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What happened in history on this day: June 22?
On June 22 in ...
- 1957 - CBS airs the last episode of The Jackie Gleason Show.
- 1961 - The final episode of US TV show You Bet Your Life / The Groucho Show airs.
- 1984 - Columbia releases the film The Karate Kid to theaters.
- 2001 - The final episode of US TV show Xena: Warrior Princess airs.
- 2018 - Universal releases the film Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom to theaters.
Births on June 22
- 1901 - Birth of Jack Whiting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor/singer (Marge and Gower Champion Show).
- 1906 - Birth of Billy Wilder; movie director (Some Like It Hot, Apartment, Stalag 17).
- 1920 - Birth of Paul Frees in Chicago, Illinois, USA; performed voices in thousands of radio, TV, movies, many Disney roles and in Disneyland attractions, named Disney Legend in 2006.
- 1928 - Birth of Ralph Waite; actor (The Waltons, Carnivale).
- 1928 - Birth of Orson Bean in Burlington, Vermont, USA; comedian (I Got a Secret, To Tell the Truth).
- 1929 - Birth of Ralph Waite; actor (Last Summer, Cool Hand Luke, Five Easy Pieces).
- 1936 - Birth of Kris Kristofferson, singer/actor (Amerika, Millenium, Dead Man's Gun, Pair of Aces).
- 1941 - Birth of Michael Lerner; actor (Clueless, Kingdom Hospital, Courthouse).
- 1941 - Birth of Ed Bradley in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; CBS news correspondent (60 Minutes TV show, 19 Emmy Awards).
- 1946 - Birth of Andrew Rubin in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Police Academy, Jessica Novak, Hometown).
- 1947 - Birth of David L Lander in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Squiggy - Laverne and Shirley).
- 1949 - Birth of Lindsay Wagner in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (The Bionic Woman, Paper Chase, Nighthawks, Against All Odds).
- 1949 - Birth of Meryl Streep in New Jersey, USA; actress (French Lieutenant's Woman, Sophie's Choice, Angels in America, Holocaust).
- 1950 - Birth of Murphy Cross in Harve de Grace, Maryland, USA; actress (Phyl and Mikhy, Perfect).
- 1952 - Birth of Graham Greene in Ontario, Canada; actor (Red Green Show, Into the West).
- 1954 - Birth of Chris Lemmon; actor (Brothers and Sisters, Richard - Duet, Thunder in Paradise, Knots Landing, Brothers and Sisters).
- 1954 - Birth of Freddie Prinze in New York City, New York, USA; comedian/actor (Chico and the Man).
- 1956 - Birth of Tim Russ; actor (Star Trek Voyager).
- 1960 - Birth of Colleen Devine in San Gabriel, California, USA; actress (Irreconcilable Differences).
- 1960 - Birth of Tracy Pollan; actress (Family Ties, Anna Says).
- 1962 - Birth of Nicholas Lea in New Westminster, BC, Canada; actor (Kyle XY, Whistler, Once a Thief).
- 1964 - Birth of Amy Brenneman; actress (Judging Amy, NYPD Blue).
- 1968 - Birth of Paula Irvine in Hollywood, California, USA; actress (Lily Blake - Santa Barbara).
- 1971 - Birth of Mary Lynn Rajskub; actress (24, Larry Sanders Show, Veronica's Closet).
- 1974 - Birth of Lecy Goranson; actress (Roseanne).
- 1974 - Birth of Donald Faison; actor (Scrubs).
- 1979 - Birth of Jai Rodriguez; TV personality (Queer Eye For The Straight Guy).
- 1985 - Birth of Lindsay Ridgeway; actress (Boy Meets World).
Deaths on June 22
- 1954 - Death of Don Hollenbeck at age 49 by suicide; newscaster (NBC, CBS Weekend News, You Are There).
- 1955 - Death of Wyllis Cooper at age 56 after a long illness; writer (Lights Out radio show (1934)), producer (Quiet Please radio show (1944)), TV narrator (Volume One).
- 1961 - Betty Elder, actress (Annie Get Your Gun), dies.
- 1965 - David O Selznick, Gone With the Wind's producer, dies at age 63.
- 1969 - Death of Judy Garland at age 47 in London, England; singer and actress (The Wizard of Oz, A Star is Born).
- 1979 - Death of Emory Parnell at age 85 of a heart attack in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA; actor (Life of Riley TV show, Lawman TV show).
- 1987 - Death of Fred Astaire at age 88 at Century City Hospital in Los Angeles, California, USA; singer, dancer ("Night and Day", "Cheek to Cheek", "The Way You Look Tonight", "The Liar's Song").
- 1988 - Death of Dennis Day at age 71 of Lou Gehrig's disease in Los Angeles, California, USA; comic actor/singer (Jack Benny Show radio show, Dennis Day Show radio show, Jack Benny Show TV show).
- 1991 - Kevin O'Connor, actor (Bogie), dies of cancer at age 56.
- 2008 - Death of Dody Goodman at age 92; actress and TV personality (Jack Paar Tonight Show TV show, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman TV show, Different Strokes TV show).
- 2008 - Death of George Carlin at age 71 of heart failure in Los Angeles, California, USA; comedian, author, actor (PBS children's TV shows, 14 HBO stand-up specials).
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