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Notable anniversaries in history for today: June 15
- 100th: 1924 - Ford Motor Company manufactures its 10 millionth automobile.
- 100th: 1924 - Native Americans are proclaimed US citizens.
- 90th: 1934 - C Jackson discovers asteroid #1324 Knysna.
- 90th: 1934 - Great Smokey Mountains National Park dedicated.
- 90th: 1934 - K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1322 Coppernicus.
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Inna Ryskai in the USSR; volleyball player (Olympic-2 gold/2 silver-1964-1976).
- 80th: 1944 - US forces begin invasion of Saipan in Pacific.
- 80th: 1944 - American B-29 Super Fortress bombers based in China begin bombing the Japanese home island of Northern Kyushu.
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Jim Belushi in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor-comedian (Saturday Night Live, Trading Places).
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Terri Gibbs in Augusta, Georgia, USA; blind singer ("Somebody's Knockin'").
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Courtney Cox in Birmingham, Alabama, USA; actress (Family Ties, Cocoon II).
- 40th: 1984 - Thomas Hearns knocks out Roberto Duran.
- 40th: 1984 - Meredith Willson, composer (Meredith Willson Show), dies at age 82.
- 40th: 1984 - In Nantong, People's Republic of China, a meteorite falls harmlessly to the ground.
- 30th: 1994 - Israel and the Vatican establish full diplomatic relations.
- 30th: 1994 - Death of Kristen Pfaff; American bassist (Hole) (born 1967).
- 30th: 1994 - Buena Vista releases the film The Lion King to theaters.
- 25th: 1999 - George Morber Senior and Carolyn Frederick are murdered by Angel Maturino Resendiz in Gorham, Illinois (his 8th and 9th victims, in his 7th and final incident).
- 25th: 1999 - IBM releases the 37.5 GB Deskstar 37GP hard drive, the world's largest personal computer hard drive. It features 5400-rpm motor, five platters, 2 MB cache buffer, ATA-4 interface. Price is US$350.
- 25th: 1999 - In Central Mexico, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake occurs. 20 people killed, about 275 injured and considerable damage to thousands of buildings and several bridges.
- 20th: 2004 - The Detroit Pistons upset the heavily favored Los Angeles Lakers to win the 2004 NBA Finals, four games to one.
- 15th: 2009 - The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals orders Exxon Mobil to pay US$507.5 million in punitive damages stemming from the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill off Alaska, plus 5.9 percent interest running from the 1996 trial judgment.
- 5th: 2019 - Hong Kong announces it will indefinitely suspend the controversial extradition bill.
- 5th: 2019 - Death of Franco Zeffirelli at age 96 (born 1923); Italian director of theatre, opera, film (Traviata (1958), Lucia di Lammermoar (1959), Romeo and Juliet (1960), Taming of the Shrew (1967), Jesus of Nazareth).
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