June 15

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on June 15. From 1900 until now. June 15 is under the sign of Gemini. Famous birthdays on this day include Yuri Andropov (1914), Johnny Hallyday (1943) and Courteney Cox (1964). Several movies were released around June 15 over the years, such as Sweet Smell of Success in 1957 directed by Alexander Mackendrick and Blade Runner in 1982 directed by Ridley Scott.
But much more happened on June 15 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

Commemoration of Evelyn Underhill (Anglican mystic and poet)
Roman Catholic Church ? Feast of Saint Germaine Cousin, patron of shepherdesses and of victims of child abuse
Roman Catholic Church and some Anglican churches: Corpus Christi (moveable feast, 2006)
Saint Vitus' Day ? Vitus Diena held in medieval Latvia
Malawi's Freedom Day
Commemoration of William Adams (Miura Anjin ????) a man shipwrecked in Japan in the 1600s, and whom James Clavell's "Shogun" was based upon
Flag Day in Denmark
Roman Empire ? ninth and final day of the Vestalia in honor of Vesta
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Events

2019 Yemeni Crisis (2011–present): Yemen-based Houthi forces launch drone strikes on Jizan Regional Airport and Abha International Airport in Saudi Arabia. A Saudi Arabian-led coalition spokesperson says a Houthi drone has been shot down near the Saudi city of Abha. (Reuters)
2018 War in North-West Pakistan: The Afghan Ministry of Defense reports that Mullah Fazlullah, the emir of the Pakistani Taliban, was killed in Kunar province by an U.S. drone strike two days prior on June 13. (NBC News)
2016 Syrian Civil War: Syrian government airstrikes hit rebel-held areas in Aleppo, killing at least 34 people. (Al Jazeera)
2015 At least 23 people are killed and more than 100 injured in suicide attacks on police headquarters and training centers by suspected Boko Haram members in N'Djamena, Chad. (New York Times)
2014 Syrian Civil War: The Syrian Military retakes control of Kessab in north-western Syria. (Reuters)
2013 2011–present Libyan factional fighting:: Clashes between Libyan army forces and armed protesters in the city of Benghazi kill at least six soldiers. (BBC) (Reuters)
2012 The Yemeni army captures Shuqra, the third militant stronghold to fall in the last week. (BBC)
2011 Greek unions initiate a general strike, with protesters vowing to surround the Hellenic Parliament as it prepares to discuss its plans for financial cuts. (Reuters via France 24) (Xinhua) (euronews)
2010 Human rights in Iran:
2009 Iran
2008 In New York City, the Tony Awards are presented. Lifetime achievement award: Stephen Sondheim.
2007 In the USA, Bob Barker makes his last appearance on TV show The Price is Right.
2006 U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito breaks a tie in a 5-4 decision in ''Hudson v. Michigan'', allowing evidence admitted in cases where police did not knock and announce themselves when executing a search warrant. (CNN)
2005 Off the coast of Northern California, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake occurs.
2004 Tim Berners-Lee receives the Millennium Technology Prize in Helsinki. (Technology awards)
2003 The German Green Party backs Chancellor Gerhard Schröder's ''Agenda 2010'' with more than 90% of all votes at an extraordinary party convention.
2002 Near-Earth asteroid 2002 MN misses the Earth by 75,000 miles (121,000 km), about one-third of the distance between the Earth and the Moon.
1999 George Morber Senior and Carolyn Frederick are murdered by Angel Maturino Resendiz in Gorham, Illinois. They are his eighth and ninth victims, in his seventh and final incident.
1998 32nd TNN Music City News Country Awards
1997 Little Foxes, closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC after 56 performances
1996 The Provisional Irish Republican Army explodes a large bomb in the middle of Manchester, England.
1995 Chronicles of a Death Foretold opens at Plymouth NYC for 55 performances
1994 New York Giants cut quarterback Phil Simms
1992 1st Berlin Air Show in 60 years
1991 Carolyn Tanny and Bob Trischel wed
1990 Dick Tracy with Warren Beatty and Madonna premieres
1989 Ronald Reagan is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
1988 NASA launches space vehicle S-213.
1987 Michael Spinks TKOs Gerry Cooney in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
1986 86th US Golf Open: Ray Floyd shoots a 279 at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club - New York
1985 Pinklon Thomas KOs Mike Weaver in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
1984 Thicke Of The Night, TV Talk Show last airs in syndication
1983 Cards trade Keith Hernandez to Mets for Neil Allen and Rick Ownbey
1982 Riots in Argentina after Falklands / Malvinas defeat
1980 Fearless Frank opens at Princess Theater NYC for 12 performances
1979 1st space shuttle SRB qualification test firing; 122 seconds
1978 Belgian government resigns
1977 New York Mets trade Tom Seaver to Reds for Pat Zachry
1976 Rain out! Astrodome cancels game heavy rains make it difficult for visiting team and umpires to get through flooded streets to the stadium
1974 Streak by Ray Stevens hit #1 on UK pop chart
1973 American Graffiti opens in New York City
1972 West German police arrested RAF leader Ulrike Meinhof
1971 Vernon E Jordan Jr appointed executive director of National Urban League.
1970 16th LPGA Championship won by Shirley Englehorn
1969 Hee Haw with Roy Clark and Buck Owens premieres on CBS TV
1968 How Now, Dow Jones closes at Lunt Fontanne NYC after 220 performances
1967 Gov Reagan signs liberalized California abortion bill
1965 Bob Dylan records Like a Rolling Stone
1964 Last French troops leave Algeria
1963 Sound of Music closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 1443 performances
1962 WWUP TV channel 10 in Sault Ste Marie, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting
1961 Expansion Washingston Senators are 30-30, latest date an expansion team will be at .500, Washington will lose their next 10 games
1960 Angel Cordero wins his 1st of over 7000 horse races
1958 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament
1957 Ziegfeld Follies of 1957 closes at Winter Garden NYC after 123 performances
1956 Eindhoven University of Technology is founded in Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
1955 Australia score 8-758 vs. West Indies at Kingston, their best ever
1953 Browns end Yankees win streak at 18 and Browns 14-game losing streak
1952 ''The Diary of a Young Girl'' is published.
1951 1st coml electronic computer dedicated Philadelphia
1950 Dutch police seize condoms
1949 Phils Eddie Waitkus, shot by Ruth Steinhagen, 19, at Eddgewater Hotel
1948 1st night game at Briggs Stadium: Detroit Tigers beat Philadelphia Athletics
1947 47th US Golf Open: Lew Worsham shoots a 282 at St. Louis Country Club - Missouri
1945 ANJV established in Concert building, Amsterdam
1944 American B-29 Super Fortress bombers based in China begin bombing the Japanese home island of Northern Kyushu.
1943 Congress of racial Equality (CORE) forms
1940 38 Italians Fiat bombers bomb Luc-and-Province
1938 1st night game at Brooklyn Ebbets Field (Reds 6, Dodgers 0) as Cin Red Johnny Vander Meer hurls unprecedented 2nd consecutive no-hitter
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 An army laboratory explodes in Estonia, killing 60.
1934 Great Smokey Mountains National Park dedicated.
1931 Eddie Collins and Harry Heilmann, retire from baseball
1929 First time New York curb stock exchange transacts more business than New York Exchange.
1928 Ty Cobb, 41, steals home for 50th and final time
1926 7th French government of Briand falls
1925 Philadelphia Athletics go into bottom of 8th inning trailing 15-4, then score 13 times to defeat Cleveland 17-15
1924 1st transmission of radio Bloemendaal
1921 Bessie Coleman reaches France as US 1st black pilot
1920 De Zweef soccer team forms in Nijverdal
1919 1st nonstop Atlantic flight (Alcock & Brown) lands in Ireland
1918 50th Belmont: Frank Robinson aboard Johren wins in 2:20.6
1917 The United States enacts the Espionage Act.
1916 Boys Scouts of America forms
1915 US government mints first $50 gold pieces, for Panama Pacific Expo.
1913 The Battle of Bud Bagsak in the Philippines ends.
1912 26th US Womens Tennis: Mary K Browne beats Eleonora Sears (64 62)
1911 Tabulating Computing Recording Corporation (IBM) is incorporated.
1909 Representatives from England, Australia and South Africa meet at Lord's and form the Imperial Cricket Conference.
1907 44 nations meet in second Hague Peace Conference.
1905 Princess Margaret of Connaught marries Gustaf, Crown Prince of Sweden.
1904 A fire aboard the steamboat SS General Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
1902 The New York Central railroad inaugurates the ''20th Century Limited'' passenger train between Chicago and New York City, New York.
1901 7th US Golf Open: Willie Anderson shoots a 331 at Myopia Hunt Club, Massachusetts
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