June 15th, 1079

Born on June 15th, 1079

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 345,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 866 days, exactly on October 8th, 2026, people who were born on June 15th, 1079 will be 346,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on June 15th?

June 15th, 2012

American acrobat Nik Wallenda became the first person to walk a tightrope stretched directly over Niagara Falls.

June 15th, 2006

US president George W. Bush designated 140,000 square miles (360,000 km2) around the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands as the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, now one of the world's largest protected areas.

June 15th, 2001

Leaders of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan formed the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.

June 15th, 1996

The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a truck bomb in the commercial centre of Manchester, England, injuring more than 200 people and causing widespread damage to buildings.

June 15th, 1991

The eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines deposited large amounts of particulate matter into the atmosphere, enough to lower global temperatures by about 0.5 °C (0.9 °F).

June 15th, 1978

King Hussein of Jordan married American Lisa Halaby, who became known as Queen Noor of Jordan (pictured).

June 15th, 1944

World War II: The United States Army Air Forces began its first air raid on the Japanese home islands, although little damage was caused.

June 15th, 1921

Bessie Coleman (pictured) became the first Black person to earn an international pilot's license from the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale.

June 15th, 1920

Three African-American circus workers were lynched by a mob in Duluth, Minnesota, a crime that shocked the country for having taken place in the Northern United States.

June 15th, 1896

An earthquake registering 8.5 Mw and subsequent tsunami struck Japan, killing at least 22,000 people and destroying about 9,000 homes.

June 15th, 1878

Eadweard Muybridge took a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it gallops, which became the basis of motion pictures.

June 15th, 1859

The shooting of a pig in the San Juan Islands led to the so-called Pig War over the border between the United States and British North America.

June 15th, 1800

War of the Second Coalition: France and Austria agreed the Convention of Alessandria, bringing a temporary peace between the two nations.

June 15th, 1520

Pope Leo X issued the papal bull Exsurge Domine, censuring 41 propositions from Martin Luther's Ninety-five Theses and subsequent writings, and threatening him with excommunication unless he recanted.

June 15th, 1215

King John of England and a group of rebel barons agreed on the text of Magna Carta, an influential charter of rights.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on June 15th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on June 15th?

24

Peso Pluma

Mexican singer

*June 15th, 1999, Zapopan

31

Parker McCollum

American musician

*June 15th, 1992, Conroe

30

Carolina Marín

Spanish badminton player

*June 15th, 1993, Huelva

70

Xi Jinping

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party since 2012, President of China since 2013

*June 15th, 1953, Beijing

25

Emil Hansson

Swedish/Norwegian association football player

*June 15th, 1998, Bergen

68

James Robertson Justice

British actor

*June 15th, 1907, Lewisham †July 2nd, 1975, Romsey

55

Ralph Brinkhaus

German politician

*June 15th, 1968, Wiedenbrück

80

Attilâ İlhan

Turkish poet and writer

*June 15th, 1925, Menemen †October 10th, 2005, Istanbul

35

Tseng Min-Hao

Taiwanese badminton player

*June 15th, 1988, Kaohsiung

31

Ayumi Mine

Badminton player

*June 15th, 1992, Kariya

25

Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo

Indonesian badminton player

*June 15th, 1998, Jayapura City

54

Margit Borg

Swedish badminton player

*June 15th, 1969, Mariestad

25

Dong Wenjing

Chinese badminton player

*June 15th, 1998, Guangxi

74

Simon Callow

British actor

*June 15th, 1949, Streatham

64

Edvard Grieg

Norwegian composer and pianist (1843–1907)

*June 15th, 1843, Bergen †September 4th, 1907, Bergen

54

Oliver Kahn

German association football player

*June 15th, 1969, Karlsruhe

31

Dafne Schippers

Dutch heptathlete and sprinter

*June 15th, 1992, Utrecht

84

Claude Brasseur

French actor (1936-2020)

*June 15th, 1936, Neuilly-sur-Seine †December 22nd, 2020, 14th arrondissement of Paris

68

Julie Hagerty

American actress

*June 15th, 1955, Cincinnati

32

Toms Skujiņš

Latvian racing cyclist

*June 15th, 1991, Sigulda

31

Mohamed Salah

Egyptian association footballer

*June 15th, 1992, Nagrig

60

Helen Hunt

American actress and director

*June 15th, 1963, Culver City

78

Robert Sarah

Roman Catholic archbishop

*June 15th, 1945, Ourous

68

Johann Joachim Kändler

German artist (1706–1775)

*June 15th, 1706, Fischbach †May 18th, 1775, Meissen

59

Courteney Cox

American actress, director, and producer

*June 15th, 1964, Birmingham

74

Johnny Hallyday

French musician and actor (1943–2017)

*June 15th, 1943, 9th arrondissement of Paris †December 6th, 2017, Marnes-la-Coquette

69

Eduardo Wilde

Argentine politician (1844-1913)

*June 15th, 1844, Tupiza †September 5th, 1913, Brussels metropolitan area

68

Hugo Pratt

Italian comic book creator (1927-1995)

*June 15th, 1927, Rimini †August 20th, 1995, Lausanne

50

Neil Patrick Harris

American actor (born 1973)

*June 15th, 1973, Albuquerque

39

Tim Lincecum

American baseball player

*June 15th, 1984, Bellevue

59

Michael Laudrup

Danish association football player and coach

*June 15th, 1964, Frederiksberg

81

Helen Fraser

British actress

*June 15th, 1942, Oldham

52

José Luis Arrieta

Road bicycle racer

*June 15th, 1971, San Sebastián

97

Jesús Guzmán

Spanish actor

*June 15th, 1926, Madrid †October 16th, 2023, Madrid

25

Belinda Lee

English actress (1935-1961)

*June 15th, 1935, Budleigh Salterton †March 12th, 1961, San Bernardino

80

Cicely Hamilton

British actress and writer

*June 15th, 1872, Paddington †December 5th, 1952, Chelsea

56

Maripily Rivera

Puerto Rican actress and model

*June 15th, 1967, Ponce

105

Mary Ellis

American opera singer (1897–2003)

*June 15th, 1897, New York City †January 30th, 2003, London

29

Joel Cassells

British rower

*June 15th, 1994, Ballymoney

58

Ashok-Alexander Sridharan

German politician, former Lord Mayor of Bonn, Germany

*June 15th, 1965, Bonn

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Public holidays on June 15th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on June 15th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1079 is a normal year and no leap year.

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