How Many Days Until June 22?

This day in history: June 22

1. 1922

   Irish Republican Army gunmen assassinated British member of parliament Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson.

2. 1941

   World War II: German minister of foreign affairs Joachim von Ribbentrop presented a declaration of war to the Soviet ambassador Vladimir Dekanozov in Berlin.

3. 1941

   World War II: As Axis troops began their invasion of the Soviet Union, the Lithuanian Activist Front started an uprising to liberate Lithuania from Soviet occupation.

4. 1966

   Vietnamese Buddhist activist leader Thích Trí Quang was arrested as the military junta of Nguyễn Cao Kỳ crushed the Buddhist Uprising.

5. 1979

   Former British Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe was acquitted of conspiracy to murder Norman Scott, who had accused Thorpe of having a relationship with him.

6. 2002

   A magnitude-6.5 earthquake struck northwestern Iran, killing at least 230 people and injuring 1,300 others; the official response, perceived to be slow, later caused widespread public anger.

7. 2009

   Two Metro trains collided in Washington, D.C., killing nine people and injuring eighty others.

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