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This is a list of selected June 15 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

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King John of England
Jean-Baptiste Denys
General Slocum
Dannebrog falling from the sky during the Battle of Lyndanisse
Fort Ricasoli
1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo
Bessie Coleman
Tommy Douglas
Queen Noor of Jordan

Ineligible

Blurb	Reason
Flag Day in Denmark	needs more footnotes
1219 – Northern Crusades: According to a popular Danish legend, the Dannebrog (Flag of Denmark), today one of the oldest state flags in the world still in use, fell from the sky and gave the Danish forces renewed hope to defeat the Estonians at the Battle of Lyndanisse.	unreferenced section
1667 – French physician Jean-Baptiste Denys administered the first fully documented human blood transfusion, giving the blood of a sheep to a 15-year-old boy.	refimprove section
1670 – The first stone of Fort Ricasoli in Kalkara, Malta, was laid by the Order of Saint John.	"Order of St John" not sourced
1815 – The Duchess of Richmond held a ball in Brussels, Belgium, that was described as "the most famous ball in history".	unreferenced passages in "Cultural influences"
1844 – American inventor Charles Goodyear received a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber.	unreferenced section
1846 – To settle the Oregon boundary dispute, the United Kingdom and the United States signed the Oregon Treaty, extending the United States–British North America border west along the 49th parallel north that was first established by the Treaty of 1818.	refimprove
1904 – The steamship General Slocum caught fire in New York City's East River and burned uncontrollably, killing over 1,000 people.	trivial pop culture listings
1919 – After nearly 16 hours in the air, the Vickers Vimy flown by John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown crash-landed in County Galway, Ireland, completing the first non-stop transatlantic flight.	unsourced sections
1944 – In the Saskatchewan general election, the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation led by Tommy Douglas won enough seats in the Legislative Assembly to form the first socialist government in North America.	8 {cn} tags
1954 – The Union of European Football Associations, the administrative and controlling body for European football, was founded in Basel, Switzerland.	refimprove section

Eligible

763 BC – The Bur-Sagale eclipse was observed in Assyria, the earliest solar eclipse mentioned in historical sources that has been successfully identified.
1520 – Pope Leo X issued the papal bull Exsurge Domine, censuring 41 propositions from Martin Luther's Ninety-five Theses and subsequent writings, and threatening him with excommunication unless he recanted.
1859 – The shooting of a pig in the San Juan Islands led to the so-called Pig War over the border between the United States and British North America.
1896 – An earthquake registering 8.5 M_w and subsequent tsunami struck Japan, killing at least 22,000 people and destroying about 9,000 homes.
1920 – Three African-American circus workers were lynched by a mob in Duluth, Minnesota, a crime that shocked the country for having taken place in the Northern United States.
1921 – Bessie Coleman (pictured) became the first Black person to earn an international pilot's license from the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale.
1978 – King Hussein of Jordan married American Lisa Halaby, who became known as Queen Noor of Jordan (pictured).
1991 – The eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines deposited large amounts of particulate matter into the atmosphere, enough to lower global temperatures by about 0.5 °C (0.9 °F).
1995 – Western Greece was struck by an earthquake registering 6.4–6.5 M_w that killed 26 people.
2001 – Leaders of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan formed the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
2006 – US president George W. Bush designated 140,000 square miles (360,000 km²) around the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands as the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, now one of the world's largest protected areas.
2012 – American acrobat Nik Wallenda became the first person to walk a tightrope stretched directly over Niagara Falls.
Born/died: | Eadburh of Winchester |d|960| John VI Kantakouzenos |d|1383| Gabriele Sforza |b|1423|Thomas Randolph |b|1605| Georg Joseph Vogler |b|1749| Antoine-François de Fourcroy |b|1755| Rachel Jackson |b|1767| Adam Eckfeldt |b|1769| James K. Polk |d|1849| Herman Smith-Johannsen |b|1875| Mehmed Rashid Pasha |d|1876| Miriam Soljak|b|1879| Frederick III, German Emperor |d|1888| John Fenn |b|1917| Marcel Pronovost |b|1930| Xi Jinping |b|1953| Oliver Kahn |b|1969| W. Arthur Lewis |d|1991 Choi Hong-hi |d|2002

Notes

Novarupta appears on June 6, so Mt. Pinatubo should not appear in the same year
Charles Kingsford Smith and Southern Cross (aircraft) appear on June 9, so Alcock and Brown should not appear in the same year
Katharina von Bora appears on June 13, so Exsurge Domine should not appear in the same year (both are related to Martin Luther)
The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation is also mentioned on June 17.

June 15: Day of Arafah (Islam, 2024); King's Official Birthday in the United Kingdom (2024)

Sallie Gardner at a Gallop

1215 – King John of England and a group of rebel barons agreed on the text of Magna Carta, an influential charter of rights.
1800 – War of the Second Coalition: The signing of the Convention of Alessandria brought temporary peace between France and Austria.
1878 – Eadweard Muybridge took a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it gallops (animation pictured), which became the basis of motion pictures.
1944 – World War II: The United States Army Air Forces began its first air raid on the Japanese archipelago, although little damage was caused.
1996 – The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a truck bomb in the commercial centre of Manchester, England, injuring more than 200 people and causing widespread damage to buildings.

Lisa del Giocondo (b. 1479)
Adam Eckfeldt (b. 1769)
James K. Polk (d. 1849)
Oliver Kahn (b. 1969)

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+File:Vertical eruption at Pinatubo, 1991.jpg|1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo
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+| [[1670]] – The first stone of '''[[Fort Ricasoli]]''' in [[Kalkara]], Malta, was laid by the [[Knights Hospitaller|Order of Saint John]].
+| "Order of St John" not sourced
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 | [[1815]] – The [[Charlotte Lennox, Duchess of Richmond|Duchess of Richmond]] '''[[Duchess of Richmond's ball|held a ball]]''' in [[Brussels]], Belgium, that was described as "the most famous [[Ball (dance party)|ball]] in history".
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-| [[1904]] – The [[steamship]] '''''[[PS General Slocum|General Slocum]]''''' caught fire  in [[New York]]'s [[East River]] and burned uncontrollably, killing over 1,000 people.
+| [[1904]] – The [[steamship]] '''''[[PS General Slocum|General Slocum]]''''' caught fire in New York City's [[East River]] and burned uncontrollably, killing over 1,000 people.
+| trivial pop culture listings
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+| [[1919]] – After nearly {{nowrap|16 hours}} in the air, the [[Vickers Vimy]] flown by [[John Alcock (RAF officer)|John Alcock]] and [[Arthur Whitten Brown]] crash-landed in [[County Galway]], Ireland, completing '''[[Transatlantic flight of Alcock and Brown|the first non-stop transatlantic flight]]'''.
-| [[1954]] – The '''[[UEFA|Union of European Football Associations]]''', the administrative and controlling body for European [[association football|football]], was founded in [[Basel]], Switzerland.
+| unsourced sections
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+| [[1944]] – In [[1944 Saskatchewan general election|the Saskatchewan general election]]<!--not bold, no footnotes-->, the [[Saskatchewan New Democratic Party|Co-operative Commonwealth Federation]] led by '''[[Tommy Douglas]]''' <!--''(pictured)''--> won enough seats in the [[Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan|Legislative Assembly]] to form the first [[Socialism|socialist]] government in North America.
-| [[1991]] – The eruption of '''[[Mount Pinatubo]]''' in the Philippines deposited large amounts of [[Particulates|particulate]] into the atmosphere, enough to lower global temperatures by about {{convert|0.5|C-change|1}}.
+| 8 {cn} tags
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+|-
+| [[1954]] – The '''[[UEFA|Union of European Football Associations]]''', the administrative and controlling body for European [[association football|football]], was founded in [[Basel]], Switzerland.
+| refimprove section
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+* [[760s BC|763 BC]] – The [[Assyrian eclipse|Bur-Sagale eclipse]]<!--not bold, short--> was observed in [[Assyria]], the earliest '''[[solar eclipse]]''' mentioned in historical sources that has been successfully identified.
-* [[1215]] – [[John of England|King John]] of England put his [[seal (emblem)|seal]] to '''[[Magna Carta]]'''.
-* [[1520]] – [[Pope Leo X]] issued the [[papal bull]] '''''[[Exsurge Domine]]''''' to censure propositions from [[Martin Luther]]'s [[The Ninety-Five Theses|{{nowrap|95 theses}}]] and threaten him with [[excommunication]].
+* [[1520]] – [[Pope Leo X|Pope Leo&nbsp;X]] issued the [[papal bull]] '''''[[Exsurge Domine]]''''', censuring 41 propositions from [[Martin Luther]]'s ''[[Ninety-five Theses]]'' and subsequent writings, and threatening him with [[excommunication]] unless he recanted.
 * [[1859]] – The shooting of a pig in the [[San Juan Islands]] led to the so-called '''[[Pig War (1859)|Pig War]]''' over the border between the United States and [[British North America]].
+* [[1896]] – '''[[1896 Sanriku earthquake|An earthquake]]''' registering 8.5&nbsp;[[Moment magnitude scale|M<sub>w</sub>]] and subsequent [[tsunami]] struck Japan, killing at least 22,000 people and destroying about 9,000 homes.
-* [[1878]] – [[Eadweard Muybridge]] took '''[[Sallie Gardner at a Gallop|a series of photographs]]''' to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it gallops<!-- ''(animation pictured)''-->; the study became the basis of [[film|motion pictures]].
+* [[1920]] – Three African-American circus workers '''[[Duluth lynchings|were lynched]]''' by a mob in [[Duluth, Minnesota]]<!-- ''(memorial pictured)''-->, a crime that shocked the country for having taken place in the Northern United States.
-* [[1919]] – After nearly 16 hours, the [[Vickers Vimy]] flown by [[John Alcock (RAF officer)|John Alcock]] and [[Arthur Whitten Brown]] crash-landed in [[County Galway]], Ireland, to complete the '''[[Transatlantic flight of Alcock and Brown|first non-stop transatlantic flight]]'''.
+* [[1921]] – '''[[Bessie Coleman]]''' ''(pictured)'' became the first Black person to earn an [[Pilot licensing and certification|international pilot's license]] from the [[Fédération Aéronautique Internationale]].
-* [[1944]] – In the [[Saskatchewan general election, 1944|Saskatchewan general election]]<!--not bolded, no footnotes-->, the [[Saskatchewan New Democratic Party|Co-operative Commonwealth Federation]] led by '''[[Tommy Douglas]]''' won enough seats in the [[Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan|Legislative Assembly]] to form the first [[socialism|socialist]] government in North America.
-* [[1978]] – King [[Hussein of Jordan]] married American Lisa Halaby, who became known as '''[[Queen Noor of Jordan]]'''.
+* [[1978]] – King [[King Hussein|Hussein of Jordan]] married American Lisa Halaby, who became known as '''[[Queen Noor of Jordan]]''' ''(pictured)''.
+* [[1991]] – The eruption of '''[[Mount Pinatubo]]'''<!-- ''(pictured)''--> in the Philippines deposited large amounts of [[Particulates|particulate matter]] into the atmosphere, enough to lower global temperatures by about 0.5&nbsp;°C (0.9&nbsp;°F).
-* [[1996]] – [[The Troubles]]: The [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] '''[[1996 Manchester bombing|detonated a truck bomb]]''' in [[Manchester city centre|the commercial centre]] of [[Manchester]], England, injuring more than 200 people and causing widespread damage to buildings.
+* [[1995]]  – Western Greece was struck by '''[[1995 Aigio earthquake|an earthquake]]''' registering 6.4–6.5&nbsp;[[Moment magnitude scale|M<sub>w</sub>]] that killed 26 people.
+* [[2001]] – Leaders of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan formed the '''[[Shanghai Cooperation Organisation]]'''.
+* [[2006]] – US president [[George W. Bush]] designated 140,000 square miles (360,000&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) around the [[Northwestern Hawaiian Islands]] as the '''[[Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument]]''', now one of the [[List of largest protected areas|world's largest protected areas]].
+* [[2012]] – American acrobat '''[[Nik Wallenda]]''' became the first person to walk a [[Tightrope walking|tightrope]] stretched directly over [[Niagara Falls]].
+* Born/died: | '''[[Eadburh of Winchester]]'''<!--English nun/saint--> |d|960| '''[[John VI Kantakouzenos|{{nowrap|John VI}} Kantakouzenos]]'''<!--Greek nobleman--> |d|1383| '''[[Gabriele Sforza]]'''<!--Italian bishop--> |b|1423|'''[[Thomas Randolph (poet)|Thomas Randolph]]'''<!--English--> |b|1605| '''[[Georg Joseph Vogler]]'''<!--German composer--> |b|1749|  '''[[Antoine-François de Fourcroy]]'''<!--French chemist--> |b|1755| '''[[Rachel Jackson]]'''<!--First Lady of the United States--> |b|1767| '''[[Adam Eckfeldt]]'''<!--American coiner--> |b|1769| '''[[James K. Polk]]'''<!--American president--> |d|1849| '''[[Herman Smith-Johannsen]]'''<!--Norwegian/Canadian skier--> |b|1875| '''[[Mehmed Rashid Pasha]]''' <!--Ottoman statesman-->|d|1876| '''[[Miriam Soljak]]'''<!--New Zealand activist-->|b|1879| '''[[Frederick III, German Emperor|{{nowrap|Frederick III}}, German Emperor]]''' |d|1888| '''[[John Fenn (chemist)|John Fenn]]'''<!--American--> |b|1917| '''[[Marcel Pronovost]]'''<!--Canadian hockey player--> |b|1930| '''[[Xi Jinping]]''' <!--Chinese premier-->|b|1953| '''[[Oliver Kahn]]'''<!--German footballer--> |b|1969| '''[[W. Arthur Lewis|W.&nbsp;Arthur Lewis]]'''<!--St Lucian economist--> |d|1991 '''[[Choi Hong-hi]]'''<!--Korean martial artist--> |d|2002
 ==Notes==
 * [[Novarupta]] appears on [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/June 6|June 6]], so Mt. Pinatubo should not appear in the same year
+* [[Charles Kingsford Smith]] and [[Southern Cross (aircraft)]] appear on [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/June 9|June 9]], so Alcock and Brown should not appear in the same year
 * [[Katharina von Bora]] appears on [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/June 13|June 13]], so Exsurge Domine should not appear in the same year (both are related to Martin Luther)
 * The [[Co-operative Commonwealth Federation]] is also mentioned on [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/June 17|June 17]].
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-'''[[June 15]]''': '''[[Corpus Christi (feast)|Corpus Christi]]''' (various Western Christian churches, 2017); '''[[Flag Day]]<!--[[Flag of Denmark]] not linked; needs more footnotes-->''' in Denmark
+'''[[June 15]]''': '''[[Day of Arafah]]''' (Islam, 2024); '''[[King's Official Birthday]]''' in <!--Tuvalu and [unclear for 2023]--> the United Kingdom (2024)<!--3rd Saturday in June-->
+{{main page image/OTD|File:The Horse in Motion-anim.gif|''Sallie Gardner at a Gallop''}}
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+* [[1215]] – [[John, King of England|King John of England]] and a group of rebel barons agreed on the text of '''[[Magna Carta]]''', an influential [[Bill of rights|charter of rights]].
-{{main page image|File:Fort Ricasoli and breakwater.jpg|Fort Ricasoli|width=133}}
+* [[1800]] – [[War of the Second Coalition]]: The signing of the '''[[Convention of Alessandria]]''' brought temporary peace between France and Austria.
-</div>
+* [[1878]] – [[Eadweard Muybridge]] took '''[[The Horse in Motion|a series of photographs]]''' to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it gallops ''(animation pictured)'', which became the basis of [[film|motion pictures]].
-* [[760s BC|763 BC]] – The '''[[Assyrian eclipse|Eclipse of Bur-Sagale]]''' was observed in [[Assyria]], the earliest '''[[solar eclipse]]''' mentioned in historical sources that has been successfully identified.
+* [[1944]] – [[World War II|World War&nbsp;II]]: The [[United States Army Air Forces]] began '''[[Bombing of Yawata (June 1944)|its first air raid]]''' on the [[Japanese archipelago]], although little damage was caused.
-* [[1670]] – The first stone of Malta's '''[[Fort Ricasoli]]''' ''(pictured)'' was laid.
+* [[1996]] – [[The Troubles]]: The [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] '''[[1996 Manchester bombing|detonated a truck bomb]]''' in [[Manchester city centre|the commercial centre]] of [[Manchester]], England, injuring more than 200 people and causing widespread damage to buildings.
-* [[1896]] – A 7.2 [[Surface wave magnitude|M<sub>s</sub>]] earthquake and a subsequent tsunami '''[[1896 Sanriku earthquake|struck]]''' Japan, destroying about 9,000 homes and causing at least 22,000 deaths.
+{{Born and died list| '''[[Lisa del Giocondo]]'''<!--Italian noblewoman (Mona Lisa)--> |b|1479| '''[[Adam Eckfeldt]]'''<!--American coiner--> |b|1769| '''[[James K. Polk]]'''<!--American president--> |d|1849| '''[[Oliver Kahn]]'''<!--German footballer--> |b|1969| }}
-* [[1920]] – Three [[African American]] circus workers were '''[[1920 Duluth lynchings|lynched]]''' by a mob in [[Duluth, Minnesota]], a crime that shocked the country for having taken place in the Northern United States.
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-* [[2001]] – Leaders of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan formed the '''[[Shanghai Cooperation Organisation]]'''.
-'''[[Lisa del Giocondo]]''' (b.&nbsp;1479){{·}} '''[[John VI Kantakouzenos|{{nowrap|John VI}} Kantakouzenos]]''' (d.&nbsp;1383){{·}} '''[[John Fenn (chemist)|John Fenn]]''' (b.&nbsp;1917)
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