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June 15 is the 166th day of the year (167th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 199 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

• 763 BC – Assyrians record a solar eclipse that is later used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history.
• 923 – Battle of Soissons: King Robert I of France is killed and King Charles the Simple is arrested by the supporters of Duke Rudolph of Burgundy.
• 1184 – King Magnus V of Norway is killed at the Battle of Fimreite.
• 1215 – King John of England puts his seal to the Magna Carta.
• 1219 – Northern Crusades: Danish victory at the Battle of Lyndanisse (modern-day Tallinn) establishes the Danish Duchy of Estonia. According to legend, this battle also marks the first use of the Dannebrog, the world's first national flag still in use, as the national flag of Denmark.
• 1246 – With the death of Duke Frederick II, the Babenberg dynasty ends in Austria.
• 1300 – The city of Bilbao is founded.
• 1389 – Battle of Kosovo: The Ottoman Empire defeats Serbs and Bosnians.
• 1502 – Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Martinique on his fourth voyage.
• 1520 – Pope Leo X threatens to excommunicate Martin Luther in papal bull Exsurge Domine.
• 1580 – Philip II of Spain declares William the Silent to be an outlaw.
• 1648 – Margaret Jones is hanged in Boston for witchcraft in the first such execution for the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
• 1667 – The first human blood transfusion is administered by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys.
• 1752 – Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity (traditional date, the exact date is unknown).
• 1775 – American Revolutionary War: George Washington is appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.
• 1776 – Delaware Separation Day – Delaware votes to suspend government under the British Crown and separate officially from Pennsylvania.
• 1785 – Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, co-pilot of the first-ever manned flight (1783), and his companion, Pierre Romain, become the first-ever casualties of an air crash when their hot air balloon explodes during their attempt to cross the English Channel.
• 1804 – New Hampshire approves the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratifying the document.
• 1808 – Joseph Bonaparte becomes King of Spain.
• 1836 – Arkansas is admitted as the 25th U.S. state.
• 1844 – Charles Goodyear receives a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber.
• 1846 – The Oregon Treaty establishes the 49th parallel as the border between the United States and Canada, from the Rocky Mountains to the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
• 1859 – Pig War: Ambiguity in the Oregon Treaty leads to the "Northwestern Boundary Dispute" between United States and British/Canadian settlers.
• 1864 – American Civil War: The Second Battle of Petersburg begins.
• 1864 – Arlington National Cemetery is established when 200 acres (0.81 km²) around Arlington Mansion (formerly owned by Confederate General Robert E. Lee) are officially set aside as a military cemetery by U.S. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.
• 1867 – Atlantic Cable Quartz Lode gold mine located in Montana.
• 1877 – Henry Ossian Flipper becomes the first African American cadet to graduate from the United States Military Academy.
• 1878 – Eadweard Muybridge takes a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it runs; the study becomes the basis of motion pictures.
• 1888 – Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the German Empire. Due to the death of his predecessors Wilhelm I and Frederick III, 1888 is the Year of the Three Emperors.
• 1896 – The deadliest tsunami in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.
• 1904 – A fire aboard the steamboat SS General Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
• 1905 – Princess Margaret of Connaught marries Gustaf, Crown Prince of Sweden.
• 1909 – Representatives from England, Australia and South Africa meet at Lord's and form the Imperial Cricket Conference.
• 1913 – The Battle of Bud Bagsak in the Philippines ends.
• 1916 – U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter.
• 1919 – John Alcock and Arthur Brown complete the first nonstop transatlantic flight when they reach Clifden, County Galway, Ireland.
• 1920 – Duluth lynchings in Minnesota.
• 1920 – A new border treaty between Germany and Denmark gives northern Schleswig to Denmark.
• 1934 – The U.S. Great Smoky Mountains National Park is founded.
• 1936 – First flight of the Vickers Wellington bomber.
• 1937 – A German expedition led by Karl Wien loses sixteen members in an avalanche on Nanga Parbat. It is the worst single disaster to occur on an 8000m peak.
• 1940 – World War II: Operation Ariel begins – Allied troops start to evacuate France, following Germany's takeover of Paris and most of the nation.
• 1944 – World War II: Battle of Saipan: The United States invade Japanese-occupied Saipan.
• 1944 – In the Saskatchewan general election, the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, is elected and forms the first socialist government in North America.
• 1945 – The General Dutch Youth League (ANJV) is founded in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
• 1954 – UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) is formed in Basel, Switzerland.
• 1970 – Charles Manson Infamous trial for the Sharon Tate murders begin.
• 1972 – Red Army Faction co-founder Ulrike Meinhof is captured by police in Langenhagen.
• 1978 – King Hussein of Jordan marries American Lisa Halaby, who takes the name Queen Noor.
• 1985 – Rembrandt's painting Danaë is attacked by a man (later judged insane) who throws sulfuric acid on the canvas and cuts it twice with a knife.
• 1991 – In the Philippines, Mount Pinatubo erupts in the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th Century. In the end, over 800 people die.
• 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 USA for trial, without approval from those other countries.
• 1994 – Israel and Vatican City establish full diplomatic relations.
• 1996 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army explodes a large bomb in the middle of Manchester, England, United Kingdom.
• 2012 – Nik Wallenda becomes the first person to successfully tightrope walk over Niagara Falls.
• 2013 – A bomb explodes on a bus in the Pakistani city of Quetta, killing at least 25 people and wounding 22 others.

Births

• 1330 – Edward, the Black Prince, English son of Edward III of England (d. 1376)
• 1519 – Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, English son of Henry VIII of England (d. 1536)
• 1542 – Richard Grenville, English captain and explorer (d. 1591)
• 1594 – Nicolas Poussin, French painter (d. 1665)
• 1623 – Cornelis de Witt, Dutch politician (d. 1672)
• 1624 – Hiob Ludolf, German orientalist (d. 1704)
• 1640 – Bernard Lamy, French mathematician and theologian (d. 1715)
• 1749 – Georg Joseph Vogler, German organist, composer, and theorist (d. 1814)
• 1755 – Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist (d. 1809)
• 1763 – Franz Danzi, German cellist, composer, and conductor (d. 1826)
• 1763 – Kobayashi Issa, Japanese poet (d. 1827)
• 1765 – Martin Baum, American businessman and politician (d. 1831)
• 1765 – Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger, German astronomer (d. 1831)
• 1767 – Rachel Jackson, American wife of Andrew Jackson (d. 1828)
• 1777 – David Daniel Davis, Welsh physician (d. 1841)
• 1789 – Josiah Henson, American minister, author, and activist (d. 1883)
• 1792 – Thomas Mitchell, Scottish-Australian explorer (d. 1855)
• 1801 – Benjamin Wright Raymond, American politician, 3rd Mayor of Chicago (d. 1883)
• 1805 – William B. Ogden, American politician, 1st Mayor of Chicago (d. 1877)
• 1809 – François-Xavier Garneau, Canadian poet and historian (d. 1866)
• 1835 – Adah Isaacs Menken, American actress, painter and poet (d. 1868)
• 1843 – Edvard Grieg, Norwegian pianist and composer (d. 1907)
• 1848 – Gheevarghese Mar Gregorios of Parumala, Indian bishop (d. 1902)
• 1872 – Thomas William Burgess, English swimmer (d. 1950)
• 1875 – Herman Smith-Johannsen, Norwegian-Canadian skier (d. 1987)
• 1876 – Margaret Abbott, Indian-American golfer (d. 1955)
• 1882 – Ion Antonescu, Romanian marshal and politician (d. 1946)
• 1884 – Harry Langdon, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1944)
• 1888 – Ramón López Velarde, Mexican poet (d. 1921)
• 1894 – Robert Russell Bennett, American composer (d. 1981)
• 1894 – Nikolai Chebotaryov, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician (d. 1947)
• 1900 – Gotthard Günther, German philosopher (d. 1984)
• 1900 – Otto Luening, German-American composer and conductor (d. 1996)
• 1901 – Elmar Lohk, Estonian architect (d. 1963)
• 1902 – Erik Erikson, German-American psychoanalyst (d. 1994)
• 1906 – Gordon Welchman, English-American mathematician and author (d. 1985)
• 1906 – Léon Degrelle, Belgian SS officer (d. 1994)
• 1907 – James Robertson Justice, English actor (d. 1975)
• 1908 – Sam Giancana, American mobster (d. 1975)
• 1910 – David Rose, English-American pianist, composer, and orchestra leader (d. 1990)
• 1911 – Wilbert Awdry, English author, co-created Thomas the Tank Engine (d. 1997)
• 1914 – Yuri Andropov, Russian politician (d. 1984)
• 1914 – Saul Steinberg, Romanian-American cartoonist (d. 1999)
• 1914 – Hilda Terry, American cartoonist (d. 2006)
• 1915 – Thomas Huckle Weller, American virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2008)
• 1916 – Olga Erteszek, Polish-American fashion designer (d. 1989)
• 1916 – Horacio Salgán, Argentinian pianist, composer, and orchestra leader
• 1916 – Herbert A. Simon, American political scientist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2001)
• 1917 – John Fenn, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2010)
• 1917 – Michalis Genitsaris, Greek singer-songwriter (d. 2005)
• 1917 – Lash LaRue, American actor (d. 1996)
• 1918 – Zhang Ruifang, Chinese actress (d. 2012)
• 1920 – Alla Kazanskaya, Russian actress (d. 2008)
• 1920 – Sam Sniderman, Canadian businessman, founded Sam the Record Man (d. 2012)
• 1920 – Alberto Sordi, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2003)
• 1921 – Erroll Garner, American pianist and composer (d. 1977)
• 1922 – Jaki Byard, American pianist and composer (d. 1999)
• 1922 – John Veale, English composer (d. 2006)
• 1924 – Ezer Weizman, Israeli commander and politician, 7th President of Israel (d. 2005)
• 1925 – Ross Andru, American illustrator (d. 1993)

• 1926 – Shigeru Kayano, Japanese activist (d. 2006)
• 1926 – Mac McGarry, American game show host
• 1927 – Ibn-e-Insha, Indian-Pakistani poet (d. 1978)
• 1927 – Ottó Foky, Hungarian animator (d. 2012)
• 1927 – Hugo Pratt, Italian author and illustrator (d. 1995)
• 1930 – Victor Lundin, American actor and singer (d. 2013)
• 1930 – Miguel Méndez, American author (d. 2013)
• 1930 – Marcel Pronovost, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1932 – Mario Cuomo, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of New York
• 1932 – Zia Fariduddin Dagar, Indian singer (d. 2013)
• 1932 – Bernie Faloney, American-Canadian football player (d. 1999)
• 1933 – Sergio Endrigo, Italian singer-songwriter (d. 2005)
• 1933 – Mark Jones, English footballer (d. 1958)
• 1933 – Mohammad-Ali Rajai, Iranian politician, 2nd President of Iran (d. 1981)
• 1934 – Mikel Laboa, Spanish singer-songwriter (d. 2008)
• 1936 – Claude Brasseur, French actor
• 1936 – William Levada, American cardinal
• 1937 – Pierre Billon, Canadian author
• 1937 – Waylon Jennings, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Highwaymen) (d. 2002)
• 1938 – Billy Williams, American baseball player
• 1939 – Ward Connerly, American activist and businessman, founded the American Civil Rights Institute
• 1939 – Brian Jacques, English author (d. 2011)
• 1941 – Neal Adams, American illustrator
• 1941 – Harry Nilsson, American singer-songwriter (d. 1994)
• 1942 – Ian Greenberg, Canadian broadcaster, founded Astral Media
• 1942 – John E. McLaughlin, American diplomat
• 1943 – Johnny Hallyday, French singer and actor
• 1943 – Xaviera Hollander, Dutch madam and author
• 1943 – Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, Danish politician, 38th Prime Minister of Denmark
• 1943 – Lee Shallat-Chemel, American director and producer
• 1943 – Muff Winwood, English bass player, songwriter, and producer (Spencer Davis Group)
• 1944 – Robert D. Keppel, American police officer and detective
• 1945 – Miriam Defensor Santiago, Filipino judge
• 1945 – Nicola Pagett, Egyptian-English actress
• 1945 – Robert Sarah, Guinean cardinal
• 1945 – Lawrence Wilkerson, American colonel
• 1946 – Brigitte Fossey, French actress
• 1946 – Noddy Holder, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Slade)
• 1946 – John Horner, American paleontologist
• 1946 – Demis Roussos, Egyptian-Greek singer (Aphrodite's Child)
• 1947 – John Hoagland, American photographer
• 1947 – Lee Purcell, American actress
• 1948 – Mike Holmgren, American football player and coach
• 1948 – Henry McLeish, Scottish footballer and politician, 2nd First Minister of Scotland
• 1949 – Dusty Baker, American baseball player and manager
• 1949 – Simon Callow, English actor and director
• 1949 – Russell Hitchcock, Australian singer-songwriter (Air Supply)
• 1949 – Jim Varney, American actor (d. 2000)
• 1950 – Juliana Azumah-Mensah, Ghanaian nurse and politician
• 1951 – Vance A. Larson, American painter (d. 2000)
• 1951 – Steve Walsh, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Kansas and Streets)
• 1952 – Satya Pal Jain, Indian Politician; Senior Leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party; Ex-Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) from Chandigarh; Senior Advocate
• 1952 – Dirceu, Brazilian footballer (d. 1995)
• 1953 – Eje Elgh, Swedish race car driver
• 1953 – Xi Jinping, Chinese politician, Current General Secretary of the Communist Party and 7th Chinese President
• 1953 – Rita Lee, American model
• 1954 – Jim Belushi, American actor and singer
• 1954 – Paul Rusesabagina, Rwandan humanitarian
• 1954 – Beverley Whitfield, Australian swimmer (d. 1996)
• 1955 – Julie Hagerty, American model and actress
• 1955 – David Kennedy, American son of Robert F. Kennedy (d. 1984)
• 1956 – Ava Cadell, Hungarian-American actress and therapist
• 1956 – Robin Curtis, American actress
• 1956 – Polly Draper, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 1956 – Yevgeny Kiselyov, Russian journalist
• 1956 – Lance Parrish, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1957 – Seppo Pääkkönen, Finnish actor
• 1957 – Peeter Pere, Estonian architect
• 1957 – Brad Gillis, American guitarist (Night Ranger)
• 1958 – Wade Boggs, American baseball player
• 1958 – Riccardo Paletti, Italian race car driver (d. 1982)
• 1959 – Alan Brazil, Scottish footballer and sportscaster
• 1959 – Eileen Davidson, American actress
• 1959 – Vicki Genfan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1960 – Michèle Laroque, French actress
• 1960 – Marieke van Doorn, Dutch field hockey player
• 1961 – Brad Armstrong, American wrestler (d. 2012)
• 1961 – Laurent Cantet, French director and screenwriter
• 1961 – Kai Eckhardt, German-American bass player and songwriter (Garaj Mahal and Vital Information)
• 1961 – Yoshimi Iwasaki, Japanese singer and actress
• 1961 – Dave McAuley, Irish boxer
• 1961 – Scott Norton, American wrestler
• 1962 – Thomas Mikal Ford, American actor
• 1962 – Andrea Rost, Hungarian soprano
• 1963 – Mario Gosselin, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1963 – Helen Hunt, American actress, director, and producer
• 1963 – Blanca Portillo, Spanish actress
• 1963 – Nigel Walker, Welsh rugby player
• 1964 – Valeri Bukrejev, Estonian pole vaulter
• 1964 – Courteney Cox, American actress, director, and producer
• 1964 – Gavin Greenaway, English composer and conductor
• 1964 – Michael Laudrup, Danish footballer and manager
• 1964 – John Varvatos, American fashion designer
• 1965 – Annelies Bredael, Belgian rower
• 1965 – Mark Farrington, English footballer
• 1965 – Karim Massimov, Kazakhstani politician, 7th Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
• 1965 – Adam Smith, American lawyer and politician
• 1966 – Idalis DeLeón, American singer and actress (Seduction)
• 1967 – Yūji Ueda, Japanese voice actor and singer
• 1968 – Oh Dal-su, South Korean actor
• 1968 – Károly Güttler, Hungarian swimmer
• 1968 – Mel Giedroyc, English presenter, comedian, actress and writer
• 1969 – Jesse Bélanger, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1969 – Ice Cube, American rapper, producer, and actor (C.I.A., N.W.A, and Westside Connection)
• 1969 – Nasos Galakteros, Greek basketball player
• 1969 – Oliver Kahn, German footballer and sportscaster
• 1969 – Maurice Odumbe, Kenyan cricketer
• 1969 – Cédric Pioline, French tennis player
• 1969 – Jeff Neal, American drummer (Boston)
• 1970 – Christian Bauman, American author
• 1970 – Gaëlle Méchaly, French soprano
• 1970 – Leah Remini, American actress
• 1970 – Žan Tabak, Croatian basketball player and coach
• 1971 – Edwin Brienen, Dutch-German actor, director, and producer
• 1971 – Jake Busey, American actor, singer, and producer
• 1971 – Isménia do Frederico, Cape Verdean sprinter
• 1971 – Christos Myriounis, Greek basketball player
• 1971 – Bif Naked, Indian-Canadian singer-songwriter, actress, and poet
• 1972 – Chloe Dao, American fashion designer
• 1972 – Marcus Hahnemann, American soccer player
• 1972 – Justin Leonard, American golfer
• 1972 – Andy Pettitte, American baseball player
• 1972 – Hank von Helvete, Norwegian singer and guitarist (Turbonegro and Doctor Midnight & The Mercy Cult)
• 1973 – Tore André Flo, Norwegian footballer and coach
• 1973 – Neil Patrick Harris, American actor, singer, and director
• 1973 – Pia Miranda, Australian actress
• 1973 – Greg Vaughan, American actor
• 1975 – Elizabeth Reaser, American actress
• 1975 – Rachel Wacholder, American volleyball player
• 1976 – Gary Lightbody, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Snow Patrol, Listen... Tanks!, Tired Pony, and The Reindeer Section)
• 1976 – Jiří Ryba, Czech decathlete
• 1977 – Michael Doleac, American basketball player
• 1977 – Nina Liu, Australian actress
• 1978 – Wilfred Bouma, Dutch footballer
• 1978 – Zach Day, American baseball player
• 1979 – Danielle Lineker, Welsh model and actress
• 1979 – Yulia Nestsiarenka, Belarusian sprinter
• 1979 – Christian Rahn, German footballer
• 1979 – Julia Schultz, American model and actress
• 1979 – Charles Zwolsman, Jr., Dutch race car driver
• 1980 – Mary Carey, American porn actress and director
• 1980 – Christopher Castile, American actor
• 1980 – Almudena Cid Tostado, Spanish gymnast
• 1980 – Cara Zavaleta, American model and actress
• 1981 – Billy Martin, American guitarist, songwriter, author, and illustrator (Good Charlotte)
• 1981 – John Paintsil, Ghanaian footballer
• 1981 – Jeremy Reed, American baseball player
• 1981 – Jordi Vilasuso, American actor
• 1981 – Daniel Vosovic, American fashion designer
• 1982 – Katie Chapman, English footballer
• 1982 – Mike Delany, New Zealand rugby player
• 1982 – Abdur Razzak, Bangladeshi cricketer
• 1982 – Haley Scarnato, American singer
• 1983 – Derek Anderson, American football player
• 1983 – Julia Fischer, German violinist and pianist
• 1983 – Laura Imbruglia, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1983 – Josh McGuire, Canadian fencer
• 1984 – Luke Hodge, Australian footballer
• 1984 – Eva Hrdinová, Czech tennis player
• 1984 – Tim Lincecum, American baseball player
• 1984 – Mauro Rizzo, Italian footballer
• 1984 – Edison Toloza, Colombian footballer
• 1985 – Nadine Coyle, Irish singer-songwriter and actress (Girls Aloud and Six)
• 1986 – Stjepan Hauser, Croatian cellist (2Cellos)
• 1986 – Stoya, American pornographic actress and model
• 1987 – Artem Konovalov, Ukrainian footballer
• 1987 – Ani Mijačika, Croatian tennis player
• 1987 – Rohullah Nikpai, Afghan martial artist
• 1988 – Barakat Al-Harthi, Omani sprinter
• 1988 – Miku Ishida, Japanese singer and actress
• 1989 – Víctor Cabedo, Spanish cyclist (d. 2012)
• 1990 – Miwa, Japanese singer-songwriter and musician
• 1990 – Denzel Whitaker, American actor
• 1990 – [[Luke Smith], Top Guy
• 1993 – Kanna Arihara, Japanese singer and model (Cute)

Deaths

• 923 – Robert I of France (b. 866)
• 991 – Theophanu, Byzantine wife of Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 960)
• 1073 – Emperor Go-Sanjō of Japan (b. 1034)
• 1189 – Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (b. 1159)
• 1246 – Frederick II, Duke of Austria (b. 1219)
• 1341 – Andronikos III Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1297)
• 1381 – John Cavendish, English judge (b. 1346)
• 1381 – Wat Tyler, English leader of the Peasants' Revolt (b. 1341)
• 1383 – John VI Kantakouzenos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1292)
• 1389 – Murad I, Ottoman sultan (b. 1326)
• 1389 – Lazar of Serbia (b. 1329)
• 1416 – John, Duke of Berry (b. 1340)
• 1467 – Philip the Good, French son of Margaret of Bavaria (b. 1396)
• 1521 – Tamás Bakócz, Hungarian cardinal (b. 1442)
• 1560 – William Sommers, English jester (b.1525)
• 1614 – Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton, English politician (b. 1540)
• 1679 – Guillaume Courtois, French painter (b. 1628)
• 1724 – Henry Sacheverell, English clergyman and politician (b. 1674)
• 1768 – James Short, Scottish mathematician and optician (b. 1710)
• 1772 – Louis-Claude Daquin, French composer (b. 1694)
• 1844 – Thomas Campbell, Scottish poet (b. 1777)
• 1849 – James K. Polk, American lawyer and politician, 11th President of the United States (b. 1795)
• 1858 – Ary Scheffer, Dutch-French painter (b. 1795)
• 1888 – Frederick III, German Emperor (b. 1831)
• 1889 – Mihai Eminescu, Romanian poet (b. 1850)
• 1890 – Unryū Kyūkichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 10th Yokozuna (b. 1822)
• 1917 – Kristian Birkeland, Norwegian physicist (b. 1867)
• 1934 – Alfred Bruneau, French composer (b. 1857)
• 1938 – Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German painter (b. 1880)
• 1941 – Otfrid Foerster, German neurologist (b. 1873)
• 1941 – Evelyn Underhill, English author (b. 1875)
• 1961 – Giulio Cabianca, Italian race car driver (b. 1923)
• 1962 – Alfred Cortot, Swiss pianist and conductor (b. 1877)
• 1965 – Steve Cochran, American actor (b. 1917)
• 1965 – Ephraim Avigdor Speiser, Polish-American scholar (b. 1902)
• 1967 – Tatu Kolehmainen, Finnish runner (b. 1885)
• 1968 – Sam Crawford, American baseball player, coach, and umpire (b. 1880)
• 1968 – Wes Montgomery, American guitarist (Montgomery Brothers) (b. 1925)
• 1971 – Wendell Meredith Stanley, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
• 1976 – Jimmy Dykes, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1896)
• 1983 – Sri Sri, Indian poet and songwriter (b. 1910)
• 1984 – Meredith Willson, American composer, conductor and playwright (b. 1902)
• 1985 – Andy Stanfield, American sprinter (b. 1927)
• 1985 – Robert Stethem, American diver (b. 1961)
• 1989 – Maurice Bellemare, Canadian politician (b. 1912)
• 1989 – Victor French, American actor and director (b. 1934)
• 1991 – Happy Chandler, American businessman and politician, 49th Governor of Kentucky (b. 1898)
• 1991 – Arthur Lewis, Saint Lucian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)
• 1992 – Chuck Menville, American television animator and writer (b. 1940)
• 1993 – John Connally, American politician, 61st United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1917)
• 1993 – James Hunt, English race car driver (b. 1947)
• 1994 – Manos Hatzidakis, Greek composer and theorist (b. 1925)
• 1995 – John Vincent Atanasoff, American physicist and inventor, invented the Atanasoff–Berry Computer (b. 1903)
• 1996 – Ella Fitzgerald, American singer and actress (b. 1917)
• 1996 – Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet, Scottish general and politician (b. 1911)
• 1996 – Dick Murdoch, American wrestler (b. 1946)
• 1999 – Omer Côté, Canadian politician (b. 1906)
• 2000 – Jules Roy, French author (b. 1907)
• 2000 – James Montgomery Boice, American theologian, Bible teacher, and pastor (b. 1938)
• 2001 – Henri Alekan, French cinematographer (b. 1909)
• 2001 – Maria Foka, Greek actress (b. 1917)
• 2001 – Jay Moriarity, American surfer (b. 1978)
• 2002 – Choi Hong Hi, South Korean general and martial artist, founder of Taekwondo (b. 1918)
• 2003 – Hume Cronyn, Canadian-American actor and producer (b. 1911)
• 2005 – Suzanne Flon, French actress (b. 1918)
• 2006 – Raymond Devos, Belgian-French comedian (b. 1922)
• 2006 – Herb Pearson, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1910)
• 2007 – Claudia Cohen, American journalist (b. 1950)
• 2007 – Sherri Martel, American wrestler and manager (b. 1958)
• 2008 – Ray Getliffe, Canadian-English ice hockey player (b. 1914)
• 2008 – Stan Winston, American makeup artist and director (b. 1946)
• 2011 – Bill Haast, American herpetologist (b. 1910)
• 2012 – Phillip D. Cagan, American economist and author (b. 1927)
• 2012 – Capitola Dickerson, American pianist and educator (b. 1913)
• 2012 – Günther Domenig, Austrian architect, designed the T-Center (b. 1934)
• 2012 – Rune Gustafsson, Swedish guitarist and composer (b. 1933)
• 2012 – Barry MacKay, American tennis player (b. 1935)
• 2012 – Israel Nogueda Otero, Mexican economist and politician, 10th Governor of Guerrero (b. 1935)
• 2012 – Alan Saunders, English-Australian philosopher and radio host (b. 1954)
• 2012 – Jerry Tubbs, American football player and coach (b. 1935)
• 2013 – Manivannan, Indian actor and director (b. 1954)
• 2013 – Peride Celal, Turkish author (b. 1916)
• 2013 – Heinz Flohe, German footballer and manager (b. 1948)
• 2013 – Edgar Gilbert, American mathematician (b. 1923)
• 2013 – José Froilán González, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1922)
• 2013 – Helen Hughes, Czech-Australian economist (b. 1928)
• 2013 – Elena Ivashchenko, Russian martial artist (b. 1984)
• 2013 – Thomas Penfield Jackson, American judge (b. 1937)
• 2013 – Stan Lopata, American baseball player (b. 1925)
• 2013 – Evaristo Márquez, Colombian actor (b. 1939)
• 2013 – Dennis O'Rourke, Australian director and producer (b. 1945)
• 2013 – Paul Soros, Hungarian-American engineer and businessman (b. 1926)
• 2013 – Kenneth G. Wilson, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1936)

Holidays and observances

• Arbor Day (Costa Rica)
• Cagayan de Oro Charter Day (Cagayan de Oro City)
• Christian Feast Day:
  • Augustine of Hippo (Eastern Orthodox Church)
  • Edburga of Winchester
  • Evelyn Underhill (Church of England and the The Episcopal Church)
  • Germaine Cousin
  • Maria Micaela of the Blessed Sacrament
  • Vitus, Modestus and Crescentia
  • June 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Day of Valdemar and Reunion day (Flag Day) (Denmark)
• Earliest day on which Father's Day can fall, while June 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Sunday in June. (United States, Canada)
• Mangaia Gospel Day (Mangaia)
• National Salvation Day (Azerbaijan)
• Statehood Day (Arkansas)
• The first day of the month of Harh. (Sikhism)
• Global Wind Day

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada