| 1377 |
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Richard II, who is still a child, begins his reign, following the death of his grandfather, Edward III. His coronation takes place July 16. |
| 1558 |
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The French take the French town of Thionville from the English. |
| 1772 |
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Slavery is outlawed in England. |
| 1807 |
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British seamen board the USS Chesapeake, a provocation leading to the War of 1812. |
| 1864 |
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Confederate General A. P. Hill turns back a Federal flanking movement at the Weldon Railroad near Petersburg, Virginia. |
| 1876 |
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General Alfred Terry sends Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer to the Rosebud and Little Bighorn rivers to search for Indian villages. |
| 1910 |
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German bacteriologist Paul Ehrlich announces a definitive cure for syphilis. |
| 1911 |
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King George V of England is crowned. |
| 1915 |
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Austro-German forces occupy Lemberg on the Eastern Front as the Russians retreat. |
| 1925 |
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France and Spain agree to join forces against Abd el Krim in Morocco. |
| 1930 |
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A son is born to Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh. |
| 1933 |
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Adolf Hitler bans political parties in Germany other than the Nazis. |
| 1938 |
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Joe Louis floors Max Schmeling in the first round of the heavyweight bout at Yankee Stadium. |
| 1940 |
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France and Germany sign an armistice at Compiegne, on terms dictated by the Nazis. |
| 1941 |
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Under the code-name Barbarossa, Germany invades the Soviet Union. |
| 1942 |
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A Japanese submarine shells Fort Stevens at the mouth of the Columbia River. |
| 1944 |
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President Franklin Roosevelt signs the "GI Bill of Rights" to provide broad benefits for veterans of the war. |
| 1956 |
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The battle for Algiers begins as three buildings in The Casbah are blown up. |
| 1970 |
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President Richard Nixon signs the 26th amendment, lowering the voting age to 18. |
| 1973 |
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Skylab astronauts splash down safely in the Pacific after a record 28 days in space. |
| 1980 |
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The Soviet Union announces a partial withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan. |
| 1981 |
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Mark David Chapman pleads guilty to killing John Lennon. |
| 1995 |
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Nigeria's former military ruler Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo and his chief deputy are charged with conspiracy to overthrow Gen. Sani Abacha's military government. |
| Born on June 22 |
| 1757 |
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George Vancouver, English navigator. |
| 1898 |
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Erich Maria Remarque, German novelist (All Quiet on the Western Front). |
| 1906 |
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Anne Morrow Lindbergh, author, wife of Charles Lindbergh (Gifts from the Sea). |
| 1906 |
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Billy Wilder, film director (Sunset Boulevard, The Apartment). |
| 1921 |
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Joseph Papp, theater director and producer, founder of the New York Public Theatre and Shakespeare-in-the-Park. |
| 1941 |
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Ed Bradley, broadcast journalist. |