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The events happened on 15th June are : 1215 : Magna Carta sealed by King John : Magna Carta—a charter of English liberties that occupies a unique place in the popular imagination as a symbol and a battle cry against oppression—was sealed this day, under threat of civil war, by King John in 1215. 1944 : During World War II, U.S. Marines attacked Saipan in the Mariana Islands. 1903 : American automobile-racing driver Barney Oldfield accomplished the first mile-a-minute performance in a car at Indianapolis, Indiana. 1861 : Austrian contralto Ernestine Schumann-Heink, one of the principal interpreters of the operas of Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss before the outbreak of World War I, was born. 1846 : The United States and Britain signed the Oregon Treaty, establishing the border between Canada and the United States at latitude 49° N. 1844 : Charles Goodyear received a patent for the process of rubber vulcanization. 1775 : George Washington was named commander in chief of the colonies by the Continental Congress. 1752 : Benjamin Franklin flew a kite during a storm in Philadelphia to demonstrate the relationship between electricity and lightning. 1389 : The Battle of Kosovo, fought between the armies of the Serbian prince Lazar and the forces of the Ottoman sultan Murad I, concluded with an Ottoman victory. Today in History IndexFrom 15th June to HOME PAGE |
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