So you want to have a drink but you aren't sure why? Here are some GREAT reasons to call your friends over and have a party.

June 22nd


- Anti-Fascist Struggle Day (Croatia)
- Christian Feast Day
- Teacher's Day (El Salvador)

June 22nd


- 2009 - Washington Metro train collision: Two Metro trains collide in Washington, D.C., USA, killing 9 and injuring over 80.
- 2009 - Eastman Kodak Company announces that it will discontinue sales of the Kodachrome Color Film, concluding its 74-year run as a photography icon.
- 2003 - The largest hailstone ever recorded falls in Aurora, Nebraska
- 2002 - An earthquake measuring 6.5 Mw strikes a region of northwestern Iran killing at least 261 people and injuring 1,300 others and eventually causing widespread public anger due to the slowness of the victims receiving aid and supplies.
- 1990 - Checkpoint Charlie is dismantled in Berlin.
- 1984 - Virgin Atlantic Airways launches with its first flight from London Heathrow Airport.
- 1978 - Charon, a satellite of the dwarf planet Pluto, is discovered by American astronomer James Christy.
- 1976 - The Canadian House of Commons abolishes capital punishment.
- 1969 - The Cuyahoga River catches fire, which triggers a crack-down on pollution in the river.
- 1962 - An Air France Boeing 707 jet crashes in bad weather in Guadeloupe, West Indies, killing 113.
- 1957 - The Soviet Union launches an R-12 missile for the first time (in the Kapustin Yar).
- 1945 - World War II: The Battle of Okinawa ends when organised resistance of Imperial Japanese Army forces collapses in the Mabuni area on the southern tip of the main island.
- 1944 - Opening day of the Soviet Union's Operation Bagration against the Army Group Centre.
- 1944 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs into law the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill.
- 1942 - Erwin Rommel is promoted to Field Marshal after the capture of Tobruk.
- 1941 - Germany invades the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa. The Soviet 22 June Song is dedicated to this day.
- 1941 - The June Uprising in Lithuania begins.
- 1941 - Various Communist and Socialist French Resistance movements merge to one group.
- 1940 - France is forced to sign the Second Compičgne armistice with Germany.
- 1922 - Herrin massacre: 19 strikebreakers and 2 union miners are killed in Herrin, Illinois.
- 1918 - The Hammond Circus Train Wreck kills 86 and injures 127 near Hammond, Indiana.
- 1911 - George V and Mary of Teck are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
- 1907 - The London Underground's Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens.
- 1906 - The flag of Sweden is adopted.
- 1898 - Spanish-American War: United States Marines land in Cuba.
- 1897 - British colonial officers Charles Walter Rand and Lt. Charles Egerton Ayerst are assassinated in Pune, Maharashtra, India by the Chapekar brothers and Mahadeo Vinayak Ranade, who are later caught and hanged.
- 1893 - The Royal Navy battleship HMS Camperdown accidentally rams the British Mediterranean Fleet flagship HMS Victoria which sinks taking 358 crew with her including the fleet's commander, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon.
- 1848 - Beginning of the June Days Uprising in Paris.
- 1844 - North American fraternity Delta Kappa Epsilon is founded at Yale University.
- 1825 - The British Parliament abolishes feudalism and the seigneurial system in British North America.
- 1807 - In the Chesapeake–Leopard Affair, the British warship HMS Leopard attacks and boards the American frigate USS Chesapeake.
- 1783 - A poisonous cloud caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano in Iceland reaches Le Havre in France.
- 1633 - The Holy Office in Rome forces Galileo Galilei to recant his view that the Sun, not the Earth, is the center of the Universe.
- 1593 - Battle of Sisak: Allied Christian troops defeat the Turks.
- -168 - Battle of Pydna: Romans under Lucius Aemilius Paullus defeat and capture Macedonian King Perseus ending the Third Macedonian War.
- -217 - Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV Philopator of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom.

June 22nd


- 1993 - Ingmar Lazar, French classical pianist
- 1990 - Kei Inoo, Japanese actor and singer
- 1989 - Jung Yong Hwa, Korean actor and singer
- 1988 - Omri Casspi, Israeli pro basketball player
- 1987 - Joe Dempsie, English actor
- 1987 - Danny Green, American basketball player
- 1987 - Lee Min Ho, Korean actor
- 1987 - Nikita Rukavytsya, Australian footballer
- 1986 - Ramin Ott, American Samoan footballer
- 1985 - Rosa Kato, Italian-Japanese model and actress
- 1985 - Sofoklis Schortsanitis, Greek-Cameroonian basketball player
- 1985 - Scott MacIntyre, American singer
- 1984 - Dustin Johnson, American golfer
- 1984 - Jerome Taylor, Jamaican cricketer
- 1984 - Janko Tipsarevi?, Serbian tennis player
- 1982 - Soraia Chaves, Portuguese actress and model
- 1982 - Ian Kinsler, American baseball player
- 1981 - Chris Urbanowicz, British guitarist (Editors)
- 1981 - Sione Lauaki, New Zealand All Black rugby player
- 1979 - Joey Cheek, American speed skater
- 1979 - Brad Hawpe, American baseball player
- 1979 - Leire Martínez, Spanish-Basque singer and songwriter (La Oreja de Van Gogh)
- 1979 - Thomas Voeckler, French cyclist
- 1978 - Champ Bailey, American football player
- 1978 - Tim Driesen, Belgian actor, singer and songwriter
- 1978 - Jai Rodriguez, American TV personality
- 1978 - Dan Wheldon, British race car driver
- 1976 - Gordon Moakes, English multi-instrumentalist (Bloc Party)
- 1975 - Müslüm Can, Turkish footballer
- 1975 - Kenshin Kawakami, Japanese baseball player
- 1975 - Andreas Klöden, German cyclist
- 1975 - Laila Rouass, Moroccan-Indian actress
- 1974 - Donald Faison, American actor
- 1974 - Vijay, Indian actor
- 1973 - Carson Daly, American television personality
- 1972 - David Rees, American cartoonist
- 1971 - Mary Lynn Rajskub, American actress
- 1971 - Kurt Warner, American football player
- 1970 - Michel Elefteriades, Greek-Lebanese politician and businessman
- 1970 - Steven Page, Canadian singer (Barenaked Ladies)
- 1968 - Darrell Armstrong, American basketball player
- 1966 - Schooly D, American rapper
- 1966 - Michael Park, English WRC co-pilot (d. 2005)
- 1966 - Emmanuelle Seigner, French actress
- 1965 - ?ubomír Morav?ík, Slovak footballer
- 1965 - Uwe Boll, German film director
- 1964 - Amy Brenneman, American actress
- 1964 - Dan Brown, American writer
- 1963 - Randy Couture, American mixed martial artist
- 1963 - Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 61st Yokozuna
- 1963 - John Tenta, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 2006)
- 1962 - Stephen Chow, Hong Kong actor and director
- 1962 - Clyde Drexler, American basketball player
- 1962 - Bobby Gillespie, Scottish vocalist and drummer (Primal Scream, The Jesus and Mary Chain)
- 1962 - Gerald Hillringhaus, German footballer
- 1961 - Stephen Batchelor, British field-hockey player
- 1961 - Jimmy Somerville, Scottish singer (Bronski Beat, Communards)
- 1960 - Erin Brockovich-Ellis, American environmental activist
- 1960 - Tracy Pollan, American actress
- 1959 - Wayne Federman, American comedian
- 1959 - Nicola Sirkis, French singer and lyricist (Indochine)
- 1959 - Ed Viesturs, American mountaineer
- 1959 - Mike O'Meara, American radio personality
- 1958 - Bruce Campbell, American actor
- 1957 - Danny Baker, English comedy writer and radio presenter
- 1957 - Garry Gary Beers, Australian bassist (INXS)
- 1956 - Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Pakistani statesman
- 1956 - Tim Russ, American actor
- 1956 - Alfons De Wolf, Belgian cyclist
- 1955 - Green Gartside, Welsh singer and songwriter (Scritti Politti)
- 1954 - Freddie Prinze, American actor and comedian (d. 1977)
- 1953 - Wim Eijk, Dutch Roman Catholic Archbishop
- 1953 - Cyndi Lauper, American singer
- 1953 - Bruce McAvaney, Australian sports broadcaster
- 1952 - Graham Greene, Canadian actor
- 1950 - Zenonas Petrauskas, Lithuanian lawyer and politician (d. 2009)
- 1949 - Alan Osmond, American singer (The Osmonds)
- 1949 - Meryl Streep, American actress
- 1949 - Lindsay Wagner, American actress
- 1949 - Elizabeth Warren, American attorney and law professor
- 1948 - Todd Rundgren, American songwriter and record producer
- 1947 - Octavia Butler, American author (d. 2006)
- 1947 - Howard Kaylan, American singer (The Turtles, Flo & Eddie)
- 1947 - David Lander, American actor and baseball scout
- 1947 - Pete Maravich, American basketball player (d. 1988)
- 1947 - Jerry Rawlings, Ghanaian politician
- 1946 - Eliades Ochoa, Cuban guitarist (Buena Vista Social Club)
- 1944 - Peter Asher, British singer, guitarist and producer (Peter & Gordon)
- 1944 - Klaus Maria Brandauer, Austrian actor
- 1943 - Judith Barker, English actress
- 1943 - Eumir Deodato, Brazilian jazz keyboardist, record producer and arranger
- 1943 - Brit Hume, American news anchor and commentator
- 1941 - Ed Bradley, American journalist (d. 2006)
- 1941 - Michael Lerner, American actor
- 1940 - Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian filmmaker and poet
- 1940 - Esther Rantzen, British TV presenter
- 1939 - Don Matthews, American football coach
- 1936 - Kris Kristofferson, American singer, songwriter and actor
- 1936 - Hermeto Pascoal, Brazilian musician
- 1933 - Dianne Feinstein, American politician
- 1933 - Jacques Martin, French TV host (d. 2007)
- 1933 - Libor Pešek, Czech conductor
- 1932 - Amrish Puri, Indian actor (d. 2005)
- 1932 - Prunella Scales, English actress
- 1930 - Yuri Artyukhin, Russian cosmonaut (d. 1998)
- 1930 - Walter Bonatti, Italian mountaineer
- 1927 - Ann Petersen, Belgian actress (d. 2003)
- 1922 - Bill Blass, American fashion designer (d. 2002)
- 1922 - Mona Lisa, Filipino actress
- 1922 - Géza Vermes, Hungarian author and religious scholar
- 1921 - Joseph Papp, American director and producer (d. 1991)
- 1920 - Paul Frees, American voice actor (d. 1986)
- 1920 - Jovito Salonga, Filipino politician and activist
- 1919 - Gower Champion, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1980)
- 1916 - Johnny Jacobs, American television announcer (d. 1982)
- 1912 - Princess Caroline Mathilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1983)
- 1910 - John Hunt, India-born British mountaineer (d. 1998)
- 1910 - Peter Pears, English tenor (d. 1986)
- 1910 - Konrad Zuse, German engineer (d. 1995)
- 1909 - Maurice Adler, American film producer (d. 1960)
- 1907 - Mike Todd, American film producer (d. 1958)
- 1906 - Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American writer and pilot, wife of Charles Lindbergh (d. 2001)
- 1906 - Billy Wilder, Austrian-born American film director (d. 2002)
- 1903 - John Dillinger, American bank robber (d. 1934)
- 1903 - Carl Hubbell, American baseball player (d. 1988)
- 1902 - Marguerite De La Motte, American actress (d. 1950)
- 1899 - Micha? Kalecki, Polish economist (d. 1970)
- 1898 - Erich Maria Remarque, German writer (d. 1970)
- 1897 - Edmund A. Chester, American broadcaster and journalist (d. 1973)
- 1897 - Norbert Elias, German sociologist (d. 1990)
- 1892 - Robert Ritter von Greim, German field marshal (d. 1945)
- 1888 - Harold Burton, American jurist (d. 1964)
- 1887 - Julian Huxley, British biologist (d. 1975)
- 1885 - Milan Vidmar, Slovenian engineer and chess player (d. 1962)
- 1884 - James Rector, American sprinter (d. 1949)
- 1879 - Thibaudeau Rinfret, Canadian jurist (d. 1962)
- 1871 - William McDougall, British psychologist and polymath (d. 1938)
- 1864 - Hermann Minkowski, German mathematician (d. 1909)
- 1861 - Maximilian von Spee, Denmark-born German admiral (d. 1914)
- 1856 - H. Rider Haggard, English writer (d. 1925)
- 1845 - Tom Dula, American folk character (d. 1868)
- 1837 - Paul Morphy, American chess master (d. 1884)
- 1805 - Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian politician (d. 1872)
- 1767 - Wilhelm von Humboldt, German philosopher and statesman (d. 1835)
- 1757 - George Vancouver, British explorer (d. 1798)
- 1738 - Jacques Delille, French poet and translator (d. 1813)
- 1713 - Lord John Sackville, English cricketer (d. 1765)
- 1704 - John Taylor, English classical scholar (d. 1766)
- 1684 - Francesco Manfredini, Italian baroque composer (d. 1762)
- 1680 - Ebenezer Erskine, Scottish religious dissenter (d. 1754)