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What are the important events that happened on June 15? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
June 15: Facts & Myths About This Day
June 15 is the 166th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 199 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 2, 2025 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 486,096 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectahexacontahexagon’ day.
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Gemini is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Pearl is the modern birthstone for this month. Moonstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 247 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,559 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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June 15 Historical Events
- 1775 –American Revolutionary War: George Washington is appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.
- 1867 –Atlantic Cable Quartz Lode gold mine located in Montana.
- 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.
- 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.
Who were born on June 15?
- 1843 –Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer (d. 1907)
- 1884 –Harry Langdon, American actor (d. 1944)
- 1910 –David Rose, American songwriter, composer and orchestra leader (d. 1990)
- 1963 –Helen Hunt, American actress
- 1988 –Miku Ishida, Japanese teen idol
Who died on June 15?
- 1614 –Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton, English politician (b. 1540)
- 1724 –Henry Sacheverell, English churchman and politician (b. 1674)
- 1938 –Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German expressionist painter and printmaker (b. 1880)
- 1985 –Andy Stanfield, American sprinter (b. 1927)
- 1996 –Ella Fitzgerald, American singer (b. 1917)
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