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What happened in history on this day: June 22?
On June 22 in ...
- 1775 - The Continental Congress authorizes first issue of $2 million in Continental currency.
- 1807 - British board USS Chesapeake, a provocation leading to War of 1812.
- 1848 - Barnburners (anti-slavery) party nominates Martin Van Buren for President.
- 1849 - Stephen C Massett opens courthouse, using only piano in California.
- 1851 - Fire destroys part of San Francisco, California.
- 1868 - Arkansas re-enters US.
- 1870 - US Congress creates Department of Justice.
- 1874 - Dr Andrew T Sill, of Macon, Missouri, founds science of osteopathy.
- 1918 - Circus train rammed by troop train kills 68 (Ivanhoe, Illinois, USA).
- 1918 - A circus train wreck kills 86 and injures 127 near Hammond, Indiana, USA.
- 1936 - Virgin Islands receives a constitution from US (Organic Act).
- 1944 - US President Franklin Roosevelt signs "GI Bill of Rights" (Servicemen's Readjustment Act).
- 1954 - US Congress passes revised organic act for Virgin Islands.
- 1955 - Buena Vista generally releases the Disney animated film Lady and the Tramp to theaters in the US.
- 1959 - Vanguard SLV-6 launched for Earth orbit (failed).
- 1965 - James D. Lathan and George York are hanged for the murders of 12 people in Tennessee, Illinois, Kansas, and Colorado, which took place over 12 days in 1961.
- 1969 - In Cleveland, Ohio, USA, the Cuyahoga River catches fire, triggering a crack-down on pollution in the river.
- 1970 - US President Richard Nixon signs 26th amendment (voting age lowered to 18).
- 1977 - Former Attorney General John Mitchell starts 19 months in Alabama prison.
- 1981 - Mark David Chapman pleads guilty to killing John Lennon.
- 1983 - First time a satellite is retrieved from orbit by Space Shuttle.
- 1990 - Florida passes a law prohibits wearing a thong bathing suit.
- 1992 - US President George Bush presents Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates with the National Medal of Technology.
- 1993 - A Unabomber bomb injures Charles Epstein in Tiburon, California.
- 2003 - The largest hailstone ever recorded falls in Aurora, Nebraska.
- 2022 - Ventris C. Gibson takes the oath of office as director of the U.S. Mint.
Births on June 22
- 1837 - Birth of Paul Morphy in New Orleans, USA; greatest chess player of all time (1857-61).
- 1901 - Birth of Jack Whiting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor/singer (Marge and Gower Champion Show).
- 1903 - Birth of John Dillinger; one of America's Most Wanted.
- 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.
- 1921 - Birth of Joseph Papp in Brooklyn, New York, USA; stage producer/director (Pirates of Penzance).
- 1922 - Birth of Bill Blass in Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA; fashion designer (Nancy Reagan).
- 1928 - Birth of Orson Bean in Burlington, Vermont, USA; comedian (I Got a Secret, To Tell the Truth).
- 1941 - Birth of Ed Bradley in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; CBS news correspondent (60 Minutes TV show, 19 Emmy Awards).
- 1943 - Birth of Jimmy Castor in New York City, New York, USA; rocker (Troglodyte).
- 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 Alan Osmond in Ogden, Utah, USA; singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie and Marie).
- 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).
- 1954 - Birth of Freddie Prinze in New York City, New York, USA; comedian/actor (Chico and the Man).
- 1960 - Birth of Colleen Devine in San Gabriel, California, USA; actress (Irreconcilable Differences).
- 1968 - Birth of Paula Irvine in Hollywood, California, USA; actress (Lily Blake - Santa Barbara).
Deaths on June 22
- 1942 - Death of Carmi A. Thompson, US Treasurer.
- 1954 - Death of Don Hollenbeck at age 49 by suicide; newscaster (NBC, CBS Weekend News, You Are There).
- 1965 - James D. Lathan and George York are hanged for the murders of 12 people in Tennessee, Illinois, Kansas, and Colorado, which took place over 12 days in 1961.
- 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").
- 1987 - Death of Joseph Meyer at age 93 in New York, USA; composer ("Crazy Rhythm", "If You Knew Susie (Like I Know Susie)" (1925), "California, Here I Come" (1924)).
- 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).
- 1990 - Death of Corinthian (Kripp) Johnson at age 57 of cancer in Pontiac, Michigan, USA; musician (Dell-Vikings - "Come Go With Me" (1957), "Whispering Bells" (1957)).
- 1993 - Death of Patricia Nixon, First Lady of the United States (born 1912).
- 2002 - Saint Louis Cardinals pitcher Darryl Kile is found dead of a heart attack in his Chicago hotel room.
- 2007 - Death of Nancy Benoit, American professional wrestling manager (born 1964).
- 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).
- 2022 - Death of Tony Siragusa at age 55 at home in Ortley Beach, New Jersey, USA; NFL football player (Baltimore Ravens, Super Bowl winner).
- 2023 - Death of Joseph Pedott at age 91 of cardiac arrest in San Francisco, California, USA; American entrepreneur (Chia Pet, the Clapper).
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