June 15th, 1942

Born on June 15th, 1942

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 29,000 days old!

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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 archipelago, 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 (animation pictured), 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: The signing of the Convention of Alessandria brought temporary peace between France and Austria.

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

Born on June 15th, 1942

82

Helen Fraser

British actress

*June 15th, 1942, Oldham

64

Peter Norman

Australian sprinter (1942-2006)

*June 15th, 1942, Melbourne †October 3rd, 2006, Williamstown

82

Néstor Marconi

Argentine musician

*June 15th, 1942, Álvarez

82

Françoise Huguier

French photographer

*June 15th, 1942, Thorigny-sur-Marne

82

Tony Coelho

American politician from California (born 1942)

*June 15th, 1942, Los Banos

82

Jacques de Vink

Dutch volleyball player

*June 15th, 1942, Leiden

82

Judy Pace

American actress

*June 15th, 1942, Los Angeles

82

John E. McLaughlin

Director of the CIA

*June 15th, 1942, McKeesport

79

Ian Greenberg

Canadian businessman

*June 15th, 1942, Montreal †January 10th, 2022

82

Lary Schulhof

American swimmer, Olympic athlete, former world record-holder

*June 15th, 1942, Muncie

82

Duncan K. Foley

American economist

*June 15th, 1942, Columbus

82

Sondra Marshak

Writer

*June 15th, 1942, United States of America

82

Birgitte Alsted

Danish composer

*June 15th, 1942, Odense

82

Nelson H. Minnich

American historian

*June 15th, 1942, Cincinnati

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Who's birthday is on June 15th?

71

Xi Jinping

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

*June 15th, 1953, Beijing

74

Johnny Hallyday

French musician and actor (1943–2017)

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

25

Peso Pluma

Mexican singer

*June 15th, 1999, Zapopan

32

Parker McCollum

American musician

*June 15th, 1992, Conroe

79

Robert Sarah

Roman Catholic archbishop

*June 15th, 1945, Ourous

75

Simon Callow

British actor

*June 15th, 1949, Streatham

80

Attilâ İlhan

Turkish poet and writer

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

31

Carolina Marín

Spanish badminton player

*June 15th, 1993, Huelva

56

Ralph Brinkhaus

German politician

*June 15th, 1968, Wiedenbrück

84

Claude Brasseur

French actor (1936-2020)

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

80

Neal Adams

American comic book and commercial artist

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

68

James Robertson Justice

British actor

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

55

Margit Borg

Swedish badminton player

*June 15th, 1969, Mariestad

26

Emil Hansson

Swedish/Norwegian association football player

*June 15th, 1998, Bergen

69

Julie Hagerty

American actress

*June 15th, 1955, Cincinnati

36

Tseng Min-Hao

Taiwanese badminton player

*June 15th, 1988, Kaohsiung

32

Ayumi Mine

Badminton player

*June 15th, 1992, Kariya

26

Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo

Indonesian badminton player

*June 15th, 1998, Jayapura City

55

Oliver Kahn

German association football player

*June 15th, 1969, Karlsruhe

26

Dong Wenjing

Chinese badminton player

*June 15th, 1998, Guangxi

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Born in 1942

81

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, London

81

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

76

Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

*January 8th, 1942, Oxford †March 14th, 2018, Cambridge

81

Katherine Justice

American actress

*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

81

Wolfgang Schäuble

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

*September 18th, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau †December 26th, 2023, Offenburg

81

Richard Stoltzman

American musician

*July 12th, 1942, Omaha

81

Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

82

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

82

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

74

Daliah Lavi

Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)

*October 12th, 1942, Shavei Tzion †May 3rd, 2017, Asheville

74

Muhammad Ali

American boxer, philanthropist, and activist (1942–2016)

*January 17th, 1942, Louisville †June 3rd, 2016, Scottsdale

82

Per A. Anonsen

Norwegian actor, film editor, screenwriter and film producer

*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

81

Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

76

Aretha Franklin

American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)

*March 25th, 1942, Memphis †August 16th, 2018, Detroit

82

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

81

Raman Ghosh

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1942, Bareilly

81

Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

27

Jimi Hendrix

American guitarist (1942–1970)

*November 27th, 1942, Seattle †September 18th, 1970, Kensington

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No: With 365 days 1942 is a normal year and no leap year.

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