About June 22

June 22, 2021 is the 173rd day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 192 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

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Cancer is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Pearl is the modern birthstone for this month. Moonstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 224 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On June 22

  • 168 BC –
    Battle of Pydna: Romans under Lucius Aemilius Paullus defeat and capture Macedonian King Perseus ending the Third Macedonian War.
  • 1593 –
    Battle of Sisak: Allied Christian troops defeat the Turks.
  • 1774 –
    The British pass the Quebec Act, setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America.
  • 1783 –
    A poisonous cloud caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano in Iceland reaches Le Havre in France.
  • 1813 –
    War of 1812: After learning of American plans for a surprise attack on Beaver Dams in Ontario, Laura Secord sets out on a 30 kilometer journey on foot to warn Lieutenant James FitzGibbon.
  • 1825 –
    The British Parliament abolishes feudalism and the seigneurial system in British North America.
  • 1848 –
    Beginning of the June Days Uprising in Paris, France.
  • 1893 –
    The Royal Navy battleship HMS Camperdown accidentally rams the British Mediterranean Fleet flagship HMS Victoria which sinks taking 358 crew with her, including the fleet’s commander, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon.
  • 1897 –
    British colonial officers Charles Walter Rand and Lt. Charles Egerton Ayerst are assassinated in Pune, Maharashtra, India by the Chapekar brothers and Mahadeo Vinayak Ranade, who are later caught and hanged.
  • 1898 –
    Spanish–American War: United States Marines land in Cuba.
  • 1906 –
    The flag of Sweden is adopted.
  • 1911 –
    George V and Mary of Teck are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
  • 1940 –
    France is forced to sign the Second Compiègne armistice with Germany.
  • 1941 –
    The June Uprising in Lithuania begins.
  • 1942 –
    Erwin Rommel is promoted to Field Marshal after the capture of Tobruk.
  • 1957 –
    The Soviet Union launches an R-12 missile for the first time (in the Kapustin Yar).
  • 1969 –
    The Cuyahoga River catches fire, triggering a crack-down on pollution in the river.
  • 1978 –
    Charon, a satellite of the dwarf planet Pluto, is discovered by American astronomer James W. Christy.
  • 1984 –
    Virgin Atlantic Airways launches with its first flight from London Heathrow Airport.
  • 1990 –
    Checkpoint Charlie is dismantled in Berlin.

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