June 15th, 1959

Born on June 15th, 1959

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 23,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 308 days, exactly on February 28th, 2025, people who were born on June 15th, 1959 will be 24,000 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

Born on June 15th, 1959

64

Eileen Davidson

American actress

*June 15th, 1959, Artesia

64

Heinz-Jürgen Kronberg

German politician

*June 15th, 1959, Erfurt

64

Franz Baader

German computer scientist

*June 15th, 1959, Spalt

64

Eija-Riitta Korhola

Finnish politician

*June 15th, 1959, Lahti

64

Lee Feldman

Songwriter/pianist

*June 15th, 1959, Seattle

64

Anwar Choudhury

British diplomat and governor

*June 15th, 1959, East Pakistan

64

José Ugaz

Peruvian jurist

*June 15th, 1959, Lima

64

Jeff Howe

American politician

*June 15th, 1959, Morris

64

Lenka Vymazalová

Czech field hockey player

*June 15th, 1959, Litoměřice

64

Tor Endresen

Norwegian singer, composer and musician

*June 15th, 1959, Bergen

64

Robert Cohen

British cellist

*June 15th, 1959, London

64

Alan Brazil

Scottish footballer (born 1959)

*June 15th, 1959, Glasgow

64

Baselios Cleemis

Major Archbishop and Catholicos of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church

*June 15th, 1959, Tiruvalla

64

Raul Allegre

American football player (born 1959)

*June 15th, 1959, Torreón

64

Nobuaki Minegishi

Japanese manga artist

*June 15th, 1959, Miyagi Prefecture

64

Matthew Bronfman

American businessman and philanthropist

*June 15th, 1959, New York City

64

Jeff Stevens

American singer-songwriter

*June 15th, 1959, Alum Creek

64

Don Spring

Canadian ice hockey player

*June 15th, 1959, Maracaibo

64

Bettina Koster

German musician

*June 15th, 1959, Herford

64

Billy Johnstone

Australian rugby league footballer

*June 15th, 1959, Cunnamulla

64

Sanja Ožegović

Olympic medalist in basketball

*June 15th, 1959, Zagreb

64

Egan Adams

American tennis player

*June 15th, 1959, Miami Beach

64

Paul D. Etienne

Catholic archbishop

*June 15th, 1959, Tell City

64

Matt Towery

American politician

*June 15th, 1959, Atlanta

64

DeAnna Robbins

Actress

*June 15th, 1959, Tempe

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

55

Ralph Brinkhaus

German politician

*June 15th, 1968, Wiedenbrück

30

Carolina Marín

Spanish badminton player

*June 15th, 1993, Huelva

54

Margit Borg

Swedish badminton player

*June 15th, 1969, Mariestad

68

Julie Hagerty

American actress

*June 15th, 1955, Cincinnati

60

Helen Hunt

American actress and director

*June 15th, 1963, Culver City

74

Simon Callow

British actor

*June 15th, 1949, Streatham

54

Oliver Kahn

German association football player

*June 15th, 1969, Karlsruhe

59

Courteney Cox

American actress, director, and producer

*June 15th, 1964, Birmingham

54

Ice Cube

American rapper and actor

*June 15th, 1969, Los Angeles

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

80

Attilâ İlhan

Turkish poet and writer

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

31

Ayumi Mine

Badminton player

*June 15th, 1992, Kariya

59

Michael Laudrup

Danish association football player and coach

*June 15th, 1964, Frederiksberg

68

James Robertson Justice

British actor

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

25

Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo

Indonesian badminton player

*June 15th, 1998, Jayapura City

25

Dong Wenjing

Chinese badminton player

*June 15th, 1998, Guangxi

Same year
Born in 1959

64

Jim Kerr

Scottish singer

*July 9th, 1959, Glasgow

64

Andrew Eldritch

British singer

*May 15th, 1959, Ely

56

Nahed Hattar

Jordanian writer

*November 30th, 1959, Amman †September 25th, 2016, Amman

64

Wolfgang Rolff

German association football player and manager

*December 26th, 1959, Lamstedt

64

Mike Pence

Vice president of the United States from 2017 to 2021

*June 7th, 1959, Columbus

64

Morten Andreas Meyer

Norwegian politician

*October 20th, 1959, Sarpsborg Municipality

64

Jon Fosse

Norwegian writer, theater writer and translator

*September 29th, 1959, Haugesund Municipality

64

Donna Strickland

Canadian physicist, 2018 Nobel laurate

*May 27th, 1959, Guelph

64

Dave Ball

English producer and electronic musician

*May 3rd, 1959, Blackpool

64

Charlie Burchill

Scottish musician and composer

*November 27th, 1959, Glasgow

64

Rolf Mützenich

German politician (SPD)

*June 25th, 1959, Cologne

64

Martin Atkins

English musician

*August 3rd, 1959, Coventry

64

Bryan Adams

Canadian guitarist

*November 5th, 1959, Kingston

64

Steve Alten

American writer

*August 21st, 1959, Philadelphia

64

Carla Antonelli

Spanish actress and activist

*July 12th, 1959, Güímar

64

Johannes Röring

German politician

*May 16th, 1959, Vreden

64

Peter Enders

German politician (1959–)

*May 10th, 1959, Eichen

64

Allison Janney

American actress

*November 19th, 1959, Boston

65

Luc Besson

French film director, writer, and producer

*March 18th, 1959, Paris

64

Stephen Harper

22nd prime minister of Canada from 2006 to 2015

*April 30th, 1959, Toronto

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No: With 365 days 1959 is a normal year and no leap year.

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