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Today in History: June 22
1772 Slavery is outlawed in England.

1807 British seamen board the USS Chesapeake, a provocation leading to the War of 1812.

1876 General Alfred Terry sends Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer to the Rosebud and Little Bighorn rivers to search for Indian villages.

1910 German bacteriologist Paul Ehrlich announces a definitive cure for syphilis.

1933 Adolf Hitler bans political parties in Germany other than the Nazis.

1941 Under the code-name Barbarossa, Germany invades the Soviet Union.

1942 A Japanese submarine shells Fort Stevens at the mouth of the Columbia River.

1944 President Franklin Roosevelt signs the "GI Bill of Rights" to provide broad benefits for veterans of the war.

1970 President Richard Nixon signs the 26th amendment, lowering the voting age to 18.

1980 The Soviet Union announces a partial withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan.

1981 Mark David Chapman pleads guilty to killing John Lennon.

Born on June 22
1898 Erich Maria Remarque, German novelist (All Quiet on the Western Front).

1941 Ed Bradley, broadcast journalist.

JOTD
A woman walked by a pet shop on the way to work

A parrot in the window looks at her and says "you're ugly". The woman immediately complains to the shop owner and he promises he will talk to the parrot about his rude behavior.
The next day as she's walking past the pet shop it happens again - the parrot looks at her and says "you're ugly!" Again she complains to the shop owner - he is very angry with his bird and promises that he will handle the situation and it will not happen again.
The next day on her way to work she hesitantly approaches the shop on the sidewalk. As she comes into view the parrot looks at her, cocks his head and says "you know".