Page 7: Historical Events In June - 15

1940  On June - 15 french fortress of Verdun captured by Germans   

1940  On this day in history germans occupy Paris, capture Havre, assault Maginot line.   

1940  38 Italians Fiat bombers bomb Luc-and-Province on June - 15.   

1942  On this day in history vera Figner, writer, dies   

1943  On June - 15 congress of racial Equality (CORE) forms   

1943  On this day in history cecil Parkin, cricketer (32 wkts in 10 Tests for Eng 1920-24), dies   

1944  On June - 15 first B-29 test-raid on Japanese industrial cities is deemed satisfactory.   

1944  On this day in history uS forces begin invasion of Saipan in Pacific   

1950  Itzigsohn discover asteroid 1581 Abanderada, 1582 Martir & 1779 Parana on this day in history.   

1951  Joe Louis scored his last knock out victory on June - 15.   

1952  Jakob Jud, Swiss linguist/etymologist, dies at 70 on June - 15.   

1956  On this day in history john Lennon (15) & Paul McCartney (13) meet for the first time as Lennon's rock group The Quarrymen perform at a church dinner   

1957  42.01 cm (16.54") of rainfall, East St Louis, Ill (state record) on this day in history.   

1958  On June - 15 francois de Vries, economist, dies at 74   

1960  On this day in history argentina complains to UN about Israeli illicit transfer of Eichman   

1962  South Africa passes a bill setting death penalty for many crimes on this day in history.   

1962  On June - 15 alfred Cortot, French pianist, dies at 84   

1965  On this day in history e. A. Speiser, American Bible scholar (b. 1902   

1967  Gov Reagan signs liberalized California abortion bill on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history edward Eagan, boxer (Oly-gold-20)/bobsledder (Oly-gold-32), dies at 69   

1968  On this day in history john Lennon & Yoko Ono plant an acorn at Conventry Cathedral   

1968  On this day in history samuel Earl "Wahoo Sam" Crawford, baseball pitcher, dies at 88   

1969  "Hee Haw" with Roy Clark & Buck Owens premiers on CBS TV on June - 15.   

1969  Georges Pompidou, president of France, dies on June - 15.   

1971  On June - 15 vernon E Jordan Jr, appointed exec director of National Urban League   

1972  On this day in history 75,000 attend gathering of religious leader Billy Graham, in Texas   

1972  On this day in history rock fall inside Vierzy Tunnel (France) causes 2 train crash; 107 die   

1973  "American Graffiti" opens in NYC on this day in history.   

1977  General elections held in Spain, the first since 1936 on this day in history.   

1977  On this day in history spain's first free elections since 1936   

1978  Jordan's King Hussein marries 26-year-old American Lisa Halaby, who becomes Queen Noor on this day in history.   

1978  Soyuz 29 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6; they stay 139 days on June - 15.   

1978  On June - 15 anton Roosjen, politician/NCRV-chairman, dies at 83   

1979  The first space shuttle SRB qualification test firing; 122 seconds on June - 15.   

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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 this day in history.   

1542  On June - 15 birth of richard Grenville, English parliament leader/vice-admiral (Roanoke)   

1553  On this day in history birth of ernst, archduke of Austria/governor of the Netherlands   

1594  Nicolas Poussin, French painter (d. 1665) was born on June - 15.   

1623  On June - 15 birth of cornelis de Witt, Dutch statesman (Chatham)   

1624  On this day in history birth of hiob Ludolf, German orientalist (d. 1704)   

1636  On June - 15 birth of johann David Mayer, composer   

0923  On this day in history robert I, King of France (922-23), dies in battle   

0948  On this day in history romanus I Lecapenus, Armenian emperor of Byzantium (919-44), dies   

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  Frederik II "the Strijdbare", duke of Austria, dies in battle at 25 on this day in history.   

1337  Angelus Clarenus/da Cingoli, Italian leader, dies on June - 15.   

1341  Andronicus III Paleologus, Byzantine emperor (1328-41), dies on June - 15.   

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