WillDekkard
06-17-2010, 03:46 AM
Hear are some notable events that happened on This Date in History
- June 15th
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* 763 BC Assyria to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history.
* 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.
* 1215 King John of England puts his seal to the Magna Carta.
* 1246 With the death of Duke Frederick II, the Babenberg dynasty ends in Austria.
* 1389 Battle of Kosovo: The Ottoman Empire defeats Serbs and Bosnians.
* 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.
* 1667 The first human blood transfusion is administered by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys.
* 1752 Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity.
* 1775 American Revolutionary War: George Washington is appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.
* 1776 Delaware Separation Day Delaware votes to suspend government under the British Crown and separate officially from Pennsylvania.
* 1785 Jean-Fran็ois Pilโtre 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.
* 1804 New Hampshire approves the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratifying the document.
* 1808 Joseph Bonaparte becomes King of Spain.
* 1836 Arkansas is admitted as the 25th U.S. state.
* 1844 Charles Goodyear receives a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber.
* 1846 The Oregon Treaty establishes the 49th parallel as the border between the United States and Canada, from the Rocky Mountains to the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
* 1859 Pig War: Ambiguity in the Oregon Treaty leads to the "Northwestern Boundary Dispute" between U.S. and British/Canadian settlers.
* 1864 American Civil War: The Siege of Petersburg begins.
* 1864 Arlington National Cemetery is established when 200 acres (0.81 km2) around Arlington Mansion (formerly owned by Confederate General Robert E. Lee) are officially set aside as a military cemetery by U.S. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.
* 1867 Atlantic Cable Quartz Lode gold mine located in Montana.
* 1877 Henry Ossian Flipper becomes the first African American cadet to graduate from the United States Military Academy.
* 1888 Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II and is the last emperor of the German Empire.
* 1896 The most destructive tsunami in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.
* 1904 A fire aboard the steamboat SS General Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1000.
* 1905 Princess Margaret of Connaught marries Gustaf, Crown Prince of Sweden.
* 1909 Representatives from England, Australia and South Africa meet at Lord's and form the Imperial Cricket Conference.
* 1911 Tabulating Computing Recording Corporation (IBM) is incorporated.
* 1913 The Battle of Bud Bagsak in the Philippines concludes.
* 1916 U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter.
* 1919 John Alcock and Arthur Brown complete the first nonstop transatlantic flight at Clifden, County Galway, Ireland.
* 1920 Duluth lynchings in Minnesota.
* 1920 A new border treaty between Germany and Denmark gives northern Schleswig to Denmark.
* 1934 The U.S. Great Smoky Mountains National Park is founded.
* 1937 A German expedition led by Karl Wien lost sixteen members in an avalanche on Nanga Parbat. The worst single disaster to occur on an 8000m peak.
* 1944 World War II: Battle of Saipan: The United States invades Saipan.
* 1944 In the Saskatchewan general election, the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, is elected and forms the first socialist government of North America.
* 1945 The General Dutch Youth League (ANJV) is founded in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
* 1954 UEFA (Union des Associations Europ้ennes de Football) is formed in Basle, Switzerland.
* 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 Dana๋ is attacked by a man (later judged insane) who throws sulfuric acid on the canvas and cuts it twice with a knife.
* 1991 Birth of the first federal political party in Canada that supports Quebec nationalism, le Bloc Qu้b้cois.
* 1992 The United States Supreme Court rules in United States v. มlvarez-Machaํn that it is permissible for the USA to forcibly extradite suspects in foreign countries and bring them to the USA for trial, without approval from those other countries.
* 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.
* 2002 Near earth asteroid 2002 MN misses the Earth by 75,000 miles (121,000 km), about one-third of the distance between the Earth and the Moon
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- June 15th
c/p from Wikipedia
* 763 BC Assyria to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history.
* 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.
* 1215 King John of England puts his seal to the Magna Carta.
* 1246 With the death of Duke Frederick II, the Babenberg dynasty ends in Austria.
* 1389 Battle of Kosovo: The Ottoman Empire defeats Serbs and Bosnians.
* 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.
* 1667 The first human blood transfusion is administered by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys.
* 1752 Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity.
* 1775 American Revolutionary War: George Washington is appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.
* 1776 Delaware Separation Day Delaware votes to suspend government under the British Crown and separate officially from Pennsylvania.
* 1785 Jean-Fran็ois Pilโtre 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.
* 1804 New Hampshire approves the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratifying the document.
* 1808 Joseph Bonaparte becomes King of Spain.
* 1836 Arkansas is admitted as the 25th U.S. state.
* 1844 Charles Goodyear receives a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber.
* 1846 The Oregon Treaty establishes the 49th parallel as the border between the United States and Canada, from the Rocky Mountains to the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
* 1859 Pig War: Ambiguity in the Oregon Treaty leads to the "Northwestern Boundary Dispute" between U.S. and British/Canadian settlers.
* 1864 American Civil War: The Siege of Petersburg begins.
* 1864 Arlington National Cemetery is established when 200 acres (0.81 km2) around Arlington Mansion (formerly owned by Confederate General Robert E. Lee) are officially set aside as a military cemetery by U.S. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.
* 1867 Atlantic Cable Quartz Lode gold mine located in Montana.
* 1877 Henry Ossian Flipper becomes the first African American cadet to graduate from the United States Military Academy.
* 1888 Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II and is the last emperor of the German Empire.
* 1896 The most destructive tsunami in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.
* 1904 A fire aboard the steamboat SS General Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1000.
* 1905 Princess Margaret of Connaught marries Gustaf, Crown Prince of Sweden.
* 1909 Representatives from England, Australia and South Africa meet at Lord's and form the Imperial Cricket Conference.
* 1911 Tabulating Computing Recording Corporation (IBM) is incorporated.
* 1913 The Battle of Bud Bagsak in the Philippines concludes.
* 1916 U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter.
* 1919 John Alcock and Arthur Brown complete the first nonstop transatlantic flight at Clifden, County Galway, Ireland.
* 1920 Duluth lynchings in Minnesota.
* 1920 A new border treaty between Germany and Denmark gives northern Schleswig to Denmark.
* 1934 The U.S. Great Smoky Mountains National Park is founded.
* 1937 A German expedition led by Karl Wien lost sixteen members in an avalanche on Nanga Parbat. The worst single disaster to occur on an 8000m peak.
* 1944 World War II: Battle of Saipan: The United States invades Saipan.
* 1944 In the Saskatchewan general election, the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, is elected and forms the first socialist government of North America.
* 1945 The General Dutch Youth League (ANJV) is founded in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
* 1954 UEFA (Union des Associations Europ้ennes de Football) is formed in Basle, Switzerland.
* 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 Dana๋ is attacked by a man (later judged insane) who throws sulfuric acid on the canvas and cuts it twice with a knife.
* 1991 Birth of the first federal political party in Canada that supports Quebec nationalism, le Bloc Qu้b้cois.
* 1992 The United States Supreme Court rules in United States v. มlvarez-Machaํn that it is permissible for the USA to forcibly extradite suspects in foreign countries and bring them to the USA for trial, without approval from those other countries.
* 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.
* 2002 Near earth asteroid 2002 MN misses the Earth by 75,000 miles (121,000 km), about one-third of the distance between the Earth and the Moon
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