June 15th, 1937

Born on June 15th, 1937

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 31,000 days old!

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What happened on June 15th, 1937?

June 15th, 1937

A German expedition led by Karl Wien loses sixteen members in an avalanche on Nanga Parbat. It is the worst single disaster to occur on an 8000m peak.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Wien

What else 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.

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

Born on June 15th, 1937

86

Anna Hazare

Indian activist (born 1937)

*June 15th, 1937, Bhingar

64

Waylon Jennings

American country musician (1937–2002)

*June 15th, 1937, Littlefield †February 13th, 2002, Chandler

83

Herbert Feuerstein

Austrian-born German journalist, comedian and entertainer (1937–2020)

*June 15th, 1937, Zell am See †October 6th, 2020, Erftstadt

86

Michèle Cotta

French journalist

*June 15th, 1937, Nice

86

William Robert Graham

NASA official

*June 15th, 1937, San Antonio

86

Karl Leister

German classical clarinet player

*June 15th, 1937, Wilhelmshaven

86

Art Sherman

American horse trainer

*June 15th, 1937, Brooklyn

86

Jose Rodela

Medal of Honor recipient

*June 15th, 1937, Corpus Christi

86

Robert K. U. Kihune

American Navy admiral

*June 15th, 1937, Lahaina

86

Rudolf Potsch

Czech ice hockey player

*June 15th, 1937, Brno

86

Pierre Billon

Canadian writer

*June 15th, 1937, Geneva

78

Stanislav Filko

Slovak artist (1937-2015)

*June 15th, 1937, Veľká Hradná †October 23rd, 2015, Bratislava

86

Rolf Riehm

German composer and oboist

*June 15th, 1937, Saarbrücken

86

Lola Lemire Tostevin

Canadian writer

*June 15th, 1937, Timmins

86

Jim Mooty

American football player

*June 15th, 1937, El Dorado

86

Eugeni Asensio

Spanish water polo referee

*June 15th, 1937, Barcelona

86

Vappala Balachandran

Indian national security intelligence specialist

*June 15th, 1937, Yangon

86

Shirō Itō

Japanese actor

*June 15th, 1937, Taitō-ku

79

Herbert Schifter

Austrian ornithologist (1937-2017)

*June 15th, 1937, Vienna †February 7th, 2017, Graz

79

Ian William Murison Smith

English chemist

*June 15th, 1937, Leeds †November 8th, 2016

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

84

Claude Brasseur

French actor (1936-2020)

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

70

Xi Jinping

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

*June 15th, 1953, Beijing

31

Parker McCollum

American musician

*June 15th, 1992, Conroe

80

Attilâ İlhan

Turkish poet and writer

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

30

Carolina Marín

Spanish badminton player

*June 15th, 1993, Huelva

25

Belinda Lee

English actress (1935-1961)

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

55

Ralph Brinkhaus

German politician

*June 15th, 1968, Wiedenbrück

74

Simon Callow

British actor

*June 15th, 1949, Streatham

68

James Robertson Justice

British actor

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

74

Johnny Hallyday

French musician and actor (1943–2017)

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

78

Robert Sarah

Roman Catholic archbishop

*June 15th, 1945, Ourous

54

Margit Borg

Swedish badminton player

*June 15th, 1969, Mariestad

81

Helen Fraser

British actress

*June 15th, 1942, Oldham

25

Emil Hansson

Swedish/Norwegian association football player

*June 15th, 1998, Bergen

24

Peso Pluma

Mexican singer

*June 15th, 1999, Zapopan

89

Eileen Atkins

English actress

*June 15th, 1934, London

35

Tseng Min-Hao

Taiwanese badminton player

*June 15th, 1988, Kaohsiung

31

Ayumi Mine

Badminton player

*June 15th, 1992, Kariya

68

Julie Hagerty

American actress

*June 15th, 1955, Cincinnati

68

Hugo Pratt

Italian comic book creator (1927-1995)

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

Same year
Born in 1937

87

Olusegun Obasanjo

Nigerian president (1999-2007) and military leader (1976–79)

*March 5th, 1937, Abeokuta

87

Heinz Rennhack

German actor

*March 5th, 1937, Gdańsk

82

Sigmund Jähn

East German cosmonaut

*February 13th, 1937, Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz †September 21st, 2019, Strausberg

80

Erland Kops

Danish badminton player

*January 14th, 1937, Copenhagen †February 18th, 2017

86

Bobby Charlton

English association football player and manager (1937–2023)

*October 11th, 1937, Ashington †October 21st, 2023, Macclesfield District General Hospital

79

George Steele

American professional wrestler and actor (1937-2017)

*April 16th, 1937, Detroit †February 16th, 2017, Cocoa Beach

86

Morgan Freeman

American actor and producer (born 1937)

*June 1st, 1937, Memphis

86

Jane Fonda

American actress and activist

*December 21st, 1937, New York City

87

Rita Süssmuth

German politician

*February 17th, 1937, Wuppertal

80

Attilio Nicora

Catholic cardinal

*March 16th, 1937, Varese †April 22nd, 2017, Rome

86

Anthony Hopkins

Welsh actor and director (born 1937)

*December 31st, 1937, Port Talbot

87

Paul Zanker

German classical archaeologist (born 1937)

*February 7th, 1937, Constance

79

Johannes Grützke

German painter and illustrator (1937-2017)

*September 30th, 1937, Berlin †May 17th, 2017, Berlin

69

Saddam Hussein

Iraqi president, army officer and Baathist politician

*April 28th, 1937, Al-Awja †December 30th, 2006, Kadhimiya

86

Dustin Hoffman

American actor (born 1937)

*August 8th, 1937, Los Angeles

85

Larry Hillman

Canadian ice hockey player

*February 5th, 1937, Kirkland Lake †June 3rd, 2022

79

Richard H. Solomon

American diplomat

*June 19th, 1937, Philadelphia †March 13th, 2017, Bethesda

86

Martti Ahtisaari

President of Finland from 1994 to 2000

*June 23rd, 1937, Vyborg †October 16th, 2023, Helsinki

79

Alberto Carneiro

Portuguese artist

*September 20th, 1937, São Mamede de Coronado †April 15th, 2017, Porto

87

Warren Beatty

American actor and filmmaker

*March 30th, 1937, Richmond

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1937 is a normal year and no leap year.

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