June 22 in History

• 1611

  June 22, 1611:

  Mutineers on English explorer Henry Hudson’s expedition eject him from the ship and put him, his son and seven others on a small boat.

• 1815

  June 22, 1815:

  Napoleon abdicates the French Empire throne for the second time.

• 1941

  June 22, 1941:

  Germany attacks the Soviet Union thereby violating the 1939 German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact.

• 1956

  June 22, 1956:

  Walt Disney’s animated musical romance film, “Lady and the Tramp” is released.

• 1986

  June 22, 1986:

  Diego Maradona’s “Hand of God” goal helps send Argentina to the World Cup quarterfinal.

• 2001

  June 22, 2001:

  “The Fast and the Furious” movie is released.

• 2011

  June 22, 2011:

  James Bulger, the notorious criminal on the run for 16 years, finally gets arrested.