Page 7: Historical Events In June - 15

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

1940  Germans occupy Paris, capture Havre, assault Maginot line on June - 15.   

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

1942  On June - 15 vera Figner, writer, dies   

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

1943  On June - 15 cecil Parkin, cricketer (32 wkts in 10 Tests for Eng 1920-24), dies   

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

1944  On June - 15 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  On June - 15 jakob Jud, Swiss linguist/etymologist, dies at 70   

1956  John Lennon (15) & Paul McCartney (13) meet for the first time as Lennon's rock group The Quarrymen perform at a church dinner on June - 15.   

1957  On June - 15 42.01 cm (16.54") of rainfall, East St Louis, Ill (state record)   

1958  Francois de Vries, economist, dies at 74 on June - 15.   

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  Alfred Cortot, French pianist, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1965  E. A. Speiser, American Bible scholar (b. 1902 on this day in history.   

1967  Gov Reagan signs liberalized California abortion bill on June - 15.   

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

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

1968  On June - 15 samuel Earl "Wahoo Sam" Crawford, baseball pitcher, dies at 88   

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

1969  Georges Pompidou, president of France, dies on this day in history.   

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

1972  On June - 15 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  On June - 15 "American Graffiti" opens in NYC   

1977  On June - 15 general elections held in Spain, the first since 1936   

1977  On June - 15 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  Anton Roosjen, politician/NCRV-chairman, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history the first space shuttle SRB qualification test firing; 122 seconds   

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1221  Frederik II, [Strijdbare], duke of Austria was born on this day in history.   

1330  On June - 15 birth of edward, the black prince, prince of Wales (1343-1376)   

1542  On this day in history birth of richard Grenville, English parliament leader/vice-admiral (Roanoke)   

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

1594  On this day in history birth of nicolas Poussin, French painter (d. 1665)   

1623  Cornelis de Witt, Dutch statesman (Chatham) was born on June - 15.   

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  Robert I, King of France (922-23), dies in battle on this day in history.   

0948  On June - 15 romanus I Lecapenus, Armenian emperor of Byzantium (919-44), dies   

0991  Theophano, German Empress/wife of Emperor Otto II, dies on this day in history.   

1073  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Sanjō of Japan (b. 1034)   

1246  On June - 15 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  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