June 22: School-Teachers' Day in El Salvador

June 22 is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 192 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

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
1593 - Battle of Sisak: Allied Christian troops defeat the Turks
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.
1783 - Poisonous cloud from Laki volcanic eruption in Iceland reaches Le Havre in France.
1812 - Napoleon declares war on Russia and invades
1815 - Second abdication of Napoleon
1825 - British Parliament abolishes feudalism and the seigneurial system in British North America.
1844 - Influential North American fraternity Delta Kappa Epsilon is founded at Yale University.
1848 - Beginning of the June Days Uprising in Paris.
1866 - Battle of Custoza: an Austrian army defeats the Italian army during the Austro-Prussian War.
1893 - The Royal Navy battleship HMS Camperdown accidentally 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.
1898 - Spanish-American War: United States Marines land in Cuba.
1911 - George V is crowned King of the United Kingdom, succeeding his father, Edward VII.
1918 - Hammond circus train wreck kills 86 and injures 127 near Hammond, Indiana.
1922 - Herrin massacre, 19 strikebreakers and 2 union miners are killed in Herrin, Illinois.
1940 - France forced to sign the Second Compiègne armistice with Nazi Germany.
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.
1942 - Erwin Rommel was promoted to Field Marshal after the capture of Tobruk
1944 - Opening day of the Soviet Union's Operation Bagration against Army Group Centre
1957 - Soviet Union launches R-12 missile for the first time (in Kapustin Yar)
1962 - An Air France Boeing 707 jet crashes in bad weather in Guadeloupe, West Indies killing 113
1969 - The Cuyahoga River caught fire, which triggered a crack-down on pollution in the river.
1976 - Canadian House of Commons abolishes capital punishment.
1978 - Charon, a satellite of the dwarf planet Pluto, is discovered.
2002 - An earthquake in western Iran measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale kills more than 261 people.

Births

1680 - Ebenezer Erskine, Scottish religious dissenter (d. 1754)
1684 - Francesco Manfredini, Italian baroque composer (d. 1762)
1704 - John Taylor, English classical scholar (d. 1766)
1713 - Lord John Philip Sackville, English cricketer (d. 1765)
1738 - Jacques Delille, French poet and translator (d. 1813)
1757 - George Vancouver, British explorer (d. 1798)
1767 - Wilhelm von Humboldt, German philosopher and statesman (d. 1835)
1805 - Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian politician (d. 1872)
1837 - Paul Morphy, American chess master (d. 1884)
1845 - Tom Dula, American folk character (Tom Dooley) (d. 1868)
1856 - H. Rider Haggard, English author (d. 1925)
1861 - Maximilian von Spee, German admiral (d. 1914)
1864 - Hermann Minkowski, German mathematician (d. 1909)
1871 - William McDougall, British psychologist and polymath (d. 1938)
1879 - Thibaudeau Rinfret, jurist and Chief Justice of Canada (d. 1962)
1884 - James Rector, American athlete (d. 1949)
1885 - Milan Vidmar, Slovenian engineer and chess player (d. 1962)
1887 - Julian Huxley, British biologist (d. 1975)
1888 - Harold Burton, U.S. Supreme Court justice (d. 1964)
1892 - Robert Ritter von Greim, German field marshal (d. 1945)
1897 - Edmund A. Chester, American broadcaster and journalist (d. 1973)
1897 - Norbert Elias, German sociologist (d. 1990)
1898 - Erich Maria Remarque, German writer (d. 1970)
1899 - Michał Kalecki, Polish economist (d. 1970)
1902 - Marguerite De La Motte, American actress (d. 1950)
1903 - Carl Hubbell, baseball player (d. 1988)
1903 - John Dillinger, American bank robber (d. 1934)
1906 - Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American author and pilot (d. 2001)
1906 - Billy Wilder, Austrian-born director (d. 2002)
1907 - Mike Todd, American film producer (d. 1958)
1909 - Maurice Adler, American film producer (d. 1960)
1910 - Peter Pears, English tenor (d. 1986)
1910 - Konrad Zuse, German engineer and computer pioneer (d. 1995)
1912 - Princess Caroline Mathilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1983)
1916 - Johnny Jacobs, American television announcer (d. 1982)
1919 - Gower Champion, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1980)
1920 - Paul Frees, American voice actor (d. 1986)
1921 - Joseph Papp, American director and producer (d. 1991)
1922 - Bill Blass, American fashion designer (d. 2002)
1922 - Geza Vermes, Hungarian author and scholar of religious history and the Dead Sea Scrolls
1922 - Mona Lisa, Filipino actress
1927 - Ann Petersen, Belgian actress (d. 2003)
1930 - Yuri Artyukhin, cosmonaut (d. 1998)
1932 - Amrish Puri, Indian actor (d. 2005)
1932 - Prunella Scales, English actress
1933 - Dianne Feinstein, American politician
1933 - Jacques Martin, French TV host (d. 2007)
1933 - Libor Pešek, Czech conductor
1936 - Kris Kristofferson, American singer/songwriter and actor
1936 - Hermeto Pascoal, Brazilian musician
1939 - Don Matthews, American football coach in the CFL
1940 - Esther Rantzen, British TV presenter
1940 - Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian filmmaker/poet
1941 - Ed Bradley, American journalist (d. 2006)
1941 - Michael Lerner, American actor
1943 - Brit Hume, American news anchor and commentator
1943 - Eumir Deodato, Brazilian artist, producer and arranger
1944 - Klaus Maria Brandauer, Austrian actor
1944 - Peter Asher, British singer, guitarist and producer (Peter & Gordon)
1946 - Eliades Ochoa, Cuban guitarist (Buena Vista Social Club)
1947 - Octavia Butler, American author (d. 2006)
1947 - Jerry Rawlings, former President of Ghana
1947 - David Lander, American actor and baseball scout
1947 - Howard Kaylan, founding member of The Turtles
1947 - Pete Maravich, American basketball player (d. 1988)
1948 - Todd Rundgren, American songwriter and record producer
1949 - Meryl Streep, American actress
1949 - Lindsay Wagner, American actress
1949 - Alan Osmond, American singer
1952 - Graham Greene, Canadian actor
1953 - Cyndi Lauper, American singer
1953 - Bruce McAvaney, Australian sports broadcaster
1954 - Freddie Prinze, American actor and comedian (d. 1977)
1956 - Tim Russ, American actor
1956 - Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Pakistani Politician and Foreign Minister
1955 - Green Gartside, Welsh singer songwriter
1957 - Garry Gary Beers, Australian bassist from group INXS
1957 - Danny Baker, English comedy writer and radio presenter
1958 - Bruce Campbell, American actor
1959 - Wayne Federman, American comedian
1959 - Nicola Sirkis, French singer and lyricist (Indochine)
1959 - Mike O'Meara, co-host of Don and Mike Show
1960 - Erin Brockovich-Ellis
1961 - Stephen Batchelor
1961 - Jimmy Sommerville, Scottish singer (Bronski Beat, Communards)
1962 - Clyde Drexler, former American NBA player
1962 - Stephen Chow, Hong Kong actor and director
1962 - Bobby Gillespie, Scottish musician (Primal Scream)
1963 - Randy Couture, American mixed martial artist
1963 - John Tenta, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 2006)
1964 - Dan Brown, American author
1965 - Ľubomír Moravčík, Slovakian footballer
1966 - Michael Park, WRC co-pilot (d. 2005)
1966 - Emmanuelle Seigner, French actress
1968 - Darrell Armstrong, American basketball player
1970 - Steven Page, Canadian singer (Barenaked Ladies)
1970 - Michel Elefteriades, Greek-Lebanese politician, artist, producer and businessman
1971 - Mary Lynn Rajskub, American actress
1971 - Kurt Warner, American football player
1973 - Carson Daly, American television personality
1974 - Donald Faison, American actor
1974 - Joseph Vijay, Indian actor
1975 - Andreas Klöden, German professional road bicycle racer
1975 - Laila Rouass, Moroccan-Indian actress
1976 - Gordon Moakes, English musician (Bloc Party)
1978 - Champ Bailey, American football player
1978 - Jai Rodriguez, American TV personality
1978 - Dan Wheldon, British race car driver
1979 - Joey Cheek, American speed skater
1979 - Thomas Voeckler, French road bicycle racer
1979 - Brad Hawpe, American baseball player
1981 - Chris Urbanowicz, guitarist of British rock band Editors
1982 - Soraia Chaves, Portuguese actress and model
1982 - Ian Kinsler, American baseball player
1984 - Jerome Taylor, West Indies international cricketer
1984 - Janko Tipsarević, Serbian tennis player
1985 - Rosa Kato, Italian-Japanese model and actress
1986 - Ramin Ott, American Samoan football player
1988 - Kieran Lee, English football player

Deaths

1276 - Pope Innocent V
1429 - Ghiyath al-Kashi, Persian astronomer and mathematician (b. 1380)
1535 - John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester (executed)
1632 - James Whitelocke, English judge (b. 1570)
1634 - Johann von Aldringen, Austrian field marshal (b. 1588)
1699 - Josiah Child, English Governor of the East India Company (b. 1630)
1714 - Matthew Henry, English non-conformist minister (b. 1662)
1868 - Heber C. Kimball, American religious leader (b. 1801)
1874 - Howard Staunton, English chess master (b. 1810)
1892 - Pierre Ossian Bonnet, French mathematician (b. 1819)
1894 - Alexandre-Antonin Taché, Canadian archbishop (b. 1823)
1905 - Francis Lubbock, Governor of Texas (b. 1815)
1913 - Ştefan Octavian Iosif, Romanian poet (b. 1875)
1925 - Felix Klein, German mathematician (b. 1849)
1928 - A. B. Frost, American illustrator (b. 1851)
1931 - Armand Fallières, French president (b. 1841)
1932 - Tommy Treichel, American professional wrestler (b. 1892)
1933 - Henry Birkin, British racing driver (b. 1896)
1935 - Szymon Askenazy, Polish historian, diplomat and politician (b. 1866)
1938 - C.J. Dennis, Australian writer and poet (b. 1876)
1959 - Hermann Brill, German politician (b. 1895)
1961 - Maria of Romania, Queen Consort of Yugoslavia (b. 1900)
1963 - Maria Tănase, Romanian singer of traditional and popular music (b. 1913)
1964 - Havank, Dutch writer (b. 1904)
1965 - David O. Selznick, American film producer (b. 1902)
1969 - Judy Garland, American singer and actress (b. 1922)
1974 - Horace Lindrum, Australian snooker and billiards player (b. 1912)
1974 - Darius Milhaud, French composer (b. 1892)
1977 - Peter Laughner, American singer, songwriter and guitarist (Rocket From the Tombs, Pere Ubu) (b. 1952)
1979 - Louis Chiron, Monaco race car driver (b. 1899)
1984 - Joseph Losey, American theater and film director (b. 1909)
1987 - Fred Astaire, American dancer and actor (b. 1899)
1988 - Dennis Day, American singer and actor (b. 1916)
1989 - Lucien Saulnier, Canadian politician (b. 1916)
1990 - Ilya Frank, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
1992 - Chuck Mitchell, American actor (b. 1927)
1993 - Pat Nixon, First Lady of the United States (b. 1912)
1995 - Al Hansen, American artist (b. 1927)
1997 - Ted Gärdestad, Swedish singer (b. 1956)
1997 - Don Henderson, English actor (b. 1932)
1997 - Gérard Pelletier, Canadian journalist, politician, and diplomat (b. 1919)
2002 - Darryl Kile, American baseball player (b. 1968)
2002 - Ann Landers, American columnist (b. 1918)
2004 - Mattie Stepanek, American poet (b. 1990)
2004 - Bob Bemer, American computer scientist (b. 1920)
2004 - Kim Sun-il, South Korean translator (b. 1970)
2006 - Moose (dog actor), dog actor popular for role on Frasier (b. 1990)
2007 - Nancy Benoit, former professional wrestling valet(b. 1964)
2007 - Erik Parlevliet, Dutch field hockey player (b. 1964)

Holidays and Observances

School-teachers' Day in El Salvador.
Aaron of Aleth (fl. 6th century)
Saint Alban
Saint John Fisher (d. 1535)
Saint Paulinus of Nola (d. 431)
Saint Thomas More (d. 1535)