June 22 is the 173rd day of the year (174th in
leap years) in the
Gregorian Calendar, with 192 days remaining.
Events
Births
- 1757 - George Vancouver, navigator, naval surveyor (+ 1798).
- 1767 - Wilhelm von Humboldt, philosopher and statesman (+ 1835).
- 1837 - Paul Morphy, American chess player (+ 1884).
- 1856 - H. Rider Haggard, author (+ 1925).
- 1885 - Milan Vidmar, Slovene electrical engineer and chess player (+ 1962).
- 1898 - Erich Maria Remarque, writer (+ 1970).
- 1903 - Carl Hubbell[?] Major League Baseball star (+ 1988).
- 1906 - Billy Wilder, director (+ 2002).
- 1906 - Anne Morrow Lindbergh, author and aviator (+ 2001).
- 1920 - Paul Frees[?], cartoon voice-over artist (+ 1986).
- 1921 - Joseph Papp[?], director, producer.
- 1936 - Kris Kristofferson, country music singer, songwriter, actor, Rhodes scholar.
- 1941 - Ed Bradley[?], journalist, 60 Minutes correspondent.
- 1944 - Klaus Maria Brandauer, actor.
- 1948 - Todd Rundgren, singer.
- 1949 - Meryl Streep, actress.
- 1952 - Graham Greene, actor.
- 1953 - Cyndi Lauper, singer.
- 1954 - Freddie Prinze, Actor/comedian.
- 1958 - Bruce Campbell, actor.
Deaths
- 431 - Paulinus of Nola, Latin poet.
- 1965 - David O. Selznick, movie producer.
- 1969 - Judy Garland, singer, actress.
- 1974 - Darius Milhaud, composer.
- 1987 - Fred Astaire, dancer, actor.
- 1988 - Dennis Day[?], singer, actor.
- 1993 - Pat Nixon[?], wife of President Richard M. Nixon.
Holidays and observances
See Also:
June 21 - June 23 - May 22 - July 22 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
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