June 15
1215 - England's King John sealed the Magna Carta.
1775 - George Washington was appointed head of the Continental Army by the Second Continental Congress.
1836 - Arkansas became the 25th state.
1844 - Charles Goodyear was awarded a patent for rubber vulcanization.
1849 - James K. Polk, the 11th president of the United States (1845-1849), died in Nashville, Tennessee at age 53.
1864 - Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton signed an order establishing a military burial ground which would become Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.
1904 - More than 1,000 people died when fire erupted aboard the steamboat General Slocum in New York's East River.
1934 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an act making the National Guard part of the U.S. Army in the event of war or national emergency.
1940 - During World War II, Nazi forces completed their occupation of Paris, France.
1944 - American forces began their successful invasion of Saipan during World War II; B-29 Superfortresses carried out their first air raids on Japan.
1985 - The Shiite Muslim hijackers of a TWA Boeing 727 beat and shot one of their hostages, U.S. Navy diver Robert Stethem, 23, throwing him out of the plane to die on the tarmac at Beirut airport.
1991 - Mount Pinatubo in the northern Philippines exploded in one of the biggest volcanic eruptions of the 20th century, killing about 800 people.
1992 - Vice President Dan Quayle's infamous "potatoe" spelling incident occurred.
1996 - Ella Fitzgerald, the "first lady of song," died in Beverly Hills, California at age 79.
2002 - Rolling Stones member Mick Jagger was knighted by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II.
2002 - An asteroid with a diameter of between 50 and 120 yards narrowly missed the Earth by 75,000 miles — less than a third of the distance to the moon.
2005 - The New York Yankees announced plans for a new $800 million stadium. The plans called for the building to be next to Yankee Stadium and be ready by the 2009 season.
2018 - Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was jailed to await two criminal trials; a federal judge revoked his house arrest over allegations of witness tampering in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation. (Manafort would be sentenced to more than seven years in prison on federal charges.)
2018 - President Donald Trump announced a 25% tariff on up to $50 billion in Chinese imports, to take effect July 6.
2020 - The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, ruled that a landmark civil rights law protects gay, lesbian and transgender people from discrimination in employment.
2022 - The Federal Reserve raised its key interest rate by three-quarters of a point — its largest hike in nearly three decades in an effort to curb inflation.
2022 - John Hinckley Jr., who shot and wounded President Ronald Reagan in 1981, was freed from court oversight, officially concluding decades of supervision by legal and mental health professionals.
Birthdays
26 - Madison Kocian (gymnast)
33 - Denzel Whitaker (actor)
34 - Bayley (professional wrestler)
38 - Nadine Coyle (singer)
43 - Christopher Castile (actor)
48 - Elizabeth Reaser (actress)
50 - Greg Vaughan (actor)
50 - Neil Patrick Harris (actor)
52 - Jake Busey (actor)
53 - Leah Remini (actress)
54 - Ice Cube (rapper/actor)
59 - Courteney Cox (actress)
60 - Helen Hunt (actress)
64 - Eileen Davidson (actress)
65 - Wade Boggs (baseball player)
68 - Polly Draper (actress)
68 - Julie Hagerty (actress)
69 - Jim Belushi (actor/comedian)
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Today in Sports History - June 15
1923 - Lou Gehrig made his debut with the New York Yankees.
1938 - Johnny Vander Meer pitched his second consecutive no-hitter, leading the Cincinnati Reds to a 6-0 victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers in the first night game at Ebbets Field, four days after leaving the Boston Bees hitless by a 3-0 score.
1963 - Juan Marichal (San Francisco) threw a no-hitter. It was the first Giants no-hitter since Carl Hubbell in 1929.
1980 - Jack Nicklaus won his fourth U.S. Open title.
2001 - The Los Angeles Lakers defeat the Philadelphia 76ers in five games to win the NBA championship for the second consecutive year.
2003 - The San Antonio Spurs defeat the New Jersey Nets in six games to win the NBA championship.
2004 - The Detroit Pistons defeat the Los Angeles Lakers in five games to win the NBA championship and complete one of the biggest upsets in league history.
2011 - The Boston Bruins defeat the Vancouver Canucks in seven games to win the Stanley Cup.
2014 - The San Antonio Spurs defeat the Miami Heat in five games to win their fifth NBA championship.
2015 - The Chicago Blackhawks defeat the Tampa Bay Lightning in six games to win their sixth Stanley Cup.
2019 - A baseball jersey having belonged to Babe Ruth sells at auction in New York City for $5.64 million, becoming one of the most expensive pieces of sports memorabilia ever sold.
2019 - In a blockbuster trade, the New Orleans Pelicans send Anthony Davis to the Los Angeles Lakers for Brandon Ingram, Lonzo Ball, Josh Hart and three future first round draft picks.
1215 - England's King John sealed the Magna Carta.
1775 - George Washington was appointed head of the Continental Army by the Second Continental Congress.
1836 - Arkansas became the 25th state.
1844 - Charles Goodyear was awarded a patent for rubber vulcanization.
1849 - James K. Polk, the 11th president of the United States (1845-1849), died in Nashville, Tennessee at age 53.
1864 - Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton signed an order establishing a military burial ground which would become Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.
1904 - More than 1,000 people died when fire erupted aboard the steamboat General Slocum in New York's East River.
1934 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an act making the National Guard part of the U.S. Army in the event of war or national emergency.
1940 - During World War II, Nazi forces completed their occupation of Paris, France.
1944 - American forces began their successful invasion of Saipan during World War II; B-29 Superfortresses carried out their first air raids on Japan.
1985 - The Shiite Muslim hijackers of a TWA Boeing 727 beat and shot one of their hostages, U.S. Navy diver Robert Stethem, 23, throwing him out of the plane to die on the tarmac at Beirut airport.
1991 - Mount Pinatubo in the northern Philippines exploded in one of the biggest volcanic eruptions of the 20th century, killing about 800 people.
1992 - Vice President Dan Quayle's infamous "potatoe" spelling incident occurred.
1996 - Ella Fitzgerald, the "first lady of song," died in Beverly Hills, California at age 79.
2002 - Rolling Stones member Mick Jagger was knighted by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II.
2002 - An asteroid with a diameter of between 50 and 120 yards narrowly missed the Earth by 75,000 miles — less than a third of the distance to the moon.
2005 - The New York Yankees announced plans for a new $800 million stadium. The plans called for the building to be next to Yankee Stadium and be ready by the 2009 season.
2018 - Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was jailed to await two criminal trials; a federal judge revoked his house arrest over allegations of witness tampering in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation. (Manafort would be sentenced to more than seven years in prison on federal charges.)
2018 - President Donald Trump announced a 25% tariff on up to $50 billion in Chinese imports, to take effect July 6.
2020 - The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, ruled that a landmark civil rights law protects gay, lesbian and transgender people from discrimination in employment.
2022 - The Federal Reserve raised its key interest rate by three-quarters of a point — its largest hike in nearly three decades in an effort to curb inflation.
2022 - John Hinckley Jr., who shot and wounded President Ronald Reagan in 1981, was freed from court oversight, officially concluding decades of supervision by legal and mental health professionals.
Birthdays
26 - Madison Kocian (gymnast)
33 - Denzel Whitaker (actor)
34 - Bayley (professional wrestler)
38 - Nadine Coyle (singer)
43 - Christopher Castile (actor)
48 - Elizabeth Reaser (actress)
50 - Greg Vaughan (actor)
50 - Neil Patrick Harris (actor)
52 - Jake Busey (actor)
53 - Leah Remini (actress)
54 - Ice Cube (rapper/actor)
59 - Courteney Cox (actress)
60 - Helen Hunt (actress)
64 - Eileen Davidson (actress)
65 - Wade Boggs (baseball player)
68 - Polly Draper (actress)
68 - Julie Hagerty (actress)
69 - Jim Belushi (actor/comedian)
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Today in Sports History - June 15
1923 - Lou Gehrig made his debut with the New York Yankees.
1938 - Johnny Vander Meer pitched his second consecutive no-hitter, leading the Cincinnati Reds to a 6-0 victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers in the first night game at Ebbets Field, four days after leaving the Boston Bees hitless by a 3-0 score.
1963 - Juan Marichal (San Francisco) threw a no-hitter. It was the first Giants no-hitter since Carl Hubbell in 1929.
1980 - Jack Nicklaus won his fourth U.S. Open title.
2001 - The Los Angeles Lakers defeat the Philadelphia 76ers in five games to win the NBA championship for the second consecutive year.
2003 - The San Antonio Spurs defeat the New Jersey Nets in six games to win the NBA championship.
2004 - The Detroit Pistons defeat the Los Angeles Lakers in five games to win the NBA championship and complete one of the biggest upsets in league history.
2011 - The Boston Bruins defeat the Vancouver Canucks in seven games to win the Stanley Cup.
2014 - The San Antonio Spurs defeat the Miami Heat in five games to win their fifth NBA championship.
2015 - The Chicago Blackhawks defeat the Tampa Bay Lightning in six games to win their sixth Stanley Cup.
2019 - A baseball jersey having belonged to Babe Ruth sells at auction in New York City for $5.64 million, becoming one of the most expensive pieces of sports memorabilia ever sold.
2019 - In a blockbuster trade, the New Orleans Pelicans send Anthony Davis to the Los Angeles Lakers for Brandon Ingram, Lonzo Ball, Josh Hart and three future first round draft picks.
