Historical Events In June - 22

1944  FDR signs "GI Bill of Rights" (Servicemen's Readjustment Act) on June - 22.  

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

1945  On June - 22 beaufort, Borneo, occupied  

1945  Japanese resistance on Tarakan ends on June - 22.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1949  Ezzard Charles defeats Jersey Joe Walcott for the boxing title on this day in history.  

1949  The birth of Lindsay Wagner, US film and television actress on June - 22.  

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

1949  On this day in history ezzard Charles beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 for hw boxing title  

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  On this day in history 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  Antonio Segni forms govt in Italy on June - 22.  

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  On this day in history 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 June - 22.  

1959  On this day in history "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 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  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 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 this day in history.  

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 June - 22.  

1973  On June - 22 skylab 2's astronauts land  

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1478  Philips de Schone, Archduke of Austrian/King of Castilia (Philips I) was born on June - 22.  

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

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

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

1680  Ebenezer Erskine, Scottish religious dissenter (d. 1754) was born on this day in history.  

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

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 June - 22 innocent V, [Pierre the Tarantaise], Pope (1276), dies at about 36  

1429  On June - 22 death of ghiyath al-Kashi, Persian astronomer and mathematician (b. 1380)  

1527  On June - 22 machiavelli, writer, dies  

1535  Death of John Fisher, English bishop (1504-35)/cardinal, beheaded at about 65 on June - 22.  

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

1634  On this day in history death of johann von Aldringen, Austrian field marshal (b. 1588)  

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

1714  On June - 22 death of matthew Henry, English non-conformist minister (b. 1662)