{"id":27398,"date":"2016-06-22T08:09:38","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T13:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=27398"},"modified":"2016-06-22T08:10:51","modified_gmt":"2016-06-22T13:10:51","slug":"27398","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=27398","title":{"rendered":"Today In History"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today in History: Wednesday, June\u00a0 22, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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AP Highlight in History:<\/span>
\nOn June 22, 1911, Britain’s King George V was crowned at Westminster Abbey.
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1815<\/td>\nNapoleon Bonaparte abdicated for the second time.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1868<\/td>\nArkansas was re-admitted to the Union.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1870<\/td>\nCongress created the Department of Justice.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1938<\/td>\nHeavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis knocked out Max Schmeling of Germany in the first round of their rematch in New York City’s Yankee Stadium.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1940<\/td>\nFrance was forced to sign an armistice eight days after German forces overran Paris during World War II.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1941<\/td>\nGermany invaded the Soviet Union during World War II.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1944<\/td>\nPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the GI Bill of Rights, authorizing a broad package of benefits for World War II veterans.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1945<\/td>\nThe World War II battle for Okinawa ended; 12,520 Americans and 110,000 Japanese were killed in the 83-day campaign.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1969<\/td>\nSinger-actress Judy Garland died at age 47.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1970<\/td>\nPresident Richard Nixon signed a measure lowering the voting age to 18.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1977<\/td>\nFormer Attorney General John N. Mitchell began serving a sentence for his role in the Watergate cover-up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1981<\/td>\nMark David Chapman pleaded guilty to killing rock musician John Lennon.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1986<\/td>\nDiego Maradona scored both goals in Argentina’s 2-1 World Cup quarterfinal victory over England in Mexico City \u2013 including one that he punched in, unseen by the referee. When asked about the play later, Maradona said, “It was the hand of God.”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1992<\/td>\nThe Supreme Court unanimously ruled that hate-crime laws that ban cross-burning and similar expressions of racial bias violate free-speech rights.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1993<\/td>\nFormer first lady Pat Nixon died at age 81.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/td>\nJon and Kate Gosselin, stars of the reality TV series “Jon & Kate Plus 8,” announced plans to divorce.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>\nPresident Barack Obama announced he would pull home 33,000 troops from Afghanistan by the following summer.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Today’s Birthdays:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actress Meryl Streep turns 67 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Kris Kristofferson<\/td>\nCountry singer, actor<\/td>\n80<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brit Hume<\/td>\nBroadcast journalist<\/td>\n73<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Peter Asher<\/td>\nSinger (Peter and Gordon)<\/td>\n72<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
David L. Lander<\/td>\nActor (“Laverne and Shirley”)<\/td>\n69<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Todd Rundgren<\/td>\nRock singer, musician<\/td>\n68<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alan Osmond<\/td>\nSinger (The Osmonds)<\/td>\n67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lindsay Wagner<\/td>\nActress (“The Bionic Woman”)<\/td>\n67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Elizabeth Warren<\/td>\nU.S. senator, D-Mass.<\/td>\n67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Graham Greene<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cyndi Lauper<\/td>\nSinger<\/td>\n63<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tracy Pollan<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n56<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Clyde Drexler<\/td>\nBasketball Hall of Famer<\/td>\n54<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Amy Brenneman<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n52<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dan Brown<\/td>\nAuthor (“The Da Vinci Code”)<\/td>\n52<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mary Lynn Rajskub<\/td>\nActress (“24”)<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carson Daly<\/td>\nTV personality<\/td>\n43<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Donald Faison<\/td>\nActor (“Scrubs”)<\/td>\n42<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., turns 83 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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