On this day in History - Jun 22

• 217 BC - Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom.
• 168 BC - Battle of Pydna: Romans under Lucius Aemilius Paullus defeat and capture Macedonian King Perseus, ending the Third Macedonian War.
• 0431 - Primeira sessão do Concílio de Éfeso. A cristandade divide-se em relação à expressão «Mãe de Deus».
• 0431 - Paulinus of Nola dies. Latin poet.
• 1276 - Pope Innocent V dies.
• 1429 - Ghiyath al-Kashi dies (b. 1380). Persian astronomer and mathematician.
• 1535 - John Fisher dies executed on Tower Hill. Bishop of Rochester.
• 1593 - Battle of Sisak: Slovene - Croat troops defeat the Turks.
• 1632 - James Whitelocke dies (b. 1570). English judge.
• 1633 - The Holy Office in Rome forces Galileo Galilei to recant his scientific view that the Sun, not the Earth, is the center of the Universe.
• 1634 - Johann Graf von Aldringen dies (b. 1588). Austrian soldier.
• 1660 - Morreu o primeiro diplomata de carreira português, o embaixador Francisco de Sousa Coutinho.
• 1684 - Francesco Manfredini was born (d. 1762). Italian baroque composer.
• 1699 - Morte de D. Fernando de Menezes (2º conde da Ericeira - Portugal).
• 1699 - Josiah Child dies (b. 1630). English Governor of the East India Company.
• 1714 - Matthew Henry dies (b. 1662). English non-conformist minister.
• 1757 - George Vancouver was born (d. 1798). Navigator, naval surveyor.
• 1767 - Wilhelm von Humboldt was born (d. 1835). Philosopher and statesman.
• 1783 - Poisonous cloud from Laki volcanic eruption in Iceland reaches Le Havre in France.
• 1812 - Napoleonic Wars- Napoleon invades Russia.
• 1825 - British Parliament abolishes feudalism and the seigneurial system in British North America.
• 1837 - Paul Morphy was born (d. 1884). American chess player.
• 1844 - Influential North American fraternity Delta Kappa Epsilon is founded at Yale University.
• 1846 - É patenteado, por Adolphe Sax, o saxofone.
• 1846 - Lei que conclui a extinção dos forais em Portugal.
• 1848 - Beginning of the June Days Uprising in Paris.
• 1856 - Henry Rider Haggard, was born (d. 1925). English author.
• 1865 - Angel Saavedra "Duque de Rivas" dies (b. 1791) . Spanish romantic poet and playwright.
• 1866 - Battle of Custoza: an Austrian army defeats the Italian army during the Austro-Prussian War.
• 1868 - Heber C. Kimball dies (b. 1801). American Mormon church leader.
• 1872 - Juana de Vega dies. Spanish writer.
• 1874 - Ficou concluída a instalação do cabo submarino entre o Brasil e a Europa.
• 1874 - Howard Staunton dies (b. 1810). English chess master.
• 1885 - Milan Vidmar was born (d. 1962). Slovene electrical engineer and chess player .
• 1887 - Julian Huxley was born (d. 1975). British biologist.
• 1892 - Pierre Ossian Bonnet dies (b. 1819). French mathematician.
• 1893 - The Royal Navy battleship HMS Camperdown accidently rams the British Mediterranean Fleet flagship HMS Victoria which sinks taking 358 crew with her, including the fleet's commander, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon.
• 1894 - Alexandre-Antonin Taché dies (b. 1823). Canadian archbishop.
• 1898 - Spanish-American War: United States Marines land in Cuba.
• 1898 - Erich Maria Remarque was born (d. 1970). Writer (Im Westen nichts Neues - "A Oeste Nada de Novo" 1929)
• 1903 - Carl Hubbell was born (d. 1988). Baseball Hall of Famer.
• 1903 - John Dillinger was born (d. 1934). American bank robber.
• 1905 - Francis Lubbock dies (b. 1815). Governor of Texas.
• 1906 - Anne Morrow Lindbergh was born (d. 2001). Author and aviator.
• 1906 - Billy Wilder was born (d. 27 Mar 2002). Academy Award-winning director: The Apartment [1960], The Lost Weekend [1945]; Sunset Boulevard, Stalag 17, Witness for the Prosecution, The Seven Year Itch, Some Like it Hot, Sabrina, Irma La Douce, The Front Page, Buddy, Buddy.
• 1910 - Konrad Zuse was born. German engineer.
• 1910 - Peter Pears was born (d. 1986). English tenor.
• 1911 - George V is crowned King of the United Kingdom, succeeding his father, Edward VII.
• 1913 - Ştefan Octavian Iosif dies (b. 1875). Romanian poet.
• 1918 - Hammond circus train wreck kills 86 and injures 127 near Hammond, Indiana.
• 1920 - Paul Frees was born (d. 1986). Cartoon voice-over artist.
• 1921 - Joseph Papp was born (d. 1991). Director, producer.
• 1925 - Felix Klein dies (b. 1848). German mathematician.
• 1928 - A. B. Frost dies (b. 1851). American illustrator.
• 1930 - Yuri Artyukhin was born (d. 1998). Cosmonaut.
• 1930 - Charles Augustus Lindbergh III, was born (d. 1932). Son of Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, and young victim of crime.
• 1930 - John Joseph Scanlan, was born. Roman Catholic prelate.
• 1931 - Armand Fallières dies (b. 1841). President of France (1906-1913).
• 1933 - Dianne Feinstein was born. Senator.
• 1933 - Henry Birkin dies (b. 1896). British racing driver.
• 1935 - Szymon Askenazy dies (b. 1866). Polish historian, diplomat and politician.
• 1936 - Kris Kristofferson was born. American singer, songwriter and actor.
• 1936 - Hermeto Pascoal was born. Brazilian musician.
• 1936 - Moritz Schlick dies (b. 1882). German philosopher.
• 1936 - Hermeto Pascoal was born. Brazilian musician. /Nascimento de Hermeto Paschoal, o mago da música, em Canoa Grande, Arapiraca-AL, Brasil.
• 1937 - Camille Chautemps becomes Prime Minister of France.
• 1937 - Joe Louis, the Brown Bomber, knocked out James J. Braddock in a boxing match in Chicago, Illinois. The bout lasted eight rounds and Louis was announced as the world heavyweight boxing champion.
• 1938 - Exactly one year later, on this day, Joe Louis knocked out Germany’s Max Schmeling in the first round, in a bout at Yankee Stadium.
• 1940 - France forced to sign the Second Compiègne armistice with Nazi Germany.
• 1940 - The Nagpur conference of the All India Forward Bloc concludes, declared the Bloc as a socialist party.
• 1941 - Nazi Germany invades the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa, one of the most dramatic turning points of World War II.
• 1941 - First anti-fascist armed unit in occupied Europe founded by Croatian partisans near Sisak, Croatia.
• 1941 - The Lithuanian 1941 independence begins.
• 1941 - Various Communist and Socialist French Resistance movements merge to one group.
• 1941 - Ed Bradley was born. Journalist, 60 Minutes correspondent.
• 1943 - Brit Hume was born. FOX News anchor and commentator.
• 1944 - Klaus Maria Brandauer was born. Actor.
• 1944 - Opening day of the Soviet Union's Operation Bagration against Army Group Centre
• 1947 - David Lander was born. Actor, baseball scout (Laverne and Shirley)
• 1947 - Canonização de São João de Brito (01/03/1647 - 04/02/1693).
• 1948 - Todd Rundgren was born. Singer, songwriter, recording producer.
• 1949 - Alan Osmond was born. American singer.
• 1949 - Lindsay Wagner was born. American actress.
• 1949 - Luis Filipe Vieira was born. Sportive director, President of Sport Lisboa e Benfica.
• 1949 - Meryl Streep was born. American actress. Academy Award-winning actress: Sophie’s Choice [1982], [supporting actress] Kramer vs. Kramer [1979]; Silkwood, Postcards from the Edge, Death Becomes Her, Bridges of Madison County, The River Wild, Music of the Heart.
• 1950 - The longship replica Ormen Friske en route from Birka to Rotterdam, broke apart in the North Sea because of improper construction. All 15 crew members drowned.
• 1950 - Don Julio Fonseca dies. Costa Rican musician and composer.
• 1952 - Graham Greene was born. Canadian actor.
• 1953 - Cyndi Lauper was born. Grammy Award-winning singer [1984]: Girls Just Want to Have Fun; Time After Time, True Colors; actress: Mad About You, Life with Mikey.
• 1954 - Freddie Prinze, was born (d. 1977). Actor, comedian.
• 1956 - José Perotti dies (b. 8 Jun 1898). Chilean painter. Premio Nacional de Arte de Chile.
• 1956 - Nasser Gamal was elected President of Egypt.
• 1957 – Danny Baker was born. English comedy writer and radio presenter.
• 1957 – Garry Gary Beers was born. Australian bassist from group INXS.
  
• 1958 - Bruce Campbell was born. American actor.
• 1959 – Ed Viesturs was born. American mountain climber.
• 1959 – Nicola Sirkis was born. French singer and lyricist (Indochine).
• 1959 – Wayne Federman was born. American comedian.
• 1959 - Hermann Brill dies (b. 1959). German politician.
• 1961 – Jimmy Somerville was born. Scottish singer (Bronski Beat, Communards).
• 1961 – Stephen Batchelor was born. British field-hockey player.
• 1961 - Maria of Romania dies (b. 1900). Queen Consort of Yugoslavia.
• 1962 - An Air France Boeing 707 jet crashes in bad weather in Guadeloupe, West Indies killing 113.
• 1962 – Bobby Gillespie was born. Scottish musician (Primal Scream).
• 1962 – Clyde Drexler was born. Former American NBA player.
• 1962 – Stephen Chow was born. Hong Kong actor and director.
• 1962 - Sofia Sá da Bandeira was born. Portuguese actress.
• 1963 - Giovanni Cardinal Montini elected Pope by the College of Cardinals, and takes the name Pope Paul VI.
• 1963 - Em Portugal, foi inaugurada a Ponte da Arrábida na cidade do Porto.
• 1963 – Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi was born. Japanese sumo wrestler, the 61^st Yokozuna.
• 1963 – John Tenta was born (d. 2006). Canadian professional wrestler.
• 1963 – Randy Couture was born. American mixed martial artist.
• 1963 - Maria Tănase dies (b. 1913). Romanian singer of traditional and popular music.
• 1964 – Amy Brenneman was born. American actress
• 1964 – Dan Brown was born. American author.
• 1964 - Havank dies (b. 1904). Dutch writer.
• 1965 – Ľubomír Moravčík was born. Slovak footballer.
• 1965 – Uwe Boll was born. German film director.
• 1965 - David O. Selznick dies (b. 1902). American film producer.
• 1965 - Joseph Auslander dies (b. 11 Oct 1897). American poet, anthologist.
• 1966 – Emmanuelle Seigner was born. French actress.
• 1966 – Michael Park was born (d. 2005). WRC co-pilot.
  
• 1966 – Schooly D was born. American rapper.
• 1967 – Manabu Nakanishi was born. Japanese professional wrestler.
• 1968 – Darrell Armstrong was born. American basketball player.
• 1969 - The Cuyahoga River caught fire, which triggered a crack-down on pollution in the river.
• 1969 - Judy Garland dies (b. 1922). American singer and actress.
• 1970 - O presidente José María Velasco Ibarra se auto-proclama ditador do Equador.
• 1970 - Michel Elefteriades was born. Greek-Lebanese politician, artist, producer and businessman.
• 1970 - Steven Page was born. Canadian singer for Barenaked Ladies.
• 1971 - Kurt Warner was born. Two-time NFL MVP.
• 1971 - Mary Lynn Rajskub was born. American actress.
• 1972 - Miguel Del Toro was born. Mexican baseball player.
• 1973 - Carson Daly was born. American television personality.
• 1973 - Larry Otis Purdy II was born. African American writer, and poet.
• 1973 - Carson Daly was born. Talk show host, MTV VJ.
• 1974 - Donald Faison was born. American actor.
• 1974 - Darius Milhaud dies. French composer.
• 1975 - Andreas Klöden was born. German professional road bicycle racer.
• 1975 - Laila Rouass was born. Moroccan-Indian actress.
• 1976 - Natasha Firman was born. British racing driver.
• 1976 - Canadian House of Commons abolishes capital punishment.
• 1976 - Joana Prado was born. Brazilian model.
• 1978 - Charon, a satellite of the dwarf planet Pluto, is discovered.
• 1978 - Champ Bailey was born. American football player.
• 1978 - Jai Rodriguez was born. American TV personality.
• 1978 - Dan Wheldon was born. British race car driver.
• 1979 - Thomas Voeckler was born. French road bicycle racer.
• 1979 - Brad Hawpe was born. American baseball player.
• 1979 - Louis Chiron dies (b. 1899). Monaco race car driver.
• 1979 - Joey Cheek was born. American speed skater.
• 1981 - Chris Urbanowicz was born. Guitarist of british rock band Editors.
• 1982 - Soraia Chaves was born. Portuguese actress and model.
• 1982 - Ian Kinsler was born. American baseball player.
• 1984 - William Schnoebelen and his wife Sharon are "saved" by a tract from Chick Publications. There is some debate over the reliability of this, however.
• 1984 - Morreu o nadador português Joaquim Baptista Pereira, responsável por duas travessias do Canal da Mancha.
• 1984 - Joseph Losey dies (b. 1909). American theater and film director.
• 1985 - American actress Victoria Principal married Harry Glassman.
• 1985 - Rosa Kato was born. Italian-Japanese model and actress.
• 1986 - Argentine footballer Diego Maradona scored the Hand of God goal against England during the FIFA World Cup in Mexico City.
• 1986 - The All Jharkhand Students Union is founded, in order to fight for autonomy for tribal peoples in India.
• 1987 - Fred Astaire dies. American actor and dancer.
• 1988 - Dennis Day dies. American singer and actor.
• 1989 - Dublin City University and University of Limerick are established in Ireland.
• 1989 - O governo de Angola e os rebeldes anti-comunistas do movimento UNITA concordam em um armistício para a guerra civil que já havia durado 14 anos.
• 1989 - Lucien Saulnier dies (b. 1916). French Canadian politician.
• 1990 - Ilya Frank dues (b. 1908). Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate.
• 1992 - Chuck Mitchell dies (b. 1927). American actor.
• 1993 - Dr. Charles Epstein of Tiburon, California, USA is injured by a mail bomb sent by the Unabomber.
• 1993 - Pat Nixon dies (b. 1912). First Lady of the United States.
• 1994 - Otto Bradfisch dies (b. 1903). Nazi leader.
• 1995 - Al Hansen dies. Artist, grandfather of rock musician Beck
• 1996 - The Quake computer game is released.
• 1997 - Gérard Pelletier dies (b. 1919). French Canadian journalist, politician and diplomat.
• 1997 - Ted Gärdestad dies (b. 1956). Swedish singer.
• 2002 - An earthquake in western Iran measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale kills more than 261 people.
• 2002 - Darryl Kile dies (b. 1968). American Major League baseball player.
• 2002 - Ann Landers dies (b. 1918). American columnist.
• 2003 - The largest hailstone ever recorded falls from a thunderstorm in Aurora, Nebraska, USA.
• 2004 - Mattie J. T. Stepanek dies at 14. American poet who was born with a rare neuromuscular disease called dysautonomic mitochondrial myopathy. His disease is one of the 43 types of diseases being researched by the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
• 2004 - Bob Bemer dies (b. 1920). Computer scientist.
• 2004 - Kim Sun-il dies (b. 1970). South Korean translator.
• 2006 - Moose (dog actor) dies (b. 1990). Dog actor popular for role on Frasier.
  
• 2007 - Nancy Benoit dies (b. 1964). former professional wrestling valet.
• 2007 - Erik Parlevliet dies (b. 1964). Dutch field hockey player.
• 2008 – Dody Goodman dies (b. 1914). American comedienne.
• 2008 - George Carlin dies (b. 1937). American comedian, actor.
• 2008 – Jane McGrath dies (b. 1966). British-born Australian cancer support campaigner.
• Croatia: Anti-Fascist Struggle Day.
• El Salvador: Teacher's Day.
• World Wide VW Beetle Day.