June 22nd in History
June 22nd in History
- 1910: First passengers carried on the Zeppelin airship
- 1940: French sign armistice with Germans at Compiegne
- 1941: Battle of Britain - the RAF shoots down 26 Nazi planes during the day
- 1978: Pluto's moon, Charon, discovered by James Christy
- 1980: USSR begins removing troops from Afghanistan
- 1990: Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin officially removed
June 22nd birthdays
- 1767: Karl Von Humboldt, German explorer
- 1949: Lindsay Wagner, US film and television actress
- 1949: Meryl Streep, American film actress