Today in History, June 22, 2006
Today in HistoryToday is Thursday, June 22, the 173rd day of 2006. There are 192 days left in the year.
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In 1611, English explorer Henry Hudson, his son and several other people were set adrift in present-day Hudson Bay by mutineers.
In 1911, King George V was crowned at Westminster Abbey.
In 1938, heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis knocked out Max Schmeling in the first round of their rematch at Yankee Stadium.
In 1940, during the Second World War, Adolf Hitler gained a stunning victory as France was forced to sign an armistice eight days after German forces overran Paris.
In 1945, the Second World War battle for Okinawa officially ended; 12,520 Americans and 110,000 Japanese were killed in the nearly three-month campaign.
<*“Study men, not historians.” — President Harry S. Truman (1884-1972).
