Page 7: Historical Events In June - 15

1940  French fortress of Verdun captured by Germans on this day in history.   

1940  On June - 15 germans occupy Paris, capture Havre, assault Maginot line.   

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

1942  On June - 15 vera Figner, writer, dies   

1943  On this day in history congress of racial Equality (CORE) forms   

1943  Cecil Parkin, cricketer (32 wkts in 10 Tests for Eng 1920-24), dies on June - 15.   

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 this day in history itzigsohn discover asteroid 1581 Abanderada, 1582 Martir & 1779 Parana   

1951  Joe Louis scored his last knock out victory on June - 15.   

1952  Jakob Jud, Swiss linguist/etymologist, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1956  John Lennon (15) & Paul McCartney (13) meet for the first time as Lennon's rock group The Quarrymen perform at a church dinner on this day in history.   

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

1958  On June - 15 francois de Vries, economist, dies at 74   

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

1962  On this day in history south Africa passes a bill setting death penalty for many crimes   

1962  On this day in history alfred Cortot, French pianist, dies at 84   

1965  E. A. Speiser, American Bible scholar (b. 1902 on this day in history.   

1967  On June - 15 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  John Lennon & Yoko Ono plant an acorn at Conventry Cathedral on June - 15.   

1968  On this day in history samuel Earl "Wahoo Sam" Crawford, baseball pitcher, dies at 88   

1969  On June - 15 "Hee Haw" with Roy Clark & Buck Owens premiers on CBS TV   

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

1971  Vernon E Jordan Jr, appointed exec director of National Urban League on this day in history.   

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

1972  On this day in history rock fall inside Vierzy Tunnel (France) causes 2 train crash; 107 die   

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

1977  General elections held in Spain, the first since 1936 on this day in history.   

1977  On June - 15 spain's first free elections since 1936   

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

1978  On this day in history soyuz 29 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6; they stay 139 days   

1978  On this day in history anton Roosjen, politician/NCRV-chairman, dies at 83   

1979  The first space shuttle SRB qualification test firing; 122 seconds on this day in history.   

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1221  On this day in history birth of frederik II, [Strijdbare], duke of Austria   

1330  Edward, the black prince, prince of Wales (1343-1376) was born on June - 15.   

1542  Richard Grenville, English parliament leader/vice-admiral (Roanoke) was born on this day in history.   

1553  On June - 15 birth of ernst, archduke of Austria/governor of the Netherlands   

1594  Nicolas Poussin, French painter (d. 1665) was born on this day in history.   

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

1624  Hiob Ludolf, German orientalist (d. 1704) was born on June - 15.   

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

0991  Theophano, German Empress/wife of Emperor Otto II, dies on this day in history.   

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

1246  Frederik II "the Strijdbare", duke of Austria, dies in battle at 25 on June - 15.   

1337  On this day in history angelus Clarenus/da Cingoli, Italian leader, dies   

1341  On June - 15 andronicus III Paleologus, Byzantine emperor (1328-41), dies   

1381  On this day in history death of wat Tyler, leader of English Peasants' Revolt, beheaded in London