June 15

What Happened on June 15

1878 World's first moving pictures caught on camera (used 12 cameras, each taking 1 picture) done to see if all 4 of a horse's hooves leave the ground

June 15 in Music

1965 Bob Dylan records single "Like a Rolling Stone" (#1 in Rolling Stone magazine's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time")

June 15 in Sport

1980 US Open Men's Golf, Baltusrol GC: Jack Nicklaus sets new tournament scoring record 272 (-8) to win his 4th Open title, 2 strokes ahead of Isao Aoki of Japan

Did You Know?

Dannebrog is the flag of Denmark and the oldest national flag in the world. According to legend, it fell from the sky during the Battle of Lyndanisse (now Tallinn) in Estonia, and turned the Danes' luck

On June 15, 1219

Famous Birthdays

Sam Giancana
(1908 - 1975)
Yuri Andropov
(1914 - 1984)
Xi Jinping
66 Years Old
Helen Hunt
56 Years Old
Courteney Cox
55 Years Old
Ice Cube
50 Years Old

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Would You Believe?

Near earth asteroid 2002 MN missed the Earth by 75,000 miles (120,000 km), about one-third of the distance between the Earth and the Moon

On June 15, 2002

Famous Weddings

1777 First American flag seamstress Betsy Ross (25) weds mariner Joseph Ashburn
1905 Princess Margaret of Connaught marries Gustav, Crown Prince of Sweden.
1928 "King Kong" actress Fay Wray (20) weds playwright-screenwriter John Monk Saunders (30)

Famous Divorces

1978 US Senator Edward W. Brooke (58) divorces first wife Remigia Ferrari-Scacco after 31 years of marriage
1989 Singer-songwriter Courtney Love (24) divorces vocalist James Moreland only 4 months after getting married
2011 Actress and model Elizabeth Hurley (45) divorces businessman Arun Nayar due to husband's unreasonable behavior

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