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June 22, 2002 Earthquake kills at least 260 in western Iran June 22, 1997 Ernie Els wins golf's Buick Classic June 22, 1997 Nationwide Senior Golf Championship June 22, 1997 Penny Hammel wins LPGA Rochester International June 22, 1997 World Bowl: Barcelona Dragon beat Rhein Fire, 38-24 June 22, 1996 29th Curtis Cup: Great Britain and Ireland, 11 -6 June 22, 1996 Michael Moorer beats Axel Shultz in 11 for IBF heavywgt boxing title June 22, 1996 Saurav Ganguly scores 131 at Lord's on Test cricket debut June 22, 1994 48th NBA Championship: Houston Rockets beat New York Knicks, 4 games to 3 June 22, 1994 Ken Griffey, Jr. breaks Ruth's record for most home runs by end of June (31) June 22, 1994 Mets reliever John Franco sets lefty save mark at 253 June 22, 1994 U.S. beats Colombia 2-1 in 1994 soccer world cup (1st win since 1950) June 22, 1993 New York Met Anthony Young ties record of 23rd straight lose June 22, 1992 2 skeletons excavated in Yekaterinburg ID'ed as Czar Nicholas II and wife June 22, 1992 Supreme Court rules hate crime laws violated free-speech rights June 22, 1991 "I Hate Hamlet" closes at Walter Kerr Theater New York City after 88 performances June 22, 1991 Quebec Nordiques pick Eric Lindros #1 at NHL entry draft June 22, 1991 Underwater volcano, Mount Didicas, erupts in Philippines June 22, 1990 Billy Joel performs a concert at Yankee Stadium June 22, 1990 Braves replace manager Russ Nixon with GM Bobby Cox June 22, 1990 Florida passes a law prohibits wearing a throng bathing suit June 22, 1990 Longest game in Toronto, Yanks beat Blue Jays 8-7 in 15 inns June 22, 1987 Tom Seaver retires after 3rd try with New York Mets June 22, 1986 Judy Dickinson wins LPGA Rochester Golf International June 22, 1986 Spain's premier Gonzalez' Socialist Party wins elections June 22, 1985 "Grind" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 79 performances June 22, 1985 "Smuggler's Blues" by Glenn Frey peaks at #12 June 22, 1984 Calvin Griffith signs letter of intent to sell ownership of Twins June 22, 1984 Carl Pohlad becomes CEO of Minnesota Twins June 22, 1984 Jolande van de Meer swims Dutch record 800 m freestyle (8:39.30) June 22, 1984 Joseph Luns resigns as Secretary-General of NATO June 22, 1983 "Monty Python's The Meaning of Life," released in France June 22, 1983 1st time a satellite is retrieved from orbit, by Space Shuttle June 22, 1983 NHL institutes a 5 minute sudden death overtime period June 22, 1982 Manhattan institutes bus-only lanes June 22, 1982 Pete Rose gets his 3,772nd hit, moves past Aaron into 2nd place June 22, 1982 Prince Chuck and Lady Di take Prince William home from hospital June 22, 1982 Susan Lea Hammett, of Miss, 18, crowned 25th America's Junior Miss June 22, 1981 2 Habash terrorists attack a travel agency in Greece killing 2 June 22, 1981 Iran president Bani Sadr deposed June 22, 1981 John McEnroe exhibits a disgraceful act of misbehavior at Wimbledon June 22, 1981 Mark David Chapman pleads guilty to killing John Lennon June 22, 1980 Jim King begins riding Miracle Strip Roller coaster 368 hours June 22, 1980 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open June 22, 1979 Larry Holmes TKOs Mike Weaver in 12 for heavyweight boxing title June 22, 1979 Little Richard quits rock and roll for religious pursuit June 22, 1979 Pro Football Researchers Association forms, Canton, Ohio June 22, 1978 James Christy's discovery of Pluto's moon Charon announced June 22, 1978 Neo-Nazis call off plans to march in Jewish community of Skokie, Illinois June 22, 1977 Former AG John Mitchell starts 19 months in Alabama prison June 22, 1977 Walt Disney's "Rescuers" released June 22, 1976 "Godspell" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 527 performances June 22, 1976 San Diego Padre pitcher Randy Jones ties record of 68 innings without a walk June 22, 1975 Betsy Cullen wins LPGA Hoosier Golf Classic June 22, 1973 Dutch High Council stops fluorine addition to drink water June 22, 1973 George Harrison releases "Living in the Material World" June 22, 1973 Skylab 2's astronauts land June 22, 1972 "Man of La Mancha" opens at Beaumont Theater New York City for 140 performances June 22, 1970 President Nixon signs 26th amendment, voting age lowered to 18 June 22, 1970 Supreme Court ruled juries of less than 12 are constitutional June 22, 1970 WSWO TV channel 26 in Springfield, OH (ABC) suspends broadcasting June 22, 1969 Cleveland's Cuyahgo River catches fire June 22, 1969 Susie Berning wins LPGA Pabst Ladies' Golf Classic June 22, 1968 "Here Come Da Judge" by The Buena Vistas peaks at #88 June 22, 1966 "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" opens June 22, 1965 Freddie Trueman ends his Test cricket career, vs. NZ at Lord's June 22, 1963 "Little" Stevie Wonder (13) releases "Fingertips" June 22, 1962 1st test flight of Hoovercraft June 22, 1962 French Boeing 707 crashes at Guadeloupe, 113 killed June 22, 1961 Moise Tsjombe freed from prison in Congo June 22, 1961 Beatles record Aint She Sweet, Cry for a Shadow, When the Saints Go Marching In, Why, Nobody's Child and My Bonnie, in Hamburg June 22, 1959 "Along Came Jones" by Coasters peaks at #9 June 22, 1959 "Class" by Chubby Checker peaks at #38 June 22, 1959 Eddie Lubanski bowls 2 consecutive perfect games June 22, 1959 Most Phillies strike out in a game (16 by Sandy Koufax) June 22, 1959 Shunryu Suzuki completes his historical Japan to San Francisco voyage June 22, 1958 Game in Kansas City between A's and Red Sox delayed 29 minutes due to tornado June 22, 1958 Patty Berg wins LPGA Western Golf Open June 22, 1955 Antonio Segni forms government in Italy June 22, 1955 U.S. air patrol plane shot down above Bering sea June 22, 1954 Congress passes revised organic act for Virgin Islands June 22, 1951 Gene Rayburn and Dee Finch show premieres on NBC radio June 22, 1949 Ezzard Charles beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 for hw boxing title June 22, 1947 Ewell Blackwell just misses pitching back-to-back no-hitters (9th inn) June 22, 1946 Alec Bedser takes 7-49 vs. India on 1st day of his 1st Test cricket June 22, 1946 Bill Veeck purchases Cleveland Indians June 22, 1944 British 14th army frees Imphal Assam June 22, 1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs "GI Bill of Rights", Servicemen's Readjustment Act June 22, 1944 Longest shut out in Phillies history, Phils beat Braves 1-0 in 15 inn June 22, 1944 Boston Brave Jim Tobin 2nd no-hitter of yr beats Phils, 7-0 in 5 inn June 22, 1943 WEB DuBois becomes 1st Black member of National Institute of Letters June 22, 1942 Japanese submarine in mouth of Columbia River, Oregon June 22, 1942 Jewish Brigade attached by British Army in WW II, forms June 22, 1941 Estonians starts armed resistance against Soviet occupation June 22, 1941 Germany attacks the Soviet Union and occupies the Baltic states June 22, 1941 Germany, Italy and Romania declares war on Soviet Union during WW II June 22, 1941 Michael Gerasimov opens grave of Tamerlan "Lenk" June 22, 1940 France falls to Nazi Germany; armistice signed, France disarms June 22, 1940 SS rounds up 31 German/Polish/Dutch Jews in Roermond Neth June 22, 1939 Future Queen Elizabeth of England meets future husband Philip June 22, 1938 Joe Louis KOs Max Schmeling at 2:04 of 1st round at Yankee Stadium June 22, 1937 Joe Louis KOs James J. Braddock in 18 for heavyweight boxing title June 22, 1936 Harry Froboess dives 110 m from airship into Bodensee and survives June 22, 1936 Virgin Islands receives a constitution from U.S., Organic Act June 22, 1933 German social-democratic party, SPD, forbidden June 22, 1932 NL, finally approves players wearing numbers June 22, 1931 RVU, Radio-Volks-University, forms June 22, 1930 Lou Gehrig hits 3 home runs in a game, Ruth hits 3 in doubleheader June 22, 1929 Mel Ott (Giants) homers off Leo Sweetland (Phillies) in doubleheader June 22, 1926 Cardinals pick up 39-year-old Grover Alexander on waivers from Cubs June 22, 1925 Spain and France fight Morocco June 22, 1921 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 10,000m (30:40.2) June 22, 1918 32nd U.S. Womens Tennis: Molla Bjurstedt Mallory beats E E Goss (64 63) June 22, 1918 Circus train rammed by troop train kills 68, Ivanhoe, Illinois June 22, 1915 BMT, then Brooklyn Rapid Transit, begins subway service June 22, 1911 King George V of England crowned June 22, 1910 1st Zeppelin with passengers sets afloat June 22, 1906 Hakon VII crowned king of Norway June 22, 1894 Harry Houdini marries Bessie Rahner June 22, 1893 British fleet under vice-admiral George Tryon leaves Beirut June 22, 1889 Louisville Colonels set ML baseball record with 26th consecutive loss June 22, 1875 Garonne Flood: great damage in Verdun and Toulouse, kills about 1,000 June 22, 1874 Dr. Andrew T Sill, of Macon Missouri, finds science of osteopathy June 22, 1874 Game of lawn tennis introduced June 22, 1873 Prince Edward Island joins Canada June 22, 1870 1st Boardwalk in America invented June 22, 1870 Congress creates Department of Justice June 22, 1868 Arkansas re-enters U.S. June 22, 1865 1st class cricket debut of Dr. W. G. Grace June 22, 1864 Battle of Ream's Station, Virginia, Wilson's Raid June 22, 1864 Skirmish at Culp's (Kulp's) House, Georgia June 22, 1851 Fire destroys part of San Francisco June 22, 1849 Stephen C. Massett opens courthouse using only piano in California June 22, 1848 Barnburners (anti-slavery) party nominates Martin Van Buren for Pres June 22, 1847 Doughnut created June 22, 1832 John Howe patents pin manufacturing machine June 22, 1815 2nd abdication of Napoleon (after Waterloo) June 22, 1814 1st match at the present Lord's, MCC vs. Herefordshire June 22, 1812 Napoleon's Grand Army invades Russia June 22, 1808 Zebulon Pike reaches his peak June 22, 1807 British board USS Chesapeake, a provocation leading to War of 1812 June 22, 1799 England and Russia decide to invade Bataafse Republic June 22, 1775 1st Continental currency issued ($3,000,000) June 22, 1774 English parliament accepts Quebec Act June 22, 1772 Slavery outlawed in England June 22, 1745 Bonnie Prince Charles sails to Scotland June 22, 1740 King Frederik II of Prussia ends torture and guarantees religion and freedom of the press June 22, 1675 Royal Greenwich Observatory established in England by Charles II June 22, 1633 Galileo Galilei forced to recant Earth orbits Sun by Pope (but on Oct 31, 1992, Vatican admits it was wrong) June 22, 1611 Henry Hudson and son set adrift in Hudson Bay by mutineers June 22, 1596 Cornelis de Houtmans fleet reaches Banten Java June 22, 1559 Jewish quarter of Prague burned and looted June 22, 1533 Ferdinand of Austria and Sultan Suleiman sign peace treaty June 22, 1497 Antitax insurrection in Cornwall suppressed at Blackheath June 22, 1476 Battle at Morat/Murten: Charles the Stout invades Switzerland June 22, 1377 Richard II succeeds Edward III as king of England June 22, 1342 Bilbo Baggins returns to his home at Bag End, (Shire Reconning) June 22, 816 Pope Stephen IV, [V] elected to succeed Leo III June 22, 431 Council of Ephesus (3rd ecumenical council) opens |