June 22
This day in history:
- 1922 – British Army Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson is killed by the Irish Republican Army helping to spark the Irish Civil War.
- 1984 – Virgin Atlantic launches with its first flight from London to Newark.
- 813 – Battle of Versinikia: The Bulgars led by Krum defeat the Byzantine army near Edirne. Emperor Michael I is forced to abdicate in favor of Leo V the Armenian.
- 1966 – Vietnamese Buddhist activist leader Thích Trí Quang was arrested as the military junta of Nguyen Cao Ky crushed the Buddhist Uprising.
Births:
- 1919 – Clifton McNeely, American basketball player and coach (d. 2003)
- 1974 – Jo Cox, British politician (d. 2016)
- 1906 – Billy Wilder, Austrian-born American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002)
Deaths:
- 1965 – David O. Selznick, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1902)
- 2003 – Vasil Bykaŭ, Belarusian war novelist (b. 1924)
- 431 – Paulinus of Nola, Christian bishop and poet (b. 354)
Holidays:
- Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Great Patriotic War (Belarus)
- Father's Day (Guernsey, Isle of Man, and Jersey)
- Teachers' Day (El Salvador)
Random Article of the day:
The Poseidon Adventure (2005 film)
The Poseidon Adventure is a 2005 American made-for-television disaster film based on Paul Gallico's 1969 novel of the same name. It is a loose remake of the 1972 film of the same name and its 1979 sequel.
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