WHAT HAPPENED ON 22. JUNE
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Herrin massacre: 19 strikebreakers and 2 union miners are killed in Herrin, Illinois. (22. June 1922)

France is forced to sign the Second Compiègne armistice with Germany. (22. June 1940)

Germany invades the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa. (22. June 1941)

The June Uprising in Lithuania begins. (22. June 1941)

Erwin Rommel is promoted to Field Marshal after the capture of Tobruk. (22. June 1942)

Opening day of the Soviet Union's Operation Bagration against the Army Group Centre. (22. June 1944)

U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs into law the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill. (22. June 1944)

The Battle of Okinawa comes to an end. (22. June 1945)

In Christchurch (New Zealand) Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme murder Pauline's mother because they think she is in the way of their close friendship (movie Heavenly Creatures by Peter Jackson in 1994). See Parker–Hulme murder case. (22. June 1954)

The Soviet Union launches an R-12 missile for the first time (in the Kapustin Yar). (22. June 1957)

An Air France Boeing 707 jet crashes in bad weather in Guadeloupe, West Indies, killing 113. (22. June 1962)

The Cuyahoga River catches fire, triggering a crack-down on pollution in the river. (22. June 1969)

Charon, a satellite of the dwarf planet Pluto, is discovered by American astronomer James W. Christy. (22. June 1978)

Virgin Atlantic Airways launches with its first flight from London Heathrow Airport. (22. June 1984)

Checkpoint Charlie is dismantled in Berlin. (22. June 1990)

An earthquake measuring 6.5 Mw strikes a region of northwestern Iran killing at least 261 people and injuring 1,300 others and eventually causing widespread public anger due to the slow official response. (22. June 2002)

An F5 tornado strikes Elie, Manitoba in Canada; part of the town is destroyed, but there are no fatalities or injuries. (22. June 2007)

Washington Metro train collision: Two Metro trains collide in Washington, D.C., USA, killing nine and injuring over 80. (22. June 2009)

Eastman Kodak Company announces that it will discontinue sales of the Kodachrome Color Film, concluding its 74-year run as a photography icon. (22. June 2009)

Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo is removed from office by impeachment and succeeded by Federico Franco. (22. June 2012)