Historical Events In June - 15

1940  On June - 15 french fortress of Verdun captured by Germans   

1940  Germans occupy Paris, capture Havre, assault Maginot line on this day in history.   

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

1942  On June - 15 vera Figner, writer, dies   

1943  On June - 15 congress of racial Equality (CORE) forms   

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

1944  On this day in history first B-29 test-raid on Japanese industrial cities is deemed satisfactory.   

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

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

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 June - 15.   

1957  42.01 cm (16.54") of rainfall, East St Louis, Ill (state record) on this day in history.   

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

1960  On this day in history 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  On this day in history alfred Cortot, French pianist, dies at 84   

1965  E. A. Speiser, American Bible scholar (b. 1902 on June - 15.   

1967  On June - 15 gov Reagan signs liberalized California abortion bill   

1967  On this day in history edward Eagan, boxer (Oly-gold-20)/bobsledder (Oly-gold-32), dies at 69   

1968  On June - 15 john Lennon & Yoko Ono plant an acorn at Conventry Cathedral   

1968  On June - 15 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  On June - 15 georges Pompidou, president of France, dies   

1971  On this day in history vernon E Jordan Jr, appointed exec director of National Urban League   

1972  On June - 15 75,000 attend gathering of religious leader Billy Graham, in Texas   

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

1977  On this day in history spain's first free elections since 1936   

1978  On this day in history jordan's King Hussein marries 26-year-old American Lisa Halaby, who becomes Queen Noor.   

1978  On June - 15 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  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  On June - 15 birth of edward, the black prince, prince of Wales (1343-1376)   

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

1553  Ernst, archduke of Austria/governor of the Netherlands was born on this day in history.   

1594  On June - 15 birth of nicolas Poussin, French painter (d. 1665)   

1623  Cornelis de Witt, Dutch statesman (Chatham) was born on this day in history.   

1624  On June - 15 birth of hiob Ludolf, German orientalist (d. 1704)   

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

0923  Robert I, King of France (922-23), dies in battle on June - 15.   

0948  On June - 15 romanus I Lecapenus, Armenian emperor of Byzantium (919-44), dies   

0991  On June - 15 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 June - 15 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  On June - 15 andronicus III Paleologus, Byzantine emperor (1328-41), dies   

1381  On June - 15 death of wat Tyler, leader of English Peasants' Revolt, beheaded in London