Historical Events In June - 15

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

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  Vera Figner, writer, dies on June - 15.   

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

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

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

1944  On June - 15 uS forces begin invasion of Saipan in Pacific   

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

1951  On June - 15 joe Louis scored his last knock out victory   

1952  On June - 15 jakob Jud, Swiss linguist/etymologist, dies at 70   

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

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

1958  On this day in history francois de Vries, economist, dies at 74   

1960  On June - 15 argentina complains to UN about Israeli illicit transfer of Eichman   

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

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

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

1967  Gov Reagan signs liberalized California abortion bill on June - 15.   

1967  Edward Eagan, boxer (Oly-gold-20)/bobsledder (Oly-gold-32), dies at 69 on June - 15.   

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

1969  On this day in history georges Pompidou, president of France, dies   

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  "American Graffiti" opens in NYC on this day in history.   

1977  On this day in history general elections held in Spain, the first since 1936   

1977  Spain's first free elections since 1936 on this day in history.   

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

1978  Soyuz 29 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6; they stay 139 days on this day in history.   

1978  Anton Roosjen, politician/NCRV-chairman, dies at 83 on June - 15.   

1979  On this day in history the first space shuttle SRB qualification test firing; 122 seconds   

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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 this day in history.   

1542  On this day in history birth of richard Grenville, English parliament leader/vice-admiral (Roanoke)   

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 this day in history.   

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

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 June - 15.   

1073  Death of Emperor Go-Sanjō of Japan (b. 1034) on June - 15.   

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  On this day in history 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