Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/June 22
This is a list of selected June 22 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.
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HMS Victoria sinking -
King George V and Queen Mary of the United Kingdom -
HMS Leopard (right) fires upon the USS Chesapeake -
Laura Secord warns James FitzGibbons of the Americans' planned surprise attack.
Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
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| 217 BC – Syrian Wars: Forces under Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeated Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid Empire at the Battle of Raphia. | refimprove |
| 168 BC – Third Macedonian War: Roman forces defeated Macedonian King Perseus at the Battle of Pydna. | more footnotes |
| 1854 – The Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada abolished the seigneurial system of New France | need to verify date |
| 1893 – The Royal Navy battleship HMS Camperdown accidentally collided with and sank the British Mediterranean Fleet flagship HMS Victoria, taking 358 crew members with her. | unreferenced section |
| 1944 – World War II: The Soviet Union began its operation to expel German forces from the Belorussian SSR and eastern Poland. | refimprove |
Eligible
- 1593 – Ottoman forces were crushingly defeated by the Habsburgs at Sisak (now in Croatia), triggering the Long War.
- 1813 – War of 1812: After learning of American plans for a forthcoming surprise attack, Laura Secord (pictured) set out on a 30 km (19 mi) journey from Queenston, Ontario, Upper Canada, on foot to warn Lieutenant James FitzGibbon.
- 1911 – George V and Mary of Teck were crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom at Westminster Abbey in London.
- 1937 – Camille Chautemps became Prime Minister of France for the third time, in the second Popular Front ministry.
- 1941 – World War II: As over 4.5 million Axis troops began their invasion of the Soviet Union, the Lithuanian Activist Front started an uprising to liberate Lithuania from Soviet occupation and establish a new government.
- 1969 – The surface of the Cuyahoga River in Ohio, US, caught on fire, helping to spur the environmental movement.
- 2002 – An earthquake measuring 6.5 Mw struck 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 – Two Metro trains in Washington, D.C., collided, killing nine people and injuring eighty others.
- 2009 – Citing declining sales due to the emergence of digital photography, the Eastman Kodak Company announced that it would discontinue sales of the Kodachrome reversal film, concluding its 74-year run as a photography icon.
June 22: Teachers' Day in El Salvador
- 1633 – Galileo Galilei was forced to recant his heliocentric view of the Solar System by the Roman Inquisition, after which, as legend has it, he muttered under his breath, "And yet it moves."
- 1807 – The British warship HMS Leopard pursued and attacked the American frigate USS Chesapeake in the belief that the latter had deserters from the Royal Navy.
- 1978 – Working at the US Naval Observatory, American astronomer James W. Christy discovered Charon, then considered the sole moon of Pluto.
- 1986 – Argentine footballer Diego Maradona (pictured) scored both the "Hand of God goal" and the "Goal of the Century" against England during the quarter-final match of the FIFA World Cup in Mexico City.