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.
- 1893 - The Royal Navy battleship HMS Camperdown accidentally collided with and sank the British Mediterranean Fleet flagship HMS Victoria, taking 358 crew members with her.
- 1941 - World War II: As Nazi Germany began to invade the Soviet Union, the Lithuanian underground government started an uprising to liberate Lithuania from Soviet occupation.
- 1986 - Argentine footballer Diego Maradona (pictured) 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.