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Birthday June 15, 1330 Edward the Black Prince |
Birthday June 15, 1767 Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson, 1st lady |
Birthday June 15, 1843 Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer |
Birthday June 15, 1922 Morris K. Udall, (D-Az-Rep) |
Birthday June 15, 1932 Mario Cuomo, (D-NY-gov) |
Birthday June 15, 1937 Waylon Jennings, singer of innumerable country songs |
Birthday June 15, 1941 Harry Nilsson, laid-back singer & songwriter |
Birthday June 15, 1945 Nicola Pagett |
Birthday June 15, 1946 Judy Pace, in LA |
Birthday June 15, 1951 Tom Forzani, CFL wide receiver (Calgary Stampeders) |
History June 15, 0763 BC Assyrians record total solar eclipse event on clay tablet |
History June 15, 1215 King John signs Magna Carta at Runnymede England |
History June 15, 1300 Dante is named prior of Florence |
History June 15, 1389 Battle of Kossovo; Turks defeat Serbs - Bosnians |
History June 15, 1520 Pope threatens to toss Luther out of Catholic Church |
History June 15, 1664 NJ established |
History June 15, 1752 Ben Franklin's kite is struck by lightning-What a shock |
History June 15, 1775 Washington appointed commander-in-chief of American Army |
History June 15, 1775 George Washington assigned to lead the Continental Army |
History June 15, 1776 Delaware declares independence |
History June 15, 1785 2 French balloonists die in world's 1st fatal aviation accident |
History June 15, 1804 12th Amendment ratified manner of choosing President & VP |
History June 15, 1836 Arkansas becomes 25th state |
History June 15, 1844 Goodyear patents vulcanization of rubber |
History June 15, 1846 U.S.-Canadian border established |
History June 15, 1846 Francis Parkman arrives at Fort Laramie |
History June 15, 1846 Oregon Treaty signed - setting US-British boundary at 49ø N |
History June 15, 1857 SF Water Works organized |
History June 15, 1863 Lincoln calls for help |
History June 15, 1864 Robert E Lee's home area (Arlington Va) turned into a milt cemetery |
History June 15, 1864 Battle of Petersburg begins |
History June 15, 1877 First African American graduate of West Point |
History June 15, 1878 1st attempt at motion pictures (used 12 cameras taking 1 picture) done to see if all 4 of a horse's hooves leave the ground |
History June 15, 1902 Justin Clark of Corsicana - Tx minors hits 8 home runs in 1 game |
History June 15, 1904 River excursion ends in tragedy |
History June 15, 1904 General Slocum boat catches fire; over a thousand die |
History June 15, 1907 44 nations meet in 2nd Hague Peace Conference |
History June 15, 1917 U.S. Congress passes Espionage Act |
History June 15, 1919 1st flight across Atlantic (Alcock & Brown) |
History June 15, 1924 Native Americans are proclaimed US citizens |
History June 15, 1938 Vander Meer pitches second consecutive no-hitter |
History June 15, 1940 France surrenders to Hitler |
History June 15, 1943 The Blobel Commando begins its cover-up of atrocities |
History June 15, 1944 American forces begin invasion of Saipan in Pacific |
History June 15, 1945 Judy Garland marries Vincente Minnelli |
History June 15, 1946 The United States presents the Baruch Plan |
History June 15, 1951 1st coml electronic computer dedicated Phila |
History June 15, 1957 Yanks trade Billy Martin & Ralph Terry for Ryne Duran |
History June 15, 1963 Kyu Sakamoto tops the charts with Sukiyaki |
History June 15, 1964 Johnson decides against submitting resolution to Congress |
History June 15, 1965 U.S. planes bomb North Vietnam |
History June 15, 1967 Gov Reagan signs liberalized California abortion bill |
History June 15, 1975 Soyuz 19 launched |
History June 15, 1976 Yankees trade May - Martinez - Pagan - MacGregor & Demsey to Baltimore for Holtzman - Alexander - Grant Jackson - Elrod Henrick & Jim Freeman |
History June 15, 1977 Spain's 1st free elections since 1936 |
History June 15, 1978 Soyuz 29 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6; they stay 139 days |
History June 15, 1982 Riots in Argentina after Falklands/Malvinas defeat |
History June 15, 1986 Pravda announces high-level Chernobyl staff fired for stupidity |
History June 15, 1986 Richard Petty makes 1,000th start |
History June 15, 2005 Police search Van der Sloot home in Holloway disappearance |