Gehrig
New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig, left, backstops for pitcher Red Ruffing, who is batting in the Yankees warm-up period, in New York City on June 22, 1939. Gehrig, who ended his baseball career after 2,130 consecutive games, suffers from a rare degenerative disease called Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. (AP Photo)
Albert Einstein
Margot Einstein and her illustrious father, Dr. Albert Einstein, arrive on June 22,1940 at the Federal Building at Trenton, New Jersey., where the exiled German mathematician took his final examination for American citizenship today. The man at Einsteins right is an unidentified reporter. Einstein, a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, New Jersey., will become a citizen in three months. (AP Photo)
Boston, Mas. Traffic Jam
Traffic along Boston?s ?Newspaper Row? on Washington Street (above) in the downtown hub section returned to its customary/Jammed state in Boston, on June 22, 1942 not long surprise daylight air raid test alarm ended. Old South Church is in the background. (AP Photo)
FDR Signs GI Bill 1944
President Franklin D. Roosevelt puts his signature on the G.I. Bill of Rights at the White House, putting into law the measure for veterans aid, June 22, 1944. Looking on from left to right are: Sen. Bennett Clark (D-Mo.); Rep. J. Harbin Peterson (D-Fla.); Rep. A. Leonard Allen (D-La.); Rep. John Rankin (D-Miss.); Rep. Paul Cunningham (R- Ia.); Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers (R-Mass.); J.M. Sullivan; Sen. Walter George (D-Ga.); John Steele; and Sen. Robert Wagner (D-N.Y.) Sullivan and Steele are American Legion officials who helped sponsor the bill. (AP Photo/Robert Clover)
Red Sox MVP Williams 1947
Ted Williams, Boston Red Sox outfielder, receives the 1946 Most Valuable Player in American League award from Joe Cashman, representing the Baseball Writers Association, at Fenway Park in Boston, June 22, 1947.
Ferrari Le Mans Motor Race France 1958
Belgium's Olivier Gendebein, in a works-entered Ferrari, crosses the finish line to win the 24 hour endurance race for sports cars at Le Mans, France on June 22, 1958. Gendebein and his co-pilot, Phil Hill of Los Angeles, covered 2,548 miles at an average speed of 106.2 miles an hour. There was one fatal accident and several other crashes during the race, which for much of the time run in rain and mist. (AP Photo)
James Meredith
James Meredith, shot and wounded in Mississippi on a civil rights march, addresses the National Press Club in Washington on June 22, 1966. (AP Photo/William A. Smith)
Transparent Furniture
South-Vietnamese-born designer, Quasar, sits on one of his plastic armchairs while listening to music through headphones while his assistant Angelica Lopez sleeps on a plastic bed in Paris, France on June 22, 1967. Quasar is the husband of Paris fashion designer Emmanuelle Khann who made a name for herself by designing the first plastic disc dresses. (AP Photo/Michel Laurent)
Mount Hood
A view is shown of Mount Hood, in Oregon, 1971. On June 22, 1971, mountain climbers roped together for their descent from Mount Hood, fell 2,000 to 3,000 feet down the Oregon mountain's slopes, killing five and injuring at least four, authorities and survivors say. (AP Photo)
Richard Nixon, Leonid Brezhnev
President Richard Nixon drives Soviet party leader Leonid I. Brezhnev to the Western White House in a golf cart after their arrival by helicopter from El Toro Marine Air Station in San Clemente, Calif., June 22, 1973. The two leaders flew across the nation in the president's plane to continue their week-long discussions. (AP Photo)
Koch Newport Jazz
New York City Mayor Edward Koch, center, joins jazz veterans Gerry Mulligan, left, and Benny Goodman, right, during their rehearsal at New York's Gracie Mansion, June 22, 1979 for the Newport Jazz festival, opening Friday evening at Carnegie Hall. Accompanying the jazz greats are the tri-state McDonalds High School Jazz ensembles, background. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler)
Cast members of “Fame”
Cast members of the television series “Fame,” dance in New York City’s Times Square on June 22, 1982, afternoon during a filming of a show’s segment. (AP Photo/Mark Elias)
Space Shuttle Discovery
Space shuttle orbiter Discovery is suspended from a cradle as workmen prepare it for a vertical hoist in the vehicle assembly building, June 22, 1988, where it will be mated with the external tanks and two solid rocket boosters. NASA expects for the space shuttle to be launched in late August or early September. (AP Photo/Terry Renna)
PINATUBO ERRUPTION
As ash from erupting Mount Pinatubo blocks the midday sun, Filipino tribesmen in Tarlac, north of Manila, cover their faces and flee villages near the volcano June 22, 1991. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)
Feast Of Eid al-Adha
Tens of thousands of Muslims kneel in prayer at dawn in front of Cairo's Mustafa Mahmoud Mosque to start Eid al-Adha, a four-day feast observing the story of the prophet Abraham, June 22, 1991. (AP Photo)
1994 World Cup
United States defender Alexi Lalas jubilates after the United States defeating Colombia 2-1, in a World Cup soccer championship Group A first-round match at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., June 22, 1994. it was an upset for Colombia, who was considered one of the top choice to take the Cup honors. (AP Photo/Eric Draper)
1994 World Cup
Colombian midfielder Leonel Alvarez, left, shows dejection as the United States team celebrates in the background after scoring their second goal of the game to defeat Colombia 2-1 during the World Cup soccer championship Group A first-round match at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., June 22, 1994. (AP Photo/Lois Bernstein)
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On June 22, 1940: During World War II, Adolf Hitler gained a stunning victory as France was forced to sign an armistice eight days after German forces overran Paris.