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June 15 is the 166th day of the year (167th in leap years) ... 1896 – One of the deadliest tsunamis in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people. [10]
January • February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September • October • November • December June 15 : Time: 18:18 UTC Date: December 21
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1815 – The Duchess of Richmond held a ball in Brussels, Belgium, that was described as "the most famous ball in history". 1919 – After nearly 16 hours in the air, the Vickers Vimy flown by John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown crash-landed in County Galway, Ireland, completing the first non-stop transatlantic flight.
The 1896 Sanriku earthquake (明治三陸地震, Meiji Sanriku Jishin) was one of the most destructive seismic events in Japanese history. [3] The 8.5 magnitude earthquake occurred at 19:32 (local time) on June 15, 1896, approximately 166 kilometres (103 mi) off the coast of Iwate Prefecture, Honshu.
The Bombing of Yawata on the night of 15/16 June 1944 was the first air raid on the Japanese home islands conducted by United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) strategic bombers during World War II. The attack was undertaken by 75 B-29 Superfortress heavy bombers (examples pictured) staging from bases in China.
June 15, 1921: Bessie Coleman becomes first licensed black female pilot June 1, 1921: Greenwood, the African-American business and residential section of Tulsa, is burned down by white rioters; at least 21 black and nine white residents killed in rioting June 5, 1921: Laura Bromwell becomes first female stunt pilot to be killed in a crash
From June 13 to 25, approximately 750,000 visitors viewed the Freedom 7 Mercury spacecraft at the Rassegna International Electronic and Nuclear Fair at Rome, Italy. [25] Yuri Gagarin laid the cornerstone of the Tsiolkovsky State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics. The museum, located in Kaluga, would open in 1967. [63]