Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/June 22
- 168 BC - In the Battle of Pydna, Roman forces defeated and captured Macedonian King Perseus.
- 1854 - The British Parliament abolished feudalism and the seigneurial system in British North America.
- 1937 - Camille Chautemps (pictured) became Prime Minister of France in the second Popular Front ministry.
- 1941 - Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union with Operation Barbarossa.
- 1986 - Argentine footballer Diego Maradona scored both the Hand of God goal and the Goal of the Century against England during the quarter-final match of the FIFA World Cup in Mexico City.