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.

    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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