History of 22 June
- 1990 – Checkpoint Charlie was dismantled in Berlin.
- 1992 – The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that hate-crime laws that ban cross-burning and similar expressions of racial bias violated free-speech rights.
- 1998 – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that evidence illegally obtained by authorities could be used at revocation hearings for a convicted criminal’s parole.
- 1998 – The 75th National Marbles Tournament began in Wildwood, NJ.
- 1999 – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that persons with remediable handicaps cannot claim discrimination in employment under the Americans with Disability Act.
- 2009 – Eastman Kodak Company announced that it would discontinue sales of the Kodachrome Color Film.
- 2012 – Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo is removed from office by impeachment and succeeded by Federico Franco.
- 2012 – A Turkish Air Force McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II fighter plane is shot down by the Syrian Armed Forces, killing both of the plane’s pilots and worsening already-strained relations between Turkey and Syria.
- 2015 – The Afghan National Assembly building is attacked by gunmen after a suicide bombing. All six of the gunmen are killed and 18 people are injured.
Celebrating Birthday Today
- 1981 – Sione Lauaki, New Zealand rugby player
- 1981 – Aquivaldo Mosquera, Colombian footballer
- 1982 – Andoni Iraola, Spanish footballer
- 1982 – Ian Kinsler, American baseball player
- 1982 – Soraia Chaves, Portuguese actress and model
- 1983 – Allar Raja, Estonian rower
- 1984 – Dustin Johnson, American golfer
- 1984 – Rubén Iván Martínez, Spanish footballer
- 1984 – Jerome Taylor, Jamaican cricketer
- 1984 – Janko Tipsarević, Serbian tennis player
- 1985 – Thomas Leuluai, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1987 – Danny Green, American basketball player
- 1987 – Nikita Rukavytsya, Ukrainian-Australian footballer
- 1988 – Omri Casspi, Israeli basketball player
- 1989 – Cédric Mongongu, Congolese footballer
- 1989 – Jung Yong-hwa, South Korean singer-songwriter and actor
- 1990 – Sebastian Jung, German footballer
- 1991 – Hugo Mallo, Spanish footballer
- 1992 – Ura Kazuki, Japanese sumo wrestler
- 1992 – Harry Reid, British actor
- 1993 – Loris Karius, German footballer
- 1994 – Sebastien Haller, French footballer
- 1994 – Carlos Vinícius Santos de Jesus, Brazilian footballer
- 1996 – Mikel Merino, Spanish footballer
- 1999 – Sam Retford, Australian-English actor