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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.
