June 22
Today is the 174th day of 2016, there are 192 days left in the year.
1815 - Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated for the second time.
1868 - Arkansas was re-admitted to the Union.
1870 - Congress created the Department of Justice.
1940 - During World War II, Adolf Hitler gained a stunning victory as France was forced to sign an armistice eight days after German forces overran Paris.
1941 - Germany invaded the Soviet Union during World War II.
1944 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the GI Bill of Rights, authorizing a broad package of benefits for World War II veterans.
1945 - The World War II Battle of Okinawa ended; 12,520 Americans and 110,000 Japanese were killed in the 83-day campaign.
1969 - Actress-singer Judy Garland died at age 47.
1970 - President Richard Nixon signed a measure lowering the voting age to 18.
1977 - Former Attorney General John N. Mitchell began serving a sentence for his role in the Watergate cover-up.
1981 - Mark David Chapman pleaded guilty to killing rock musician John Lennon.
1987 - Actor-dancer-singer Fred Astaire died at age 88.
1992 - The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that hate-crime laws that ban cross-burning and similar expressions of racial bias violate free-speech rights.
1993 - Former first lady Pat Nixon died at age 81.
2009 - Jon and Kate Gosselin, stars of the reality TV series "Jon & Kate Plus 8" announced plans to divorce.
2011 - President Barack Obama announced he would pull home 33,000 troops from Afghanistan by the following summer.
2011 - Legendary Boston crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger is found and arrested by federal authorities in Santa Monica, California.
Birthdays
21 - Gabriel Morales (actor)
28 - Portia Doubleday (actress)
29 - Lara Bingle (model)
29 - Danny Green (basketball player)
31 - Douglas Smith (actor)
34 - Porsha Williams (reality TV star)
34 - Ian Kinsler (baseball player)
38 - Champ Bailey (football player)
42 - Donald Faison (actor)
43 - Carson Daly (TV host)
45 - Kurt Warner (football player)
52 - Dan Brown (author)
53 - Randy Couture (MMA fighter)
54 - Clyde Drexler (basketball player)
58 - Ruby Turner (singer)
58 - Bruce Campbell (actor)
63 - Cyndi Lauper (singer)
67 - Meryl Streep (actress)
80 - Kris Kristofferson (country singer)
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Today in Sports History - June 22
1889 - The Louisville Colonels set a major league record with their 26th consecutive loss.
1938 - Heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis knocked out Max Schmeling of Germany in the first round of their rematch in New York City's Yankee Stadium.
1959 - Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers strikes out 16 batters against the Philadelphia Phillies.
1979 - Four former WHA (World Hockey Association) teams join the NHL and expand the league to 21 teams. The four franchises joining are the Edmonton Oilers, Hartford Whalers, Quebec Nordiques, and the Winnipeg Jets.
1982 - Pete Rose passes Hank Aaron into the No. 2 spot on the career hits list with 3,772.
1983 - The NHL institutes a five-minute sudden-death overtime period.
1986 - Diego Maradona scored both goals in Argentina's 2-1 World Cup quarterfinal victory over England in Mexico City -- including one that he punched in, unseen by the referee. When asked about the play later, Maradona said, "It was the hand of God."
1987 - Tom Seaver retires after a third sting with the New York Mets.
2003 - Michelle Wie won her first USGA title at the age of 13. She was the youngest person to win any adult USGA event.
2010 - The hockey sweater worn by Paul Henderson during the 1972 Summit Series Team Canada win over the Societ Union sells at auction for $1.275 million, the most ever paid for a hockey sweater.
Today is the 174th day of 2016, there are 192 days left in the year.
1815 - Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated for the second time.
1868 - Arkansas was re-admitted to the Union.
1870 - Congress created the Department of Justice.
1940 - During World War II, Adolf Hitler gained a stunning victory as France was forced to sign an armistice eight days after German forces overran Paris.
1941 - Germany invaded the Soviet Union during World War II.
1944 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the GI Bill of Rights, authorizing a broad package of benefits for World War II veterans.
1945 - The World War II Battle of Okinawa ended; 12,520 Americans and 110,000 Japanese were killed in the 83-day campaign.
1969 - Actress-singer Judy Garland died at age 47.
1970 - President Richard Nixon signed a measure lowering the voting age to 18.
1977 - Former Attorney General John N. Mitchell began serving a sentence for his role in the Watergate cover-up.
1981 - Mark David Chapman pleaded guilty to killing rock musician John Lennon.
1987 - Actor-dancer-singer Fred Astaire died at age 88.
1992 - The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that hate-crime laws that ban cross-burning and similar expressions of racial bias violate free-speech rights.
1993 - Former first lady Pat Nixon died at age 81.
2009 - Jon and Kate Gosselin, stars of the reality TV series "Jon & Kate Plus 8" announced plans to divorce.
2011 - President Barack Obama announced he would pull home 33,000 troops from Afghanistan by the following summer.
2011 - Legendary Boston crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger is found and arrested by federal authorities in Santa Monica, California.
Birthdays
21 - Gabriel Morales (actor)
28 - Portia Doubleday (actress)
29 - Lara Bingle (model)
29 - Danny Green (basketball player)
31 - Douglas Smith (actor)
34 - Porsha Williams (reality TV star)
34 - Ian Kinsler (baseball player)
38 - Champ Bailey (football player)
42 - Donald Faison (actor)
43 - Carson Daly (TV host)
45 - Kurt Warner (football player)
52 - Dan Brown (author)
53 - Randy Couture (MMA fighter)
54 - Clyde Drexler (basketball player)
58 - Ruby Turner (singer)
58 - Bruce Campbell (actor)
63 - Cyndi Lauper (singer)
67 - Meryl Streep (actress)
80 - Kris Kristofferson (country singer)
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Today in Sports History - June 22
1889 - The Louisville Colonels set a major league record with their 26th consecutive loss.
1938 - Heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis knocked out Max Schmeling of Germany in the first round of their rematch in New York City's Yankee Stadium.
1959 - Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers strikes out 16 batters against the Philadelphia Phillies.
1979 - Four former WHA (World Hockey Association) teams join the NHL and expand the league to 21 teams. The four franchises joining are the Edmonton Oilers, Hartford Whalers, Quebec Nordiques, and the Winnipeg Jets.
1982 - Pete Rose passes Hank Aaron into the No. 2 spot on the career hits list with 3,772.
1983 - The NHL institutes a five-minute sudden-death overtime period.
1986 - Diego Maradona scored both goals in Argentina's 2-1 World Cup quarterfinal victory over England in Mexico City -- including one that he punched in, unseen by the referee. When asked about the play later, Maradona said, "It was the hand of God."
1987 - Tom Seaver retires after a third sting with the New York Mets.
2003 - Michelle Wie won her first USGA title at the age of 13. She was the youngest person to win any adult USGA event.
2010 - The hockey sweater worn by Paul Henderson during the 1972 Summit Series Team Canada win over the Societ Union sells at auction for $1.275 million, the most ever paid for a hockey sweater.
