Historical Events In June - 15

1979  Ernst Meister, writer, dies at 67 on June - 15.   

1980  On June - 15 jorge Orta of Cleveland gets 6 hits in a baseball game   

1982  On this day in history riots in Argentina after Falklands/Malvinas defeat   

1982  Art[hur E] Pepper, US, alto saxophonist, dies at 56 on June - 15.   

1983  Supreme Court struck down state & local restrictions on abortion on June - 15.   

1984  On this day in history thomas Hearns KOs Roberto Duran   

1984  Meredith Willson, composer (Meredith Willson Show), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1985  En route to Halley's Comet, USSR's Vega 2 drops lander on Venus on this day in history.   

1985  Len Hopwood, cricketer (took 0-155 in two Tests Eng v Aust 1934), dies on this day in history.   

1986  Pravda announces high-level Chernobyl staff fired for stupidity on this day in history.   

1986  On June - 15 k K Tarapore, cricketer (Test for India 1948), killed by motor-scooter   

1987  J A K Cochrane, cricketer (Test for S Afr 1931), dies on June - 15.   

1988  On this day in history nASA launches space vehicle S-213   

1989  Ronald Reagan is knighted by Queen Elizabeth on June - 15.   

1989  Ray McAnally, actor (My Left Foot, Empire State), dies in Dublin at 63 on this day in history.   

1990  "Dick Tracy" with Warren Beatty premiers on this day in history.   

1991  On June - 15 philippines volcano Mount Pinatubo errupts   

1992  Ghana Airways inaugurates flights to JFK Airport (NYC) on June - 15.   

1992  Eddie Lopat, pitcher (NY Yankees), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1993  On June - 15 john Connally, the former Texas governor wounded when President John F. Kennedy was killed, dies at age 76.   

1993  On this day in history john Connally, (Gov-D/R-Texas), dies at 76   

1994  David Lawson, executed in NC (wanted execution shown on Donahue) on this day in history.   

2007  Bob Barker airs his last episode of The Price is Right on this day in history.   

2012  Apple I computer sells for a record $374,500 on this day in history.   

2014  Juan Manuel Santos is reelected President of Columbia on this day in history.   

2017  On June - 15 scotland Yard launches criminal inquiry and British Prime Minister Theresa May announces a public inquiry a day after the Grenfell Tower fire   

2017  New record set for price of a parking lot in Hong Kong - $664,000 on June - 15.   

2017  On June - 15 rebel Wilson win defamation case against Bauer Media at The Supreme Court of Victoria in Melbourne   

2018  On June - 15 world Cup: Portugal 3. Spain 3 - Cristiano Renaldo scores hat-trick - 4th player to score in 4 different WC's - 1st to score in 8 consecutive major tournaments   

2018  Physicist Stephen Hawking 's ashes are interred in Westminster Abbey, London, between the remains of Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin on this day in history.   

2018  Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes charged with fraud over company's blood tests on this day in history.   

2018  Glasgow School of Art, designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh burns down, four years after a previous fire on this day in history.   

2019  On June - 15 baseball jersey belonging to Babe Ruth becomes most expensive sports memorabilia when it sells for $5.64 million at an auction in New York   

2019  On June - 15 hong Kong anti-extradition bill protests: Hong Kong announces it will indefinitely suspend the controversial extradition bill, but protests continue, this time calling for the total withdrawal of the bill and the resignation of Chief Executive Carrie Lam.   

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1221  Frederik II, [Strijdbare], duke of Austria was born on June - 15.   

1330  Edward, the black prince, prince of Wales (1343-1376) was born on June - 15.   

1542  Richard Grenville, English parliament leader/vice-admiral (Roanoke) was born on June - 15.   

1553  Ernst, archduke of Austria/governor of the Netherlands was born on June - 15.   

1594  Nicolas Poussin, French painter (d. 1665) was born on this day in history.   

1623  Cornelis de Witt, Dutch statesman (Chatham) was born on this day in history.   

1624  Hiob Ludolf, German orientalist (d. 1704) was born on June - 15.   

1636  On this day in history birth of johann David Mayer, composer   

0923  On June - 15 robert I, King of France (922-23), dies in battle   

0948  Romanus I Lecapenus, Armenian emperor of Byzantium (919-44), dies on this day in history.   

0991  On June - 15 theophano, German Empress/wife of Emperor Otto II, dies   

1073  Death of Emperor Go-Sanjō of Japan (b. 1034) on this day in history.   

1246  On this day in history frederik II "the Strijdbare", duke of Austria, dies in battle at 25   

1337  On this day in history angelus Clarenus/da Cingoli, Italian leader, dies   

1341  On June - 15 andronicus III Paleologus, Byzantine emperor (1328-41), dies   

1381  On this day in history death of wat Tyler, leader of English Peasants' Revolt, beheaded in London