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A Timeline Of Events That Occurred On This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
Today in History
June 22
| 1558 | The French take the French town of Thioville from the English. | |
| 1772 | Slavery is outlawed in England. | |
| 1807 | British seamen board the USS Chesapeake, a provocation leading to the War of 1812. | |
| 1864 | Confederate General A. P. Hill turns back a Federal flanking movement at the Weldon Railroad near Petersburg, Virginia. | |
| 1876 | General Alfred Terry sends Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer to the Rosebud and Little Bighorn rivers to search for Indian villages. | |
| 1910 | German bacteriologist Paul Ehrlich announces a definitive cure for syphilis. | |
| 1911 | King George V of England crowned. | |
| 1915 | Austro-German forces occupy Lemberg on the Eastern Front as the Russians retreat. | |
| 1925 | France and Spain agree to join forces against Abd el Krim in Morocco. | |
| 1930 | A son is born to Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh. | |
| 1933 | Hitler bans political parties in Germany other than the Nazis. | |
| 1938 | Joe Louis floors Max Schmeling in the first round of the heavyweight bout at Yankee Stadium. | |
| 1940 | France and Germany sign an armistice at Compiegne, on terms dictated by the Nazis. | |
| 1941 | Under the codename Barbarossa, Germany invades the Soviet Union. | |
| 1942 | A Japanese submarine shells Fort Stevens at the mouth of the Columbia River. | |
| 1944 | President Franklin Roosevelt signs the "GI Bill of Rights" to provide broad benefits for veterans of the war. | |
| 1956 | The battle for Algiers begins as three buildings in Casbah are blown up. | |
| 1970 | President Richard Nixon signs the 26th amendment, lowering the voting age to 18. | |
| 1973 | Skylab astronauts splash down safely in the Pacific after a record 28 days in space. | |
| 1980 | The Soviet Union announces a partial withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan. | |
| 1981 | Mark David Chapman pleads guilty to killing John Lennon. | |
| 1995 | Nigeria's former military ruler Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo and his chief deputy are charged with conspiracy to overthrow Gen. Sami Abacha's military government. | |
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Born on June 22 |
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| 1757 | George Vancouver, English navigator. | |
| 1898 | Erich Maria Remarque, German novelist (All Quiet on the Western Front). | |
| 1906 | Anne Morrow Lindbergh, author, wife of Charles Lindbergh (Gifts from the Sea). | |
| 1906 | Billy Wilder, film director (Sunset Boulevard, The Apartment). | |
| 1921 | Joseph Papp, theater director and producer, founder of the New York Public Theatre and Shakespeare-in-the-Park. | |
| 1941 | Ed Bradley, broadcast journalist. | |
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WOW! Anne Morrow Lindbergh sure was a very remarkable woman – she was born in 1757 and had a child in 1930 – an amazing feat – having a child at the age of 173.