June 22 in history
Events on June 22
Notable events that happened on June 22 in past years.
- 2025
The United States conducts airstrikes on three Iranian nuclear sites in Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan.
Wikipedia article: United States - 2012
A Turkish Air Force McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II fighter plane is shot down by the Syrian Armed Forces, killing both of the plane's pilots and worsening already-strained relations between Turkey and Syria.
Wikipedia article: Turkish Air Force - 2002
An earthquake measuring 6.5 Mw 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.
Wikipedia article: Moment magnitude scale - 1984
Virgin Atlantic launches with its first flight from London to Newark.
Wikipedia article: Virgin Atlantic - 1966
Vietnamese Buddhist activist leader Thích Trí Quang was arrested as the military junta of Nguyen Cao Ky crushed the Buddhist Uprising.
Wikipedia article: Buddhism in Vietnam - 1948
King George VI formally gives up the title "Emperor of India", half a year after Britain actually gave up its rule of India.
Wikipedia article: George VI - 1944
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs into law the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill.
Wikipedia article: Franklin D. Roosevelt - 1940
World War II: France is forced to sign the Second Compiègne armistice with Germany, in the same railroad car in which the Germans signed the Armistice in 1918.
Wikipedia article: World War II - 1911
Mexican Revolution: Government forces bring an end to the Magonista rebellion of 1911 in the Second Battle of Tijuana.
Wikipedia article: Mexican Revolution - 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.
Wikipedia article: British Raj - 1813
War of 1812: After learning of American plans for a surprise attack on Beaver Dams in Ontario, Laura Secord sets out on a thirty kilometres (19 mi) journey on foot to warn Lieutenant James FitzGibbon.
Wikipedia article: War of 1812 - 1783
A poisonous cloud caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano in Iceland reaches Le Havre in France.
Wikipedia article: Volcanic eruption - 1555
A Mughal army under Humayun and Bairam Khan defeats an Afghan army under Sikandar Shah Suri in the battle of Sirhind, allowing Humayun to capture Delhi and reestablish the Mughal Empire in India.
Wikipedia article: Army of the Mughal Empire - 816
Election of pope Stephen IV following the death of pope Leo III earlier that month.
- 217 BC
Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV Philopator of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom.
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0