What to remember about June 22nd…
- 1775 Continental Congress authorizes issue of its 1st currency
- 1807 British navy fires on and boards the USS Chesapeake; the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair leads to U.S. declaration of war in 1812
- 1911 Coronation of King George V held at Westminster Abbey
- 1941 Germany invades Russia beginning Operation Barbarossa; more than 3 million men, 3000 tanks, and 2500 aircraft
- 1944 President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944; G.I. Bill becomes law
- 1945 Battle for Okinawa ends, all effective resistance is over
- 1969 Actress/singer/movie-star Judy Garland dies at age 47
- 1970 President Richard Nixon signs bill to lower voting age to 18; Congress later passes measure to make this the 26th Amendment
- 1990 Checkpoint Charlie is dismantled in Berlin
- 2008 Comedian/actor George Carlin dies
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