What Happened on Jun 22

The British Parliament Passes The Quebec Act

Great Britain officially closed the area of the Northwest Territories to European settlement by the Proclamation of 1763, which arose as part of... Read more

Quebec Act

The Quebec Act of 1774 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain (citation 14 Geo. III c. 83) setting procedures of governance in the Province... Read more

Presidential Cabinet Meets with President Pierce

The greatest challenge to the country's equilibrium during the Pierce administration, though, was the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854.... Read more

Battle of Kolb's Farms

Description: On the night of June 18-19, Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, fearing envelopment, moved his army to a new, previously selected position... Read more

Sinking of HMS Victoria

The disaster occurred in clear sunny weather on June 22, 1893, during fleet maneuvers off the coast of Syria. The officer in command, Vice Admiral... Read more

Harry Houdini Gets Married

Legendary magician and escape artist Harry Houdini married Wilhelmina Beatrice Rahner on June 22, 1894. When they met, she was performing as one of... Read more

John Dillinger Born

John Herbert Dillinger was born June 22, 1903 in the Oak Hill section of Indianapolis, Indiana, the younger of two children born to John Wilson... Read more

The Progressive Party Is Born

On the evening of June 22, 1912, former President Theodore Roosevelt asked his supporters to leave the floor of the Republican National Convention... Read more

Hammond Circus Train Wreck

At 3.56am on 22 June 1918, the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus train had been moved onto a siding while it awaited clearance to proceed onto the line to... Read more

France Surrenders to Nazi Germany

During this period, Hitler built up his forces on Germany's western frontier. In April 1940, German forces invaded Denmark and Norway. In May 1940,... Read more

Battle of Białystok–Minsk

The Battle of Białystok–Minsk was a German strategic operation conducted by the Army Group Centre during penetration of the Soviet border region... Read more

Operation Barbarossa Begins

Operation Barbarossa (German: Unternehmen Barbarossa) was the code name for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II that... Read more

Soviet Union Commences Belorussian Strategic Offensive Operation (Codenamed Operation Bagration)

Operation Bagration (Russian: Oперация Багратион, Operatsiya Bagration) was the codename for the Soviet 1944 Belorussian Strategic Offensive... Read more

Okinawa Falls to U.S. Marines

Marines cleared northern Okinawa, XXIV Corps wheeled south across the narrow waist of Okinawa. The 7th and 96th Infantry Divisions encountered... Read more

Pan Am's Clipper Great Republic Crashes

The Johannesburg to New York City flight was on the Accra, Gold Coast (now Ghana), to Monrovia, Liberia leg of its journey. At 0301h during a... Read more

Air France Flight 117 Crashes

The aircraft, named "Chateau de Chantilly", was on a flight from Paris to Santiago via Lisbon, Azores and Guadeloupe. The VOR at Le Raizet Airport... Read more

Cuyahoga River Catches Fire, Setting Off a Series of Pollution Control Legislation

On June 22, 1969, the Cuyahoga River caught on fire. This dramatic event, which got international news coverage, is still a reminder of the need to... Read more

The Rescuers is released

The Rescuers is a 1977 animated feature produced by Walt Disney Productions and first released on June 22, 1977. The twenty-third film in the Walt... Read more

The "Hand of God" and "Goal of the Century": Diego Maradona's Goals Beat England 2-1

AKA The Hand of God and the Goal of the Century. The Hand of God, one of the most controversial goals, was scored as the result of an illegal (but... Read more

Glastonbury Festival 1990 - The 20th Anniversary

The festival took the name of the Glastonbury Festival for Contemporary Performing Arts for the first time, to reflect the diversity of... Read more

MST3K Ep. 304 - "Gamera vs. Barugon"

A group of men collude to steal a giant jewel from an Asian jungle; the jewel is actually an egg, which hatches into mutant lizard Barugon, who... Read more

"Weird Al" Yankovic releases The Food Album

The Food Album is a compilation CD of songs by "Weird Al" Yankovic that features songs about food. A similar compilation, The TV Album, was... Read more

Pat Nixon Dies

Pat Nixon died on June 22, 1993 of health problems, including emphysema and lung cancer. Her funeral services were held on the grounds of the... Read more

Morbid Angel releases Covenant

Covenant is the third official full-length album by Florida based death metal band Morbid Angel. It was released on June 22, 1993. This album... Read more

Death releases Individual Thought Patterns

Individual Thought Patterns is the fifth album by the death metal band Death, released in 1993. The album continues to expand on the technical,... Read more