June 15, 2006
Historically Speaking of June 15th
Curious events from this busy date:
- 1996 - Influential Big Band era singer Ella Fitzgerald passes away at 79
- 1986 - Legendary NASCAR driver Richard Petty makes his 1,000th start
- 1973 - Classic movie “American Graffiti” opens in New York City
- 1969 - Hee Haw with Roy Clark and Buck Owens premieres on CBS-TV
- 1946 - U.S. presents the Baruch Plan to the United Nations
- 1904 - The General Slocum catches fire in the East River
- 1877 - Henry Ossian Flipper becomes 1st African American graduate of West Point
- 1846 - The Oregon Treaty establishes U.S.-Canadian border
- 1300 - Dante Alighieri is named prior of Florence
- 1215 - King John of England seals the Magna Carta
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