June 22
Today is the 173rd day of 2017, there are 192 days left in the year.
1611 - English explorer Henry Hudson, his son and several other people were set adrift in present-day Hudson Bay by mutineers aboard the Discovery.
1815 - Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated his throne for a second time after his defeat at Waterloo.
1868 - Arkansas was readmitted to the Union.
1870 - The Department of Justice was created.
1874 - Dr. Andrew Still became the first to practice osteopathy.
1911 - Britain's King George V was crowned at Westminster Abbey.
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.
1943 - W.E.B. DuBois became the first black member of the National Institute of Letters.
1944 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the G.I. Bill of Rights, authorizing a broad package of benefits for World War II veterans.
1945 - The Battle of Okinawa ended; 12,520 Americans and 110,000 Japanese were killed in the brutal 83-day World War II campaign.
1969 - Singer-actress Judy Garland died at age 47 in London.
1970 - President Richard Nixon signed legislation 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 in Los Angeles 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.
2007 - Atlantis and its seven astronauts returned to Earth safely, ending a two-week mission to deliver an addition to the international space station and bringing home crew member Sunita "Suni" Williams, who set a then-record for longest single spaceflight by a woman at 195 days.
2009 - Jon and Kate Gosselin, stars of the TV reality 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
20 - Dinah Jane Hansen (singer)
22 - Teagan Rybka (dancer)
22 - Sam Rybka (dancer)
26 - Jasmine Sanders (model)
30 - Lee Min-ho (actor)
32 - Douglas Smith (actor)
35 - Porsha Williams (reality star)
44 - Carson Daly (TV host)
46 - Kurt Warner (football player)
59 - Bruce Campbell (actor)
64 - Cyndi Lauper (singer)
68 - Meryl Streep (actress)
81 - Kris Kristofferson (country singer)
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Today in Sports History - June 22
1889 - Louisville Colonels set Major League baseball record with 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.
1979 - Former WHA (World Hockey Association) teams the Edmonton Oilers, Hartford Whalers, Quebec Nordiques and Winnipeg Jets join the NHL, expanding the league to 21 teams.
1982 - Philadelphia Phillies' Pete Rose moves into second place for career hits passing Hank Aaron with his 3,772 hit.
1983 - NHL institutes a 5-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."
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 US$1,275,000, the most ever paid for a hockey sweater.
2012 - Ex-Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky was convicted by a jury in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, on 45 counts of sexually assaulting 10 boys over 15 years. (Sandusky is appealing a 30- to 60-year state prison sentence.)
2016 - The NHL announced it would expand to Las Vegas for the 2017-18 season, giving the league 31 franchises.
2016 - Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhawks won the Hart Trophy, becoming the first player born and trained in the U.S. to be named the NHL's most valuable player.
Today is the 173rd day of 2017, there are 192 days left in the year.
1611 - English explorer Henry Hudson, his son and several other people were set adrift in present-day Hudson Bay by mutineers aboard the Discovery.
1815 - Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated his throne for a second time after his defeat at Waterloo.
1868 - Arkansas was readmitted to the Union.
1870 - The Department of Justice was created.
1874 - Dr. Andrew Still became the first to practice osteopathy.
1911 - Britain's King George V was crowned at Westminster Abbey.
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.
1943 - W.E.B. DuBois became the first black member of the National Institute of Letters.
1944 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the G.I. Bill of Rights, authorizing a broad package of benefits for World War II veterans.
1945 - The Battle of Okinawa ended; 12,520 Americans and 110,000 Japanese were killed in the brutal 83-day World War II campaign.
1969 - Singer-actress Judy Garland died at age 47 in London.
1970 - President Richard Nixon signed legislation 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 in Los Angeles 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.
2007 - Atlantis and its seven astronauts returned to Earth safely, ending a two-week mission to deliver an addition to the international space station and bringing home crew member Sunita "Suni" Williams, who set a then-record for longest single spaceflight by a woman at 195 days.
2009 - Jon and Kate Gosselin, stars of the TV reality 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
20 - Dinah Jane Hansen (singer)
22 - Teagan Rybka (dancer)
22 - Sam Rybka (dancer)
26 - Jasmine Sanders (model)
30 - Lee Min-ho (actor)
32 - Douglas Smith (actor)
35 - Porsha Williams (reality star)
44 - Carson Daly (TV host)
46 - Kurt Warner (football player)
59 - Bruce Campbell (actor)
64 - Cyndi Lauper (singer)
68 - Meryl Streep (actress)
81 - Kris Kristofferson (country singer)
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Today in Sports History - June 22
1889 - Louisville Colonels set Major League baseball record with 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.
1979 - Former WHA (World Hockey Association) teams the Edmonton Oilers, Hartford Whalers, Quebec Nordiques and Winnipeg Jets join the NHL, expanding the league to 21 teams.
1982 - Philadelphia Phillies' Pete Rose moves into second place for career hits passing Hank Aaron with his 3,772 hit.
1983 - NHL institutes a 5-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."
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 US$1,275,000, the most ever paid for a hockey sweater.
2012 - Ex-Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky was convicted by a jury in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, on 45 counts of sexually assaulting 10 boys over 15 years. (Sandusky is appealing a 30- to 60-year state prison sentence.)
2016 - The NHL announced it would expand to Las Vegas for the 2017-18 season, giving the league 31 franchises.
2016 - Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhawks won the Hart Trophy, becoming the first player born and trained in the U.S. to be named the NHL's most valuable player.
