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June 15 is the 166th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (167th in leap years ), with 199 days remaining.
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1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances
5 External links
Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a solar eclipse that will be used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history.
923 - Battle of Soissons : King Robert I of France is killed and King Charles the Simple is arrested by the supporters of Duke Rudolph of Burgundy .
1184 - King Magnus V of Norway is killed at the battle of Fimreite .
1215 - King John of England puts his seal to the Magna Carta .
1219 - Dannebrog - oldest national flag in the world - and flag of Denmark . According to legend, fell from the sky during the Battle of Lyndanisse (now Tallinn ) in Estonia , and turned the Danes' luck.
1246 - With the death of Duke Frederick II , the Babenberg dynasty ends in Austria .
1389 - Battle of Kosovo : The Ottoman Empire defeats Serbs and Bosnians .
1520 - Pope Leo X threatens to excommunicate Martin Luther .
1580 - Phillip II of Spain declares William the Silent to be an outlaw.
1667 - The first human blood transfusion is administered by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys .
1752 - Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity .
1775 - American Revolutionary War : George Washington is appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army .
1776 - Delaware Separation Day - Delaware votes to suspend government under the British Crown and separate officially from Pennsylvania .
1785 - Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier , co-pilot of the first-ever manned flight (1783 ), and his companion, Pierre Romain , become the first-ever casualties of an air crash when their hot air balloon explodes during their attempt to cross the English Channel .
1804 - New Hampshire approves the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution , ratifying the document.
1808 - Joseph Bonaparte becomes King of Spain.
1836 - Arkansas is admitted as the 25th U.S. state .
1844 - Charles Goodyear receives a patent for vulcanization , a process to strengthen rubber .
1846 - The Oregon Treaty establishes the 49th parallel as the border between the United States and Canada , from the Rocky Mountains to the Strait of Juan de Fuca .
1859 - Pig War : Ambiguity in the Oregon Treaty leads to the "Northwestern Boundary Dispute" between U.S. and British /Canadian settlers.
1864 - American Civil War : Siege of Petersburg begins.
1864 - Arlington National Cemetery is established when 200 acres (0.8 km²) around Arlington Mansion are officially set aside as a military cemetery by U.S. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton .
1877 - Henry Ossian Flipper becomes the first African American cadet to graduate from the United States Military Academy .
1888 - Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II and is the last emperor of the German Empire
1904 - A fire aboard the steamboat General Slocum New York City 's East River kills 1000.
1905 - Princess Margaret of Connaught marries Gustav, Crown Prince of Sweden .
1909 - Representatives from England , Australia and South Africa meet at Lord's and form the Imperial Cricket Conference .
1911 - Tabulating Computing Recording Corporation (IBM ) is incorporated.
1913 - The Battle of Bud Bagsak in the Philippine concludes.
1916 - U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America , making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter.
1919 - John Alcock and Arthur Brown complete first nonstop transatlantic flight at Clifden , County Galway , Ireland .
1920 - Duluth lynchings in Minnesota
1924 - Native Americans are proclaimed United States citizens.
1934 - The U.S.'s Great Smoky Mountains National Park is founded.
1944 - World War II : Battle of Saipan : The United States invades Saipan .
1944 - In the Saskatchewan general election, 1944 , the CCF , led by Tommy Douglas , is elected and forms the first socialist government of North America .
1945 - The General Dutch Youth League (ANJV) is founded in Amsterdam , Netherlands .
1954 - UEFA (the Union des Associations Européennes de Football) is formed in Basle , Switzerland .
1955 - The Eisenhower administration stages the first annual "Operation Alert" (OPAL) exercise, an attempt to assess the USA's preparations for a nuclear attack.
1962 - Students for a Democratic Society complete the Port Huron Statement .
1991 - Birth of the first federal political party in Canada that supports Quebec nationalism , the Bloc Québécois .
1992 - The United States Supreme Court rules in US vs. Alvarez-Machain that it is permissible for the USA to abduct suspects in foreign countries and bring them to the USA for trial, without approval from those other countries. No reciprocal right is recognized for the reverse to happen in the USA.
1994 - Israel and Vatican City establish full diplomatic relations .
1996 - In Manchester , UK , a terrorist bomb injures over 200 people and devastates a large part of the city centre.
Births 1330 - Edward the Black Prince , Prince of Wales (d. 1376 )
1594 - Nicolas Poussin , French painter (d. 1665 )
1623 - Cornelis de Witt , Dutch politician (d. 1672 )
1624 - Hiob Ludolf , German orientalist (d. 1704 )
1640 - Bernard Lamy , French mathematician (d. 1715 )
1755 - Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy , French chemist (d. 1809 )
1765 - Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger , German mathematician (d. 1831 )
1767 - Rachel Donelson Jackson , First Lady of the United States
1789 - Josiah Henson , American slave and settlement founder (d. 1883 )
1801 - Benjamin Raymond , Mayor of Chicago (d. 1883 )
1805 - William Butler Ogden , first Mayor of Chicago (d. 1877 )
1809 - François-Xavier Garneau , French Canadian poet and historian (d. 1866 )
1843 - Edvard Grieg , Norwegian composer (d. 1907 )
1875 - Herman Smith-Johannsen , cross-country skier (d. 1987 )
1882 - Ion Antonescu , Prime Minister of Romania (d. 1946 )
1884 - Harry Langdon , American actor (d. 1944 )
1888 - Ramón López Velarde , Mexican poet (d. 1921 )
1894 - Nikolai Chebotaryov , Ukrainian mathematician (d. 1947 )
1900 - Gotthard Günther , German philosopher (d. 1984 )
1902 - Erik Erikson , psychoanalyst (d. 1994 )
1906 - Léon Degrelle , Belgian SS officer (d. 1994 )
1910 - David Rose , American songwriter, composer and orchestra leader (d. 1990 )
1911 - W.V. Awdry , British children's writer (d. 1997 )
1914 - Yuri Andropov , General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (d. 1984 )
1914 - Saul Steinberg , Romanian-American cartoonist (d. 1999 )
1915 - Thomas Huckle Weller , American virologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1916 - Herbert Simon , American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2001 )
1917 - John Fenn , American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1917 - Lash La Rue , American actor (d. 1996 )
1917 - Michalis Genitsaris , Greek singer and composer (d. 2005 )
1920 - Alberto Sordi , Italian actor and director (d. 2003 )
1921 - Errol Garner , American musician (d. 1977 )
1922 - John Veale , English composer (d. 2006 )
1924 - Ezer Weizman , 7th President of Israel (d. 2005 )
1926 - Shigeru Kayano , Japanese Ainu activist (d. 2006 )
1927 - Ibn-e-Insha , Pakistani humourist and Urdu poet (d. 1978 )
1930 - Marcel Pronovost , professional ice hockey player
1932 - Mario Cuomo , Governor of New York
1933 - Sergio Endrigo , Italian singer (d. 2005 )
1936 - William Joseph Levada , American Catholic prelate
1937 - Waylon Jennings , American singer (d. 2002 )
1938 - Billy Williams , baseball player
1939 - Ward Connerly , American political figure
1939 - Brian Jacques , British author
1941 - Harry Nilsson , American singer and composer (d. 1994 )
1942 - John E. McLaughlin , former Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
1943 - Xaviera Hollander , Dutch author
1943 - Poul Nyrup Rasmussen , Prime Minister of Denmark
1943 - Johnny Hallyday , French singer and actor
1943 - Demis Roussos , Greek singer
1943 - Muff Winwood , British songwriter, producer and bassist (Spencer Davis Group )
1945 - Miriam Defensor-Santiago , Philippine senator
1945 - Nicola Pagett , British actress
1946 - Noddy Holder , English singer (Slade )
1946 - Demis Roussos , Greek singer
1947 - John Hoagland , American photographer
1948 - Mike Holmgren , American football coach
1949 - Dusty Baker , baseball player and manager
1949 - Simon Callow , British actor
1949 - Russell Hitchcock , Member of Air Supply
1949 - Jim Varney , American actor (d. 2000 )
1950 - Lakshmi Mittal , Indian industrialist
1951 - Steve Walsh , American singer (Kansas )
1953 - Rita Lee , Playboy Playmate
1954 - James Belushi , American actor
1954 - Paul Rusesabagina , Manager of Hôtel des Mille Collines during the Rwandan genocide
1955 - Julie Hagerty , American actress
1957 - Seppo Pääkkönen , Finnish actor
1958 - Wade Boggs , baseball player
1958 - Riccardo Paletti , Italian racing driver (d. 1982 )
1959 - Eileen Davidson , American actress
1960 - Michèle Laroque , French actress
1960 - Marieke van Doorn , Dutch field hockey player
1961 - Kai Eckhardt , German musician (Garaj Mahal )
1961 - Dave McAuley , Northern Irish boxer
1961 - Yoshimi Iwasaki , Japanese singer/actress
1962 - Andrea Rost , Hungarian soprano
1963 - Helen Hunt , American actress
1963 - Nigel Walker , Welsh athlete and rugby union player
1964 - Courteney Cox , American actress
1964 - Michael Laudrup , Danish footballer
1965 - Adam Smith , American politician
1966 - Idalis DeLeon , American actress/singer
1967 - Yuji Ueda , Japanese voice actor
1968 - Oh Dal-su , South Korean actor
1969 - Ice Cube , American rapper
1969 - Oliver Kahn , German footballer
1969 - Cédric Pioline , French tennis player
1970 - Leah Remini , American actress
1970 - Gaëlle Méchaly , French soprano
1971 - Edwin Brienen , Dutch director
1971 - Bif Naked , Canadian musician
1972 - Justin Leonard , American golfer
1972 - Andy Pettitte , American baseball player
1972 - Marcus Hahnemann , American footballer
1972 - Hank Von Helvete , Turbonegro Frontman
1973 - Neil Patrick Harris , American actor
1973 - Tore André Flo , Norwegian footballer
1973 - Pia Miranda , Australian actress
1973 - Greg Vaughan , American actor
1975 - Elizabeth Reaser , American actress
1975 - Rachel Wacholder , American beach volleyballer
1977 - Nina Liu , Australian actress
1978 - Wilfred Bouma , Dutch footballer
1978 - Zach Day , American baseball player
1979 - Yulia Nesterenko , Belarusian athlete
1979 - Julia Schultz , American model
1980 - Mary Carey , American adult actress
1980 - Almudena Cid , Spanish gymnast
1980 - Cara Zavaleta , American model
1981 - William Dean Martin , American musician
1983 - Julia Fischer , German violinist
1983 - Derek Anderson , American football player
1985 - Nadine Coyle , Northern Irish singer (Girls Aloud )
1988 - Miku Ishida , Japanese teen idol
1989 - Ricky Engelman , Brazilian bikini waxer
Deaths 923 - Robert I of France (b. c. 865 )
1073 - Emperor Go-Sanjō of Japan (b. 1034 )
1246 - Duke Frederick II of Austria (b. 1219 )
1341 - Andronicus III Palaeologus , Eastern Roman Emperor (b. 1297 )
1381 - John Cavendish , Lord Chief Justice of England
1381 - Wat Tyler , English rebel
1383 - John VI Cantacuzenus , Byzantine Emperor
1389 - Prince Lazar , Serbian Orthodox saint (b. 1329 )
1467 - Philip III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1396 )
1521 - Tamás Bakócz . Hungarian Catholic cardinal and statesman (b. 1442 )
1614 - Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton , English politician (b. 1540 )
1679 - Guillaume Courtois , French painter (b. 1628 )
1724 - Henry Sacheverell , English churchman and politician (b. 1674 )
1750 - Marguerite De Launay, Baronne Staal , French writer (b. 1684 )
1768 - James Short , Scottish mathematician and optician (b. 1710 )
1772 - Louis-Claude Daquin , French composer (b. 1694 )
1849 - James Knox Polk , 11th President of the United States (b. 1795 )
1858 - Ary Scheffer , Dutch-French painter (b. 1795 )
1888 - Emperor Friedrich III of Germany (b. 1831 )
1889 - Mihai Eminescu , Romanian poet (b. 1850 )
1917 - Kristian Birkeland , Norwegian physicist (b. 1867 )
1934 - Alfred Bruneau , French composer (b. 1857 )
1941 - Evelyn Underhill , British writer (b. 1875 )
1941 - Otfrid Foerster , German neurologist (b. 1873 )
1962 - Alfred Cortot , Swiss pianist (b. 1877 )
1965 - E. A. Speiser , American Bible scholar (b. 1902 )
1968 - Sam Crawford , baseball player (b. 1880 )
1968 - Wes Montgomery , American jazz guitarist (b. 1925 )
1971 - Wendell Meredith Stanley , American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904 )
1976 - Jimmy Dykes , baseball player and manager (b. 1896 )
1983 - Srirangam Srinivasarao , also known as Sri Sri, Telugu poet (b. 1910 )
1984 - Meredith Willson , American composer (b. 1902 )
1985 - Andy Stanfield , American athlete (b. 1927 )
1989 - Victor French , American actor (b. 1934 )
1991 - Arthur Lewis , British economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915 )
1993 - John Connally , American politician (b. 1917 )
1993 - James Hunt , English race car driver (b. 1947 )
1994 - Manos Hadjidakis , Greek composer (b. 1925 )
1995 - John Vincent Atanasoff , American computer pioneer (b. 1903 )
1996 - Ella Fitzgerald , American singer (b. 1917 )
1996 - Dick Murdoch , professional wrestler (b. 1946 )
2002 - Choi Hong Hi , founder of Taekwon-Do (b. 1918 )
2003 - Hume Cronyn , Canadian actor (b. 1911 )
2006 - Raymond Devos , French humorist (b. 1922 )
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