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Today in History:Saturday, June22, 2013
歷史上的今天：2013年6月22日，星期六
June 22nd, 1940. France falls to Nazi Germany during WWII, forced to sign an armistice 8 days after German troops overrun Paris.
On the same day a year later, the Nazis invade the Soviet Union, a move that proves disastrous for Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich.
1945. During the final months of WWII, the battle of Okinawa ends in the Pacific. The United States secures the Japanese island after nearly 12 weeks of fighting that’s among the war’s bloodiest.
1938. Heavyweight boxing champ Joe Louis knocks out Germany’s Max Schmeling in round 1 of their rematch. Announcer Clem McCarthy is ringside for the fight at New York’s Yankee stadium.
1969. over the rainbow In London, singer and actress Judy Garland dies of an accidental overdose of sleeping pills. She was 47.
And 1987. just the way you look tonight. Actor and dancer Fred Astaire who teamed up with Ginger Rogers on the silver screen dies in Los Angeles at age 88.
Today in History, June 22nd. Ross Simpson, the Associated Press.
