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What Happened on June 15th This Day in History

Year	Name
2022	Microsoft retires its ubiquitous Internet Explorer after 26 years in favor of its new browser, Microsoft Edge.
2013	A bomb explodes on a bus in the Pakistani city of Quetta, killing at least 25 people and wounding 22 others.
2012	Nik Wallenda becomes the first person to successfully tightrope walk directly over Niagara Falls.
2007	The Nokkakivi Amusement Park is opened in Lievestuore, Laukaa, Finland.
2001	Leaders of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan formed the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
1996	The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) detonates a powerful truck bomb in the middle of Manchester, England, devastating the city centre and injuring 200 people.
1992	The United States Supreme Court rules in United States v. Álvarez-Machaín that it is permissible for the United States to forcibly extradite suspects in foreign countries and bring them to the United States for trial, without approval from those other countries.
1991	In the Philippines, Mount Pinatubo erupts in the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century, killing over 800 people.
1985	Rembrandt's painting Danaë is attacked by a man (later judged insane) who throws sulfuric acid on the canvas and cuts it twice with a knife.
1978	King Hussein of Jordan marries American Lisa Halaby, who takes the name Queen Noor.
1977	After the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975, the first democratic elections took place in Spain.
1972	Red Army Faction co-founder Ulrike Meinhof is captured by police in Langenhagen.
1972	Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z is destroyed by a bomb over Pleiku, Vietnam (then South Vietnam) kills 81 people.
1970	Charles Manson goes on trial for the Sharon Tate murders.
1944	World War II: The United States invades Saipan, capital of Japan's South Seas Mandate.
1944	In the Saskatchewan general election, the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, is elected and forms the first socialist government in North America.
1940	World War II: Operation Aerial begins: Allied troops start to evacuate France, following Germany's takeover of Paris and most of the nation.
1937	A German expedition led by Karl Wien loses sixteen members in an avalanche on Nanga Parbat. It is the worst single disaster to occur on an 8000m peak.
1936	First flight of the Vickers Wellington bomber.
1934	The United States Great Smoky Mountains National Park is founded.
1921	Bessie Coleman earns her pilot's license, becoming the first female pilot of African-American descent.
1920	Following the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, Northern Schleswig is transferred from Germany to Denmark.
1919	John Alcock and Arthur Brown complete the first nonstop transatlantic flight when they reach Clifden, County Galway, Ireland.
1916	United States President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter.
1904	A fire aboard the steamboat SS General Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
1896	One of the deadliest tsunamis in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.
1888	Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the German Empire. Due to the death of his predecessors Wilhelm I and Frederick III, 1888 is the Year of the Three Emperors.
1878	Eadweard Muybridge takes a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it runs; the study becomes the basis of motion pictures.
1877	Henry Ossian Flipper becomes the first African American cadet to graduate from the United States Military Academy.
1864	American Civil War: The Second Battle of Petersburg begins.
1864	Arlington National Cemetery is established when 200 acres (0.81 km2) of the Arlington estate (formerly owned by Confederate General Robert E. Lee) are officially set aside as a military cemetery by U.S. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.
1859	Ambiguity in the Oregon Treaty leads to the "Northwestern Boundary Dispute" between American and British/Canadian settlers.
1846	The Oregon Treaty extends the border between the United States and British North America, established by the Treaty of 1818, westward to the Pacific Ocean.
1844	Charles Goodyear receives a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber.
1836	Arkansas is admitted as the 25th U.S. state.
1808	Joseph Bonaparte becomes King of Spain.
1804	New Hampshire approves the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratifying the document.
1800	The Provisional Army of the United States is dissolved.
1776	Delaware Separation Day: Delaware votes to suspend government under the British Crown and separate officially from Pennsylvania.
1752	Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity (traditional date, the exact date is unknown).
1670	The first stone of Fort Ricasoli is laid down in Malta.
1667	The first human blood transfusion is administered by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys.
1648	Margaret Jones is hanged in Boston for witchcraft in the first such execution for the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1607	Colonists finished building James's Fort, to defend against Spanish and Indian attacks.
1520	Pope Leo X threatens to excommunicate Martin Luther in Exsurge Domine.
1502	Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Martinique on his fourth voyage.
1410	In a decisive battle at Onon River, the Mongol forces of Oljei Temur were decimated by the Chinese armies of the Yongle Emperor.
1410	Ottoman Interregnum: Süleyman Çelebi defeats his brother Musa Çelebi outside the Byzantine capital, Constantinople.
1389	Battle of Kosovo: The Ottoman Empire defeats Serbs and Bosnians.
1312	At the Battle of Rozgony, King Charles I of Hungary wins a decisive victory over the family of Palatine Amade Aba.
1300	The city of Bilbao is founded.
1246	With the death of Frederick II, Duke of Austria, the Babenberg dynasty ends in Austria.
1219	Northern Crusades: Danish victory at the Battle of Lindanise (modern-day Tallinn) establishes the Danish Duchy of Estonia.
1215	King John of England puts his seal to Magna Carta.
1184	The naval Battle of Fimreite is won by the Birkebeiner pretender Sverre Sigurdsson. Sigurdsson takes the Norwegian throne and King Magnus V of Norway is killed.
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.
844	Louis II is crowned as king of Italy at Rome by pope Sergius II.
763	Assyrians record a solar eclipse that is later used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history.

Famous People Born on June 15

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Year	Name
1950	Uğur Erdener, Turkish ophthalmologist and professor
1330	Edward, the Black Prince of England (d. 1376)
1932	Zia Fariduddin Dagar, Indian singer (d. 2013)
1965	Adam Smith, American lawyer and politician
1898	Hubertus Strughold, German-American physiologist and academic (d. 1986)
1479	Lisa del Giocondo, Italian model, subject of the Mona Lisa (d. 1542)
1549	Elizabeth Knollys, English noblewoman (d. 1605)
1920	Keith Andrews, American race car driver (d. 1957)
1970	Leah Remini, American actress and producer
1944	Robert D. Keppel, American police officer and academic (d. 2021)

Famous People Deaths On June 15

Here is a list of some famous peope who died on June 15. For full list please click on the link above.

Date	Name
1383	John VI Kantakouzenos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1292)
923	Robert I of France (b. 866)
1849	James K. Polk, American lawyer and politician, 11th President of the United States (b. 1795)
1614	Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton, English courtier and politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (b. 1540)
1999	Omer Côté, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1906)
952	Murong Yanchao, Chinese general
1416	John, Duke of Berry (b. 1340)
2018	Matt "Guitar" Murphy, American Blues guitarist (b. 1929)
2004	Ahmet Piriştina, Turkish politician and mayor of İzmir (b. 1952)
1889	Mihai Eminescu, Romanian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1850)