June 22 Holidays

🕰️ On This Day in History

• 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... ↗
• 2009 — A Washington D.C Metro train traveling southbound near Fort Totten station collides into another train waiting to enter the station.... ↗
• 2002 — An earthquake measuring 6.5 Mw strikes a region of northwestern Iran killing at least 261 people and injuring 1,300 others and... ↗

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🎂 Notable Births

• 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