June 22 - The Day in History

June 22 : General Interest 1944: FDR signs G.I. Bill On this day in 1944, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the G.I. Bill, an unprecedented act of legislation designed to compensate returning members of the armed services--known as G.I.s--for their efforts in World War II... read more American Revolution 1775 : Congress issues Continental currency http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/congress-issues-continental-currency Automotive 2001 : Blockbuster hit movie "The Fast and the Furious" released http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/blockbuster-hit-movie-the-fast-and-the-furious-released Civil War 1864 : Lee strikes back at Petersburg http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lee-strikes-back-at-petersburg Cold War 1989 : Cease-fire established in Angolan civil war http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cease-fire-established-in-angolan-civil-war Crime 2011 : Notorious Boston mobster Whitey Bulger is arrested http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/notorious-boston-mobster-whitey-bulger-is-arrested Disaster 1962 : Mysterious crash in Guadeloupe http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mysterious-crash-in-guadeloupe General Interest 1611 : Hudson set adrift by mutineers http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hudson-set-adrift-by-mutineers 1937 : Louis becomes champ http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/louis-becomes-champ 1945 : Battle of Okinawa ends http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-okinawa-ends Hollywood 2008 : George Carlin dies http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/george-carlin-dies Literary 1906 : Anne Morrow Lindbergh is born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/anne-morrow-lindbergh-is-born 1964 : Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown is born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/da-vinci-code-author-dan-brown-is-born Music 1950 : Bernstein, Copland, Seeger and others are named as Communists http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bernstein-copland-seeger-and-others-are-named-as-communists Old West 1876 : General Santa Anna dies in Mexico City http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/general-santa-anna-dies-in-mexico-city Presidential 1944 : FDR signs GI bill http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/roosevelt-signs-gi-bill Sports 1986 : Hand of God helps out Maradona http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hand-of-god-helps-out-maradona Vietnam War 1971 : South Vietnamese fight for Fire Base Fuller http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/south-vietnamese-fight-for-fire-base-fuller 1972 : New troops sent to An Loc http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/new-troops-sent-to-an-loc World War I 1898 : Erich Maria Remarque born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/erich-maria-remarque-born World War II 1941 : Germany launches Operation Barbarossa-the invasion of Russia http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-launches-operation-barbarossa--the-invasion-of-russia

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