June 15th All Events |
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June 15th, 2008 (June 15 2008) | Death | Stan Winston, American special effects and makeup artist, and film director (born in 1946) | |
June 15th, 2007 (June 15 2007) | Death | Claudia Cohen, American gossip columnist and socialite (born in 1950) | |
June 15th, 2007 (June 15 2007) | Death | Sherri Martel, American professional wrestler and valet (born in 1958) | |
June 15th, 2006 (June 15 2006) | Death | Raymond Devos, French humourist (born in 1922) | Devo Quotes |
June 15th, 2006 (June 15 2006) | Death | Herb Pearson, New Zealand cricketer (born in 1910) | |
June 15th, 2005 (June 15 2005) | Death | Suzanne Flon, French actress (born in 1918) | |
June 15th, 2003 (June 15 2003) | Death | Hume Cronyn, Canadian actor (born in 1911) | |
June 15th, 2002 (June 15 2002) | Event | Near earth asteroid 2002 MN missed the Earth by 75,000 miles (120,000 km), about one-third of the distance between the Earth and the Moon | |
June 15th, 2002 (June 15 2002) | Death | Choi Hong Hi, founder of Taekwon-Do (born in 1918) | |
June 15th, 2001 (June 15 2001) | Death | Henri Alekan, French cinematographer (born in 1909) | |
June 15th, 2000 (June 15 2000) | Death | Jules Roy, French writer (born in 1907) | |
June 15th, 1996 (June 15 1996) | Event | In Manchester, UK, a terrorist bomb injures over 200 people and devastates a large part of the city centre. | |
June 15th, 1996 (June 15 1996) | Death | Ella Fitzgerald, American singer (born in 1917) | |
June 15th, 1996 (June 15 1996) | Death | Dick Murdoch, professional wrestler (born in 1946) | |
June 15th, 1995 (June 15 1995) | Death | John Vincent Atanasoff, American computer pioneer (born in 1903) | |
June 15th, 1994 (June 15 1994) | Event | Israel and Vatican City establish full diplomatic relations. | |
June 15th, 1994 (June 15 1994) | Death | Manos Hadjidakis, Greek composer (born in 1925) | |
June 15th, 1993 (June 15 1993) | Death | John Connally, American politician (born in 1917) | |
June 15th, 1993 (June 15 1993) | Death | James Hunt, English race car driver and 1976 F1 world champion (born in 1947) | |
June 15th, 1992 (June 15 1992) | Event | The United States Supreme Court rules in United States v. Alvarez-Machain that it is permissible for the USA to forcibly extradite suspects in foreign countries and bring them to the USA for trial, without approval from those other countries. | Al Alvarez Quotes |
June 15th, 1991 (June 15 1991) | Event | Birth of the first federal political party in Canada that supports Quebec nationalism, le Bloc Quebecois. | |
June 15th, 1991 (June 15 1991) | Death | Arthur Lewis, British economist, Nobel laureate (born in 1915) | |
June 15th, 1991 (June 15 1991) | Death | Happy Chandler, American politician and Commissioner of Baseball (born in 1898) | |
June 15th, 1989 (June 15 1989) | Death | Victor French, American actor (born in 1934) | |
June 15th, 1989 (June 15 1989) | Death | Maurice Bellemare, Canadian politician (born in 1912) | |
June 15th, 1988 (June 15 1988) | Birth | Miku Ishida, Japanese teen idol | |
June 15th, 1985 (June 15 1985) | Event | Rembrandt s painting Danae is attacked by a man later judged insane; he threw sulfuric acid on the canvas and cut it twice with his knife. | |
June 15th, 1985 (June 15 1985) | Birth | Nadine Coyle, Northern Irish singer (Girls Aloud) | |
June 15th, 1985 (June 15 1985) | Death | Andy Stanfield, American athlete (born in 1927) | |
June 15th, 1985 (June 15 1985) | Death | Robert Stethem, U.S. Navy Seabee diver murdered by terrorists on TWA Flight 847 (born in 1961) | |
June 15th, 1984 (June 15 1984) | Birth | Tim Lincecum, American baseball player | |
June 15th, 1984 (June 15 1984) | Death | Meredith Willson, American composer (born in 1902) | |
June 15th, 1983 (June 15 1983) | Birth | Derek Anderson, American football player | |
June 15th, 1983 (June 15 1983) | Birth | Julia Fischer, German violinist | |
June 15th, 1983 (June 15 1983) | Birth | Laura Imbruglia, Australian musician | |
June 15th, 1983 (June 15 1983) | Death | Srirangam Srinivasarao, also known as Sri Sri, Telugu poet (born in 1910) | |
June 15th, 1982 (June 15 1982) | Birth | Abdur Razzak, Bangladeshi cricketer | |
June 15th, 1982 (June 15 1982) | Birth | Haley Scarnato, American singer | |
June 15th, 1981 (June 15 1981) | Birth | William Dean Martin, American musician (Good Charlotte) | |
June 15th, 1981 (June 15 1981) | Birth | Jeremy Reed, American baseball player | |
June 15th, 1981 (June 15 1981) | Birth | Jordi Vilasuso, American actor | |
June 15th, 1980 (June 15 1980) | Birth | Mary Carey, American pornographic actress | |
June 15th, 1980 (June 15 1980) | Birth | Christopher Castile, American actor | |
June 15th, 1980 (June 15 1980) | Birth | Almudena Cid, Spanish gymnast | |
June 15th, 1980 (June 15 1980) | Birth | Cara Zavaleta, American model | |
June 15th, 1979 (June 15 1979) | Birth | Yulia Nestsiarenka, Belarusian athlete | |
June 15th, 1979 (June 15 1979) | Birth | Julia Schultz, American model | |
June 15th, 1979 (June 15 1979) | Birth | Charles Zwolsman Jr., Dutch racing driver | |
June 15th, 1978 (June 15 1978) | Event | King Hussein of Jordan weds American Lisa Halaby, who takes the name Queen Noor. | Hussein of Jordan Quotes |
June 15th, 1978 (June 15 1978) | Birth | Wilfred Bouma, Dutch footballer | |
June 15th, 1978 (June 15 1978) | Birth | Zach Day, American baseball player | |
June 15th, 1977 (June 15 1977) | Birth | Nina Liu, Australian actress | |
June 15th, 1976 (June 15 1976) | Birth | Gary Lightbody, Irish musician (Snow Patrol) | |
June 15th, 1976 (June 15 1976) | Death | Jimmy Dykes, baseball player and manager (born in 1896) | |
June 15th, 1975 (June 15 1975) | Birth | Elizabeth Reaser, American actress | |
June 15th, 1975 (June 15 1975) | Birth | Rachel Wacholder, American beach volleyballer | |
June 15th, 1973 (June 15 1973) | Birth | Neil Patrick Harris, American actor | |
June 15th, 1973 (June 15 1973) | Birth | Tore Andre Flo, Norwegian footballer | |
June 15th, 1973 (June 15 1973) | Birth | Pia Miranda, Australian actress | |
June 15th, 1973 (June 15 1973) | Birth | Greg Vaughan, American actor | |
June 15th, 1972 (June 15 1972) | Birth | Justin Leonard, American golfer | |
June 15th, 1972 (June 15 1972) | Birth | Andy Pettitte, American baseball player | |
June 15th, 1972 (June 15 1972) | Birth | Marcus Hahnemann, American soccer player | |
June 15th, 1972 (June 15 1972) | Birth | Hank Von Helvete, Turbonegro Frontman | |
June 15th, 1971 (June 15 1971) | Birth | Edwin Brienen, Dutch director | |
June 15th, 1971 (June 15 1971) | Birth | Jake Busey, American actor | |
June 15th, 1971 (June 15 1971) | Birth | Bif Naked, Canadian musician | |
June 15th, 1971 (June 15 1971) | Birth | Nathan Astle, New Zealand cricketer | |
June 15th, 1971 (June 15 1971) | Death | Wendell Meredith Stanley, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1904) | |
June 15th, 1970 (June 15 1970) | Birth | Leah Remini, American actress | |
June 15th, 1970 (June 15 1970) | Birth | Gaelle Mechaly, French soprano | |
June 15th, 1969 (June 15 1969) | Birth | Ice Cube, American rapper | |
June 15th, 1969 (June 15 1969) | Birth | Oliver Kahn, German footballer | |
June 15th, 1969 (June 15 1969) | Birth | Cedric Pioline, French tennis player | |
June 15th, 1969 (June 15 1969) | Birth | Maurice Odumbe, Kenyan cricketer | |
June 15th, 1968 (June 15 1968) | Birth | Oh Dal-su, South Korean actor | |
June 15th, 1968 (June 15 1968) | Death | Sam Crawford, baseball player (born in 1880) | |
June 15th, 1968 (June 15 1968) | Death | Wes Montgomery, American jazz guitarist (born in 1925) | |
June 15th, 1967 (June 15 1967) | Birth | Yuji Ueda, Japanese voice actor | |
June 15th, 1966 (June 15 1966) | Birth | Idalis DeLeon, American actress/singer | |
June 15th, 1965 (June 15 1965) | Birth | Annelies Bredael, Belgian rower | |
June 15th, 1965 (June 15 1965) | Birth | Adam Smith, American politician | Adam Smith Quotes |
June 15th, 1965 (June 15 1965) | Death | E. A. Speiser, American Bible scholar (born in 1902 | |
June 15th, 1965 (June 15 1965) | Death | Steve Cochran, American actor (born in 1917) | |
June 15th, 1964 (June 15 1964) | Birth | Courteney Cox, American actress | |
June 15th, 1964 (June 15 1964) | Birth | Michael Laudrup, Danish footballer | |
June 15th, 1963 (June 15 1963) | Birth | Mario Gosselin, Quebec ice hockey player | |
June 15th, 1963 (June 15 1963) | Birth | Helen Hunt, American actress | |
June 15th, 1963 (June 15 1963) | Birth | Blanca Portillo, Spanish actress | |
June 15th, 1963 (June 15 1963) | Birth | Nigel Walker, Welsh athlete and rugby union player | |
June 15th, 1962 (June 15 1962) | Event | Students for a Democratic Society complete the Port Huron Statement. | |
June 15th, 1962 (June 15 1962) | Birth | Andrea Rost, Hungarian soprano | |
June 15th, 1962 (June 15 1962) | Death | Alfred Cortot, Swiss pianist (born in 1877) | |
June 15th, 1961 (June 15 1961) | Birth | Kai Eckhardt, German musician (Garaj Mahal) | |
June 15th, 1961 (June 15 1961) | Birth | Dave McAuley, Northern Irish boxer | |
June 15th, 1961 (June 15 1961) | Birth | Yoshimi Iwasaki, Japanese singer/actress | Saki Quotes |
June 15th, 1961 (June 15 1961) | Death | Giulio Cabianca, Italian racing driver (born in 1923) | |
June 15th, 1960 (June 15 1960) | Birth | Michele Laroque, French actress | |
June 15th, 1960 (June 15 1960) | Birth | Marieke van Doorn, Dutch field hockey player | |
June 15th, 1959 (June 15 1959) | Birth | Eileen Davidson, American actress | |
June 15th, 1959 (June 15 1959) | Birth | Alan Brazil, British footballer | |
June 15th, 1958 (June 15 1958) | Birth | Wade Boggs, American baseball player | |
June 15th, 1958 (June 15 1958) | Birth | Riccardo Paletti, Italian racing driver (died in 1982) | |
June 15th, 1957 (June 15 1957) | Birth | Seppo Paakkonen, Finnish actor | |
June 15th, 1956 (June 15 1956) | Birth | Ava Cadell, American actress | |
June 15th, 1956 (June 15 1956) | Birth | Robin Curtis, American actress | |
June 15th, 1956 (June 15 1956) | Birth | Polly Draper, American actress | |
June 15th, 1955 (June 15 1955) | Event | The Eisenhower administration stages the first annual "Operation Alert" (OPAL) exercise, an attempt to assess the USA s preparations for a nuclear attack. | |
June 15th, 1955 (June 15 1955) | Birth | Julie Hagerty, American actress | |
June 15th, 1955 (June 15 1955) | Birth | David Kennedy, Kennedy family member (died in 1984) | |
June 15th, 1954 (June 15 1954) | Event | UEFA (Union des Associations Europeennes de Football) is formed in Basle, Switzerland. | |
June 15th, 1954 (June 15 1954) | Birth | James Belushi, American actor | |
June 15th, 1954 (June 15 1954) | Birth | Paul Rusesabagina, Rwandan hotel manager | |
June 15th, 1954 (June 15 1954) | Birth | Beverley Whitfield, Australian swimmer (died in 1996) | |
June 15th, 1953 (June 15 1953) | Birth | Rita Lee, American model and Playboy Playmate | |
June 15th, 1952 (June 15 1952) | Birth | Sandra Cassel, American actress | |
June 15th, 1951 (June 15 1951) | Birth | Steve Walsh, American singer (Kansas) | |
June 15th, 1950 (June 15 1950) | Birth | Lakshmi Mittal, Indian industrialist | |
June 15th, 1949 (June 15 1949) | Birth | Dusty Baker, baseball player and manager | |
June 15th, 1949 (June 15 1949) | Birth | Simon Callow, British actor | |
June 15th, 1949 (June 15 1949) | Birth | Russell Hitchcock, Australian singer (Air Supply) | |
June 15th, 1949 (June 15 1949) | Birth | Jim Varney, American actor (died in 2000) | |
June 15th, 1948 (June 15 1948) | Birth | Mike Holmgren, American football coach | |
June 15th, 1947 (June 15 1947) | Birth | John Hoagland, American photographer | |
June 15th, 1947 (June 15 1947) | Birth | Lee Purcell, American actress | |
June 15th, 1946 (June 15 1946) | Birth | Noddy Holder, British singer (Slade) | |
June 15th, 1946 (June 15 1946) | Birth | Demis Roussos, Greek singer | |
June 15th, 1945 (June 15 1945) | Event | The General Dutch Youth League (ANJV) is founded in Amsterdam, Netherlands. | |
June 15th, 1945 (June 15 1945) | Birth | Miriam Defensor-Santiago, Philippine senator | |
June 15th, 1945 (June 15 1945) | Birth | Nicola Pagett, British actress | |
June 15th, 1945 (June 15 1945) | Birth | Lawrence Wilkerson, American retired military officer | |
June 15th, 1944 (June 15 1944) | Event | World War II: Battle of Saipan: The United States invades Saipan. | |
June 15th, 1944 (June 15 1944) | Event | In the Saskatchewan general election, 1944, the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, is elected and forms the first socialist government of North America. | Tommy Douglas Quotes |
June 15th, 1944 (June 15 1944) | Birth | Robert Keppel, American criminologist | |
June 15th, 1943 (June 15 1943) | Birth | Xaviera Hollander, Dutch author | |
June 15th, 1943 (June 15 1943) | Birth | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, former Prime Minister of Denmark | |
June 15th, 1943 (June 15 1943) | Birth | Johnny Hallyday, French singer and actor | |
June 15th, 1943 (June 15 1943) | Birth | Muff Winwood, British songwriter, producer and bassist (Spencer Davis Group) | |
June 15th, 1942 (June 15 1942) | Birth | John E. McLaughlin, former Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency | |
June 15th, 1941 (June 15 1941) | Birth | Harry Nilsson, American singer and composer (died in 1994) | |
June 15th, 1941 (June 15 1941) | Death | Evelyn Underhill, British writer (born in 1875) | |
June 15th, 1941 (June 15 1941) | Death | Otfrid Foerster, German neurologist (born in 1873) | |
June 15th, 1939 (June 15 1939) | Birth | Ward Connerly, American political figure | |
June 15th, 1939 (June 15 1939) | Birth | Brian Jacques, British author | |
June 15th, 1938 (June 15 1938) | Birth | Billy Williams, baseball player | |
June 15th, 1937 (June 15 1937) | Birth | Waylon Jennings, American singer (died in 2002) | |
June 15th, 1936 (June 15 1936) | Birth | Claude Brasseur, French actor | |
June 15th, 1936 (June 15 1936) | Birth | William Joseph Levada, American Catholic prelate | |
June 15th, 1934 (June 15 1934) | Event | The U.S. s Great Smoky Mountains National Park is founded. | |
June 15th, 1934 (June 15 1934) | Death | Alfred Bruneau, French composer (born in 1857) | |
June 15th, 1933 (June 15 1933) | Birth | Sergio Endrigo, Italian singer (died in 2005) | |
June 15th, 1933 (June 15 1933) | Birth | Mark Jones, English footballer (died in 1958) | |
June 15th, 1932 (June 15 1932) | Birth | Mario Cuomo, Governor of New York | |
June 15th, 1930 (June 15 1930) | Birth | Marcel Pronovost, professional ice hockey player | |
June 15th, 1927 (June 15 1927) | Birth | Ibn-e-Insha, Pakistani humourist and Urdu poet (died in 1978) | |
June 15th, 1926 (June 15 1926) | Birth | Mac McGarry, game show host | |
June 15th, 1926 (June 15 1926) | Birth | Shigeru Kayano, Japanese Ainu activist (died in 2006) | |
June 15th, 1924 (June 15 1924) | Birth | Ezer Weizman, 7th President of Israel (died in 2005) | |
June 15th, 1922 (June 15 1922) | Birth | John Veale, English composer (died in 2006) | |
June 15th, 1921 (June 15 1921) | Birth | Errol Garner, American musician (died in 1977) | |
June 15th, 1920 (June 15 1920) | Event | Duluth lynchings in Minnesota. | |
June 15th, 1920 (June 15 1920) | Birth | Alberto Sordi, Italian actor and director (died in 2003) | |
June 15th, 1920 (June 15 1920) | Birth | Alla Kazanskaya, Russian stage and film actress (died in 2008) | |
June 15th, 1919 (June 15 1919) | Event | John Alcock and Arthur Brown complete the first nonstop transatlantic flight at Clifden, County Galway, Ireland. | |
June 15th, 1917 (June 15 1917) | Birth | John Fenn, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate | |
June 15th, 1917 (June 15 1917) | Birth | Lash La Rue, American actor (died in 1996) | |
June 15th, 1917 (June 15 1917) | Birth | Michalis Genitsaris, Greek singer and composer (died in 2005) | |
June 15th, 1917 (June 15 1917) | Death | Kristian Birkeland, Norwegian physicist (born in 1867) | |
June 15th, 1916 (June 15 1916) | Event | 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. | |
June 15th, 1916 (June 15 1916) | Birth | Herbert Simon, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 2001) | |
June 15th, 1915 (June 15 1915) | Birth | Thomas Huckle Weller, American virologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | |
June 15th, 1914 (June 15 1914) | Birth | Yuri Andropov, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (died in 1984) | |
June 15th, 1914 (June 15 1914) | Birth | Saul Steinberg, Romanian-American cartoonist (died in 1999) | |
June 15th, 1913 (June 15 1913) | Event | The Battle of Bud Bagsak in the Philippine concludes. | |
June 15th, 1911 (June 15 1911) | Event | Tabulating Computing Recording Corporation (IBM) is incorporated. | |
June 15th, 1911 (June 15 1911) | Birth | W.V. Awdry, British children s writer (died in 1997) | |
June 15th, 1910 (June 15 1910) | Birth | David Rose, American songwriter, composer and orchestra leader (died in 1990) | |
June 15th, 1909 (June 15 1909) | Event | Representatives from England, Australia and South Africa meet at Lord s and form the Imperial Cricket Conference. | |
June 15th, 1908 (June 15 1908) | Birth | Sam Giancana, American mafioso (died in 1975) | |
June 15th, 1906 (June 15 1906) | Birth | Leon Degrelle, Belgian SS officer (died in 1994) | |
June 15th, 1905 (June 15 1905) | Event | Princess Margaret of Connaught marries Gustav, Crown Prince of Sweden. | |
June 15th, 1904 (June 15 1904) | Event | A fire aboard the steamboat General Slocum in New York City s East River kills 1000. | |
June 15th, 1902 (June 15 1902) | Birth | Erik Erikson, psychoanalyst (died in 1994) | |
June 15th, 1900 (June 15 1900) | Birth | Gotthard Gunther, German philosopher (died in 1984) | Philo Quotes |
June 15th, 1900 (June 15 1900) | Birth | Otto Luening, German-American composer (died in 1996) | |
June 15th, 1894 (June 15 1894) | Birth | Nikolai Chebotaryov, Ukrainian mathematician (died in 1947) | |
June 15th, 1894 (June 15 1894) | Birth | Robert Russell Bennett, American composer and arranger (died in 1981) | |
June 15th, 1889 (June 15 1889) | Death | Mihai Eminescu, Romanian poet (born in 1850) | |
June 15th, 1888 (June 15 1888) | Event | Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II and is the last emperor of the German Empire | |
June 15th, 1888 (June 15 1888) | Birth | Ramon Lopez Velarde, Mexican poet (died in 1921) | |
June 15th, 1888 (June 15 1888) | Death | Emperor Friedrich III of Germany (born in 1831) | |
June 15th, 1884 (June 15 1884) | Birth | Harry Langdon, American actor (died in 1944) | |
June 15th, 1882 (June 15 1882) | Birth | Ion Antonescu, Prime Minister of Romania (died in 1946) | |
June 15th, 1877 (June 15 1877) | Event | Henry Ossian Flipper becomes the first African American cadet to graduate from the United States Military Academy. | |
June 15th, 1875 (June 15 1875) | Birth | Herman Smith-Johannsen, cross-country skier (died in 1987) | |
June 15th, 1867 (June 15 1867) | Event | Atlantic Cable Quartz Lode gold mine located in Montana. | |
June 15th, 1864 (June 15 1864) | Event | American Civil War: Siege of Petersburg begins. | |
June 15th, 1864 (June 15 1864) | Event | Arlington National Cemetery is established when 200 acres (0.8 km?) around Arlington Mansion are officially set aside as a military cemetery by U.S. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. | |
June 15th, 1859 (June 15 1859) | Event | Pig War: Ambiguity in the Oregon Treaty leads to the "Northwestern Boundary Dispute" between U.S. and British/Canadian settlers. | |
June 15th, 1858 (June 15 1858) | Death | Ary Scheffer, Dutch-French painter (born in 1795) | |
June 15th, 1849 (June 15 1849) | Death | James Knox Polk, 11th President of the United States (born in 1795) | |
June 15th, 1846 (June 15 1846) | Event | 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. | The Rock Quotes |
June 15th, 1844 (June 15 1844) | Event | Charles Goodyear receives a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber. | |
June 15th, 1843 (June 15 1843) | Birth | Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer (died in 1907) | |
June 15th, 1836 (June 15 1836) | Event | Arkansas is admitted as the 25th U.S. state. | |
June 15th, 1809 (June 15 1809) | Birth | Francois-Xavier Garneau, French-Canadian poet and historian (died in 1866) | |
June 15th, 1808 (June 15 1808) | Event | Joseph Bonaparte becomes King of Spain. | |
June 15th, 1805 (June 15 1805) | Birth | William Butler Ogden, first Mayor of Chicago (died in 1877) | |
June 15th, 1804 (June 15 1804) | Event | New Hampshire approves the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratifying the document. | |
June 15th, 1801 (June 15 1801) | Birth | Benjamin Raymond, Mayor of Chicago (died in 1883) | |
June 15th, 1789 (June 15 1789) | Birth | Josiah Henson, American slave and settlement founder (died in 1883) | |
June 15th, 1785 (June 15 1785) | Event | Jean-Francois Pilatre 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. | |
June 15th, 1776 (June 15 1776) | Event | Delaware Separation DayDelaware votes to suspend government under the British Crown and separate officially from Pennsylvania. | |
June 15th, 1775 (June 15 1775) | Event | American Revolutionary War: George Washington is appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army. | George Washington Quotes |
June 15th, 1772 (June 15 1772) | Death | Louis-Claude Daquin, French composer (born in 1694) | |
June 15th, 1768 (June 15 1768) | Death | James Short, Scottish mathematician and optician (born in 1710) | |
June 15th, 1767 (June 15 1767) | Birth | Rachel Donelson Jackson, First Lady of the United States (died in 1828) | |
June 15th, 1765 (June 15 1765) | Birth | Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger, German mathematician (died in 1831) | Ric Berger Quotes |
June 15th, 1755 (June 15 1755) | Birth | Antoine Francois, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist (died in 1809) | |
June 15th, 1752 (June 15 1752) | Event | Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity. | Benjamin Franklin Quotes |
June 15th, 1750 (June 15 1750) | Death | Marguerite De Launay, Baronne Staal, French writer (born in 1684) | |
June 15th, 1724 (June 15 1724) | Death | Henry Sacheverell, English churchman and politician (born in 1674) | |
June 15th, 1679 (June 15 1679) | Death | Guillaume Courtois, French painter (born in 1628) | |
June 15th, 1667 (June 15 1667) | Event | The first human blood transfusion is administered by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys. | |
June 15th, 1640 (June 15 1640) | Birth | Bernard Lamy, French mathematician (died in 1715) | |
June 15th, 1624 (June 15 1624) | Birth | Hiob Ludolf, German orientalist (died in 1704) | |
June 15th, 1623 (June 15 1623) | Birth | Cornelis de Witt, Dutch politician (died in 1672) | |
June 15th, 1614 (June 15 1614) | Death | Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton, English politician (born in 1540) | |
June 15th, 1594 (June 15 1594) | Birth | Nicolas Poussin, French painter (died in 1665) | |
June 15th, 1580 (June 15 1580) | Event | Phillip II of Spain declares William the Silent to be an outlaw. | |
June 15th, 1521 (June 15 1521) | Death | Tamas Bakocz. Hungarian Catholic cardinal and statesman (born in 1442) | |
June 15th, 1520 (June 15 1520) | Event | Pope Leo X threatens to excommunicate Martin Luther in papal bull Exsurge Domine. | Martin Luther Quotes |
June 15th, 1467 (June 15 1467) | Death | Philip III, Duke of Burgundy (born in 1396) | |
June 15th, 1389 (June 15 1389) | Event | Battle of Kosovo: The Ottoman Empire defeats Serbs and Bosnians. | |
June 15th, 1389 (June 15 1389) | Death | Murad I, Ottoman Sultan (born in 1326) | |
June 15th, 1389 (June 15 1389) | Death | Prince Lazar, Serbian Orthodox saint (born in 1329) | |
June 15th, 1383 (June 15 1383) | Death | John VI Cantacuzenus, Byzantine Emperor | |
June 15th, 1381 (June 15 1381) | Death | John Cavendish, Lord Chief Justice of England | |
June 15th, 1381 (June 15 1381) | Death | Wat Tyler, English rebel | |
June 15th, 1341 (June 15 1341) | Death | Andronikos III Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (born in 1297) | |
June 15th, 1330 (June 15 1330) | Birth | Edward the Black Prince, Prince of Wales (died in 1376) | |
June 15th, 1246 (June 15 1246) | Event | With the death of Duke Frederick II, the Babenberg dynasty ends in Austria. | |
June 15th, 1246 (June 15 1246) | Death | Duke Frederick II of Austria (born in 1219) | |
June 15th, 1219 (June 15 1219) | Event | Dannebrogoldest national flag in the worldand flag of Denmark. According to legend, fell from the sky during the Battle of Lyndanisse (now Tallinn) in Estonia, and turned the Danes luck. | |
June 15th, 1215 (June 15 1215) | Event | King John of England puts his seal to the Magna Carta. | |
June 15th, 1184 (June 15 1184) | Event | King Magnus V of Norway is killed at the battle of Fimreite. | |
June 15th, 1073 (June 15 1073) | Death | Emperor Go-Sanjo of Japan (born in 1034) | |
June 15th, 0991 (June 15 0991) | Death | Empress Theophanu | |
June 15th, 0923 (June 15 0923) | Event | 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. | |
June 15th, 0923 (June 15 0923) | Death | Robert I of France (born in 866) | |
June 15th, 0763 (June 15 0763) | Event | Assyrians record a solar eclipse that will be used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history. | |