On This Day June 22nd

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June 22nd is the one-hundred-seventy-third day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 192 days remain until the end of the year.

 

Events

217 BC – Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV, Philopator of Egypt, defeats Antiochus III, the Great of the Seleucid kingdom.

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 in the form he presented it in after heated controversy.

1783 – A poisonous cloud caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano in Iceland reaches Le Havre in France.

1793 – Haitian Revolution: The Battle of Cap-Français ends with French Republican troops and black slave insurgents capturing the city.

1807 – In the Chesapeake–Leopard affair, the British warship HMS Leopard attacks and boards the American frigate USS Chesapeake.

1898—Spanish-American War: In a chaotic operation, 6,000 men of the U.S. Fifth Army Corps begin landing at Daiquirí, Cuba, about 16 miles (26 km) east of Santiago de Cuba. Lt. Gen. Arsenio Linares y Pombo of the Spanish Army outnumbers them two-to-one but does not oppose the landings.

1918 – The Hammond Circus Train Wreck kills 86 and injures 127 near Hammond, Indiana.

1978—James W. Christy first saw Charon, the first of Pluto's satellites to be discovered, at the United States Naval Observatory.

1986—Diego Maradona's famous Hand of God goal in the quarterfinals of the 1986 FIFA World Cup match between Argentina and England ignited controversy. This was later followed by the Goal of the Century. Argentina won 2–1 and later won the World Cup.

 

Birthdays

662 – Rui Zong, emperor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 716)

1757 – George Vancouver, English lieutenant and explorer (d. 1798).

1820 – James Hutchison Stirling, Scottish physician and philosopher (d. 1909).

1874 – Walter Friedrich Otto, German philologist and scholar (d. 1958)

1899 – Richard Gurley Drew, the American engineer, invented Masking tape (d. 1980)

1903 – John Dillinger, American criminal (d. 1934)

1936 – Kris Kristofferson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor.

1947 – Pete Maravich, American basketball player (d. 1988)

1964 – Dan Brown, American author and academic

1987 – Danny Green, American basketball player

 

Highlighted Holiday

ARRL FIELD DAY

The first ARRL Field Day occurred in June 1933, and the W4PAW team won with 1876 points. It has since become an annual tradition, except during World War II from 1942 to 1945. Field Day is known for its high-frequency contest, which aims to contact as many stations as possible. The event, sponsored by the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU), promotes emergency preparedness activities and demonstrates technical proficiency. Additionally, it has a social aspect with camping, cookouts, and rotating radio shifts to keep stations on the air. Field Day also attracts publicity for amateur radio and features demonstrations of various communication technologies.

 

Holidays And Observance

Global Smurfs Day

Great American Backyard Campout

International Ragweed Day

National Chocolate Eclair Day

National HVAC Tech Day

National Onion Rings Day

Polar Bear Swim (Nome, AK)

Stupid Guy Thing Day

World Rainforest Day

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