Summary of the Day ✨ 15 June (15/06)
Violence erupted across multiple nations as a bus bomb killed 25 in Pakistan and an IRA truck bomb injured 200 in Manchester, while simultaneously Mount Pinatubo’s devastating eruption claimed over 800 lives in the Philippines. The day also marked a significant shift in international law with the US Supreme Court ruling on extradition powers and Spain transitioning to democracy after Franco’s death.
Historical Events 📜
- 2013: A bomb explodes on a bus in the Pakistani city of Quetta, killing at least 25 people and wounding 22 others.
- 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.
- 1992: The United States Supreme Court rules in United States v. Álvarez-Machaín 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.
- 1991: In the Philippines, Mount Pinatubo erupts in the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century, killing over 800 people.
- 1977: After the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975, the first democratic elections take place in Spain.
- 1972: Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z is destroyed by a bomb over Pleiku, Vietnam (then South Vietnam) and kills 81 people.
- 1944: World War II: The United States invades Saipan, capital of Japan’s South Seas Mandate.
- 1944: In the Saskatchewan general election, the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, is elected and forms the first socialist government in North America.
- 1940: World War II: Operation Aerial begins: Allied troops start to evacuate France, following Germany’s takeover of Paris and most of the nation.
- 1920: Following the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, Northern Schleswig is transferred from Germany to Denmark.
- 1919: John Alcock and Arthur Brown complete the first nonstop transatlantic flight when they reach Clifden, County Galway, Ireland.
- 1904: A fire aboard the steamboat SS General Slocum in New York City’s East River kills 1,000.
- 1896: One of the deadliest tsunamis in Japan’s history kills more than 22,000 people.
- 1864: American Civil War: The Second Battle of Petersburg begins.
- 1859: Ambiguity in the Oregon Treaty leads to the “Northwestern Boundary Dispute” between American and British/Canadian settlers.
Famous Births 👶
- 2003: Pablo Barrios, Spanish footballer
- 1997: Madison Kocian, American gymnast
- 1996: Aurora, Norwegian singer-songwriter
- 1996: Tia-Adana Belle, Barbadian athlete
- 1996: Hoshi, South Korean singer and dancer
- 1994: Iñaki Williams, Basque-Ghanaian footballer
- 1993: Cooper Kupp, American football player
- 1993: Irfan Hadžić, Bosnian footballer
- 1992: Michał Kopczyński, Polish footballer
- 1992: Mohamed Salah, Egyptian footballer
- 1992: Dafne Schippers, Dutch heptathlete and sprinter
- 1991: Jessie Ennis, American actress, director, and writer
- 1989: Bayley, American wrestler
- 1989: Víctor Cabedo, Spanish cyclist (died 2012)
- 1989: Bryan Clauson, American race car driver (died 2016)
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 2024: James Kent, American chef (born 1979)
- 2024: Matija Sarkic, English-born Montenegrin footballer (born 1997)
- 2023: Glenda Jackson, English actress and politician (born 1936)
- 2019: Franco Zeffirelli, Italian film director (born 1923)
- 2014: Jacques Bergerac, French actor and businessman (born 1927)
- 2013: Heinz Flohe, German footballer and manager (born 1948)
- 2013: José Froilán González, Argentinian racing driver (born 1922)
- 2013: Dennis O’Rourke, Australian director and producer (born 1945)
- 2013: Kenneth G. Wilson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1936)
- 2012: Phillip D. Cagan, American economist and author (born 1927)
- 2012: Barry MacKay, American tennis player and sportscaster (born 1935)
- 2012: Israel Nogueda Otero, Mexican economist and politician, 10th Governor of Guerrero (born 1935)
- 2012: Jerry Tubbs, American football player and coach (born 1935)
- 2011: Bill Haast, American herpetologist and academic (born 1910)
- 2008: Ray Getliffe, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1914)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
- Arbor Day (Costa Rica)
- Christian feast day:
Abraham of Clermont (or of St Cyriacus) - Christian feast day:
Alice (or Adelaide) of Schaerbeek - Christian feast day:
Augustine of Hippo (Eastern Orthodox Church) - Christian feast day:
Blessed Albertina Berkenbrock - Christian feast day:
Blessed Clement Vismara - Christian feast day:
Edburga of Winchester - Christian feast day:
Evelyn Underhill (Church of England and The Episcopal Church) - Christian feast day:
Germaine Cousin - Christian feast day:
Landelin (of Crespin or of Lobbes) - Christian feast day:
Trillo - Christian feast day:
Vitus (Guy), Modestus and Crescentia - Christian feast day:
June 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) - Day of Valdemar and Reunion Day (Flag Day) (Denmark)
- Engineer’s Day (Italy)