In this June 26, 1941 file photo, Nazi German soldiers supported by armored personnel carriers advance into a burning Russian village in an unknown location during Nazi Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union. On Monday, June 22, 2009, Russians commemorate the 68th anniversary of the Nazi invasion. Memories of the war are strong in Russia, where Soviet casualties reached 27 million and affected nearly every household. (AP Photo/File)
From the Associated Press
Today is Saturday, June 22nd, the 174th day of 2024. There are 192 days left this year.
Today’s History Highlights:
On June 22, 1941, Nazi Germany launched Operation Barbarossa, a massive and ultimately ill-fated invasion of the Soviet Union that would prove decisive in the Allied victory over the Axis powers.
In 1940, during World War II, France was forced to sign an armistice eight days after German forces captured Paris, scoring a stunning victory for Adolf Hitler.
On this date:
In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated as Emperor of the French for the second time.
The United States Department of Justice was established in 1870.
In 1937, Joe Louis established himself as the world heavyweight boxing champion by knocking out Jim Braddock in the eighth round in a bout in Chicago.
In 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Servicemen’s Readmission Act of 1944, commonly known as the “Veterans Rights Act.”
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In 1965, film producer David O. Selznick (Gone with the Wind) died in Los Angeles at the age of 63.
In 1970, President Richard Nixon signed an extension of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, lowering the minimum voting age to 18.
In 1977, John N. Mitchell served time for his role in the Watergate cover-up, becoming the first former U.S. attorney general to serve time in prison.
In 1981, Mark David Chapman pleaded guilty to the murder of rock star John Lennon. Abolhassan Bani-Sadr stepped down as president of Iran.
In 1992, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled in RAV v. City of St. Paul that “hate crime” laws banning cross burnings and similar expressions of racial bias violate the right to free speech.
In a major upset at Wimbledon in 1999, world number one Martina Hingis lost in the first round to 16-year-old qualifier Jelena Dokic, who was ranked 129th in the world.
In 2012, former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky was convicted by a jury in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, of 45 counts of sexually assaulting 10 boys over a 15-year period.
In 2022, a powerful earthquake struck the rugged mountainous region of eastern Afghanistan, collapsing stone and adobe homes and killing at least 1,000 people.
Today’s birthdays: Actress Prunella Scales (TV: Fawlty Towers) is 92. Singer and actor Kris Kristofferson is 88. Actor Klaus Maria Brandauer is 81. Fox News commentator Brit Hume is 81. Singer and producer Peter Asher (Peter and Gordon) is 80. Singer Howard “Eddie” Caylan is 77. Singer and musician Todd Rundgren is 76. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is 75. Actor Meryl Streep is 75. Actor Lindsay Wagner is 75. Singer Alan Osmond is 75. Actor Graham Greene is 72. Pop singer Cyndi Lauper is 71. Actor Chris Lemon is 70. Rock musician Derek Forbes is 68. Actor Tim Russ is 68. Rock musician Garry Beers (INXS) is 67. Actor, producer and screenwriter Bruce Campbell is 66. Rock musician Alan Anton (Cowboy Junkies) is 65. Actor Tracy Pollan is 64. Environmental activist Erin Brockovich is 64. Rock singer and musician Jimmy Somerville is 63. Basketball Hall of Famer Clyde Drexler is 62. Actor Amy Brenneman is 60. Author Dan Brown is 60. Rock singer and musician Mike Edwards (Jesus Jones) is 60. Rock singer Steven Page is 54. Actor Michael Trucco is 54. Actor Mary Lynn Rajskub is 53. Television personality Carson Daly is 51. Rock musician Chris Traynor is 51. Actor Donald Faison is 50. Actor Alicia Goranson is 50. Actor and comedian Mike O’Brien (TV’s Saturday Night Live) is 48. Television personality and actor Jay Rodriguez is 45. Americana singer and songwriter John Moreland is 39. Pop singer Dinah Jane (Fifth Harmony) (TV’s X Factor) is 27.
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