Today's selected anniversaries: 22nd June 2024 1911: King George V and Queen Mary (both pictured) were crowned at Westminster Abbey in London. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_of_Teck 1941: World War II: As Axis troops began their invasion of the Soviet Union, the Lithuanian Activist Front started an uprising to liberate Lithuania from Soviet occupation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Uprising_in_Lithuania 1979: Former British Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe was acquitted of conspiracy to murder Norman Scott, who had accused Thorpe of having a relationship with him. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorpe_affair 2002: A magnitude-6.5 earthquake struck northwestern Iran, killing at least 230 people and injuring 1,300 others; the official response, perceived to be slow, later caused widespread public anger. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Bou%27in-Zahra_earthquake