Today is Monday, June 22, the 173rd day of 2026. On this day in history, American Joe Louis knocked out German Max Schmeling in just two minutes and four seconds to retain his heavyweight boxing title in front of 70,000 spectators at New York’s Yankee Stadium in 1938.
Other Notable Events
In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated for a second time as Emperor of the French. In 1941, Nazi Germany launched Operation Barbarossa, a massive invasion of the Soviet Union. In 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, also known as the “GI Bill of Rights,” which provided benefits to returning veterans.
In 1970, President Richard Nixon signed an extension of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that lowered the minimum voting age to 18. In 1977, John N. Mitchell became the first former U.S. attorney general to go to prison for his role in the Watergate cover-up. In 1981, Mark David Chapman pleaded guilty to killing rock star and former Beatle John Lennon.
Today’s Birthdays include actor Klaus Maria Brandauer, musician-producer Peter Asher, musician-producer Todd Rundgren, actor Meryl Streep, and singer-songwriter Cyndi Lauper.
Original reporting: Texarkana Gazette — read the source article.
