Page 6: Historical Events In June - 22
Friday, 02 January 2026
1944 FDR signs "GI Bill of Rights" (Servicemen's Readjustment Act) on June - 22. 

1944 British 14th army frees Imphal Assam on this day in history. 

1945 On June - 22 beaufort, Borneo, occupied 

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

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 Ezzard Charles defeats Jersey Joe Walcott for the boxing title on June - 22. 

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

1949 On this day in history the birth of Meryl Streep, American film actress 

1949 Ezzard Charles beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 for hw boxing title on this day in history. 

1950 On this day in history 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 this day in history. 

1954 Don Hollenbeck, newscaster (CBS Weekend News), dies at 49 on June - 22. 

1955 Off Clarenville Newfoundland, cable ships start laying new transatlantic telephone cable at Clarenville on this day in history. 

1955 On June - 22 antonio Segni forms govt in Italy 

1955 On June - 22 sadashiv Garpatrao Shinde, cricketer (7 Tests for India), dies at 31 

1957 KC stops using streetcars in it's transit system on June - 22. 

1958 On June - 22 game in KC between A's &Red Sox delayed 29 minutes due to tornado 

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 this day in history. 

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

1961 On this day in history beatles record Aint She Sweet, Cry for a Shadow, When the Saints Go Marching In, Why, Nobody's Child &My Bonnie, in Hamburg 

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

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

1965 On June - 22 adriaan F Dussenbroek, Dutch doctor/co-founder (UNA), dies at 72 

1966 Roger Blunt, cricketer (9 Tests for NZ, 330 runs, 12 wickets), dies on this day in history. 

1967 On June - 22 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 June - 22. 

1970 On June - 22 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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