On This Day: Wednesday June 22, 2005 This is the 173rd day of the year, with 192 days remaining in 2005. Fact of the Day: Baby Boom After World War II, many industrialized countries experienced a "baby boom." Four countries in particular - the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand - experienced sustained and substantial rises in fertility from the depressed levels of the prewar period. In the U.S., for example, fertility rose by two-thirds, reaching levels between the 1950s and 1980 not seen since 1910, before World War I. Some even demarcate the Baby Boom period as being January 1, 1946-December 31, 1964 - in which over 77 million births occurred. Holidays Feast day of St Acacius, Saints John Fisher and Thomas More, St Paulinus of Nola, St Nicetas of Remesiana, and St Eberhard of Salzburg. Croatia: Antifascist Struggle Day. Events 1611 - After spending a winter trapped by ice in (now named) Hudson Bay, the crew of the Discovery mutinied against its captain, English navigator Henry Hudson, and set him, his teenage son, and seven supporters adrift in a small, open boat. Hudson and the others were never seen again. 1815 - Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated a second time. 1868 - Arkansas was re-admitted to the Union. 1870 - The US Congress created the Department of Justice. 1874 - Dr. Andrew Taylor Still began the first practice of osteopathy. 1910 - German bacteriologist Paul Ehrlich announced a cure for syphilis. 1933 - Hitler banned political parties in Germany other than the Nazis. 1941 - Germany invaded the Soviet Union. 1944 - President Franklin Roosevelt signed the GI Bill of Rights, authorizing a broad package of benefits for World War II veterans. 1970 - President Richard Nixon signed a measure lowering the voting age to 18. 1981 - Mark David Chapman pleaded guilty to killing rock star John Lennon. Births 1757 - George Vancouver, English navigator. 1898 - Erich Maria Remarque, German-born author. 1906 - Billy Wilder, Academy Award-winning director. 1907 - Ann Morrow Lindbergh, aviator, author. 1907 - Michael Todd (Avrom Godenborgen), producer. 1921 - Joseph Papp (Papirofsky), Pulitzer Prize-winning theatrical producer and director. 1922 - Bill Blass, fashion designer.