DAILY ALMANAC
Today is Wednesday, June 22, the 173rd day of 2022. There are 192 days left in the year. On this date in:
1815: Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated for a second time as Emperor of the French.
1870: The United States Department of Justice was created.
1937: Joe Louis began his reign as world heavyweight boxing champion by knocking out Jim Braddock in the eighth round of their fight in Chicago. (A year later on this date, Louis knocked out Max Schmeling in the first round of their rematch at Yankee Stadium.)
1940: During World War II, Adolf Hitler gained a stunning victory as France was forced to sign an armistice eight days after German forces overran Paris.
1941: Nazi Germany launched Operation Barbarossa, a massive invasion of the Soviet Union.
1944: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, more popularly known as the “GI Bill of Rights.”
1945: The World War II battle for Okinawa ended with an Allied victory.
1965: Movie producer David O. Selznick (“Gone with the Wind”) died in Los Angeles at age 63.
1970: President Richard Nixon signed an extension of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that lowered the minimum voting age to 18.
1977: John N. Mitchell became the first former U.S. attorney general to go to prison as he began serving a sentence for his role in the Watergate cover-up. (He was released 19 months later.)
1981: Mark David Chapman pleaded guilty to killing rock star John Lennon. Abolhassan Bani-sadr was deposed as president of Iran.
1992: The U.S. Supreme Court, in R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul, unanimously ruled that “hate crime” laws that banned cross burning and similar expressions of racial bias violated free-speech rights.
1999: In a major upset at Wimbledon, top-ranked Martina Hingis lost 6-2, 6-0 in the opening round to Jelena Dokic, a 16-year-old qualifier ranked 129th.
2012: Former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky was convicted by a jury in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, on 45 counts of sexually assaulting 10 boys over 15 years. (Sandusky is serving a 30to 60-year state prison sentence.)
Singer-actor Kris Kristofferson is 86. Actor Michael Lerner is 81. Actor
Klaus Maria Brandauer is 79. Journalist Brit Hume is 79. Singer Peter Asher of Peter and Gordon is 78. Singer Howard “Eddie” Kaylan of The Turtles is 75. Singer Todd Rundgren is 74. Singer Alan Osmond of The Osmonds is 73. Actor Meryl Streep is 73. Actor Lindsay Wagner (“The Bionic Woman”) is 73. Actor Graham Greene
(“Dances With Wolves”) is 70. Singer Cyndi Lauper is 69. Actor Chris Lemmon is 68. Bassist Derek Forbes (Simple Minds) is 66. Bassist Garry Beers
of INXS is 65. Actor Bruce Campbell (“Evil Dead,” “The Adventures of Briscoe County Junior”) is 64. Bassist Alan Anton of Cowboy Junkies is 63. Actor Tracy Pollan (“Family Ties”) is 62. Keyboardist Jimmy Sommerville (Bronski Beat) is 61. Singer Mike Edwards of Jesus Jones is 58. Actor Amy Brenneman
is 58.