June 15th, 1940

Born on June 15th, 1940

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on June 15th, 1940?

June 15th, 1940

World War II: Operation Aerial begins: Allied troops start to evacuate France, following Germany's takeover of Paris and most of the nation.

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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, 1940

83

Michael Barrier

Historian

*June 15th, 1940, United States of America

83

Ri Su-yong

North Korean politician - born 1940

*June 15th, 1940, South Hamgyong Province

83

Horacio Usandizaga

Argentine former politician

*June 15th, 1940, Juan Bernabé Molina

83

Choi Bool-am

South Korean actor

*June 15th, 1940, Incheon

83

Arthur Jennings

Fijian-New Zealand rugby union player

*June 15th, 1940, Lautoka

83

Elter Akay

Turkish athletics competitor

*June 15th, 1940, Bursa

80

Rodolfo Rabanal

Argentinian journalist and writer

*June 15th, 1940, Buenos Aires †November 2nd, 2020, Punta del Este

80

Ramona Galarza

Argentinian singer

*June 15th, 1940, Corrientes †September 22nd, 2020, Hospital Pirovano

83

Georges Corm

Lebanese politician, economist and historian

*June 15th, 1940, Alexandria

83

Nancy King

American singer

*June 15th, 1940, Eugene

83

Franz Wegner

German physicist

*June 15th, 1940, Dessau

83

Shue Ming-shu

Cyclist

*June 15th, 1940, Hsinchu City

70

Aron Kincaid

Actor, voice actor (1940-2011)

*June 15th, 1940, Los Angeles †January 6th, 2011, Los Angeles

65

Ken Fletcher

Australian tennis player

*June 15th, 1940, Brisbane †February 11th, 2006, Brisbane

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

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

74

Johnny Hallyday

French musician and actor (1943–2017)

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

84

Claude Brasseur

French actor (1936-2020)

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

81

Helen Fraser

British actress

*June 15th, 1942, Oldham

30

Carolina Marín

Spanish badminton player

*June 15th, 1993, Huelva

74

Simon Callow

British actor

*June 15th, 1949, Streatham

80

Neal Adams

American comic book and commercial artist

*June 15th, 1941, Manhattan †April 28th, 2022, New York City

55

Ralph Brinkhaus

German politician

*June 15th, 1968, Wiedenbrück

78

Robert Sarah

Roman Catholic archbishop

*June 15th, 1945, Ourous

68

James Robertson Justice

British actor

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

54

Margit Borg

Swedish badminton player

*June 15th, 1969, Mariestad

25

Emil Hansson

Swedish/Norwegian association football player

*June 15th, 1998, Bergen

24

Peso Pluma

Mexican singer

*June 15th, 1999, Zapopan

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

25

Belinda Lee

English actress (1935-1961)

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

86

Anna Hazare

Indian activist (born 1937)

*June 15th, 1937, Bhingar

Same year
Born in 1940

83

Onur Öymen

Turkish politician and diplomat

*October 18th, 1940, Kadıköy

84

Lorns Skjemstad

Norwegian cross-country skier

*March 10th, 1940, Inderøy Municipality

40

John Lennon

British musician (1940–1980)

*October 9th, 1940, Liverpool †December 8th, 1980, New York City

83

Jeannie Seely

American singer

*July 6th, 1940, Titusville

76

Al Jarreau

American singer (1940–2017)

*March 12th, 1940, Milwaukee †February 12th, 2017, Los Angeles

82

Pelé

Brazilian footballer (1940–2022)

*October 23rd, 1940, Três Corações †December 29th, 2022, Morumbi District

84

Al Pacino

American actor (born 1940)

*April 25th, 1940, Manhattan

77

Michael Parks

American actor (1940–2017)

*April 24th, 1940, Corona †May 9th, 2017, Los Angeles

83

Annie Ernaux

French writer (born 1940)

*September 1st, 1940, Lillebonne

82

James Caan

American actor (1940–2022)

*March 26th, 1940, The Bronx †July 6th, 2022, Los Angeles

80

Wolfgang Clement

German politician

*July 7th, 1940, Bochum †September 27th, 2020, Bonn

84

Nancy Pelosi

American politician (born 1940)

*March 26th, 1940, Baltimore

32

Bruce Lee

Hong Kong and American martial artist and actor (1940–1973)

*November 27th, 1940, San Francisco Chinese Hospital †July 20th, 1973, Kowloon Tong

84

Jana Brejchová

Czech actress

*January 20th, 1940, Prague

55

Joseph Brodsky

Russian-American poet (1940-1996)

*May 24th, 1940, Saint Petersburg †January 28th, 1996, Brooklyn

76

Manfred Jung

German singer and operatic tenor

*July 9th, 1940, Oberhausen †April 14th, 2017, Essen

79

Tilo Prückner

German actor and author

*October 26th, 1940, Augsburg †July 2nd, 2020, Berlin

83

Ringo Starr

British musician, drummer for the Beatles

*July 7th, 1940, Liverpool

83

Patrick Stewart

British actor (born 1940)

*July 13th, 1940, Mirfield

77

John Hurt

British actor (1940–2017)

*January 22nd, 1940, Chesterfield †January 25th, 2017, Norfolk

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Leap year

Yes: 1940 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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