Today is Tuesday, June 15, the 166th day of 2010. There are 199 days left in the year.
763 B.C. _ Assyrians record total solar eclipse event on clay tablet
1215 _ King John signs Magna Carta at Runnymede, England
1520 _ Pope threatens to toss Luther out of Catholic Church
1775 _ George Washington appointed commander-in-chief of American Army
1785 _ Two French balloonists die in world's first fatal aviation accident
1878 _ First attempt at motion pictures (used 12 cameras, each taking one
picture) done to see if all four of a horse's hooves leave the ground
1924 _ Native Americans are proclaimed U.S. citizens
1956 _ John Lennon (15) and Paul McCartney (13) meet for the first time as
Lennon's rock group The Quarrymen perform at a church dinner
1977 _ Spain's first free elections since 1936
1989 _ Ronald Reagan is knighted by Queen Elizabeth