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RE: June 15th

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Ritual sweeping of Vesta's temple on June 15
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48059425/vestal-fire/

Global Wind Day is a worldwide event that occurs annually on 15 June.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49605940/global-wind-day/

The 1896 Meiji-Sanriku earthquake was one of the most destructive seismic events in Japanese history.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1896_Meiji-Sanriku_earthquake

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Magna Carta is an English charter issued on 15 June 1215
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49605920/magna-carta/

Diego López V of Haro, founded Bilbao through a municipal charter dated in Valladolid on 15 June 1300
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilbao#History

On June 15, 1907, the Urania Sternwarte observatory became fully operational.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urania_Sternwarte

The Society for Popular Astronomy was founded on the 15th June 1953
https://www.facebook.com/popastro

The Tokyo International Christian University was founded on June 15, 1949.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Christian_University

The Atlantic Cable Quartz Lode gold mine was named on June 15, 1867
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Cable_Quartz_Lode

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On June 15, 1502, Christopher Columbus landed at Carbet on the island of Martinique
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyages_of_Christopher_Columbus#Fourth_voyage

On June 15 1752 Benjamin Franklin may have flown his kite experiment
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin#Electricity

Terra Nova sailed from Cardiff, Wales, on 15 June 1910.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Antarctic_Expedition_1910#First_season.2C_1910.E2.80.9311

The first flight of the Vickers Wellington bomber was on the 15th June 1936.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_Wellington

The Ar 234 V1 made its first flight on 15 June 1943 at Rheine Airfield.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arado_Ar_234

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The Vega 2 lander touched down on 15 June 1985 in the northern region of Aphrodite Terra, Venus.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vega_2

Meteosat 3 was launched on June 15, 1988
http://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/satellites/view/297

TerraSAR-X was launched on June 15, 2007
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t9306775/terrasar-x-mission/

The USA 194, NROL-30, American military satellite was launched on 15 June 2007.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t11498086/nro-l-30-launch/

Soyuz TMA-19 was launched June 15, 2010
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t36172235/expedition-24/

The PICARD satellite was launched on June 15, 2010.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43371303/picard-satellite/

The Rasad-1 satellite was launched on June 15, 2011
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43395197/iranian-orbital-test-rocket/

Pilâtre de Rozier and Pierre Romain became the first known fatalities in an air crash on 15 June 1785
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pil%C3%A2tre_de_Rozier#Final_flight

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Einar K. Enevoldson (born June 15, 1932) is the director of the Perlan Project.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einar_Enevoldson

Sir Richard Grenville (15 June 1542 - 10 September 1591) was an English Privateer and explorer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Grenville

Dr. Hubertus Strughold (June 15, 1898 - September 25, 1986) was a German-born physiologist
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubertus_Strughold

Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier (30 March 1754 - 15 June 1785) was a French chemistry and physics teacher
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pil%C3%A2tre_de_Rozier

Heinz Kaminski (born 15 June 1921 - 17 February 2002) was a German chemical engineer and space researcher.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_Kaminski

Lisa del Giocondo (15 June 1479 - 15 July 1542 or ca. 1551) was a member of the Gherardini family of Florence and Tuscany in Italy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_del_Giocondo

John "Jack" R. Horner (born June 15, 1946) is an American palaeontologist
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t31393989/jack-horner/

(William) Gordon Welchman (15 June 1906 - 8 October 1985) was a World War II codebreaker at Bletchley Park
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Welchman

Max Pettini is a professor of observational astronomy at the Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Pettini

Charles Roger Alcöck (born June 15, 1951) is a British New Zealander astronomer.
http://goo.gl/02nRUu

Gart Westerhout (15 June 1927 - 14 October 2012) was a Dutch-American astronomer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gart_Westerhout

Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger (15 June 1765 - 19 April 1831) was a German astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Gottlieb_Friedrich_von_Bohnenberger

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NGC 6224 was discovered by American astronomer Lewis Swift on the 15th June 1887.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57835294/ngc-6224/

NGC 6225 American astronomer Lewis Swift on the 15th June 1887.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57835293/ngc-6225/

NGC 6435 was discovered by American astronomer Lewis Swift on the 15th June 1887.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57835289/ngc-6435/

NGC 6726 was discovered by German astronomer Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt on the 15th June 1861.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57835279/ngc-6726/

NGC 6727 was discovered by German astronomer Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt on the 15th June 1861.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57835271/ngc-6727/

NGC 6729 was discovered by German astronomer Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt on the 15th June 1861.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t41746456/ngc-6729/

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On June 15, 2011, the T2K collaboration announced the observation of six electron neutrino-like events
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T2K_experiment

Main-belt asteroid 88 Thisbe was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on June 15, 1866.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t39952612/asteroid-88-thisbe/

June Lyrid Meteor Shower
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t36404286/june-lyrids-meteor-shower/

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Meteorites

The Juvinas (Eucrite Achondrite) meteorite fell near the village of Libonnes in Rhone-Alpes, France, at 3:00 pm, June 15, 1821.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43385368/juvinas-meteorite/

The N'Goureyma (UNGR, iron) meteorite fell in Ke Macina, Mali, in June 15, 1900.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43385912/ngoureyma-meteorite/

The Kijima (EL, stone; enstatite chondrite) meteorite fell in Honshu, Japan, in June 15, 1906.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43385928/kijima-meteorite/

The Nantong (H6, Ordinary chondrite) meteorite fell in Jiangsu, China, in June 15, 1984.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43385947/nantong-meteorite/