On this day: June 22 (opens in new tab)

June 22: Windrush Day (United Kingdom) George V and Mary after their coronation 1593 – Habsburg troops defeated a larger Ottoman force at the Battle of Sisak in the Kingdom of Croatia, triggering the Long Turkish War. 1911 – King George V and Queen Mary (both pictured) were crowned at Westminster Abbey in London. 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. 1979 – F...