06-14-2010, 07:30 PM
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June 15th
1215 ~ King John put his seal to the Magna Carta at Runnymede, England.
1844 ~ Charles Goodyear received a patent for a process to strengthen rubber.
1843 ~ Birthday of Edvard Grieg, Norwegian Composer.
1904 ~ More than 1,000 people died in a fire aboard the steamboat General Slocum.
1916 ~ President Wilson signed a bill granting a federal charter to the Boy Scouts of America, stating that their purpose is to:
" ... promote, through organization, and cooperation with other agencies, the ability of boys to do things for themselves and others, to train them in scoutcraft, and to teach them patriotism, courage, self-reliance, and kindred virtues ..."
1978 ~ King Hussein of Jordan married Lisa Halaby, who became Queen Noor.
1995 ~ Death of John Vincent Atanasoff, computer pioneer.
1996 ~ In Manchester, U.K., a terrorist bomb injured over 200 people.
1996 ~ Death of Ella Fitzgerald, Jazz singer.
2002 ~ Near earth asteroid 2002 MN missed the Earth by 75,000 miles (121,000 km).
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