About June 15
June 15, 2024 is the 167th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 199 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
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Gemini is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Pearl is the modern birthstone for this month. Moonstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 228 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On June 15
- 923 –Battle of Soissons: King Robert I of France is killed and King Charles the Simple is arrested by the supporters of Duke Rudolph of Burgundy.
- 1184 –King Magnus V of Norway is killed at the Battle of Fimreite.
- 1520 –Pope Leo X threatens to excommunicate Martin Luther in papal bull Exsurge Domine.
- 1580 –Philip II of Spain declares William the Silent to be an outlaw.
- 1752 –Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity (traditional date, the exact date is unknown).
- 1775 –American Revolutionary War: George Washington is appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.
- 1785 –Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, co-pilot of the first-ever manned flight (1783), and his companion, Pierre Romain, become the first-ever casualties of an air crash when their hot air balloon explodes during their attempt to cross the English Channel.
- 1867 –Atlantic Cable Quartz Lode gold mine located in Montana.
- 1888 –Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the German Empire.
- 1896 –The deadliest tsunami in Japan’s history kills more than 22,000 people.
- 1913 –The Battle of Bud Bagsak in the Philippines ends.
- 1920 –A new border treaty between Germany and Denmark gives northern Schleswig to Denmark.
- 1940 –World War II: Operation Ariel begins – Allied troops start to evacuate France, following Germany’s takeover of Paris and most of the nation.
- 1945 –The General Dutch Youth League (ANJV) is founded in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- 1955 –The Eisenhower administration stages the first annual “Operation Alert” (OPAL) exercise, an attempt to assess the USA’s preparations for a nuclear attack.
- 1978 –King Hussein of Jordan marries American Lisa Halaby, who takes the name Queen Noor.
- 1985 –Rembrandt’s painting Danaë is attacked by a man (later judged insane) who throws sulfuric acid on the canvas and cuts it twice with a knife.
- 1991 –In the Philippines, Mount Pinatubo erupts in the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th Century. In the end, over 800 people die.
- 1994 –Israel and Vatican City establish full diplomatic relations.
- 1996 –The Provisional Irish Republican Army explodes a large bomb in the middle of Manchester, England.
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