Observance
June 22, 2025-June 22, 2025 -
Global, Global
· World Rainforest Day
· International Being You Day
· Positive Media Day
· 1633 – The Holy Office in Rome forces Galileo Galilei to recant his view that the Sun, not the Earth, is the center of the Universe in the form he presented it in, after heated controversy.
· 1807 – In the Chesapeake–Leopard affair, the British warship HMS Leopard attacks and boards the American frigate USS Chesapeake.
· 1812 – France declares war on Russia,[6] starting Napoleon's invasion.
· 1870 – The United States Department of Justice is created by the U.S. Congress.
· 1897 – British colonial officers Charles Walter Rand and Lt. Charles Egerton Ayerst are assassinated in Pune, Maharashtra, India by the Chapekar brothers and Mahadeo Vinayak Ranade, who are later caught and hanged.
· 1948 – King George VI formally gives up the title "Emperor of India", half a year after Britain actually gave up its rule of India
· 1978 – Charon, the first of Pluto's satellites to be discovered, was first seen at the United States Naval Observatory by James W. Christy.
· 1984 – Virgin Atlantic launches with its first flight from London to Newark
· 1986 – The famous Hand of God goal, scored by Diego Maradona in the quarter-finals of the 1986 FIFA World Cup match between Argentina and England, ignites controversy. This was later followed by the Goal of the Century. Argentina wins 2–1 and later goes on to win the World Cup.
· 1932 – Amrish Puri, Indian actor (died 2005)
· Death Anniversary of Lyricist Poovachal Khader (2021)
· Death Anniversary of Parassala B Ponnammal (2021)
· Kadalundi Train Accident Anniversary (2001)
· Birthday of Tamil actor Vijay (1974)
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