What happened on June 22 ?

431 - Paulinus of Nola, Roman poet

1276 - Pope Innocent V

1429 - Ghiyath al-Kashi, Persian astronomer and mathematician (b. 1380)

1535 - John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester (executed)

1632 - James Whitelocke, English judge (b. 1570)

1634 - Johann Graf von Aldringen, Austrian soldier (b. 1588)

1699 - Josiah Child, English Governor of the East India Company (b. 1630)

1714 - Matthew Henry, English non-conformist minister (b. 1662)

1868 - Heber C. Kimball, American religious leader (b. 1801)

1874 - Howard Staunton, English chess master (b. 1810)

1894 - Alexandre-Antonin Taché, Canadian archbishop (b. 1823)

1905 - Francis Lubbock, Governor of Texas (b. 1815)

1913 - ?tefan Octavian Iosif, Romanian poet (b. 1875)

1928 - A. B. Frost, American illustrator (b. 1851)

1931 - Armand Fallières, French president (b. 1841)

1935 - Szymon Askenazy, Polish historian, diplomat and politician (b. 1866)

1959 - Hermann Brill, German politician (b. 1895)

1961 - Maria of Romania, Queen Consort of Yugoslavia (b. 1900)

1963 - Maria T?nase, Romanian singer of traditional and popular music (b. 1913)

1964 - Havank, Dutch writer, (b. 1904)

1965 - David O. Selznick, American film producer (b. 1902)

1969 - Judy Garland, American singer and actress (b. 1922)

1974 - Darius Milhaud, French composer (b. 1892)

1979 - Louis Chiron, Monaco race car driver (b. 1899)

1984 - Joseph Losey, American theather and film director (b. 1909)

1987 - Fred Astaire, American dancer and actor (b. 1899)

1988 - Dennis Day, American singer and actor (b. 1916)

1989 - Lucien Saulnier, French Canadian politician (b. 1916)

1990 - Ilya Frank, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)

1992 - Chuck Mitchell, American actor (b. 1927)

1993 - Pat Nixon, First Lady of the United States (b. 1912)

1994 - Otto Bradfisch, Nazi leader (b. 1903)

1995 - Al Hansen, American artist (b. 1927)

1997 - Gérard Pelletier, French journalist, politician, and diplomat (b. 1919)

1997 - Ted Gärdestad, Swedish singer (b. 1956)

2002 - Darryl Kile, baseball player (b. 1968)

2002 - Ann Landers, American columnist (b. 1918)

2004 - Mattie Stepanek, American poet (b. 1990)

2004 - Bob Bemer, computer scientist (b. 1920)

2006 - Moose, dog actor who played Eddie in Frasier (b. 1990)

Anti-fascist struggle day in Croatia

Feast day of Saint Alban

The 22 June song

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