This Day In History

June 22
1593
Battle of Sisak: Allied Christian troops defeat the Turks.
1633
The Holy Office in Rome forces Galileo Galilei to recant his view that the Sun, not the Earth, is the center of the Universe.
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
SpanishAmerican War: United States Marines land in Cuba.
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
Germany invades the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa.
1941
The June Uprising in Lithuania begins.
1942
Erwin Rommel is promoted to Field Marshal after the capture of Tobruk.
1990
Checkpoint Charlie is dismantled in Berlin.