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Scott Carpenter (1925–2013) was one of the Mercury Seven astronauts selected for NASA's Project Mercury. In 1962, Carpenter flew the Mercury-Atlas 7 mission to become the second American to orbit Earth and the fourth to fly into space. His spacecraft, which he named Aurora 7, malfunctioned and landed 250 miles (400 km) from its intended splashdown point. In 1964, Carpenter took a leave of absence to join the U.S. Navy's SEALAB project. During aquanaut training, he suffered injuries that grounded him, making him unavailable for further spaceflights. In 1965, he spent 28 days on the ocean floor as part of SEALAB II. He returned to NASA as Executive Assistant to the Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center. He retired from NASA in 1967 and the Navy in 1969, with the rank of commander. Carpenter became a consultant on space flight and oceanography. He appeared in television commercials and wrote a pair of technothrillers and an autobiography. (Full article...)

McKayla Maroney and Barack Obama "not impressed"

• ... that gymnast McKayla Maroney (pictured) caused an Internet phenomenon with her "not impressed" facial expression?
• ... that a nude painting of a Mexican revolutionary is housed at the Museum of Forbidden Art in Spain?
• ... that a lawsuit against the Early Winters Ski Resort reached the United States Supreme Court?
• ... that the legendary Areindama spear was said to make sour limes taste sweet when struck with it?
• ... that 291 people were killed in the sinking of the Hirano Maru?
• ... that American football player David Viaene could bench press over 500 pounds (230 kg) in college?
• ... that the 2024 Seattle International Film Festival sold 18,000 pounds (8,200 kg) of popcorn?
• ... that in 2006, a Namibian court ordered Hiskia Ndjoze-Uanivi's church to change its name as a result of a dispute with the Assemblies of God?
• ... that author Paul Corey built a door featured in Popular Science that both people and pets could open?

Aleksander Barkov

• In ice hockey, the Florida Panthers (captain Aleksander Barkov pictured) defeat the Edmonton Oilers to win the Stanley Cup.
• In motorsport, Robert Kubica, Yifei Ye, and Phil Hanson of AF Corse win the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
• In the US state of Minnesota, state representative Melissa Hortman is assassinated and state senator John Hoffman is injured.
• Former president of Nicaragua and first elected female president in the Americas Violeta Chamorro dies at the age of 95.

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 – Former British Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe was acquitted of conspiracy to murder Norman Scott, who had accused Thorpe of having a relationship with him.
• 2002 – A magnitude-6.5 earthquake struck northwestern Iran, killing at least 230 people and injuring 1,300 others; the official response, perceived to be slow, later caused widespread public anger.