Born on June 22
June 22 birthdays & history
If you were born on June 22, you share a birthday with Meryl Streep, Erich Maria Remarque and Dan Brown. June 22 babies are Cancer, with pearl as their birthstone and the rose as their birth flower. June 22 is the 174th day of the year in leap years (173rd in other years).
Famous people born on June 22
- 1949Meryl Streep, American actress
- 1898Erich Maria Remarque, German-Swiss soldier and author
- 1964Dan Brown, American author and academic
- 1939Ada Yonath, Israeli crystallographer and Nobel laureate in Chemistry
- 1906Billy Wilder, Austrian-born American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1987Lee Min-ho, South Korean actor, singer, model, creative director and businessman
- 1864Hermann Minkowski, German mathematician and academic
- 1953Cyndi Lauper, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
- 1996Rodri, Spanish footballer
- 1940Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian director, producer, and screenwriter
What happened on June 22
- 431The Council of Ephesus, the third ecumenical council, begins, dealing with Nestorianism.
- 1774The British pass the Quebec Act, setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America.
- 1870The United States Department of Justice is created by the U.S. Congress.
- 1907The London Underground's Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens.
- 1911King George V and Queen Mary were crowned at Westminster Abbey in London.
- 1942The Pledge of Allegiance is formally adopted by U.S. Congress.
- 1948The ship HMT Empire Windrush brought the first group of 802 West Indian immigrants to Tilbury, marking the start of modern immigration to the United Kingdom.
- 1948King George VI formally gives up the title "Emperor of India", half a year after Britain actually gave up its rule of India.
- 1965The Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea is signed.
- 1984Virgin Atlantic launches with its first flight from London to Newark.
- 1986The famous Hand of God goal, scored by Diego Maradona in the quarter-finals of the 1986 FIFA World Cup match between Argentina and England, ignites controversy. This was later followed by the Goal of the Century. Argentina wins 2–1 and later goes on to win the World Cup.
Also observed on June 22
- Father's Day (Guernsey, Isle of Man, and Jersey)
- Teachers' Day (El Salvador)
- Windrush Day (UK)
Questions, answered
What star sign is June 22?
People born on June 22 are Cancer. Their birthstone is pearl and their birth flower is the rose.
Which famous people were born on June 22?
Meryl Streep (1949), Erich Maria Remarque (1898), Dan Brown (1964), Ada Yonath (1939), Billy Wilder (1906), Lee Min-ho (1987) were all born on June 22.
What happened on June 22 in history?
Among other things: in 1965, The Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea is signed; in 1984, Virgin Atlantic launches with its first flight from London to Newark; in 1986, The famous Hand of God goal, scored by Diego Maradona in the quarter-finals of the 1986 FIFA World Cup match between Argentina and England, ignites controversy. This was later followed by the Goal of the Century. Argentina wins 2–1 and later goes on to win the World Cup.
Can I get a newspaper front page from June 22?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any June 22 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “June 22”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.