June 15th Events |
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| 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, 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, 1994 (June 15 1994) | Event | Israel and Vatican City establish full diplomatic relations. | |
| 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, 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, 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, 1962 (June 15 1962) | Event | Students for a Democratic Society complete the Port Huron Statement. | |
| 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, 1954 (June 15 1954) | Event | UEFA (Union des Associations Europeennes de Football) is formed in Basle, Switzerland. | |
| June 15th, 1945 (June 15 1945) | Event | The General Dutch Youth League (ANJV) is founded in Amsterdam, Netherlands. | |
| 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, 1934 (June 15 1934) | Event | The U.S. s Great Smoky Mountains National Park is founded. | |
| June 15th, 1920 (June 15 1920) | Event | Duluth lynchings in Minnesota. | |
| 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, 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, 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, 1909 (June 15 1909) | Event | Representatives from England, Australia and South Africa meet at Lord s and form the Imperial Cricket Conference. | |
| 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, 1888 (June 15 1888) | Event | Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II and is the last emperor of the German Empire | |
| 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, 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, 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, 1836 (June 15 1836) | Event | Arkansas is admitted as the 25th U.S. state. | |
| June 15th, 1808 (June 15 1808) | Event | Joseph Bonaparte becomes King of Spain. | |
| June 15th, 1804 (June 15 1804) | Event | New Hampshire approves the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratifying the document. | |
| 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, 1752 (June 15 1752) | Event | Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity. | Benjamin Franklin Quotes |
| June 15th, 1667 (June 15 1667) | Event | The first human blood transfusion is administered by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys. | |
| June 15th, 1580 (June 15 1580) | Event | Phillip II of Spain declares William the Silent to be an outlaw. | |
| 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, 1389 (June 15 1389) | Event | Battle of Kosovo: The Ottoman Empire defeats Serbs and Bosnians. | |
| June 15th, 1246 (June 15 1246) | Event | With the death of Duke Frederick II, the Babenberg dynasty ends in Austria. | |
| 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, 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, 0763 (June 15 0763) | Event | Assyrians record a solar eclipse that will be used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history. | |
