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What happened in history on this day: June 15?
On June 15 in ...
- 1775 - The Continental Congress names George Washington as commander in chief of the Continental Army.
- 1779 - General Anthony Wayne captures Stony Point, Bronx.
- 1804 - 12th amendment to the US Constitution is ratified; deals with manner of choosing president.
- 1836 - Arkansas is admitted to the USA as the 25th state.
- 1844 - Goodyear patents vulcanization of rubber.
- 1846 - The dispute between the US and Great Britain over the Oregon country is settled by treaty, establishing the boundary at the 49th parallel.
- 1851 - Jacob Fussell, Baltimore dairyman, sets up first ice-cream factory.
- 1859 - On San Juan Island, south of Vancouver Island, an area of border dispute between the USA and British Columbia, an American farmer shoots an invading pig in his garden.
- 1860 - First White settlement in Idaho (Franklin).
- 1864 - Battle for Petersburg begins as General Ulysses Grant assaults Confederate line.
- 1864 - Robert E Lee's home area (Arlington, Virginia) becomes a military cemetery.
- 1896 - Off Sanriku, Japan, a magnitude 8.5 earthquake occurs. 28,000 people are killed and 170 miles of coastline are destroyed by the resulting 25-metre (80-foot) tsunami. In Hawaii, wharves are demolished. In California, a 9.5-foot wave is observed.
- 1904 - Side-wheeler ship General Slocum burns in New York's East River (1,031 die).
- 1915 - US government mints first $50 gold coins, for Panama Pacific Expo.
- 1924 - Ford Motor Company manufactures its 10 millionth automobile.
- 1924 - Native Americans are proclaimed US citizens.
- 1929 - First time New York curb stock exchange transacts more business than New York Exchange.
- 1934 - Great Smokey Mountains National Park dedicated.
- 1944 - US forces begin invasion of Saipan in Pacific.
- 1944 - American B-29 Super Fortress bombers based in China begin bombing the Japanese home island of Northern Kyushu.
- 1967 - California Governor Ronald Reagan signs liberalized abortion bill.
- 1971 - Vernon E Jordan Junior appointed executive director of National Urban League.
- 1978 - King Hussein of Jordan marries 26-year-old American Elizabeth Halaby, who takes the name Queen Noor.
- 1983 - US Supreme Court strikes down state and local restrictions on abortion.
- 1989 - Ronald Reagan is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
- 1992 - During a spelling bee at a Trenton, New Jersey elementary school, U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle erroneously corrects a student's spelling of the word potato, by indicating it should have an 'e' at the end.
- 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).
- 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.
- 2005 - Off the coast of Northern California, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake occurs.
Births on June 15
- 1894 - Birth of Robert Russell Bennett in Kansas City, Kansas, USA; composer/arranger (Oklahoma!).
- 1900 - Birth of Otto Clarence Luening in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; composer ("Sonority Canon").
- 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.
- 1937 - Birth of Waylon Jennings in Littlefield, Texas, USA; singer of innumerable country songs ("Ramblin' Man", Dukes of Hazzard).
- 1943 - Birth of Aron Kincaid in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Warren - Bachelor Father, Ski Party).
- 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).
- 1954 - Birth of Terri Gibbs in Augusta, Georgia, USA; blind singer ("Somebody's Knockin'").
- 1955 - Birth of Tree Rollins in Winter Haven, Florida, USA; NBA center (Cleveland Cavaliers).
- 1956 - Birth of Polly Draper in Palo Alto, California, USA; actress (Ellyn - Thirty Something, Hooters).
- 1958 - Birth of Wade Boggs in Nebraska, USA; Boston Red Sox third baseman (American League bat champion 1985-88).
- 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
- 1849 - Death of James Knox Polk of cholera in Nashville, Tennessee, USA; Tennessee Legislature (1823-24), House of Representatives (1825-39), Tennessee Governor (1840-41), 11th US President (1845-49).
- 1989 - Death of Victor French at age 54 of cancer; actor (Little House on the Prairie, Highway to Heaven, Carter Country).
- 1993 - Death of John Connally, Governor of Texas (born 1917).
- 1994 - Death of Kristen Pfaff; American bassist (Hole) (born 1967).
- 2008 - Death of Arthur Galston, botanist, age 88; discovered Agent Orange herbicide.
- 2008 - Death of Stan Winston, American special effects and makeup artist (born 1946).
- 2015 - Death of Kirk Kerkorian, American businessman (born 1917).
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