June 15
1184 | King Magnus of Norway is defeated by his rival, Sverre. | |
1215 | King John signs the Magna Carta. | |
1381 | The English peasant revolt is crushed in London. | |
1389 | Ottoman Turks crush Serbia in the Battle of Kosovo. | |
1607 | Colonists in North America complete James Fort in Jamestown. | |
1752 | Benjamin Franklin and his son test the relationship between electricity and lightning by flying a kite in a thunder storm. | |
1775 | George Washington is named Commander in Chief by Congress. | |
1779 | American General Anthony Wayne captures Stony Point, New York. | |
1836 | Arkansas is admitted into the Union as the 25th state. | |
1846 | Great Britain and the United States agree on a joint occupation of Oregon Territory. | |
1849 | James K. Polk, the 11th president of the United States, dies. | |
1862 | General J.E.B. Stuart completes his "ride around McClellan." | |
1864 | The Battle for Petersburg begins. | |
1866 | Prussia attacks Austria. | |
1877 | Henry O. Flipper becomes the first African American to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. | |
1898 | The U.S. House of representatives approves the annexation of Hawaii. | |
1916 | President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America. | |
1917 | Great Britain pledges the release of all Irish captured during the Easter Rebellion of 1916. | |
1920 | Three African Americans are lynched in Duluth, Minnesota, by a white mob of 5,000. | |
1928 | Republicans, convening in Kansas City, name Herbert Hoover their candidate for President. | |
1932 | Gaston Means is sentenced to 15 years for fraud in the Lindbergh baby kidnapping. | |
1940 | The French fortress of Verdun is captured by Germans. | |
1944 | U.S. Marines begin the invasion of Saipan in Pacific. | |
1947 | The All-Indian Congress accepts a British plan for the partition of India. | |
1958 | Greece severs military ties to Turkey because of the Cyprus issue. | |
1964 | The last French troops leave Algeria. | |
1977 | The first general election in Spain since 1936 results in victory for the UCD (Union of Democratic Centre). |
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