Historical Events In June - 15

1940  French fortress of Verdun captured by Germans on June - 15.   

1940  On this day in history germans occupy Paris, capture Havre, assault Maginot line.   

1940  On June - 15 38 Italians Fiat bombers bomb Luc-and-Province   

1942  Vera Figner, writer, dies on June - 15.   

1943  Congress of racial Equality (CORE) forms on this day in history.   

1943  On June - 15 cecil Parkin, cricketer (32 wkts in 10 Tests for Eng 1920-24), dies   

1944  On June - 15 first B-29 test-raid on Japanese industrial cities is deemed satisfactory.   

1944  On this day in history uS forces begin invasion of Saipan in Pacific   

1950  On June - 15 itzigsohn discover asteroid 1581 Abanderada, 1582 Martir & 1779 Parana   

1951  On this day in history joe Louis scored his last knock out victory   

1952  Jakob Jud, Swiss linguist/etymologist, dies at 70 on June - 15.   

1956  On June - 15 john Lennon (15) & Paul McCartney (13) meet for the first time as Lennon's rock group The Quarrymen perform at a church dinner   

1957  42.01 cm (16.54") of rainfall, East St Louis, Ill (state record) on June - 15.   

1958  Francois de Vries, economist, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1960  Argentina complains to UN about Israeli illicit transfer of Eichman on this day in history.   

1962  South Africa passes a bill setting death penalty for many crimes on June - 15.   

1962  Alfred Cortot, French pianist, dies at 84 on June - 15.   

1965  On June - 15 e. A. Speiser, American Bible scholar (b. 1902   

1967  On this day in history gov Reagan signs liberalized California abortion bill   

1967  On June - 15 edward Eagan, boxer (Oly-gold-20)/bobsledder (Oly-gold-32), dies at 69   

1968  On this day in history john Lennon & Yoko Ono plant an acorn at Conventry Cathedral   

1968  Samuel Earl "Wahoo Sam" Crawford, baseball pitcher, dies at 88 on June - 15.   

1969  On this day in history "Hee Haw" with Roy Clark & Buck Owens premiers on CBS TV   

1969  Georges Pompidou, president of France, dies on this day in history.   

1971  On June - 15 vernon E Jordan Jr, appointed exec director of National Urban League   

1972  75,000 attend gathering of religious leader Billy Graham, in Texas on this day in history.   

1972  On June - 15 rock fall inside Vierzy Tunnel (France) causes 2 train crash; 107 die   

1973  On June - 15 "American Graffiti" opens in NYC   

1977  On June - 15 general elections held in Spain, the first since 1936   

1977  Spain's first free elections since 1936 on June - 15.   

1978  On June - 15 jordan's King Hussein marries 26-year-old American Lisa Halaby, who becomes Queen Noor.   

1978  Soyuz 29 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6; they stay 139 days on June - 15.   

1978  On June - 15 anton Roosjen, politician/NCRV-chairman, dies at 83   

1979  On June - 15 the first space shuttle SRB qualification test firing; 122 seconds   

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1221  On June - 15 birth of frederik II, [Strijdbare], duke of Austria   

1330  On June - 15 birth of edward, the black prince, prince of Wales (1343-1376)   

1542  Richard Grenville, English parliament leader/vice-admiral (Roanoke) was born on June - 15.   

1553  Ernst, archduke of Austria/governor of the Netherlands was born on June - 15.   

1594  On this day in history birth of nicolas Poussin, French painter (d. 1665)   

1623  On this day in history birth of cornelis de Witt, Dutch statesman (Chatham)   

1624  Hiob Ludolf, German orientalist (d. 1704) was born on this day in history.   

1636  Johann David Mayer, composer was born on June - 15.   

0923  On June - 15 robert I, King of France (922-23), dies in battle   

0948  Romanus I Lecapenus, Armenian emperor of Byzantium (919-44), dies on June - 15.   

0991  On this day in history theophano, German Empress/wife of Emperor Otto II, dies   

1073  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Sanjō of Japan (b. 1034)   

1246  On this day in history frederik II "the Strijdbare", duke of Austria, dies in battle at 25   

1337  Angelus Clarenus/da Cingoli, Italian leader, dies on this day in history.   

1341  Andronicus III Paleologus, Byzantine emperor (1328-41), dies on this day in history.   

1381  Death of Wat Tyler, leader of English Peasants' Revolt, beheaded in London on June - 15.