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June 15 is the 166th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (167th in leap years), with 199 days remaining.

Events

763 BC - Assyrians record a solar eclipse that will be used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history.

923 - Battle of Soissons: King Robert I of France is killed, King Charles the Simple is arrested by the supporters of Duke Rudolph of Burgundy.

1246 - With the death of Duke Frederick II, the Babenberg dynasty ends in Austria.

1409 - The Catholic church is led into a double schism as Petros Philargos is elected Pope Alexander V by the Council of Pisa, joining Pope Gregory XII in Rome and Pope Benedict XII in Avignon.

1667 - The first human blood transfusion is administered by Dr. Jean Baptiste. He transfuses 12 ounces of sheep blood to a 15-year old boy (the boy later dies and Baptiste is accused of murder).

1752 - Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity (kite + key + lightning).

1775 - American Revolutionary War: George Washington is appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.

1785 - Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, co-pilot of the first-ever manned flight (1783), and his companion, Pierre Romain, become the first-ever casualties of an air crash when their hot air balloon explodes during their attempt to cross the English Channel.

1804 - New Hampshire approves the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratifying the document.

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.

1859 - Pig War: Ambiguity in the Oregon Treaty leads to the "Northwestern Boundary Dispute" between U.S. and British/Canadian settlers.

1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Petersburg begins - Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant and troops led by Confederate General Robert E. Lee battle for the last time.

1864 - Arlington National Cemetery is established when 200 acres (0.8 km²) around Arlington Mansion are officially set aside as a military cemetery by U.S. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.

1877 - Henry Ossian Flipper becomes the first African American cadet to graduate from the United States Military Academy.

1904 - A fire aboard the steamboat General Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1000.

1905 - Princess Margaret of Connaught marries Gustav, Crown Prince of Sweden.

1909 - Representatives from England, Australia and South Africa meet at Lords and form the Imperial Cricket Conference.

1911 - Tabulating Computing Recording Corporation (IBM) is incorporated.

1913 - US troops under General John 'Black Jack' Pershing massacre at least 2,000 Philippine men, women and children at Bud Bagsak.

1919 - John Alcock and Arthur Brown complete first nonstop transatlantic flight at Clifden, County Galway, Ireland.

1934 - The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is founded

1944 - World War II: Battle of Saipan: The United States invades Saipan.

1954 - UEFA (the Union des Associations Européennes de Football) is formed in Basle, Switzerland.

1955 - The Eisenhower administration stages the first annual "Operation Alert" (OPAL) exercise, an attempt to assess the preparations for a nuclear attack.

1957 - Eindhoven University of Technology is founded.

1962 - Students for a Democratic Society complete the Port Huron Statement.

1969 - Hee Haw debuts on CBS television, quickly becoming an institution.

1978 - King Hussein of Jordan marries 26-year-old Lisa Halaby.

1979 - Rocky II opens in theaters, starring and directed by Sylvester Stallone.

1992 - During a spelling bee at a Trenton, New Jersey elementary school, U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle corrects a student's spelling of the word potato by indicating it should have an e at the end.

1992 - The United States Supreme Court rules in US vs. Alvarez-Machain that it is permissible for the USA to abduct suspects in foreign countries and bring them to the USA for trial, without approval from those other countries. No reciprocal right is recognized for the reverse to happen in the USA.

1994 - Israel and Vatican City establish full diplomatic relations.

1996 - The Los Angeles radio station KROQ opens the fourth annual of their live concert Weenie Roast with Everclear, Foo Fighters, Fugees, Garbage, Goldfinger, Kiss, Korn, Lush, No Doubt, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, 311 and The Verve Pipe.

1999 - George Morber Senior and Carolyn Frederick are murdered by Angel Maturino Resendiz in Gorham, Illinois. They are his eighth and ninth victims, in his seventh and final incident.

1999 - Nicholas Vitalich is arrested outside a supermarket in San Diego, California, USA for assault with a deadly weapon after slapping his girlfriend with a large tuna.