Today is Monday, June 22, the 173rd day of 2015. There are 192 days left in the year.
1772 — Slavery outlawed in England
1815 — Second abdication of Napoleon (after Waterloo)
1847 — Doughnut created
1910 — First airship with passengers sets afloat-Zeppelin Deutscheland
1940 — France falls to Nazi Germany; armistice signed, France disarmed
1941 — Germany declares war on Soviet Union during WW II
1978 — Pluto’s moon Charon discovered by James Christy
1981 — John McEnroe exhibits a disgraceful act of misbehavior at Wimbledon
1981 — Mark David Chapman pleads guilty to killing John Lennon
1982 — Prince Charles and Lady Diana take Prince William home from hospital
1983 — First time a satellite is retrieved from orbit by Space Shuttle
1991 — Underwater volcano, Mt. Didicas, erupts in Philippines