Editing June 22 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[217 BC]] &ndash; [[Battle of Raphia]]: [[Ptolemy IV Philopator]] of Egypt defeats [[Antiochus III the Great]] of the [[Seleucid kingdom]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Bevan|first=Edwyn Robert|title=A History of Egypt Under the Ptolemaic Dynasty|location=London|publisher=Methuen|date=1927|oclc=250165194|page=229}}</ref>
*[[168 BC]] &ndash; [[Battle of Pydna]]: [[Roman Republic|Romans]] under [[Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus|Lucius Aemilius Paullus]] defeat [[Macedonia (ancient kingdom)|Macedonian]] King [[Perseus of Macedon|Perseus]] who surrenders after the battle, ending the [[Third Macedonian War]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Tucker|first=Spencer C.|title=Battles That Changed History: An Encyclopedia of World Conflict|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2011|isbn=9781598844290|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wHpVn68GCogC|pages=63–64}}</ref>
* [[331]] &ndash; The [[Council of Ephesus]], the third [[ecumenical council]], begins, dealing with [[Nestorianism]].<ref>{{cite book |last1= Hainthaler |first1=Theresia |editor1-last=King |editor1-first=Daniel |title=The Syriac world |date=2019 |publisher=Routledge |location=London |isbn=978-1-138-89901-8 |page=381 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[813]] &ndash; [[Battle of Versinikia]]: The [[Bulgars]] led by [[Krum]] defeat the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] army near [[Edirne]]. Emperor [[Michael I Rangabe|Michael I]] is forced to abdicate in favor of [[Leo V the Armenian]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Luttwak|first=Edward|title=The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire|location=Cambridge, Mass.|publisher=The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press|date=2009|isbn=9780674035195|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cUVJKJejPY8C|page=183}}</ref>
* [[910]] &ndash; The [[Hungarians]] defeat the [[East Francia|East Frankish]] army near the [[Rednitz|Rednitz River]], killing its leader [[Gebhard, Duke of Lorraine|Gebhard]], Duke of [[Lotharingia]] (Lorraine). 
*[[1527]] &ndash; [[Fatahillah]] expels [[Portuguese Empire|Portuguese]] forces from [[Sunda Kelapa]], now regarded as the foundation of [[Jakarta]].
*[[1593]] &ndash; [[Battle of Sisak]]: Allied Christian troops defeat the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottomans]].
===1601–1900===
*[[1633]] &ndash; The [[Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith|Holy Office]] in Rome forces [[Galileo Galilei]] to [[Galileo affair|recant]] his view that the Sun, not the Earth, is the center of the Universe in the form he presented it in, after heated controversy.
*[[1774]] &ndash; The British pass the [[Quebec Act]], setting out rules of governance for the colony of [[Quebec]] in British North America.
*[[1783]] &ndash; A poisonous cloud caused by the [[Types of volcanic eruptions|eruption]] of the [[Laki]] volcano in [[Iceland]] reaches [[Le Havre]] in France.
*[[1793]] &ndash; [[Haitian Revolution]]: The [[Battle of Cap-Français (1793)|Battle of Cap-Français]] ends with French Republican troops and black slave insurgents capturing the city.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bell|first=Madison Smartt|author-link=Madison Smartt Bell|title=Toussaint Louverture|publisher=[[Actes Sud]]|year=2007|page=77}}</ref>
*[[1807]] &ndash; In the [[Chesapeake–Leopard affair|''Chesapeake''–''Leopard'' affair]], the British warship {{HMS|Leopard|1790|6}} attacks and boards the American frigate {{USS|Chesapeake|1799|6}}.
*[[1812]] &ndash; France [[1812 French declaration of war on Russia|declares war on Russia]],<ref>{{cite web | url =https://russianlife.com/the-russia-file/ten-years-of-napoleon/|title=Ten Years of Napoleon |work=[[Russian Life]]| date=20 November 2015| accessdate =16 June 2024}}</ref> starting [[French invasion of Russia|Napoleon's invasion]]. 
*[[1813]] &ndash; [[War of 1812]]: After learning of American plans for a surprise attack on Beaver Dams in [[Ontario]], [[Laura Secord]] sets out on a {{convert|30|km|spell=in}} journey on foot to warn Lieutenant [[James FitzGibbon]].
*[[1839]] &ndash; [[Cherokee]] leaders [[Major Ridge]], [[John Ridge]], and [[Elias Boudinot (Cherokee)|Elias Boudinot]] are assassinated for signing the [[Treaty of New Echota]], which had resulted in the [[Cherokee removal|Trail of Tears]].
*[[1870]] &ndash; The [[United States Department of Justice]] is created by the [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]].
*[[1893]] &ndash; The [[Royal Navy]] [[battleship]] {{HMS|Camperdown|1885|6}} accidentally rams the [[British Mediterranean Fleet]] [[flagship]] {{HMS|Victoria|1887|6}} which sinks taking 358 crew with her, including the fleet's commander, Vice-Admiral Sir [[George Tryon]].
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[British Colony|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.
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Spanish–American War]]: In a chaotic operation, 6,000 men of the [[Fifth Army Corps (Spanish–American War)|U.S. Fifth Army Corps]] begins landing at [[Daiquirí]], Cuba, about {{convert|16|mi}} east of [[Santiago de Cuba]]. Lt. Gen. [[Arsenio Linares y Pombo]] of the [[Spanish Army]] outnumbers them two-to-one, but does not oppose the landings.<ref>{{cite book|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East. Volume V: 1861–1918|editor-last=Tucker|editor-first=Spencer|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2010|isbn=9781851096671|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h5_tSnygvbIC|page=1506}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1907]] &ndash; The [[London Underground]]'s [[Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway]] opens.
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[George V]] and [[Mary of Teck]] are [[Coronation of George V and Mary|crowned King and Queen]] of the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Range |first1=Matthias |title=Music and Ceremonial at British Coronations: From James I to Elizabeth II |date=23 August 2012 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-107-02344-4 |page=239 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CzmgJGWpDKUC&pg=PA239 |language=en}}</ref>
*  1911   &ndash; [[Mexican Revolution]]: Government forces bring an end to the [[Magonista rebellion of 1911]] in the [[Second Battle of Tijuana]].<ref name="auto4">{{cite journal |last1=Owen |first1=Roger C. |title=Indians and Revolution: The 1911 Invasion of Baja California, Mexico |journal=Ethnohistory |date=1963 |volume=10 |issue=4 |pages=373–395 |doi=10.2307/480336|jstor=480336}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://mexicoperspective.com/defensa-de-tijuana-centenario.html| author=David Gaddis Smith| title=Centennial of Defense of Tijuana celebrated; museum exhibit opens| publisher=MexicoPerspective.com| date=June 26, 2011}}</ref>
*[[1918]] &ndash; The [[Hammond Circus Train Wreck]] kills 86 and injures 127 near [[Hammond, Indiana]].
*[[1922]] &ndash; British Army [[Field marshal (United Kingdom)|Field Marshal]] [[Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet|Sir Henry Wilson]] is killed by the [[Irish Republican Army (1919–1922)|Irish Republican Army]] helping to spark the [[Irish Civil War]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theirishstory.com/2020/06/22/today-in-irish-history-22-june-1922-the-assassination-of-henry-wilson/ |title=Today in Irish History, 22 June 1922 – The assassination of Henry Wilson |last=Dorney |first=John |date=22 June 2020 |website=The Irish Story |publisher= |access-date=7 February 2024 |quote=}}</ref> 
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: France is forced to sign the [[Armistice of 22 June 1940|Second Compiègne]] [[armistice]] with [[Nazi Germany|Germany]], in the same railroad car in which the Germans signed the Armistice in 1918.
*[[1941]] &ndash; World War II: [[Nazi Germany]] invades the [[Soviet Union]] in [[Operation Barbarossa]].
*[[1942]] &ndash; World War II: [[Erwin Rommel]] is promoted to [[Field Marshal (Germany)|Field Marshal]] after the [[Axis capture of Tobruk]].
*  1942   &ndash; The [[Pledge of Allegiance (United States)|Pledge of Allegiance]] is formally adopted by U.S. Congress.
*[[1944]] &ndash; World War II: Opening day of the Soviet Union's [[Operation Bagration]] against the [[Army Group Centre]].
*  1944   &ndash; U.S. President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] signs into law the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the [[G.I. Bill]].
*[[1945]] &ndash; World War II: The [[Battle of Okinawa]] comes to an end with an American flag-raising ceremony.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Appleman|first1=Roy|last2=Burns|first2=James|last3=Gugeler|first3=Russel|last4=Stevens|first4=John|year=1948|title=Okinawa: The Last Battle|publisher=[[United States Army Center of Military History]]|isbn=1410222063|pages=471–473 |url=http://www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/okinawa/index.htm|access-date=14 June 2010|archive-date=8 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101108040706/http://www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/okinawa/index.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1948]] &ndash; The ship {{HMT|Empire Windrush}} brought the first group of 802 [[West Indies|West Indian]] immigrants to [[Tilbury]], marking the start of [[modern immigration to the United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43808007 |title=Windrush: Who exactly was on board? |last1=Rodgers |first1=Lucy|last2=Ahmed |first2=Maryam |date=April 27, 2018 |website=[[BBC News]]|access-date=April 28, 2018}}</ref>
*  1948   &ndash; King [[George VI]] formally gives up the title "[[Emperor of India]]", half a year after Britain actually gave up its rule of India.<ref>''[[Indian Independence Act 1947]]'' (10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 30)</ref> 
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Air France Flight 117]] crashes on approach to [[Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport]] in [[Guadeloupe]], killing 112 people.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 707-328 F-BHST Pointe-à-Pitre-Le Raizet Airport (PTP)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19620622-0|access-date=2021-06-21|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref> 
*[[1965]] &ndash; The [[Treaty on Basic Relations Between Japan and the Republic of Korea|Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea]] is signed.<ref>Oda, Shigeru. [https://www.jstor.org/pss/2196830  "The Normalization of Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea,"] ''The American Journal of International Law,'' Vol. 61, No. 1 (Jan., 1967), pp. 35-56.</ref>
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Buddhism in Vietnam|Vietnamese Buddhist]] activist leader [[Thích Trí Quang]] was arrested as the military junta of [[Nguyen Cao Ky]] crushed the [[Buddhist Uprising]].<ref name="alt">{{cite magazine |title=South Viet Nam: Opposition at the Altar |date=17 June 1966 |magazine=Time}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The Lotus Unleashed: The Buddhist Peace Movement in South Vietnam, 1964&ndash;1966 |first=Robert J. |last=Topmiller |publisher=University Press of Kentucky |year=2006 |isbn=0-8131-9166-1 |page=132|location=Lexington, Kentucky}}</ref>
*[[1969]] &ndash; The [[Cuyahoga River]] catches fire in [[Cleveland, Ohio]], drawing national attention to water pollution, and spurring the passing of the [[Clean Water Act]] and the creation of the [[Environmental Protection Agency]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Boissoneault|first=Lorraine|title=The Cuyahoga River Caught Fire at Least a Dozen Times, but No One Cared Until 1969|work=Smithsonian Magazine|date=June 19, 2019|access-date=June 22, 2020|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/cuyahoga-river-caught-fire-least-dozen-times-no-one-cared-until-1969-180972444/}}</ref>
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Charon (moon)|Charon]], the first of Pluto's satellites to be discovered, was first seen at the [[United States Naval Observatory]] by [[James W. Christy]].
*[[1979]] &ndash; Former [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]] leader [[Jeremy Thorpe]] was acquitted of [[Thorpe affair|conspiracy to murder]] [[Norman Josiffe|Norman Scott]], who had accused Thorpe of having a relationship with him.<ref>{{cite book|author-link=Auberon Waugh |last= Waugh |first= Auberon |title= The Last Word |location= London |publisher= Michael Joseph |year= 1980 |isbn= 0-7181-1799-9|pages=236&ndash;238}}</ref> 
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Virgin Atlantic]] launches with its first flight from [[Gatwick Airport|London]] to [[Newark Liberty International Airport|Newark]].<ref>[https://www.virgin.com/time-machine/1980s/1984 1984] [[Virgin Group]]</ref>
*[[1986]] &ndash; The famous [[Hand of God goal]], scored by [[Diego Maradona]] in the quarter-finals of the [[1986 FIFA World Cup]] match between [[Argentina]] and England, ignites controversy. This was later followed by the [[Goal of the Century]]. Argentina wins 2–1 and later goes on to win the World Cup.
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Cold War]]: [[Checkpoint Charlie]] is dismantled in Berlin.
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Wuhan Airlines Flight 343]] is struck by lightning and crashes into [[Wuhan]]'s [[Hanyang, Wuhan|Hanyang District]], killing 49 people.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=Accident description|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20000622-0|access-date=2020-06-22|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; An earthquake measuring 6.5 [[Moment magnitude scale|M<sub>w</sub>]] [[2002 Bou'in-Zahra earthquake|strikes]] a region of northwestern [[Iran]] killing at least 261 people and injuring 1,300 others and eventually causing widespread public anger due to the slow official response.
*[[2009]] &ndash; A [[Washington Metro|Washington D.C Metro train]] traveling southbound near [[Fort Totten (WMATA station)|Fort Totten station]] [[June 2009 Washington Metro train collision|collides into another train]] waiting to enter the station. Nine people are killed in the collision (eight passengers and the train operator) and at least 80 others are injured.<ref>{{cite news|title=Nine Killed in Red Line Crash|last1=Sun|first1=Lena H.|last2=Layton|first2=Lyndsey|last3=Wilgoren|first3=Debbi|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/23/AR2009062300653.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=June 23, 2009|access-date=June 22, 2020|postscript=none}}; {{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/06/23/washington.metro.crash/index.html|title=Investigator: D.C. Metro crash 'a scene of real devastation'|publisher=CNN|access-date=June 22, 2020|date=June 23, 2009}}</ref>
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Paraguay]]an President [[Fernando Lugo]] is [[Impeachment of Fernando Lugo|removed from office]] by [[impeachment]] and succeeded by [[Federico Franco]].
*  2012   &ndash; A [[Turkish Air Force]] [[McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II]] fighter plane is [[2012 Turkish F-4 Phantom shootdown|shot down]] by the [[Syrian Armed Forces]], killing both of the plane's pilots and worsening already-strained relations between Turkey and Syria.
*[[2015]] &ndash; The [[National Assembly (Afghanistan)|Afghan National Assembly]] building is [[2015 Kabul Parliament attack|attacked by gunmen]] after a suicide bombing. All six of the gunmen are killed and 18 people are injured.
*[[2022]] &ndash; An [[June 2022 Afghanistan earthquake|earthquake]] occurs in eastern Afghanistan resulting in over 1,000 deaths.<ref>{{cite web |title=Afghan earthquake: At least 1,000 people killed and 1,500 injured |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-61890804 |website=BBC News |access-date=22 June 2022 |date=22 June 2022}}</ref>