Once Upon A Time – June 15 – 1219 – Dannebrog Is Flag Of Denmark And World’s Oldest National Flag

763 BC Assyrians record a solar eclipse that will be used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history

1215 English King John signs the Magna Carta at Runnymede, near Windsor in Surrey, places limits on royal authority and puts in writing the principle that the king and his government are not above the law

1775 George Washington appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, the day after Congress establishes the force

1896 Tsunami strikes Shinto festival on beach at Sanriku, Japan; 27,000 are killed, 9,000 injured and 13,000 houses destroyed

1940 German troops occupy Paris as French resistance to the German invasion crumbles

1991 Climactic eruption of the Mount Pinatubo volcano in the Philippines, the second-largest volcanic eruption on Earth of the 20th century

Historical Events Today Events in 2023
Today in Film & TV
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

Today in Music
1965 Bob Dylan records single “Like a Rolling Stone” (#1 in Rolling Stone magazine’s “500 Greatest Songs of All Time”)

Today 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

1219 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.

2002 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

Famous Weddings
1777 American seamstress Betsy Ross (25) weds (for the 2nd time) 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)