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June 22: 18-Year Vote, WWII Invasion, GI Bill, Crash

6/22/2026

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  • U.S. President Richard Nixon signed a 1970 Voting Rights Act extension on June 22, lowering the voting age to 18.
  • Nazi Germany began Operation Barbarossa on June 22, 1941, invading the Soviet Union.
  • U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the 1944 GI Bill on June 22, giving veterans tuition and loans.
  • A 2009 Metro train crash in Washington, D.C., killed nine and injured dozens.