Editing June 22 (section)

===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>