Historical Events In June - 15

1979  Ernst Meister, writer, dies at 67 on June - 15.   

1980  On this day in history jorge Orta of Cleveland gets 6 hits in a baseball game   

1982  On this day in history riots in Argentina after Falklands/Malvinas defeat   

1982  Art[hur E] Pepper, US, alto saxophonist, dies at 56 on June - 15.   

1983  Supreme Court struck down state & local restrictions on abortion on June - 15.   

1984  Thomas Hearns KOs Roberto Duran on this day in history.   

1984  On June - 15 meredith Willson, composer (Meredith Willson Show), dies at 82   

1985  On this day in history en route to Halley's Comet, USSR's Vega 2 drops lander on Venus   

1985  Len Hopwood, cricketer (took 0-155 in two Tests Eng v Aust 1934), dies on June - 15.   

1986  On this day in history pravda announces high-level Chernobyl staff fired for stupidity   

1986  K K Tarapore, cricketer (Test for India 1948), killed by motor-scooter on this day in history.   

1987  J A K Cochrane, cricketer (Test for S Afr 1931), dies on this day in history.   

1988  NASA launches space vehicle S-213 on this day in history.   

1989  Ronald Reagan is knighted by Queen Elizabeth on June - 15.   

1989  Ray McAnally, actor (My Left Foot, Empire State), dies in Dublin at 63 on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history "Dick Tracy" with Warren Beatty premiers   

1991  Philippines volcano Mount Pinatubo errupts on this day in history.   

1992  Ghana Airways inaugurates flights to JFK Airport (NYC) on June - 15.   

1992  On this day in history eddie Lopat, pitcher (NY Yankees), dies at 73   

1993  John Connally, the former Texas governor wounded when President John F. Kennedy was killed, dies at age 76 on this day in history.   

1993  John Connally, (Gov-D/R-Texas), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1994  David Lawson, executed in NC (wanted execution shown on Donahue) on this day in history.   

2007  On this day in history bob Barker airs his last episode of The Price is Right   

2012  On this day in history apple I computer sells for a record $374,500   

2014  Juan Manuel Santos is reelected President of Columbia on this day in history.   

2017  On this day in history scotland Yard launches criminal inquiry and British Prime Minister Theresa May announces a public inquiry a day after the Grenfell Tower fire   

2017  On June - 15 new record set for price of a parking lot in Hong Kong - $664,000   

2017  Rebel Wilson win defamation case against Bauer Media at The Supreme Court of Victoria in Melbourne on this day in history.   

2018  World Cup: Portugal 3. Spain 3 - Cristiano Renaldo scores hat-trick - 4th player to score in 4 different WC's - 1st to score in 8 consecutive major tournaments on this day in history.   

2018  Physicist Stephen Hawking 's ashes are interred in Westminster Abbey, London, between the remains of Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin on this day in history.   

2018  Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes charged with fraud over company's blood tests on June - 15.   

2018  Glasgow School of Art, designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh burns down, four years after a previous fire on this day in history.   

2019  On this day in history baseball jersey belonging to Babe Ruth becomes most expensive sports memorabilia when it sells for $5.64 million at an auction in New York   

2019  Hong Kong anti-extradition bill protests: Hong Kong announces it will indefinitely suspend the controversial extradition bill, but protests continue, this time calling for the total withdrawal of the bill and the resignation of Chief Executive Carrie Lam on this day in history.   

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1221  Frederik II, [Strijdbare], duke of Austria was born on June - 15.   

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 this day in history.   

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  Cornelis de Witt, Dutch statesman (Chatham) was born on June - 15.   

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

1636  Johann David Mayer, composer was born on this day in history.   

0923  On this day in history robert I, King of France (922-23), dies in battle   

0948  On this day in history romanus I Lecapenus, Armenian emperor of Byzantium (919-44), dies   

0991  Theophano, German Empress/wife of Emperor Otto II, dies on June - 15.   

1073  On June - 15 death of emperor Go-Sanjō of Japan (b. 1034)   

1246  On June - 15 frederik II "the Strijdbare", duke of Austria, dies in battle at 25   

1337  On June - 15 angelus Clarenus/da Cingoli, Italian leader, dies   

1341  Andronicus III Paleologus, Byzantine emperor (1328-41), dies on June - 15.   

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