This Day In History: FDR signs G.I. Bill

FDR signs G.I. Bill

Born on This Day

"Mary Poppins Returns" European Premiere - Red Carpet Arrivals

Meryl Streep

1949 -

Legendary actress who has won three Oscars and found pop-culture fame with "Mamma Mia" and "The Devil Wears Prada."

"The Heart Of Rock And Roll" Celebration

Cyndi Lauper

1953 -

Singer, songwriter and actress best known for her eccentric style and the 1980s pop anthem "Girls Just Want to Have Fun."

Director Billy Wilder Dies

Billy Wilder

1906 - 2002

Austrian-born writer and director of classic Hollywood hits "Some Like It Hot," "Sunset Boulevard" and "The Apartment."

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1953

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After a Brooklyn newsboy receives an unusual nickel in payment, he drops it on the ground only to find it hollowed out, with a tiny photo of coded numbers inside. The discovery led the FBI to a Soviet spy named Rudolf Abel.

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Henry Hudson set adrift by mutineers

After spending a winter trapped by ice in present-day Hudson Bay, the starving crew of the Discovery mutinies against its captain, English navigator Henry Hudson, and sets him, his teenage son, and seven supporters adrift in a small, open boat. Hudson and the eight others were never seen again. Two years earlier, in 1609, Hudson […]

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Congress authorizes the issue of Continental currency

On June 22, 1775, Congress authorizes the issue of $2 million in bills of credit. By the spring of 1775, colonial leaders, concerned by British martial law in Boston and increasing constraints on trade, had led their forces in battle against the crown. But, the American revolutionaries encountered a small problem on their way to […]

Confederates strike back in the Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road

On June 22, 1864, Union forces attempt to capture a railroad that had been supplying Petersburg, Virginia, from the south, and extend their lines to the Appomattox River. In the Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road, the Confederates thwarted the attempt, and the two sides settled into trenches for a nine-month siege. The struggle for Petersburg […]

Author Erich Maria Remarque born

On June 22, 1898, Erich Maria Remarque, the author of the great World War I novel All Quiet on the Western Front, is born in Osnabruck, Germany. A student at the University of Munster, Remarque was drafted into the German army at 18. He fought on the Western Front during World War I and was […]

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Germany launches Operation Barbarossa—the invasion of Russia

On June 22, 1941, more than 3 million German troops invade Russia in three parallel offensives, in what is the most powerful invasion force in history. Nineteen panzer divisions, 3,000 tanks, 2,500 aircraft, and 7,000 artillery pieces pour across a thousand-mile front as Hitler goes to war on a second front. Despite the fact that […]

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Battle of Okinawa ends

During World War II, the U.S. 10th Army overcomes the last major pockets of Japanese resistance on Okinawa Island, ending one of the bloodiest battles of World War II. The same day, Japanese Lieutenant General Mitsuru Ushijima, the commander of Okinawa’s defense, committed suicide with a number of Japanese officers and troops rather than surrender. […]

Blockbuster hit movie “The Fast and the Furious” released

On June 22, 2001, The Fast and the Furious, a crime drama based in the underground world of street racing in Southern California, debuts in theaters across the United States. In the film, directed by Rob Cohen, Paul Walker starred as Brian O’Connor, an undercover cop who infiltrates the illegal late-night racing scene in Los […]

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Notorious Boston mobster Whitey Bulger is arrested

On June 22, 2011, after 16 years on the run from law enforcement, James “Whitey” Bulger, a violent Boston mob boss wanted for 19 murders, is arrested in Santa Monica, California. The 81-year-old Bulger, one of the FBI’s “10 Most Wanted” fugitives, was arrested with his longtime companion, 60-year-old Catherine Greig, who fled Massachusetts with […]

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