June 15 is the 166th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (167th in leap years), with 199 days remaining.
Events
Births
- 1330 - Edward the Black Prince, Prince of Wales (+ 1376)
- 1594 - Nicolas Poussin, painter (+ 1665)
- 1767 - Rachel Donalson Jackson[?], First Lady of the United States, wife of Andrew Jackson
- 1789 - Josiah Henson, ex-slave, settlement founder (+ 1883)
- 1843 - Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer (+ 1907)
- 1861 - Madame Ernestine Schumann-Heink[?], opera singer (+ 1936)
- 1890 - Wilhelm Leuschner[?], politician (+ 1944)
- 1902 - Erik Erikson[?], psychoanalyst
- 1908 - Sam Giancana[?], mafioso (+ 1975)
- 1910 - David Rose[?], composer
- 1914 - Yuri Andropov, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (+ 1984)
- 1917 - Lash La Rue[?], actor (+ 1996)
- 1921 - Erroll Garner[?], jazz musician (+ 1977)
- 1928 - Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt[?], behaviorist
- 1932 - Mario Cuomo[?], former Governor of New York
- 1937 - Waylon Jennings, singer (+ 2002)
- 1938 - Billy Williams[?], baseball star
- 1939 - Brian Jacques[?], author
- 1941 - Harry Nilsson, singer, composer (+ 1994)
- 1943 - Xaviera Hollander, prostitute, author
- 1948 - Mike Holmgren[?], American football coach
- 1949 - Dusty Baker[?], baseball player, coach
- 1954 - Jim Belushi[?], actor
- 1958 - Wade Boggs[?], baseball player
- 1963 - Helen Hunt, actress
- 1964 - Courteney Cox[?], actress
- 1969 - Ice Cube, singer, actor
- 1973 - Neil Patrick Harris[?], actor
Deaths
Holidays and observances
See Also:
June 14 - June 16 - May 15 - July 15 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July,
August, September, October, November, December
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