June 22nd, 1942

Born on June 22nd, 1942

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What happened on June 22nd, 1942?

June 22nd, 1942

The Pledge of Allegiance is formally adopted by U.S. Congress.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pledge_of_Allegiance

What else happened on June 22nd?

June 22nd, 2022

An earthquake registering 6.2 Mw caused the deaths of at least 1,000 people in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

June 22nd, 2009

Two Metro trains collided in Washington, D.C., killing nine people and injuring eighty others.

June 22nd, 1979

Former British Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe was acquitted of conspiracy to murder Norman Scott, who had accused Thorpe of having a relationship with him.

June 22nd, 1966

Vietnamese Buddhist activist leader Thích Trí Quang was arrested as the military junta of Nguyễn Cao Kỳ crushed the Buddhist Uprising.

June 22nd, 1941

World War II: German minister of foreign affairs Joachim von Ribbentrop presented a declaration of war to the Soviet ambassador Vladimir Dekanozov in Berlin.

June 22nd, 1922

Irish Republican Army gunmen assassinated British member of parliament Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson.

June 22nd, 1911

King George V and Queen Mary of Teck were crowned at Westminster Abbey in London.

June 22nd, 1813

War of 1812: After learning of a forthcoming American attack, Laura Secord walked 20 mi (32 km) from Queenston, Upper Canada, to warn British lieutenant James FitzGibbon (depicted).

June 22nd, 1807

The British warship HMS Leopard pursued and attacked the American frigate USS Chesapeake (pictured) in the belief that the crew of the latter included deserters from the Royal Navy.

June 22nd, 1593

Habsburg troops defeated a larger Ottoman force at the Battle of Sisak in the Kingdom of Croatia, triggering the Long Turkish War.

June 22nd, 1922

British Army Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson is killed by the Irish Republican Army helping to spark the Irish Civil War.

June 22nd, 2022

An earthquake occurs in eastern Afghanistan resulting in over 1,000 deaths.

June 22nd, 2015

The Afghan National Assembly building is attacked by gunmen after a suicide bombing. All six of the gunmen are killed and 18 people are injured.

June 22nd, 2012

A Turkish Air Force McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II fighter plane is shot down by the Syrian Armed Forces, killing both of the plane's pilots and worsening already-strained relations between Turkey and Syria.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on June 22nd

Born on June 22nd, 1942

81

Julie Corman

Filmmaker

*June 22nd, 1942, Omaha

81

Melquiades Morales

Mexican politician

*June 22nd, 1942, Esperanza Municipality

81

Chaudhry Amir Hussain

Pakistani politician

*June 22nd, 1942, Sialkot

81

Laila Freivalds

Swedish politician and jurist

*June 22nd, 1942, Riga

81

Eddie Prévost

English percussionist, drummer, writer, publisher

*June 22nd, 1942, Hitchin

53

Claudio Costa

Italian artist (1942-1995)

*June 22nd, 1942, Tirana †July 2nd, 1995, Genoa

81

Gary Kirner

American football player

*June 22nd, 1942, Los Angeles

81

Ian McClelland

Canadian politician

*June 22nd, 1942, Trail

81

George T. Babbitt, Jr.

United States general

*June 22nd, 1942, Bremerton

81

Gabriella Porpora

Italian painter

*June 22nd, 1942, Rome

81

Mohand Laenser

Moroccan politician

*June 22nd, 1942, Imouzzer Marmoucha

81

Åge Danielsen

Norwegian civil servant

*June 22nd, 1942, Narvik

81

Murphy Dunne

American actor and musician

*June 22nd, 1942, Chicago

80

Paul Martha

American football player

*June 22nd, 1942, Pittsburgh †February 4th, 2023, Pittsburgh

69

Huw Ceredig

Welsh actor (1942-2011)

*June 22nd, 1942, Brynamman †August 16th, 2011, Bridgend

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74

Meryl Streep

American actress (born 1949)

*June 22nd, 1949, Summit

42

Martin de Jonge

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1981, Rotterdam

75

Bruno Latour

French sociologist

*June 22nd, 1947, Beaune †October 9th, 2022, 13th arrondissement of Paris

84

Ada Yonath

Israeli chemist

*June 22nd, 1939, Jerusalem

75

Adolf Michaelis

German classical archaeologist

*June 22nd, 1835, Kiel †August 12th, 1910, Strasbourg

83

Egon Henninger

East German swimmer

*June 22nd, 1940, Kühlungsborn

79

Michael Obst

German rower

*June 22nd, 1944, Leipzig

65

Bruce Campbell

American actor

*June 22nd, 1958, Royal Oak

59

Henrik Svarrer

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1964, Esbjerg

70

Cyndi Lauper

American singer (1953)

*June 22nd, 1953, New York City

78

Rainer Brüderle

German politician (FDP)

*June 22nd, 1945, Berlin

59

Dan Brown

American novelist

*June 22nd, 1964, Exeter

56

Peter Axelsson

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1967, Täby

80

Michael Kosterlitz

British physicist

*June 22nd, 1943, Aberdeen

79

Gérard Mourou

French physicist

*June 22nd, 1944, Albertville

47

Hidetaka Yamada

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1976, Kobe

59

Henrik Mestad

Norwegian actor and author

*June 22nd, 1964, Oslo

41

Thomas Hitschler

German politician

*June 22nd, 1982, Landau in der Pfalz

31

Wahyu Nayaka Arya Pankaryanira

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1992, East Lombok Regency

86

John Conklin

American theatre designer

*June 22nd, 1937, Hartford

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Born in 1942

81

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, North London

81

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

76

Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

*January 8th, 1942, Oxford †March 14th, 2018, Cambridge

81

Katherine Justice

American actress

*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

81

Wolfgang Schäuble

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

*September 18th, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau †December 26th, 2023, Offenburg

81

Richard Stoltzman

American musician

*July 12th, 1942, Omaha

81

Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

82

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

81

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

74

Daliah Lavi

Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)

*October 12th, 1942, Shavei Tzion †May 3rd, 2017, Asheville

74

Muhammad Ali

American boxer, philanthropist, and activist (1942–2016)

*January 17th, 1942, Louisville †June 3rd, 2016, Scottsdale

82

Per A. Anonsen

Norwegian actor, film editor, screenwriter and film producer

*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

81

Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

69

Muammar Gaddafi

Libyan dictator, politician and political theorist (1942–2011)

*June 7th, 1942, Qasr Abu Hadi †October 20th, 2011, Sirte

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

76

Aretha Franklin

American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)

*March 25th, 1942, Memphis †August 16th, 2018, Detroit

82

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

81

Raman Ghosh

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1942, Bareilly

81

Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

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No: With 365 days 1942 is a normal year and no leap year.

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