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What happened in history on this day: June 15?
On June 15 in ...
- 1878 - First attempt at motion pictures (using 12 cameras, each taking one picture) done to see if all four of a horse's hooves leave the ground at the same time.
- 1969 - The CBS TV network airs the first Hee Haw 60-minute variety TV show in the USA.
- 1970 - NBC airs the last The General Electric College Bowl TV show.
- 1983 - The CBS TV network airs the sixth and last episode of the TV series Small and Frye.
- 1985 - CBS-TV airs the Pryor's Place half-hour TV show for kids for final time.
- 1994 - Buena Vista releases the film The Lion King to theaters.
- 2005 - Warner Bros. releases the film Batman Begins to theaters.
- 2007 - CBS TV airs the final appearance of 83-year-old Bob Barker as emcee of The Price Is Right. Barker had hosted the game show for 35 years.
- 2018 - Buena Vista releases the film Incredibles 2 to theaters.
Births on June 15
- 1910 - Birth of David Rose in London, England; orchestra leader (Red Skelton Show, Stripper).
- 1917 - Birth of Bill Martin in Iowa, USA; moviemaker at 20th Century Fox, Disney Studios, Imagineers, extensive work on Disneyland, vice president of design 1971-77, planned Walt Disney World and Tokyo Disneyland, named Disney Legend 1994.
- 1935 - Birth of Belinda Lee in England; actress (Who Done It, Runaway Bus).
- 1943 - Birth of Aron Kincaid in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Warren - Bachelor Father, Ski Party).
- 1945 - Birth of Nicola Pagett; actress (Oliver's Story, Privates on Parade).
- 1946 - Birth of Judy Pace in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Young Lawyers).
- 1947 - Birth of Lee Purcell in North Carolina, USA; actor (Big Wednesday, Mr Majestyk).
- 1949 - Birth of Jim Varney in Lexington, Kentucky, USA; actor (Ernest P. Worrell in commercials, Fernwood Tonight, Pop! Goes the Country, The Rousters, Hey Vern It's Ernest, Ernest Goes to Camp).
- 1954 - Birth of Jim Belushi in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor-comedian (Saturday Night Live, Trading Places).
- 1956 - Birth of Polly Draper in Palo Alto, California, USA; actress (Ellyn - Thirty Something, Hooters).
- 1959 - Birth of Eileen Davidson; actress (The Young and the Restless, House on Sorority Row).
- 1963 - Birth of Helen Hunt in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Jill - Amy Prentiss, Lisa - It Takes Two).
- 1964 - Birth of Courtney Cox in Birmingham, Alabama, USA; actress (Family Ties, Cocoon II).
- 1965 - Birth of Carrie Mitchum in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Donna - The Bold and the Beautiful).
- 1973 - Birth of Neil Patrick Harris in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA; actor (Doogie Howser).
Deaths on June 15
- 1989 - Death of Victor French at age 54 of cancer; actor (Little House on the Prairie, Highway to Heaven, Carter Country).
- 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).
- 2023 - Death of Glanda Jackson at age 87 in London, England; actor (Gudrun - Women in Love film (1969, Oscar winner), A Touch of Class film (1973, Oscar winner), The Great Escaper film (2023), Elizabeth I - Elizabeth R TV series (1972, two Emmy awards), Cleopatra - Morecambe and Wise TV show (1971), Three Tall Women play (2018, Tony award winner)), United Kingdom politician (member of Parliament 22 years).
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