What happend on 22nd June

21.06
23.06
1976

Canadian House of Commons abolishes capital punishment.

1963

Pope Paul VI elected by College of Cardinals.

1962

An Air France Boeing 707 jet crashes in bad weather in Guadeloupe, West Indies killing 113

1950

The longship replica Ormen Friske, en route from Birka to Rotterdam, broke apart in the North Sea because of improper construction. All 15 crew members drowned.

1944

Opening day of the Soviet Union's Operation Bagration against Army Group Centre

1941

The Lithuanian 1941 independence begins

1941

First Croatian anti-fascist armed unit (partisans) founded near Sisak, Croatia.

1941

Nazi Germany invades the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa, one of the most dramatic turning points of World War II.

1940

France forced to sign armistice with Nazi Germany.

1937

Camille Chautemps becomes Prime Minister of France