June 22 in history

22/06/2009

On June 22:

1856 English author H. Rider Haggard  was born.

 

1906 US author and aviator Anne Morrow Lindbergh was born.

Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh
 
1932 English Actress Prunella Scales  was born.
 
1969 The Cuyahoga River in north east Ohio caught fire, leading to a crack-down on pollution and providing impetus for the environmental movement.