Historical Events for 22nd June 2023

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1936 - Virgin Islands receives a constitution from US (Organic Act)
1944 - British 14th Army frees Imphal, Assam from the Japanese
1959 - Shunryu Suzuki completes his historical Japan to SF voyage
1970 - Supreme Court ruled juries of less than 12 are constitutional
1973 - George Harrison releases his fourth studio album "Living in the Material World" in the UK
1982 - Prince Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales take their first new-born son Prince William home from hospital
1984 - Jolande van de Meer swims Dutch record 800 m freestyle (8:39.30)
1990 - Florida passes a law which prohibits wearing a thong bathing suit
2012 - Two Baghdad market bombings kill 14 people and injure 106
2022 - 6.1 magnitude earthquake, Afghanistan's deadliest in twenty years, strikes near Khost, in the south-east, killing at least 1000 and injuring 1500

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