 Betty Elder, actress (Annie Get Your Gun), dies on June - 22.
1964 On June - 22 havank, [HF van der Kallen], detective writer (Shade), dies at 60
1965 On this day in history adriaan F Dussenbroek, Dutch doctor/co-founder (UNA), dies at 72
1966 On this day in history roger Blunt, cricketer (9 Tests for NZ, 330 runs, 12 wickets), dies
1967 Adrian Grigor'yevich Shaposhnikov, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.
1969 On June - 22 aretha Franklin arrested in Detroit for creating a disturbance
1969 Judy Garland, actress (Wizard of Oz, Easter Parade), dies at 47 of an overdose on June - 22.
1970 On June - 22 pres Nixon signs 26th amendment (voting age lowered to 18)
1973 George Harrison releases "Living in the Material World" on this day in history.
1973 Skylab 2's astronauts land on June - 22.
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