What are the important events that happened on June 22? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
June 22: Facts & Myths About This Day
June 22 is the 173rd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 192 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 9, 2025 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 486,264 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaheptacontatrigon’ day.
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Cancer is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Pearl is the modern birthstone for this month. Moonstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 240 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,566 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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June 22 Historical Events
- 1783 –A poisonous cloud caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano in Iceland reaches Le Havre in France.
- 1839 –Cherokee leaders Major Ridge, John Ridge, and Elias Boudinot are assassinated for signing the Treaty of New Echota, which had resulted in the Trail of Tears.
- 1906 –The flag of Sweden is adopted.
- 1941 –Germany invades the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa.
- 1941 –The June Uprising in Lithuania begins.
- 1944 –Opening day of the Soviet Union’s Operation Bagration against the Army Group Centre.
- 1944 –U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs into law the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill.
- 1957 –The Soviet Union launches an R-12 missile for the first time (in the Kapustin Yar).
- 1976 –The Canadian House of Commons abolishes capital punishment.
- 2009 –Washington Metro train collision: Two Metro trains collide in Washington, D.C., USA, killing nine and injuring over 80.
Who were born on June 22?
- 1944 –Peter Asher, British singer, guitarist and producer (Peter & Gordon)
- 1948 –Steve Eastin, American actor
- 1956 –Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Pakistani statesman
- 1957 –Garry Gary Beers, Australian bassist (INXS)
- 1963 –Randy Couture, American mixed martial artist
- 1973 –Carson Daly, American television personality
- 1979 –Joey Cheek, American speed skater
- 1979 –Xenofon Gittas, Greek footballer
- 1987 –Nikita Rukavytsya, Ukrainian-born Australian soccer player
- 1993 –Ingmar Lazar, French classical pianist
Who died on June 22?
- 1632 –James Whitelocke, English judge (b. 1570)
- 1634 –Johann von Aldringen, Austrian field marshal (b. 1588)
- 1868 –Heber C. Kimball, American religious leader (b. 1801)
- 1892 –Pierre Ossian Bonnet, French mathematician (b. 1819)
- 1928 –A. B. Frost, American illustrator (b. 1851)
- 1936 –Moritz Schlick, Austrian philosopher (b. 1882)
- 1964 –Havank, Dutch writer (b. 1904)
- 1974 –Darius Milhaud, French composer (b. 1892)
- 1980 –Dimitrios Partsalidis, Greek politician (b. 1905)
- 1993 –Pat Nixon, First Lady of the United States (b. 1912)
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