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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_15" title="June 15">June 15</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_Arafah" title="Day of Arafah">Day of Arafah</a></b> (Islam, 2024); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_Official_Birthday" title="King's Official Birthday">King's Official Birthday</a></b> in the United Kingdom (2024)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1215" title="1215">1215</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John,_King_of_England" title="John, King of England">King John of England</a> and a group of rebel barons agreed on the text of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta" title="Magna Carta">Magna Carta</a></b>, an influential <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_of_rights" title="Bill of rights">charter of rights</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1800" title="1800">1800</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Second_Coalition" title="War of the Second Coalition">War of the Second Coalition</a>: The signing of the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_of_Alessandria" title="Convention of Alessandria">Convention of Alessandria</a></b> brought temporary peace between France and Austria.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1878" title="1878">1878</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eadweard_Muybridge" title="Eadweard Muybridge">Eadweard Muybridge</a> took <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Horse_in_Motion" title="The Horse in Motion">a series of photographs</a></b> to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it gallops, which became the basis of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film" title="Film">motion pictures</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1944" title="1944">1944</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">United States Army Air Forces</a> began <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Yawata_(June_1944)" title="Bombing of Yawata (June 1944)">its first air raid</a></b> on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_archipelago" title="Japanese archipelago">Japanese archipelago</a>, although little damage was caused.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996" title="1996">1996</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Troubles" title="The Troubles">The Troubles</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army" title="Provisional Irish Republican Army">Provisional Irish Republican Army</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Manchester_bombing" title="1996 Manchester bombing">detonated a truck bomb</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_city_centre" title="Manchester city centre">the commercial centre</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a>, England, injuring more than 200 people and causing widespread damage to buildings.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_del_Giocondo" title="Lisa del Giocondo">Lisa del Giocondo</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1479); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Eckfeldt" title="Adam Eckfeldt">Adam Eckfeldt</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1769); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_K._Polk" title="James K. Polk">James K. Polk</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1849); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Kahn" title="Oliver Kahn">Oliver Kahn</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1969)</p>
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