About June 15

June 15, 2024 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.

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Gemini is the sun 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.

What Happened On June 15

  • 1184 –
    King Magnus V of Norway is killed at the Battle of Fimreite.
  • 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.
  • 1389 –
    Battle of Kosovo: The Ottoman Empire defeats Serbs and Bosnians.
  • 1667 –
    The first human blood transfusion is administered by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys.
  • 1775 –
    American Revolutionary War: George Washington is appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.
  • 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.
  • 1864 –
    American Civil War: The Second Battle of Petersburg begins.
  • 1867 –
    Atlantic Cable Quartz Lode gold mine located in Montana.
  • 1888 –
    Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the German Empire.
  • 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.
  • 1920 –
    A new border treaty between Germany and Denmark gives northern Schleswig to Denmark.
  • 1920 –
    Duluth lynchings in Minnesota.
  • 1934 –
    The U.S. Great Smoky Mountains National Park is founded.
  • 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.
  • 1991 –
    In the Philippines, Mount Pinatubo erupts in the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th Century. In the end, over 800 people die.
  • 1996 –
    The Provisional Irish Republican Army explodes a large bomb in the middle of Manchester, England.

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