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 173^rd 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, 29,175,840 minutes 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.

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.

June 22 Historical Events

• 168 BC –
  Battle of Pydna: Romans under Lucius Aemilius Paullus defeat and capture Macedonian King Perseus ending the Third Macedonian War.
• 1633 –
  The Holy Office in Rome forces Galileo Galilei to recant his view that the Sun, not the Earth, is the center of the Universe.
• 1783 –
  A poisonous cloud caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano in Iceland reaches Le Havre in France.
• 1807 –
  In the Chesapeake–Leopard Affair, the British warship HMS Leopard attacks and boards the American frigate USS Chesapeake.
• 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.
• 1897 –
  British colonial officers Charles Walter Rand and Lt. Charles Egerton Ayerst are assassinated in Pune, Maharashtra, India by the Chapekar brothers and Mahadeo Vinayak Ranade, who are later caught and hanged.
• 1906 –
  The flag of Sweden is adopted.
• 1911 –
  George V and Mary of Teck are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
• 1944 –
  U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs into law the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill.
• 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?

• 1884 –
  James Rector, American sprinter (d. 1949)
• 1913 –
  Sándor Weöres, Hungarian poet (d. 1989)
• 1957 –
  Kevin Bond, Former English footballer, current manager
• 1958 –
  Bruce Campbell, American actor
• 1959 –
  Nicola Sirkis, French singer and lyricist (Indochine)
• 1962 –
  Gerald Hillringhaus, German footballer
• 1964 –
  Dan Brown, American writer
• 1968 –
  Darrell Armstrong, American basketball player
• 1975 –
  Andreas Klöden, German cyclist
• 1975 –
  Laila Rouass, Moroccan-Indian actress

Who died on June 22?

• 1276 –
  Pope Innocent V (b. c. 1225)
• 1874 –
  Howard Staunton, English chess master (b. 1810)
• 1905 –
  Francis Lubbock, Governor of Texas (b. 1815)
• 1928 –
  A. B. Frost, American illustrator (b. 1851)
• 1969 –
  Judy Garland, American singer and actress (b. 1922)
• 1984 –
  Joseph Losey, American theater and film director (b. 1909)
• 1993 –
  Pat Nixon, First Lady of the United States (b. 1912)
• 1997 –
  Gérard Pelletier, Canadian journalist, politician, and diplomat (b. 1919)
• 2007 –
  Nancy Benoit (“Woman”, “Fallen Angel”), American professional wrestling valet (b. 1964)
• 2008 –
  Jane McGrath, British-born Australian cancer support campaigner (b. 1966)