Year 1633
Pope forced Galileo Galilei to take back his view that the Sun is the center of the universe and not earth.
JUNE 22
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22 June: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 22 June.
Year 1897
Charles Rand, a British Indian civilian officer, was shot dead by Damodar Hari Chafekar.
Year 1908
Ascension of King George V of England.
Year 1918
The Hammond Circus Train Wreck kills 86 and injures 127 near Hammond, Indiana.
Year 1940
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose quitted the Congress and formed the All India Forward Bloc.
Year 1948
The 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.[3]
Year 1976
Canada abolished the death penalty.
Year 1986
The historic Argentina Vs England match was played in the FIFA World Cup in which the controversial ‘Hand of God goal’ by the legendary Diego Maradona has hit.
Born 1887
Julian Huxley, an English evolutionary biologist.
Born 1900
Ganesh Ghosh, an Indian independence activist, revolutionary, and politician.
Born 1910
John Hunt, Baron Hunt, Indian-English lieutenant and mountaineer (d. 1998)
Born 1927
Anthony Low, Indian-English historian and academic (d. 2015)
Born 1932
Amrish Puri, an Indian actor.
Born 1950
Tom Alter, Indian actor (d. 2017)
Born 1965
Anubhav Sinha, an Indian film director, producer, and writer.
Born 1974
Vijay, an Indian actor, dancer, playback singer, and philanthropist.
Died 1994
L. V. Prasad, an Indian film producer, actor, director, cinematographer, and businessman.
Died 2000
Kedarnath Agarwal, a Hindi language poet, and writer.
Died 2014
Rama Narayanan, an Indian film director, and producer.