June 22 in history: • 1593 – Habsburg troops defeated a larger Ottoman force at the Battle of Sisak in the Kingdom of Croatia, triggering the Long Turkish War. → go there • 1911 – King George V and Queen Mary (both pictured) were crowned at Westminster Abbey in London. → go there • 1941 – World War II: As Axis troops began their invasion of the Soviet Union, the Lithuanian Activist Front started an uprising to liberate Lithuania from Soviet occupation. → go there • 1979 – Former British Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe was acquitted of conspiracy to murder Norman Scott, who had accused Thorpe of having a relationship with him. → go there • 2002 – A magnitude-6.5 earthquake struck northwestern Iran, killing at least 230 people and injuring 1,300 others; the official response, perceived to be slow, later caused widespread public anger. → go there Died 1874: Howard Staunton Wiki link Died 1937: Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo Wiki link Born 1949: Elizabeth Warren Wiki link Born 1949: Meryl Streep Wiki link Pictured: George V and Mary after their coronation.