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Events on June 15

• 1215 King John Ohneland of England seals the Articles of the Barons, the document upon which the Magna Carta is based.
• 1502 Christopher Columbus discovers the Caribbean island of Martinique on his fourth voyage.
• 1851 The milk dealer Jacob Fussell of Baltimore opens the world's first ice cream factory.
• 1888 German Emperor Frederick III dies after only 99 days of rule in the Year of the Three Emperors. His son becomes the new German Emperor as William II.
• 1919 John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown complete the first nonstop transatlantic flight.
• 1945 The SPD, banned by the National Socialists, is re-founded in Berlin.
• 1954 The European Football Association UEFA is founded in Basel.
• 1961 The Chairman of the State Council of East Germany, Walter Ulbricht, declares at a press conference: No one has the intention of building a wall!
• 1972 Ulrike Meinhof and Gerhard Müller of the Red Army Faction are arrested in the apartment of a teacher in Langenhagen.
• 2001 The German Federal Foundation “Remembrance, Responsibility and the Future” begins paying financial compensation for forced labor during the period of National Socialism.
• 2006 Microsoft announces Bill Gates's resignation as Chief Software Architect.
• 2017 In the 28 member states of the European Union, as well as in Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein, roaming charges for calls, SMS and internet access when using mobile phones abroad in the EU are abolished.

Born on June 15

• 1890 Wilhelm Leuschner, German trade unionist, politician and resistance fighter
• 1901 Lutz Mackensen, German philologist and lexicographer
• 1910 Walter Ulbrich, German television and film producer
• 1920 Alberto Sordi, Italian film actor
• 1931 Ingrid van Bergen, German actress
• 1953 Antonia Rados, Austrian television journalist
• 1970 Leah Remini, American actress
• 1980 Julian Reichelt, German journalist
• 1991 Pascal Groß, German football player
• 1992 Mohamed Salah, Egyptian football player

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Source of events and birthdays: German Wikipedia article „15. Juni“, licence CC BY-SA 4.0, selected, shortened and translated by Birthday Paper.

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