15 June

Notable Births

Madison Kocian

b. 1997

American artistic gymnast (born 1997)

Aurora (singer)

b. 1996

Norwegian singer-songwriter (born 1996)

Hoshi (South Korean singer)

b. 1996

South Korean singer (born 1996)

Iñaki Williams

b. 1994

Footballer (born 1994)

Cooper Kupp

b. 1993

American football player (born 1993)

Irfan Hadžić

b. 1993

Bosnian footballer

Mohamed Salah

b. 1992

Egyptian footballer (born 1992)

Dafne Schippers

b. 1992

Dutch track and field athlete (born 1992)

Bayley (wrestler)

b. 1989

American professional wrestler (born 1989)

Víctor Cabedo

b. 1989

Spanish cyclist

Bryan Clauson

b. 1989

American racing driver (1989–2016)

Lewis Hancox

b. 1989

English graphic novelist and filmmaker (born 1989)

James Maloney (rugby league)

b. 1986

Australia international rugby league footballer

Trevor Plouffe

b. 1986

American baseball player (born 1986)

Luke Hodge

b. 1984

Australian rules footballer (born 1984)

Eva Hrdinová

b. 1984

Czech tennis player

Tim Lincecum

b. 1984

American baseball player (born 1984)

Edison Toloza

b. 1984

Colombian footballer (born 1984)

Billy Williams

b. 1938

American baseball player (born 1938)

Josiah Henson

b. 1789

American abolitionist and minister

Notable Deaths

Matija Sarkic

d. 2024

English-born Montenegrin footballer (1997–2024)

Glenda Jackson

d. 2023

English actress and politician (1936–2023)

Franco Zeffirelli

d. 2019

Italian filmmaker (1923–2019)

Jacques Bergerac

d. 2014

French actor, businessman and executive (1927–2014)

Heinz Flohe

d. 2013

German footballer (1948-2013)

José Froilán González

d. 2013

Argentine racing driver (1922–2013)

Dennis O'Rourke

d. 2013

Australian cinematographer and documentary filmmaker

Kenneth G. Wilson

d. 2013

American theoretical physicist (1936–2013)

Barry MacKay (tennis)

d. 2012

American tennis player, tournament director and broadcaster

Ray Getliffe

d. 2008

Canadian ice hockey player

Raymond Devos

d. 2006

Belgian comedian

Herb Pearson

d. 2006

New Zealand cricketer (1910–2006)

Suzanne Flon

d. 2005

French actress (1918–2005)

Hume Cronyn

d. 2003

Canadian actor and writer (1911–2003)

Choi Hong-hi

d. 2002

South Korean general and martial artist (1918–2002)

Henri Alekan

d. 2001

French cinematographer

Jules Roy

d. 2000

French writer

Ella Fitzgerald

d. 1996

American jazz singer (1917–1996)

Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet

d. 1996

Scottish soldier, writer and politician

Mihai Eminescu

d. 1889

Romanian poet, novelist and journalist (1850–1889)

On This Day in History

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2013

A bomb explodes on a bus in the Pakistani city of Quetta, killing at least 25 people and wounding 22 others.

June 2013 Quetta attacks

1996

The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) detonates a powerful truck bomb in the middle of Manchester, England, devastating the city centre and injuring 200 people.

The Troubles

1992

The United States Supreme Court rules in United States v. Álvarez-Machaín that it is permissible for the United States to forcibly extradite suspects in foreign countries and bring them to the United States for trial, without approval from those other countries.

Supreme Court of the United States

1991

In the Philippines, Mount Pinatubo erupts in the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century, killing over 800 people.

Mount Pinatubo

1977

After the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975, the first democratic elections take place in Spain.

Francisco Franco

1972

Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z is destroyed by a bomb over Pleiku, Vietnam (then South Vietnam) and kills 81 people.

Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z

1944

World War II: The United States invades Saipan, capital of Japan's South Seas Mandate.

Battle of Saipan

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1944

In the Saskatchewan general election, the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, is elected and forms the first socialist government in North America.

1944 Saskatchewan general election

1940

World War II: Operation Aerial begins: Allied troops start to evacuate France, following Germany's takeover of Paris and most of the nation.

World War II

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1920

Following the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, Northern Schleswig is transferred from Germany to Denmark.

1920 Schleswig plebiscites

1919

John Alcock and Arthur Brown complete the first nonstop transatlantic flight when they reach Clifden, County Galway, Ireland.

John Alcock (RAF officer)

1904

A fire aboard the steamboat SS General Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.

PS General Slocum

1896

One of the deadliest tsunamis in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.

1896 Sanriku earthquake

1864

American Civil War: The Second Battle of Petersburg begins.

American Civil War

1859

Ambiguity in the Oregon Treaty leads to the "Northwestern Boundary Dispute" between American and British/Canadian settlers.

Pig War (1859)

1846

The Oregon Treaty extends the border between the United States and British North America, established by the Treaty of 1818, westward to the Pacific Ocean.

Oregon Treaty