On This Day in History — June 22

• 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.
• 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.
• 2009 — A Washington D.C Metro train traveling southbound near Fort Totten station collides into another train waiting to enter the station. Nine people are killed in the collision (eight passengers and the train operator)...
• 2002 — An earthquake measuring 6.5 Mw strikes a region of northwestern Iran killing at least 261 people and injuring 1,300 others and eventually causing widespread public anger due to the slow official response.
• 1990 — Checkpoint Charlie is dismantled in Berlin.

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Notable Births on June 22

• 1996 — Mikel Merino, Spanish footballer
• 1994 — Sebastien Haller, French footballer
• 1992 — Ura Kazuki, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1992 — Harry Reid, British actor
• 1991 — Hugo Mallo, Spanish footballer
• 1990 — Kei Inoo, Japanese idol, actor, model, and singer

Notable Deaths on June 22

• 2017 — Mao Kobayashi, Japanese newscaster and actress (b. 1982)
• 2015 — James Horner, American composer and conductor (b. 1953)
• 2014 — Fouad Ajami, Lebanese-American author and academic (b. 1945)
• 2014 — Rama Narayanan, Indian director and producer (b. 1949)
• 2013 — Henning Larsen, Danish architect, designed the Copenhagen Opera House (b. 1925)
• 2013 — Allan Simonsen, Danish race car driver (b. 1978)

On This Day in History — June 23

• 2016 — The United Kingdom votes in a referendum to leave the European Union, by 52% to 48%.
• 2014 — The last of Syria's declared chemical weapons are shipped out for destruction.
• 2013 — Nik Wallenda becomes the first man to successfully walk across the Grand Canyon on a tight rope.
• 2013 — Militants stormed a high-altitude mountaineering base camp near Nanga Parbat in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan and killed ten climbers, as well as a local guide.
• 2012 — Ashton Eaton breaks the decathlon world record at the United States Olympic Trials.
• 2001 — The 8.4 Mw southern Peru earthquake shakes coastal Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A destructive tsunami followed, leaving at least 74 people dead, and 2,687 injured.

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Notable Births on June 23

• 2009 — Xia Vigor, British-Filipino child actress
• 1993 — Tim Anderson, American baseball player
• 1993 — Marvin Grumann, German footballer
• 1992 — Luiza Galiulina, Uzbekistani gymnast
• 1992 — Nampalys Mendy, French footballer
• 1991 — Katie Armiger, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Notable Deaths on June 23

• 2016 — Ralph Stanley, American singer and banjo player (b. 1927)
• 2015 — Miguel Facussé Barjum, Honduran businessman (b. 1924)
• 2015 — Nirmala Joshi, Indian nun, lawyer, and social worker (b. 1934)
• 2015 — Dick Van Patten, American actor (b. 1928)
• 2014 — Nancy Garden, American author (b. 1938)
• 2014 — Euros Lewis, Welsh cricketer (b. 1942)