Historical Events In June - 22

1944  FDR signs "GI Bill of Rights" (Servicemen's Readjustment Act) on this day in history.  

1944  British 14th army frees Imphal Assam on June - 22.  

1945  Beaufort, Borneo, occupied on June - 22.  

1945  On June - 22 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 this day in history 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  The birth of Meryl Streep, American film actress on this day in history.  

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  Gene Rayburn & Dee Finch show premieres on NBC radio on June - 22.  

1954  Congress passes revised organic act for Virgin Islands on this day in history.  

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

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

1955  On this day in history 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 this day in history game in KC between A's & Red Sox delayed 29 minutes due to tornado  

1959  On June - 22 vanguard SLV-6 launched for Earth orbit (failed)  

1959  On this day in history "Along Came Jones" by Coasters peaks at #9  

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

1961  On this day in history betty Elder, actress (Annie Get Your Gun), dies  

1964  Havank, [HF van der Kallen], detective writer (Shade), dies at 60 on June - 22.  

1965  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1969  Judy Garland, actress (Wizard of Oz, Easter Parade), dies at 47 of an overdose on June - 22.  

1970  On this day in history 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  On this day in history skylab 2's astronauts land  

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

1611  On this day in history birth of pablo Bruna, composer  

1613  Lambert Pietkin, composer was born on this day in history.  

1674  Eugene J P, Earl of Merode, Belgian marquis of Westerloo was born on June - 22.  

1680  Ebenezer Erskine, Scottish religious dissenter (d. 1754) was born on June - 22.  

1684  On this day in history birth of francesco Onofrio Manfredini, composer  

1701  On this day in history birth of nikolaj Eigtved, Danish architect (Christiansborg Castle)  

1704  On June - 22 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  On this day in history machiavelli, writer, dies  

1535  On this day in history death of john Fisher, English bishop (1504-35)/cardinal, beheaded at about 65  

1632  Death of James Whitelocke, English judge (b. 1570) on June - 22.  

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

1699  On June - 22 death of josiah Child, English Governor of the East India Company (b. 1630)  

1714  On this day in history death of matthew Henry, English non-conformist minister (b. 1662)