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This Day in History: June 15
Date - Event description
June 15, 763 BC - Assyrians record a solar eclipse that is later used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history.
June 15, 844 - Louis II is crowned as king of Italy at Rome by pope Sergius II.
June 15, 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.
June 15, 1184 - The naval Battle of Fimreite is won by the Birkebeiner pretender Sverre Sigurdsson. Sigurdsson takes the Norwegian throne and King Magnus V of Norway is killed.
June 15, 1215 - King John of England puts his seal to Magna Carta.
June 15, 1219 - Northern Crusades: Danish victory at the Battle of Lindanise (modern-day Tallinn) establishes the Danish Duchy of Estonia.
June 15, 1246 - With the death of Frederick II, Duke of Austria, the Babenberg dynasty ends in Austria.
June 15, 1300 - The city of Bilbao is founded.
June 15, 1312 - At the Battle of Rozgony, King Charles I of Hungary wins a decisive victory over the family of Palatine Amade Aba.
June 15, 1389 - Battle of Kosovo: The Ottoman Empire defeats Serbs and Bosnians.
June 15, 1410 - In a decisive battle at Onon River, the Mongol forces of Oljei Temur were decimated by the Chinese armies of the Yongle Emperor.
June 15, 1502 - Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Martinique on his fourth voyage.
June 15, 1520 - Pope Leo X threatens to excommunicate Martin Luther in Exsurge Domine.
June 15, 1648 - Margaret Jones is hanged in Boston for witchcraft in the first such execution for the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
June 15, 1667 - The first human blood transfusion is administered by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys.
June 15, 1670 - The first stone of Fort Ricasoli is laid down in Malta.
June 15, 1752 - Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity (traditional date, the exact date is unknown).
June 15, 1776 - Delaware Separation Day: Delaware votes to suspend government under the British Crown and separate officially from Pennsylvania.
June 15, 1800 - The Provisional Army of the United States is dissolved.
June 15, 1804 - New Hampshire approves the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratifying the document.
June 15, 1808 - Joseph Bonaparte becomes King of Spain.
June 15, 1836 - Arkansas is admitted as the 25th U.S. state.
June 15, 1844 - Charles Goodyear receives a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber.
June 15, 1846 - The Oregon Treaty extends the border between the United States and British North America, established by the Treaty of 1818, westward to the Pacific Ocean.
June 15, 1859 - Ambiguity in the Oregon Treaty leads to the Northwestern Boundary Dispute between American and British/Canadian settlers.
June 15, 1864 - American Civil War: The Second Battle of Petersburg begins.
June 15, 1864 - Arlington National Cemetery is established when 200 acres (0.81 km2) of the Arlington estate (formerly owned by Confederate General Robert E. Lee) are officially set aside as a military cemetery by U.S. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.
June 15, 1877 - Henry Ossian Flipper becomes the first African American cadet to graduate from the United States Military Academy.
June 15, 1878 - Eadweard Muybridge takes a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it runs; the study becomes the basis of motion pictures.
June 15, 1888 - Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the German Empire. Due to the death of his predecessors Wilhelm I and Frederick III, 1888 is the Year of the Three Emperors.
June 15, 1896 - The deadliest tsunami in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.
June 15, 1904 - A fire aboard the steamboat SS General Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
June 15, 1916 - United States President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter.
June 15, 1919 - John Alcock and Arthur Brown complete the first nonstop transatlantic flight when they reach Clifden, County Galway, Ireland.
June 15, 1920 - Following the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, Northern Schleswig is transferred from Germany to Denmark.
June 15, 1921 - Bessie Coleman earns her pilot's license, becoming the first female pilot of African-American descent.
June 15, 1934 - The United States Great Smoky Mountains National Park is founded.
June 15, 1936 - First flight of the Vickers Wellington bomber.
June 15, 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.
June 15, 1940 - World War II: Operation Ariel begins: Allied troops start to evacuate France, following Germany's takeover of Paris and most of the nation.
June 15, 1944 - World War II: The United States invades Saipan, capital of Japan's South Seas Mandate.
June 15, 1944 - In the Saskatchewan general election, the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, is elected and forms the first socialist government in North America.
June 15, 1970 - Charles Manson goes on trial for the Sharon Tate murders.
June 15, 1972 - Red Army Faction co-founder Ulrike Meinhof is captured by police in Langenhagen.
June 15, 1977 - After the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975, the first democratic elections took place in Spain.
June 15, 1978 - King Hussein of Jordan marries American Lisa Halaby, who takes the name Queen Noor.
June 15, 1985 - Rembrandt's painting Dana? is attacked by a man (later judged insane) who throws sulfuric acid on the canvas and cuts it twice with a knife.
June 15, 1991 - In the Philippines, Mount Pinatubo erupts in the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century, killing over 800 people.
June 15, 1992 - The United States Supreme Court rules in United States v. ?lvarez-Macha?n that it is permissible for the United States to forcibly extradite suspects in foreign countries and bring them to the United States for trial, without approval from those other countries.
June 15, 1994 - Israel and Vatican City establish full diplomatic relations.
June 15, 1996 - The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) detonates a powerful truck bomb in the middle of Manchester, England, devastating the city centre and injuring 200 people.
June 15, 2001 - Leaders of the People's Republic of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan formed the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
June 15, 2012 - Nik Wallenda becomes the first person to successfully tightrope walk directly over Niagara Falls.
June 15, 2013 - A bomb explodes on a bus in the Pakistani city of Quetta, killing at least 25 people and wounding 22 others.
Famous birthdays on June 15
Date - Birth description
June 15, 1330 - Edward, the Black Prince of England (Death 1376)
June 15, 1479 - Lisa del Giocondo, Italian model, subject of the Mona Lisa (Death 1542)
June 15, 1519 - Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (Death 1536)
June 15, 1542 - Richard Grenville, English captain and explorer (Death 1591)
June 15, 1549 - Elizabeth Knollys, English noblewoman (Death 1605)
June 15, 1553 - Archduke Ernest of Austria (Death 1595)
June 15, 1605 - Thomas Randolph, English poet and playwright (Death 1635)
June 15, 1618 - Fran?ois Blondel, French architect (Death 1686)
June 15, 1623 - Cornelis de Witt, Dutch politician (Death 1672)
June 15, 1624 - Hiob Ludolf, German orientalist and philologist (Death 1704)
June 15, 1640 - Bernard Lamy, French mathematician and theologian (Death 1715)
June 15, 1645 - Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin, English politician (Death 1712)
June 15, 1749 - Georg Joseph Vogler, German organist, composer, and theorist (Death 1814)
June 15, 1754 - Juan Jos? Elhuyar, Spanish chemist and mineralogist (Death 1796)
June 15, 1755 - Antoine Fran?ois, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist and entomologist (Death 1809)
June 15, 1763 - Franz Danzi, German cellist, composer, and conductor (Death 1826)
June 15, 1763 - Kobayashi Issa, Japanese priest and poet (Death 1827)
June 15, 1765 - Martin Baum, American businessman and politician, Mayor of Cincinnati (Death 1831)
June 15, 1765 - Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger, German astronomer and mathematician (Death 1831)
June 15, 1767 - Rachel Jackson, American wife of Andrew Jackson (Death 1828)
June 15, 1777 - David Daniel Davis, Welsh physician and academic (Death 1841)
June 15, 1789 - Josiah Henson, American minister, author, and activist (Death 1883)
June 15, 1792 - Thomas Mitchell, Scottish-Australian colonel and explorer (Death 1855)
June 15, 1801 - Benjamin Wright Raymond, American merchant and politician, 3rd Mayor of Chicago (Death 1883)
June 15, 1805 - William B. Ogden, American businessman and politician, 1st Mayor of Chicago (Death 1877)
June 15, 1809 - Fran?ois-Xavier Garneau, Canadian poet and historian (Death 1866)
June 15, 1835 - Adah Isaacs Menken, American actress, painter, and poet (Death 1868)
June 15, 1843 - Edvard Grieg, Norwegian pianist and composer (Death 1907)
June 15, 1848 - Gheevarghese Mar Gregorios of Parumala, Indian bishop and saint (Death 1902)
June 15, 1872 - Thomas William Burgess, English swimmer and water polo player (Death 1950)
June 15, 1875 - Herman Smith-Johannsen, Norwegian-Canadian skier (Death 1987)
June 15, 1878 - Margaret Abbott, Indian-American golfer (Death 1955)
June 15, 1881 - Kesago Nakajima, Japanese lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army (Death 1945)
June 15, 1884 - Harry Langdon, American actor, director, and screenwriter (Death 1944)
June 15, 1886 - Frank Clement, British racing driver (Death 1970)
June 15, 1888 - Ram?n L?pez Velarde, Mexican poet and author (Death 1921)
June 15, 1890 - Georg W?st, German oceanographer and academic (Death 1977)
June 15, 1894 - Robert Russell Bennett, American composer and conductor (Death 1981)
June 15, 1894 - Nikolai Chebotaryov, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and theorist (Death 1947)
June 15, 1898 - Hubertus Strughold, German-American physiologist and academic (Death 1986)
June 15, 1900 - Gotthard G?nther, German philosopher and academic (Death 1984)
June 15, 1900 - Otto Luening, German-American composer and conductor (Death 1996)
June 15, 1901 - Elmar Lohk, Russian-Estonian architect (Death 1963)
June 15, 1902 - Erik Erikson, German-American psychologist and psychoanalyst (Death 1994)
June 15, 1906 - Gordon Welchman, English-American mathematician and author (Death 1985)
June 15, 1906 - L?on Degrelle, Belgian SS officer (Death 1994)
June 15, 1907 - James Robertson Justice, English actor and educator (Death 1975)
June 15, 1909 - Elena Nikolaidi, Greek-American soprano and educator (Death 2002)
June 15, 1910 - David Rose, English-American pianist, composer, and conductor (Death 1990)
June 15, 1911 - Wilbert Awdry, English author, co-created Thomas the Tank Engine (Death 1997)
June 15, 1913 - Tom Adair, American songwriter, composer, and screenwriter (Death 1988)
June 15, 1914 - Yuri Andropov, Russian politician (Death 1984)
June 15, 1914 - Saul Steinberg, Romanian-American cartoonist (Death 1999)
June 15, 1914 - Hilda Terry, American cartoonist (Death 2006)
June 15, 1915 - Nini Theilade, Danish ballet dancer, choreographer, and educator (Death 2018)
June 15, 1915 - Thomas Huckle Weller, American biologist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (Death 2008)
June 15, 1916 - Olga Erteszek, Polish-American fashion designer (Death 1989)
June 15, 1916 - Horacio Salg?n, Argentinian pianist, composer, and conductor (Death 2016)
June 15, 1916 - Herbert A. Simon, American political scientist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (Death 2001)
June 15, 1917 - John Fenn, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (Death 2010)
June 15, 1917 - Michalis Genitsaris, Greek singer-songwriter (Death 2005)
June 15, 1917 - Lash LaRue, American actor and producer (Death 1996)
June 15, 1918 - Fran?ois Tombalbaye, Chadian politician, 1st President of Chad (Death 1975)
June 15, 1920 - Keith Andrews, American race car driver (Death 1957)
June 15, 1920 - Alla Kazanskaya, Russian actress (Death 2008)
June 15, 1920 - Sam Sniderman, Canadian businessman, founded Sam the Record Man (Death 2012)
June 15, 1920 - Alberto Sordi, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (Death 2003)
June 15, 1921 - Erroll Garner, American pianist and composer (Death 1977)
June 15, 1922 - Jaki Byard, American pianist and composer (Death 1999)
June 15, 1923 - Erland Josephson, Swedish actor and director (Death 2012)
June 15, 1923 - Ninian Stephen, English-Australian lieutenant, judge, and politician, 20th Governor-General of Australia (Death 2017)
June 15, 1924 - H?di Fried, Swedish author and psychologist
June 15, 1924 - Ezer Weizman, Israeli general and politician, 7th President of Israel (Death 2005)
June 15, 1925 - Richard Baker, English journalist and author (Death 2018)
June 15, 1925 - Attil? Ilhan, Turkish poet, author, and critic (Death 2005)
June 15, 1926 - Alfred Duraiappah, Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician (Death 1975)
June 15, 1927 - Ross Andru, American illustrator (Death 1993)
June 15, 1927 - Ibn-e-Insha, Indian-Pakistani poet and author (Death 1978)
June 15, 1927 - Hugo Pratt, Italian author and illustrator (Death 1995)
June 15, 1930 - Miguel M?ndez, American author and academic (Death 2013)
June 15, 1930 - Marcel Pronovost, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (Death 2015)
June 15, 1931 - Joseph Gilbert, English air marshal
June 15, 1931 - Brian Sewell, English art dealer and critic (Death 2015)
June 15, 1932 - David Alliance, Baron Alliance, Iranian-English businessman and politician
June 15, 1932 - Mario Cuomo, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of New York (Death 2015)
June 15, 1932 - Zia Fariduddin Dagar, Indian singer (Death 2013)
June 15, 1932 - Bernie Faloney, American-Canadian football player and sportscaster (Death 1999)
June 15, 1933 - Mohammad-Ali Rajai, Iranian politician, 2nd President of Iran (Death 1981)
June 15, 1933 - Predrag Koraksic Corax, Serbian political caricaturist
June 15, 1934 - Ruby Nash Garnett, American R&B singer
June 15, 1936 - William Levada, American cardinal
June 15, 1937 - Pierre Billon, Swiss-Canadian author and screenwriter
June 15, 1937 - Waylon Jennings, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Death 2002)
June 15, 1938 - Billy Williams, American baseball player and coach
June 15, 1939 - Ward Connerly, American activist and businessman, founded the American Civil Rights Institute
June 15, 1941 - Neal Adams, American illustrator
June 15, 1941 - Harry Nilsson, American singer-songwriter (Death 1994)
June 15, 1942 - Ian Greenberg, Canadian broadcaster, founded Astral Media
June 15, 1942 - John E. McLaughlin, American diplomat
June 15, 1942 - Peter Norman, Australian sprinter (Death 2006)
June 15, 1943 - Johnny Hallyday, French singer and actor (Death 2017)
June 15, 1943 - Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, Danish politician, 38th Prime Minister of Denmark
June 15, 1944 - Robert D. Keppel, American police officer and academic
June 15, 1945 - Miriam Defensor Santiago, Filipino judge and politician (Death 2016)
June 15, 1945 - Robert Sarah, Guinean cardinal
June 15, 1945 - Lawrence Wilkerson, American colonel
June 15, 1946 - Noddy Holder, English rock singer-songwriter, musician, and actor
June 15, 1946 - John Horner, American paleontologist and academic
June 15, 1946 - Demis Roussos, Egyptian-Greek singer-songwriter and bass player (Death 2015)
June 15, 1947 - John Hoagland, American photographer and journalist (Death 1984)
June 15, 1948 - Mike Holmgren, American football player and coach
June 15, 1948 - Alan Huckle, English politician and diplomat, Governor of Anguilla
June 15, 1948 - Henry McLeish, Scottish footballer, academic, and politician, 2nd First Minister of Scotland
June 15, 1949 - Dusty Baker, American baseball player and manager
June 15, 1949 - Simon Callow, English actor and director
June 15, 1949 - Russell Hitchcock, Australian singer-songwriter
June 15, 1949 - Jim Varney, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (Death 2000)
June 15, 1950 - Ugur Erdener, Turkish ophthalmologist and professor
June 15, 1950 - Juliana Azumah-Mensah, Ghanaian nurse and politician
June 15, 1950 - Deney Terrio, American choreographer and host of the television musical variety series Dance Fever
June 15, 1950 - Lakshmi Mittal, Indian-English businessman
June 15, 1951 - Jane Amsterdam, American magazine and newspaper editor (Manhattan, inc., New York Post)
June 15, 1951 - Vance A. Larson, American painter (Death 2000)
June 15, 1951 - John Redwood, English politician, Secretary of State for Wales
June 15, 1951 - Steve Walsh, American rock singer-songwriter and musician
June 15, 1952 - Satya Pal Jain, Indian lawyer and politician, Additional Solicitor General of India
June 15, 1953 - Vilma Bardauskiene, Lithuanian long jumper
June 15, 1953 - Marc Brickman, American lighting and production designer
June 15, 1953 - Eje Elgh, Swedish racing driver and sportscaster
June 15, 1953 - Xi Jinping, Chinese engineer and politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party and President of China
June 15, 1953 - Raphael Wallfisch, English cellist and educator
June 15, 1954 - Jim Belushi, American actor
June 15, 1954 - Terri Gibbs, American country music singer and keyboard player
June 15, 1954 - Paul Rusesabagina, Rwandan humanitarian
June 15, 1954 - Zdenka ?ilhav?, Czech discus thrower and shot putter
June 15, 1954 - Beverley Whitfield, Australian swimmer (Death 1996)
June 15, 1955 - Polly Draper, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
June 15, 1955 - Julie Hagerty, American model and actress
June 15, 1956 - Yevgeny Kiselyov, Russian-Ukrainian journalist
June 15, 1956 - Lance Parrish, American baseball player, coach, and manager
June 15, 1958 - Wade Boggs, American baseball player
June 15, 1958 - Riccardo Paletti, Italian racing driver (Death 1982)
June 15, 1959 - Alan Brazil, Scottish footballer and sportscaster
June 15, 1959 - Eileen Davidson, American model and actress
June 15, 1960 - Mich?le Laroque, French actress, producer, and screenwriter
June 15, 1960 - Marieke van Doorn, Dutch field hockey player and coach
June 15, 1961 - Dave McAuley, Irish boxer and sportscaster
June 15, 1961 - Scott Norton, American wrestler
June 15, 1962 - Brad Armstrong, American wrestler (Death 2012)
June 15, 1962 - Chris Morris, English actor, satirist, director, and producer
June 15, 1962 - Andrea Rost, Hungarian soprano
June 15, 1963 - Marina Azyabina, Russian hurdler
June 15, 1963 - Mario Gosselin, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
June 15, 1963 - Helen Hunt, American actress, director, and producer
June 15, 1964 - Courteney Cox, American actress and producer
June 15, 1964 - Michael Laudrup, Danish footballer and manager
June 15, 1965 - Annelies Bredael, Belgian rower
June 15, 1965 - Karim Massimov, Kazakhstani politician, 7th Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
June 15, 1965 - Adam Smith, American lawyer and politician
June 15, 1966 - Raimonds Vejonis, Latvian politician, 9th President of Latvia
June 15, 1968 - K?roly G?ttler, Hungarian swimmer
June 15, 1969 - Jesse B?langer, Canadian ice hockey player
June 15, 1969 - Ice Cube, American rapper, producer, and actor
June 15, 1969 - Idalis DeLe?n, American singer and actress
June 15, 1969 - Nasos Galakteros, Greek basketball player
June 15, 1969 - Oliver Kahn, German footballer and sportscaster
June 15, 1969 - Maurice Odumbe, Kenyan cricketer
June 15, 1969 - C?dric Pioline, French tennis player
June 15, 1970 - Christian Bauman, American soldier and author
June 15, 1970 - David Bayssari, Australian rugby league player
June 15, 1970 - Ga?lle M?chaly, French soprano
June 15, 1970 - Leah Remini, American actress and producer
June 15, 1970 - ?an Tabak, Croatian basketball player and coach
June 15, 1971 - Christos Myriounis, Greek basketball player
June 15, 1971 - Jake Busey, American actor, musician, and film producer
June 15, 1972 - Justin Leonard, American golfer
June 15, 1972 - Andy Pettitte, American baseball player
June 15, 1973 - Tore Andre Flo, Norwegian footballer and coach
June 15, 1973 - Neil Patrick Harris, American actor and singer
June 15, 1973 - Pia Miranda, Australian actress
June 15, 1976 - Jir? Ryba, Czech decathlete
June 15, 1977 - Michael Doleac, American basketball player and manager
June 15, 1978 - Wilfred Bouma, Dutch footballer
June 15, 1978 - Zach Day, American baseball player
June 15, 1979 - Yulia Nestsiarenka, Belarusian sprinter
June 15, 1979 - Christian Rahn, German footballer
June 15, 1979 - Charles Zwolsman, Jr., Dutch racing driver
June 15, 1980 - David Lyons, Australian rugby player
June 15, 1981 - John Paintsil, Ghanaian footballer
June 15, 1982 - Mike Delany, New Zealand rugby player
June 15, 1982 - Abdur Razzak, Bangladeshi cricketer
June 15, 1983 - Julia Fischer, German violinist and pianist
June 15, 1983 - Laura Imbruglia, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
June 15, 1983 - Josh McGuire, Canadian fencer
June 15, 1984 - Luke Hodge, Australian footballer
June 15, 1984 - Eva Hrdinov?, Czech tennis player
June 15, 1984 - Tim Lincecum, American baseball player
June 15, 1984 - Edison Toloza, Colombian footballer
June 15, 1985 - Ashley Nicole Black, American comedian, actress, and writer
June 15, 1986 - James Maloney, Australian rugby league player
June 15, 1986 - Trevor Plouffe, American baseball player
June 15, 1989 - V?ctor Cabedo, Spanish cyclist (Death 2012)
June 15, 1989 - Bryan Clauson, American race car driver (Death 2016)
June 15, 1992 - Michal Kopczynski, Polish footballer
June 15, 1992 - Mohamed Salah, Egyptian footballer
June 15, 1992 - Dafne Schippers, Dutch heptathlete and sprinter
June 15, 1993 - Irfan Had?ic, Bosnian footballer
June 15, 1994 - Inaki Williams, Basque footballer
June 15, 1997 - Madison Kocian, American gymnast
Famous deaths on June 15
Date - Death description
June 15, 923 - Robert I of France (Birth 866)
June 15, 948 - Romanos I Lekapenos, Byzantine Emperor (Birth c. 870)
June 15, 952 - Murong Yanchao, Chinese general
June 15, 960 - Eadburh of Winchester, English princess and saint
June 15, 970 - Adalbert, bishop of Passau
June 15, 991 - Theophanu, Byzantine wife of Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor (Birth 960)
June 15, 1073 - Emperor Go-Sanjo of Japan (Birth 1034)
June 15, 1184 - Magnus Erlingsson, King of Norway (Birth 1156)
June 15, 1189 - Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (Birth 1159)
June 15, 1246 - Frederick II, Duke of Austria (Birth 1219)
June 15, 1337 - Angelo da Clareno, Italian Franciscan and leader of a group of Fraticelli (Birth 1247)
June 15, 1341 - Andronikos III Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (Birth 1297)
June 15, 1381 - John Cavendish, English lawyer and judge (Birth 1346)
June 15, 1381 - Wat Tyler, English rebel leader (Birth 1341)
June 15, 1383 - John VI Kantakouzenos, Byzantine emperor (Birth 1292)
June 15, 1383 - Matthew Kantakouzenos, Byzantine emperor
June 15, 1389 - Lazar of Serbia (Birth 1329)
June 15, 1389 - Murad I, Ottoman Sultan (Birth 1319)
June 15, 1389 - Milo? Obilic, Serbian knight.
June 15, 1416 - John, Duke of Berry (Birth 1340)
June 15, 1467 - Philip III, Duke of Burgundy (Birth 1396)
June 15, 1521 - Tam?s Bak?cz, Hungarian cardinal (Birth 1442)
June 15, 1614 - Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton, English courtier and politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (Birth 1540)
June 15, 1724 - Henry Sacheverell, English minister and politician (Birth 1674)
June 15, 1768 - James Short, Scottish mathematician and optician (Birth 1710)
June 15, 1772 - Louis-Claude Daquin, French organist and composer (Birth 1694)
June 15, 1844 - Thomas Campbell, Scottish poet and academic (Birth 1777)
June 15, 1849 - James K. Polk, American lawyer and politician, 11th President of the United States (Birth 1795)
June 15, 1858 - Ary Scheffer, Dutch-French painter and academic (Birth 1795)
June 15, 1888 - Frederick III, German Emperor (Birth 1831)
June 15, 1889 - Mihai Eminescu, Romanian journalist, author, and poet (Birth 1850)
June 15, 1890 - Unryu Kyukichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 10th Yokozuna (Birth 1822)
June 15, 1917 - Kristian Birkeland, Norwegian physicist and academic (Birth 1867)
June 15, 1934 - Alfred Bruneau, French cellist and composer (Birth 1857)
June 15, 1938 - Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German painter and illustrator (Birth 1880)
June 15, 1941 - Otfrid Foerster, German neurologist and physician (Birth 1873)
June 15, 1941 - Evelyn Underhill, English mystic and author (Birth 1875)
June 15, 1945 - Count Albert von Mensdorff-Pouilly-Dietrichstein, Austrian diplomat
June 15, 1961 - Giulio Cabianca, Italian racing driver (Birth 1923)
June 15, 1961 - Peyami Safa, Turkish journalist and author (Birth 1899)
June 15, 1962 - Alfred Cortot, Swiss pianist and conductor (Birth 1877)
June 15, 1967 - Tatu Kolehmainen, Finnish runner (Birth 1885)
June 15, 1968 - Sam Crawford, American baseball player, coach, and umpire (Birth 1880)
June 15, 1968 - Wes Montgomery, American guitarist and songwriter (Birth 1925)
June 15, 1971 - Wendell Meredith Stanley, American biochemist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (Birth 1904)
June 15, 1976 - Jimmy Dykes, American baseball player, coach, and manager (Birth 1896)
June 15, 1984 - Meredith Willson, American playwright, composer, and conductor (Birth 1902)
June 15, 1985 - Andy Stanfield, American sprinter (Birth 1927)
June 15, 1989 - Maurice Bellemare, Canadian lawyer and politician (Birth 1912)
June 15, 1989 - Ray McAnally, Irish actor (Birth 1926)
June 15, 1991 - Happy Chandler, American businessman and politician, 49th Governor of Kentucky (Birth 1898)
June 15, 1991 - Arthur Lewis, Saint Lucian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (Birth 1915)
June 15, 1992 - Chuck Menville, American animator, producer, and screenwriter (Birth 1940)
June 15, 1992 - Brett Whiteley, Australian painter (Birth 1939)
June 15, 1993 - John Connally, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 61st United States Secretary of the Treasury (Birth 1917)
June 15, 1993 - James Hunt, English racing driver and sportscaster (Birth 1947)
June 15, 1994 - Manos Hatzidakis, Greek composer and theorist (Birth 1925)
June 15, 1995 - John Vincent Atanasoff, American physicist and inventor, invented the Atanasoff?Berry computer (Birth 1903)
June 15, 1996 - Ella Fitzgerald, American singer and actress (Birth 1917)
June 15, 1996 - Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet, Scottish general and politician (Birth 1911)
June 15, 1996 - Dick Murdoch, American wrestler (Birth 1946)
June 15, 1999 - Omer C?t?, Canadian lawyer and politician (Birth 1906)
June 15, 2000 - Jules Roy, French author, poet, and playwright (Birth 1907)
June 15, 2001 - Henri Alekan, French cinematographer (Birth 1909)
June 15, 2002 - Choi Hong Hi, South Korean general and martial artist, founded Taekwondo (Birth 1918)
June 15, 2003 - Hume Cronyn, Canadian-American actor (Birth 1911)
June 15, 2004 - Ahmet Piristina, Turkish politician and mayor of Izmir (Birth 1952)
June 15, 2005 - Suzanne Flon, French actress (Birth 1918)
June 15, 2006 - Raymond Devos, Belgian-French comedian and clown (Birth 1922)
June 15, 2006 - Herb Pearson, New Zealand cricketer (Birth 1910)
June 15, 2008 - Ray Getliffe, Canadian ice hockey player (Birth 1914)
June 15, 2011 - Bill Haast, American herpetologist and academic (Birth 1910)
June 15, 2012 - Phillip D. Cagan, American economist and author (Birth 1927)
June 15, 2012 - Capitola Dickerson, American pianist and educator (Birth 1913)
June 15, 2012 - Barry MacKay, American tennis player and sportscaster (Birth 1935)
June 15, 2012 - Israel Nogueda Otero, Mexican economist and politician, 10th Governor of Guerrero (Birth 1935)
June 15, 2012 - Jerry Tubbs, American football player and coach (Birth 1935)
June 15, 2013 - Heinz Flohe, German footballer and manager (Birth 1948)
June 15, 2013 - Jos? Froil?n Gonz?lez, Argentinian racing driver (Birth 1922)
June 15, 2013 - Dennis O'Rourke, Australian director and producer (Birth 1945)
June 15, 2013 - Kenneth G. Wilson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (Birth 1936)
June 15, 2014 - Jacques Bergerac, French actor and businessman (Birth 1927)
June 15, 2014 - Casey Kasem, American radio host, producer, and voice actor, co-created American Top 40 (Birth 1932)
June 15, 2014 - Daniel Keyes, American short story writer and novelist (Birth 1927)
June 15, 2014 - Moise Safra, Brazilian businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Banco Safra (Birth 1934)
June 15, 2015 - Kirk Kerkorian, American businessman, founded the Tracinda Corporation (Birth 1917)
June 15, 2016 - Lois Duncan, American author (Birth 1934)
June 15, 2018 - Matt Guitar Murphy, American Blues guitarist (The Blues Brothers) (Birth 1929)
June 15, 2019 - Franco Zeffirelli, Italian film director (Birth 1923)
