June 22

What happened on June 22 in history

3 events fall on June 22, from 1633 to 1948. Read them below, then try to place a historical scene yourself — guess where in the world it happened and in what year.

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Events on June 22

  1. 1633

    Galileo is forced to recant

    The Inquisition sentences him to house arrest for life.

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  2. 1941

    Operation Barbarossa begins

    Germany invades the Soviet Union along a front of two thousand kilometres.

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  3. 1948

    The Empire Windrush arrives

    Passengers from the Caribbean land at Tilbury and reshape postwar Britain.

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