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 167th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 199 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 2, 2024 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,718,409,600 seconds 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 ‘hectahexacontaheptagon’ day.
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 228 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 4,194 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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June 15 Historical Events
- 1184 –King Magnus V of Norway is killed at the Battle of Fimreite.
- 1844 –Charles Goodyear receives a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber.
- 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.
- 1896 –The deadliest tsunami in Japan’s history kills more than 22,000 people.
- 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.
- 1954 –UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) is formed in Basel, Switzerland.
- 1955 –The Eisenhower administration stages the first annual “Operation Alert” (OPAL) exercise, an attempt to assess the USA’s preparations for a nuclear attack.
- 1978 –King Hussein of Jordan marries American Lisa Halaby, who takes the name Queen Noor.
- 1994 –Israel and Vatican City establish full diplomatic relations.
Who were born on June 15?
- 1875 –Herman Smith-Johannsen, Norwegian-born Canadian cross-country skier and supercentenarian (d. 1987)
- 1906 –Léon Degrelle, Belgian SS officer (d. 1994)
- 1926 –Shigeru Kayano, Japanese Ainu activist (d. 2006)
- 1943 –Muff Winwood, British songwriter and bassist (Spencer Davis Group)
- 1946 –Jack Horner, American paleontologist
- 1950 –Lakshmi Mittal, Indian industrialist
- 1962 –Andrea Rost, Hungarian soprano
- 1971 –Edwin Brienen, Dutch director
- 1979 –Julia Schultz, American model
- 1979 –Yulia Nestsiarenka, Belarusian athlete
Who died on June 15?
- 1246 –Duke Frederick II of Austria (b. 1219)
- 1341 –Andronikos III Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1297)
- 1381 –John Cavendish, Lord Chief Justice of England (b. c. 1346)
- 1467 –Philip III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1396)
- 1844 –Thomas Campbell, Scottish poet (b. 1777)
- 1985 –Andy Stanfield, American sprinter (b. 1927)
- 1991 –Albert Benjamin “Happy” Chandler, American politician and commissioner of baseball (b. 1898)
- 2006 –Herb Pearson, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1910)
- 2008 –Stan Winston, American special effects and makeup artist, and film director (b. 1946)
- 2011 –Bill Haast, American Herpetologist (b. 1910)
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