About June 15

June 15, 2023 is the 166th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 199 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

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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 240 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On June 15

  • 763 BC
    Assyrians record a solar eclipse that is later used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history.
  • 923
    Battle of Soissons: King Robert I of France is killed and King Charles the Simple is arrested by the supporters of Duke Rudolph of Burgundy.
  • 1215
    King John of England puts his seal to the Magna Carta.
  • 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.
  • 1580
    Philip II of Spain declares William the Silent to be an outlaw.
  • 1752
    Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity (traditional date, the exact date is unknown).
  • 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.
  • 1877
    Henry Ossian Flipper becomes the first African American cadet to graduate from the United States Military Academy.
  • 1888
    Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the German Empire.
  • 1909
    Representatives from England, Australia and South Africa meet at Lord’s and form the Imperial Cricket Conference.
  • 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.
  • 1940
    World War II: Operation Ariel begins – Allied troops start to evacuate France, following Germany’s takeover of Paris and most of the nation.
  • 1944
    In the Saskatchewan general election, the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, is elected and forms the first socialist government in North America.
  • 1944
    World War II: Battle of Saipan: The United States invade Japanese-occupied Saipan.
  • 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.

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