Friday, June 15, 2012

June 15th in History


1215 - King John of England put his seal on the Magna Carta. 

1381 - The English peasant revolt was crushed in London. 

1389 - Ottoman Turks crushed Serbia in the Battle of Kosovo. 

1752 - Benjamin Franklin experimented by flying a kite during a thunderstorm. The result was a little spark that showed the relationship between lightning and electricity. 

1775 - George Washington was appointed head of the Continental Army by the Second Continental Congress. 

1836 - Arkansas became the 25th U.S. state. 

1846 - The United States and Britain settled a boundary dispute concerning the boundary between the U.S. and Canada, by signing a treaty. 

1866 - Prussia attacked Austria. 

1917 - Great Britain pledged the release of all the Irish captured during the Easter Rising of 1916. 

1947 - The All-Indian Congress accepted a British plan for the partition of India.

1964 - The last French troops left Algeria. 

1978 - King Hussein of Jordan married 26-year-old American Lisa Halaby, who became Queen Noor. 

1982 - In the capital city of Stanley, the Falklands war ended as Argentine troops surrendered to the British.

 1994 - Israel and the Vatican established full diplomatic relations. #

Famous Birthdays:

1330 - Edward the Black, Prince of Wales and Aquitaine. Eldest son of King Edward III and father of King Richard II.

1902 - Erik H. Erickson, Psychologist

1946 - Janet Lennon, Singer

1964 - Courtney Cox, Actress

1969 - O'Shea Jackson (Ice Cube), Rapper

1981 - Billy Martin, Musician 








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