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June 22nd in History
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June 22nd in History
1910
: First passengers carried on the Zeppelin airship
1940
: French sign armistice with Germans at Compiegne
1941
: Battle of Britain - the RAF shoots down 26 Nazi planes during the day
1978
: Pluto's moon, Charon, discovered by James Christy
1980
: USSR begins removing troops from Afghanistan
1990
: Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin officially removed
June 22nd birthdays
1767
: Karl Von Humboldt, German explorer
1949
: Lindsay Wagner, US film and television actress
1949
: Meryl Streep, American film actress