The twenty-second day of June.

EventsEdit

• 1977: The Uniting Church in Australia formed.
• 1983: Sixteen-year-old Emanuela Orlandi, the daughter of a Vatican employee is kidnapped. An anonynmous phone call offers her release in exchange for the imprisoned Mehmet Ali Ağca, who attempted to assassinate Pope John Paul II on May 13, 1981.
• 2003: Pope John Paul II visits Banja Luka in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

BirthsEdit

• 1919. Birth of Ernesto Cardinal Corripio y Ahumada of Mexico, retired Archbishop of Mexico City.
• 1946. Linda Bond, General of the Salvation Army

DeathsEdit

• 431. Saint Paulinus of Nola, early Christian bishop, poet

Feast daysEdit

• Alban, first martyr of Britain.