This day from the past for June 15th…166th day of 2014 - 199 remaining… → 763 BC - Assyrians record a solar eclipse that is later used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history. → 1215 - In a meadow called Ronimed, between Windsor and Staines, England, King John of England sealed the Magna Carta, the first charter of English liberties. The Magna Carta is considered one of the most important historical documents defining political and human freedoms. → 1389 - Battle of Kosovo, The Ottoman Empire defeats Serbs and Bosnians. → 1534 - Cabot Strait Newfoundland - Jacques Cartier steers southward along west coast of Newfoundland to Cabot Strait, then turns west. → 1607 - Colonists in North America completed James Fort in Jamestown, VA. → 1667 - Jean-Baptiste Denys administered the first fully-documented human blood transfusion. He successfully transfused the blood of a sheep to a 15-year old boy. → 1676 – Quebec, Quebec - Chief Citizens of Quebec hold meeting to fix price of bread. → 1752 - Ben Franklins kite is struck by lightning-What a shock. → 1775 - George Washington became Commander in Chief of the Continental Army on this day. → 1776 - Montreal Quebec - American General Benedict Arnold orders Montreal burnt as the Army of the Continental Congress retreats south; citizens put the fire out. → 1776 - Delaware Separation Day, Delaware votes to suspend government under the British Crown and separate officially from Pennsylvania. → 1785 - Two French balloonists die in worlds first fatal aviation accident. → 1814 - War of 1812 - Major General Jacob Brown leads 500 American raiders across Lake Erie to burn and loot Port Dover and Long Point, Ontario. → 1836 - Arkansas becomes the 25th of the United States of America. → 1844 - Vulcanized rubber was patented by Charles Goodyear of New York City. Vulcanized rubber later was made into tires with Goodyear’s name on them. Charles never benefited from his invention and was poverty-stricken. → 1846 - U.S. President James Polk signs the Oregon Treaty, also known as the Buchanan-Pakenham Treaty (Treaty of Washington), declaring the 49th parallel and the Strait of Juan de Fuca the boundary between Oregon and British America; Queen Victoria signs the Treaty two days later. The treaty was a compromise - the British claimed Oregon and the Americans claimed all of the west coast up to the southern limit of the Russian territory of Alaska - 54/40 - the slogan Fifty-four forty or fight was a Democratic Party slogan in the 1844 American election. → 1851 - Jacob Fussell, Baltimore dairyman, sets up first ice-cream factory. → 1863 - London England - Robert Benson acquires control of the Hudsons Bay Company for the International Financial Society, a syndicate of bankers. → 1864 - Arlington National Cemetery, VA is established when 200 acres (0.81 km2) around Arlington Mansion (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. → 1869 - Celluloid patented by John Wesley Hyatt, Albany, NY → 1869 - England’s Tom Allen was defeated by Mike McCoole of the United States in St. Louis, MO in the first international bare-knuckle fight for an American. Ouch! → 1878 - The first attempt at motion pictures (using 12 cameras that each take 1 picture). → 1902 - Canada - Maritime Provinces switch from Eastern to Atlantic time. → 1905 - St. Johns Newfoundland - Newfoundland bans sale of bait and granting of licenses to Canadian and foreign fishing fleets. → 1909 - Benjamin Shibe patented the cork-center baseball. A baseball stadium (Shibe Park in Philadelphia) was named for him. → 1910 - David Rose born, Grammy Award-winning [22] composer: The Stripper; scores: Little House on the Prairie, Bonanza, Sea Hunt, Highway Patrol; David Rose and His Orchestra: The Red Skelton Show, The Tony Martin Show; died Aug 23, 1990. → 1916 - U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signed a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America. → 1936 - Al Jolson and Ruby Keeler starred in ‘Burlesque’ on the Lux Radio Theatre. → 1937 - Waylon Jennings born, Country Music Association Award-winning singer: My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys, Good Hearted Woman, Luckenbach, Texas, Theme from The Dukes of Hazzard; bass: group: The Crickets [w/Buddy Holly]; actor: Nashville Rebel, Stagecoach, Urban Cowboy; died Feb 13, 2002. → 1944 - World War II - First RCAF fighter wings move into France after D-Day. → 1945 - Judy Garland marries 2nd husband, director Vincente Minnelli; daughter is Liza Minnelli. → 1946 - Janet Lennon born, singer: group: Lennon Sisters: Lawrence Welk Show, The Andy Williams Show. → 1948 - Soviet authorities announced that the Autobahn would be closed indefinitely for repairs. → 1949 - Jim Varney born, actor: The Beverly Hillbillies, Ernest Goes to Jail, Ernest Saves Christmas; died Feb 10, 2000. → 1951 - Montreal Quebec - Fire kills 35 elderly persons at lHospice Ste-Cunégond. → 1951 - Joe Louis knocked out Lee Savold in a closed-circuit TV fight seen by fight fans in movie theatres in six cities. → 1954 - Jim Belushi born, actor: Saturday Night Live, Trading Places, The Man with One Red Shoe, Little Shop of Horrors, The Principal, Who’s Harry Crumb?, Diary of a Hit Man, Destiny Turns on the Radio, Mighty Ducks the Movie: The Face-Off, Retroactive, Wag the Dog, K-911; John Belushi’s brother. → 1954 - Terri Gibbs born, singer: Somebody’s Knockin’. → 1956 - Sixteen-year-old John Lennon of the music group ‘The Quarrymen’ met 14-year-old Paul McCartney and invited him to join the group. In a few years, the group became The Beatles. → 1957 - Love Letters in the Sand by Pat Boone topped the charts. → 1963 - Kyu Sakamoto from Kawasaki, Japan, reached the number one spot on the pop music charts with Sukiyaki. The popular song captivated American music buyers and was at the top of the Billboard pop chart for three weeks. In Japan, where Sakamoto was enormously popular, Sukiyaki was known as Ue O Muite Aruko (I Look Up When I Walk). The entertainer met an untimely fate in 1985. Kyu (cue) Sakamoto was one of 520 people who perished in the crash of a Japan Air Lines Boeing 747 near Tokyo. He was 43 years old. → 1966 - Chart Toppers- ‘Paint It, Black’ - The Rolling Stones; ‘Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?’ - The Lovin’ Spoonful; ‘I Am a Rock’ - Simon & Garfunkel; ‘Distant Drums’ - Jim Reeves. → 1968 - Mrs Robinson by Simon & Garfunkel topped the charts. → 1969 - Hee Haw with Roy Clark & Buck Owens premiers on CBS TV. → 1973 - American Graffiti opens in NYC. → 1973 - Neil Patrick Harris born, actor: Doogie Howser, M.D., Clara’s Heart, Snowbound: The Jim and Jennifer Stolpa Story, My Antonia, Starship Troopers, The Next Best Thing. → 1974 - Billy, Dont Be a Hero by Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods topped the charts. → 1974 - New York City - Gordon Lightfoot has a No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit with Sundown. → 1985 - New York City - Bryan Adams has a No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit with Heaven. → 1985 - Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Tears for Fears topped the charts. → 1986 - Pravda, the Communist Party newspaper, reported that the chief engineer of the Chernobyl nuclear plant was dismissed for mishandling the incident at the plant. → 1988 - Canada expels eight USSR diplomats for industrial espionage; not made public until June 21, 1988. → 1991 - Rush, Rush by Paula Abdul topped the charts. → 1991 - Long-dormant Mount Pinatubo erupted with a vengeance in the Philippines. The volcano covered the surrounding area with ash which turned into mud following severe rainstorms. Villages and U.S. military bases (Clark Air Force Base and Subic Bay Naval Base) were evacuated. The bases were damaged and many people lost their homes. → 2007 - Bob Barkers final episode as the host of The Price is Right airs. → 2012 - Apple I computer sells for a record $374,500. → Those were the days, my friend. We thought they’d never end...Ω
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