Portal:United States/Anniversaries/June/June 22
Appearance
- Chesapeake–Leopard Affair (pictured), the British warship HMS Leopard attacks and boards the American frigate USS Chesapeake.
- 1825 – The British Parliament abolishes feudalism and the seigneurial system in British North America.
- 1944 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs into law the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill.
- Simon B. Buckner.
- Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, and the creation of the federal Environmental Protection Agency and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.
On this day for the United States
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Events
- fraternity Delta Kappa Epsilon is founded at Yale University.
- United States Marines land in Cuba.
- 1918 – Hammond Circus Train Wreck kills 86 and injures 127 near Hammond, Indiana.
- 1969 – The Cuyahoga River caught fire, which triggered a crack-down on pollution in the river.