June 15

Events

 * - ns record a that will be used to fix the  of n history.
 * - : King is killed and King  is arrested by the supporters of Duke.
 * - King is killed at the battle of.
 * -  puts his  to the.
 * - Dannebrog - oldest national flag in the world - and . According to legend, fell from the sky during the (now ) in, and turned the Danes' luck.
 * - With the death of Duke, the dynasty ends in.
 * - : The defeats  and ns.
 * - threatens to excommunicate  in papal bull .
 * - declares  to be an outlaw.
 * - The first human is administered by Dr..
 * - proves that  is.
 * - : is appointed commander-in-chief of the.
 * - Delaware Separation Day - votes to suspend government under the British Crown and separate officially from.
 * -, co-pilot of the first-ever manned flight , and his companion, , become the first-ever of an air crash when their  explodes during their attempt to cross the.
 * - approves the, ratifying the document.
 * - becomes King of Spain.
 * - is admitted as the 25th.
 * - receives a  for, a process to strengthen.
 * - The establishes the  as the border between the  and, from the  to the.
 * - : Ambiguity in the leads to the "Northwestern Boundary Dispute" between  and / settlers.
 * - : begins.
 * 1864  -  is established when 200 acres (0.8 km²) around Arlington Mansion are officially set aside as a military  by U.S. Secretary of War.
 * - becomes the first  cadet to graduate from the.
 * - Crown Prince becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II and is the last emperor of the
 * - A fire aboard the steamboat  in 's kills 1000.
 * - marries.
 * - Representatives from, and  meet at  and form the.
 * -  is incorporated.
 * - The in the Philippine concludes.
 * - U.S. President signs a bill incorporating the, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter.
 * - and  complete the first nonstop  at, ,.
 * - in.
 * - The U.S.'s is founded.
 * - : : The invades.
 * 1944  - In the, the , led by , is elected and forms the first  government of.
 * - The (ANJV) is founded in,.
 * - (Union des Associations Européennes de Football) is formed in,.
 * - The administration stages the first annual "Operation Alert" (OPAL) exercise, an attempt to assess the USA's preparations for a nuclear attack.
 * - complete the.
 * -  of  weds American Lisa Halaby, who takes the name.
 * - 's painting  is attacked by a man later judged insane; he threw on the canvas and cut it twice with his knife.
 * - Birth of the first federal in  that supports, le.
 * - The rules in  that it is permissible for the  to forcibly extradite suspects in foreign countries and bring them to the USA for trial, without approval from those other countries.
 * - and  establish full.
 * - In, , a and devastates a large part of the city centre.
 * - Near earth asteroid misses our planet by 75,000 miles (120,000 km), about one-third the distance to the moon.
 * - 's final episode as host of  airs.

Births

 * -, Prince of Wales (d. )
 * -, French painter (d. )
 * -, Dutch politician (d. )
 * -, German orientalist (d. )
 * -, French mathematician (d. )
 * -, French chemist (d. )
 * -, German mathematician (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, American slave and settlement founder (d. )
 * -, Mayor of Chicago (d. )
 * -, first Mayor of Chicago (d. )
 * -, French Canadian poet and historian (d. )
 * -, Norwegian composer (d. )
 * -, cross-country skier (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, Mexican poet (d. )
 * -, Ukrainian mathematician (d. )
 * 1894  -, American composer and arranger (d. )
 * -, German philosopher (d. )
 * 1900  -, German-American composer (d. )
 * -, psychoanalyst (d. )
 * -, Belgian SS officer (d. )
 * -, American mafioso (d. )
 * -, American songwriter, composer and orchestra leader (d. )
 * -, British children's writer (d. )
 * -, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (d. )
 * 1914  -, Romanian-American cartoonist (d. )
 * -, American virologist, recipient of the
 * -, American economist, laureate (d. )
 * -, American chemist, laureate
 * 1917  -, American actor (d. )
 * 1917  -, Greek singer and composer (d. )
 * -, Italian actor and director (d. )
 * -, American musician (d. )
 * -, English composer (d. )
 * -, 7th President of Israel (d. )
 * -, ese activist (d. )
 * -, Pakistani humourist and poet (d. )
 * -, professional ice hockey player
 * -, Governor of New York
 * -, Italian singer (d. )
 * 1933  -, English footballer (d. )
 * -, American Catholic prelate
 * -, American singer (d. )
 * -, baseball player
 * -, American political figure
 * 1939  -, British author
 * -, American singer and composer (d. )
 * -, former Deputy Director of the
 * -, Dutch author
 * 1943  - ,
 * 1943  -, French singer and actor
 * 1943  -, British songwriter, producer and bassist
 * -, Philippine senator
 * 1945  -, British actress
 * -, British singer
 * 1946  -, Greek singer
 * -, American photographer
 * 1947  -, American actress
 * -, American football coach
 * -, baseball player and manager
 * 1949  -, British actor
 * 1949  -, Member of
 * 1949  -, American actor (d. )
 * -, Indian industrialist
 * -, American singer
 * -, American actress
 * -, American actor
 * 1954  -, Manager of Hôtel des Mille Collines during the
 * 1954  -, Australian swimmer (d. )
 * -, American actress
 * 1955  -, a member of the  (d. )
 * -, American actress/sex therapist
 * 1956  -, American actress
 * 1956  -, American actress
 * -, Finnish actor
 * -, baseball player
 * 1958  -, Italian racing driver (d. )
 * -, American actress
 * -, French actress
 * 1960  -, Dutch field hockey player
 * -, German musician
 * 1961  -, Northern Irish boxer
 * 1961  -, Japanese singer/actress
 * -, Hungarian soprano
 * -, American actress
 * 1963  -, Spanish actress
 * 1963  -, Welsh athlete and rugby union player
 * -, American actress
 * 1964  -, Danish footballer
 * -, American politician
 * -, American actress/singer
 * -, Japanese voice actor
 * -, South Korean actor
 * -, American rapper
 * 1969  -, German footballer
 * 1969  -, French tennis player
 * 1969  -, Kenyan cricket Player
 * -, American actress
 * 1970  -, French soprano
 * -, Dutch director
 * 1971  -, Canadian musician
 * 1971  -, New Zealand cricket Player
 * -, American golfer
 * 1972  -, American baseball player
 * 1972  -, American footballer
 * 1972  -, Turbonegro Frontman
 * -, American actor
 * 1973  -, Norwegian footballer
 * 1973  -, Australian actress
 * 1973  -, American actor
 * -, American actress
 * 1975  -, American beach volleyballer
 * -, Irish musician
 * -, Australian actress
 * -, Dutch footballer
 * 1978  -, American baseball player
 * -, Belarusian athlete
 * 1979  -, American model
 * -, American pornographic actress
 * 1980  -, American actor
 * 1980  -, Spanish gymnast
 * 1980  -, American model
 * -, American baseball player
 * 1981  -, American singer and former American Idol contestant
 * 1981  -, American musician
 * -, American baseball player
 * -, Northern Irish singer
 * -, Japanese teen idol
 * -, Japanese teen idol

Deaths

 * - (b. c. )
 * - Empress
 * - of Japan (b. )
 * - Duke (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, Lord Chief Justice of England
 * 1381  -, English rebel
 * -, Serbian Orthodox saint (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * - . Hungarian Catholic cardinal and statesman (b. )
 * -, English politician (b. )
 * -, French painter (b. )
 * -, English churchman and politician (b. )
 * -, French writer (b. )
 * -, Scottish mathematician and optician (b. )
 * -, French composer (b. )
 * -, 11th (b. )
 * -, Dutch-French painter (b. )
 * - Emperor (b. )
 * -, Romanian poet (b. )
 * -, Norwegian physicist (b. )
 * -, French composer (b. )
 * -, British writer (b. )
 * 1941  -, German neurologist (b. )
 * -, Swiss pianist (b. )
 * -, American Bible scholar (b. )
 * 1965  -, American actor (b. )
 * -, baseball player (b. )
 * 1968  -, American jazz guitarist (b. )
 * -, American chemist, laureate (b. )
 * -, baseball player and manager (b. )
 * -, also known as Sri Sri, poet (b. )
 * -, American composer (b. )
 * -, American athlete (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * 1989  -, French Canadian politician (b. )
 * -, British economist, (b. )
 * -, American politician and Commissioner of Baseball (b. )
 * -, American politician (b. )
 * 1993  -, English race car driver (b. )
 * -, Greek composer (b. )
 * -, American computer pioneer (b. )
 * -, American singer (b. )
 * 1996  -, professional wrestler (b. )
 * -, founder of Taekwon-Do (b. )
 * -, Canadian actor (b. )
 * -, French humourist (b. )
 * 2006  -, New Zealand cricketer (b. )
 * -, American gossip columnist and socialite (b. )
 * 2007  -, American professional wrestler and valet (b. )
 * 2007  -, American professional wrestler and valet (b. )

Holidays and observances

 * Commemoration of ( mystic and )
 * – ninth and final day of the in honor of
 * in
 * Freedom Day

Liturgical feasts

 * 's feast in many es
 * (observed with Sts. Modestus and Crescentia), patron of actors and epileptics
 * (7th century)
 * (d. 960)
 * , (d. 1601), patron of shepherdesses and of victims of child abuse