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This day in history: 15 June

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347 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 15 June.
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2013: A bomb explodes on a bus in the Pakistani city of Quetta, killing at least 25 people and wounding 22 others.

Holidays and observances

Arbor Day (Costa Rica)

Christian feast day: Abraham of Clermont (or of St Cyriacus)

Christian feast day: Alice (or Adelaide) of Schaerbeek

Christian feast day: Amos

Christian feast day: Blessed Albertina Berkenbrock

Christian feast day: Blessed Clement Vismara

Christian feast day: Blessed Peter Snow

Christian feast day: Edburga of Winchester

Christian feast day: Evelyn Underhill (Church of England and The Episcopal Church)

Christian feast day: Germaine Cousin

Christian feast day: June 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: Landelin (of Crespin or of Lobbes)

Events

2013A bomb explodes on a bus in the Pakistani city of Quetta, killing at least 25 people and wounding 22 others.

1996The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) detonates a powerful truck bomb in the middle of Manchester, England, devastating the city centre and injuring 200 people.

1992The United States Supreme Court rules in United States v. Álvarez-Machaín that it is permissible for the United States to forcibly extradite suspects in foreign countries and bring them to the United States for trial, without approval from

1991In the Philippines, Mount Pinatubo erupts in the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century, killing over 800 people.

1988The Ariane 4 rocket is launched on its maiden flight.

1977After the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975, the first democratic elections take place in Spain.

1972Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z is destroyed by a bomb over Pleiku, Vietnam (then South Vietnam) and kills 81 people.

1944In the Saskatchewan general election, the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, is elected and forms the first socialist government in North America.

1944World War II: The United States invades Saipan, capital of Japan's South Seas Mandate.

1940World War II: Operation Aerial begins: Allied troops start to evacuate France, following Germany's takeover of Paris and most of the nation.

1920Following the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, Northern Schleswig is transferred from Germany to Denmark.

1919John Alcock and Arthur Brown complete the first nonstop transatlantic flight when they reach Clifden, County Galway, Ireland.

1904A fire aboard the steamboat SS General Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.

1896One of the deadliest tsunamis in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.

1864American Civil War: The Second Battle of Petersburg begins.

1859Ambiguity in the Oregon Treaty leads to the "Northwestern Boundary Dispute" between American and British/Canadian settlers.

1846The Oregon Treaty extends the border between the United States and British North America, established by the Treaty of 1818, westward to the Pacific Ocean.

1834The looting of Safed commences.

1826In the Auspicious Incident, the Janissary mutiny against Sultan Mahmud II is defeated and the Janissary corps is disbanded as a result.

1804New Hampshire approves the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratifying the document.

1607Virginia colonists finish building James's Fort, to defend against Spanish and Native American attacks.

1567Mary, Queen of Scots, and her new husband Bothwell are confronted by disgruntled Scottish nobles in the encounter at Carberry Hill. The stand-off ends with the surrender of queen Mary.

1520Pope Leo X threatens to excommunicate Martin Luther in Exsurge Domine.

1410In a decisive battle at Onon River, the Mongol forces of Oljei Temur were decimated by the Chinese armies of the Yongle Emperor.

1410Ottoman Interregnum: Süleyman Çelebi defeats his brother Musa Çelebi outside the Byzantine capital, Constantinople.

1389The Ottomans under Sultan Murad I defeat a Serb army under Lazar of Serbia in the battle of Kosovo. Both leaders are killed in the battle.

1312At the Battle of Rozgony, King Charles I of Hungary wins a decisive victory over the family of Palatine Amade Aba.

1310The Tiepolo conspiracy, seeking to seize power in the Republic of Venice, is thwarted after bloody street clashes in Venice. The suppression of the revolt will lead to the creation of the Council of Ten.

1285The Byzantine Empire and the Republic of Venice conclude a treaty. Apart from agreeing on a ten year truce, the Venetians are alloted a commercial quarter in Constantinople and are restored to earlier privileges.

1246With the death of Frederick II, Duke of Austria, the Babenberg dynasty ends in Austria.

1219Northern Crusades: Danish victory at the Battle of Lindanise (modern-day Tallinn) establishes the Danish Duchy of Estonia.

1215King John of England puts his seal to Magna Carta.

1184The naval Battle of Fimreite is won by the Birkebeiner pretender Sverre Sigurdsson. Sigurdsson takes the Norwegian throne and King Magnus V of Norway is killed.

923Battle of Soissons: King Robert I of France is killed and King Charles the Simple is arrested by the supporters of Duke Rudolph of Burgundy.

844Louis II is crowned as king of Italy at Rome by pope Sergius II.

-763Assyrians record a solar eclipse that is later used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history.

Born on this day

2003Pablo Barrios, Spanish footballer

1997Madison Kocian, American gymnast

1996Aurora, Norwegian singer-songwriter

1996Hoshi, South Korean singer and dancer

1996Tia-Adana Belle, Barbadian athlete

1994Iñaki Williams, Basque-Ghanaian footballer

1993Cooper Kupp, American football player

1993Irfan Hadžić, Bosnian footballer

1992Dafne Schippers, Dutch heptathlete and sprinter

1992Michał Kopczyński, Polish footballer

1992Mohamed Salah, Egyptian footballer

1991Jessie Ennis, American actress, director, and writer

1989Bayley, American wrestler

1989Bryan Clauson, American race car driver (died 2016)

1989Lewis Hancox, English graphic novelist, social media personality and filmmaker

1989Víctor Cabedo, Spanish cyclist (died 2012)

1986James Maloney, Australian rugby league player

1986Trevor Plouffe, American baseball player

1985Ashley Nicole Black, American comedian, actress, and writer

1984Edison Toloza, Colombian footballer

1984Eva Hrdinová, Czech tennis player

1984Luke Hodge, Australian footballer

1984Tim Lincecum, American baseball player

1983Josh McGuire, Canadian fencer

1983Laura Imbruglia, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

1982Abdur Razzak, Bangladeshi cricketer

1982Mike Delany, New Zealand rugby player

1981John Paintsil, Ghanaian footballer

1980David Lyons, Australian rugby player

1979Charles Zwolsman Jr., Dutch racing driver

1979Christian Rahn, German footballer

1979Yulia Nestsiarenka, Belarusian sprinter

1978Wilfred Bouma, Dutch footballer

1978Zach Day, American baseball player

1977Michael Doleac, American basketball player and manager

1976Jiří Ryba, Czech decathlete

1973Greg Vaughan, American actor and model

1973Neil Patrick Harris, American actor and singer

1973Pia Miranda, Australian actress

1973Tore Andre Flo, Norwegian footballer and coach

Died on this day

2024James Kent, American chef (born 1979)

2024Matija Sarkic, English-born Montenegrin footballer (born 1997)

2023Glenda Jackson, English actress and politician (born 1936)

2019Franco Zeffirelli, Italian film director (born 1923)

2014Jacques Bergerac, French actor and businessman (born 1927)

2013Dennis O'Rourke, Australian director and producer (born 1945)

2013Heinz Flohe, German footballer and manager (born 1948)

2013José Froilán González, Argentinian racing driver (born 1922)

2013Kenneth G. Wilson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1936)

2012Barry MacKay, American tennis player and sportscaster (born 1935)

2012Israel Nogueda Otero, Mexican economist and politician, 10th Governor of Guerrero (born 1935)

2012Jerry Tubbs, American football player and coach (born 1935)

2012Phillip D. Cagan, American economist and author (born 1927)

2011Bill Haast, American herpetologist and academic (born 1910)

2008Ray Getliffe, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1914)

2007Hugo Corro, Argentine boxer (born 1953)

2006Herb Pearson, New Zealand cricketer (born 1910)

2006Raymond Devos, Belgian-French comedian and clown (born 1922)

2005Suzanne Flon, French actress (born 1918)

2004Ahmet Piriştina, Turkish politician and mayor of İzmir (born 1952)

2003Hume Cronyn, Canadian-American actor (born 1911)

2002Choi Hong Hi, South Korean general and martial artist, founded Taekwondo (born 1918)

2001Henri Alekan, French cinematographer (born 1909)

2000Jules Roy, French author, poet, and playwright (born 1907)

1999Omer Côté, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1906)

1996Dick Murdoch, American wrestler (born 1946)

1996Ella Fitzgerald, American singer and actress (born 1917)

1996Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet, Scottish general and politician (born 1911)

1995John Vincent Atanasoff, American physicist and inventor, invented the Atanasoff–Berry computer (born 1903)

1994Manos Hatzidakis, Greek composer and theorist (born 1925)

Quote of the day

“The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.”

Marcus Aurelius

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