Today in History - History - June 22nd

1944US President Franklin Roosevelt signs "GI Bill of Rights" (Servicemen's Readjustment Act)

1963"Little" Stevie Wonder (13) releases "Fingertips"

1930Lou Gehrig hits 3 HRs in a game, Ruth hits 3 in doubleheader

1982Prince Charles & Princess Diana take son Prince William home from hospital

1934John Dillinger is informally named America's first Public Enemy Number One

1946Speaking at a prayer meeting in New Delhi, Gandhi calls on the South African government to stop 'hooliganism' by Whites

1973George Harrison releases "Living in the Material World"

1938Joe Louis KOs Max Schmeling at 2:04 of 1st round at Yankee Stadium

18152nd abdication of Napoleon (after Waterloo)

1675Royal Greenwich Observatory established in England by Charles II

1903John Dillinger, Indianapolis Indiana, notorious bank robber

1949Meryl Streep, Summit, New Jersey, American actress (French Lieutenant's Woman, Sophie's Choice)

1947"Pistol" Pete Maravich, Aliquippa Pennsylvania, NBA star (Atlanta Hawks)

1971Mary Lynn Rajskub, Trenton, Michigan, American actress (Chloe O'Brian-24)

1964Dan Brown, Exeter, New Hampshire, American author of thriller fiction (The Da Vinci Code)

1918Cicely Saunders, Barnet, Hertfordshire, English Nurse, physician and writer who founded the first modern hospice (d. 2005)

1894Harry Houdini marries Bessie Rahner

1958NBA forward Elgin Baylor (23) weds Ruby Saunder at Mt Olive Baptist Church in Washington, DC

2003Actor Adam Sandler (36) weds actress-model Jackie Titone (28) at Dick Clark's oceanfront in Malibu, California

2011British actor best known as British secret agent "James Bond" Daniel Craig (43) weds film and theatre actress Rachel Weisz (41) at a private ceremony in New York

1969Writer and producer R. L. Stine (25) weds editor Jane Waldhorn

2013Star Wars creator George Lucas (69) weds Dreamworks Animation chairman Mellody Hobson (44) at Lucas' Skywalker Ranch in Marin County, California

1987Fred Astaire, actor/dancer (Royal Wedding, Let's Dance), dies at 88

1969Judy Garland, actress (Wizard of Oz, Easter Parade), dies at 47 of an overdose