Talk:June 15

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June 15 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo 1520 – Leo X issued the papal bull Exsurge Domine, censuring 41 propositions from Martin Luther's Ninety-five Theses and subsequent writings, and threatening him with excommunication unless he recanted. 1896 – A magnitude-8.5 earthquake and a subsequent tsunami struck Japan, killing at least 22,000 people and destroying about 9,000 homes. 1920 – Three African-American circus workers were lynched by a mob in Duluth, Minnesota, a crime that shocked the country for having taken place in the Northern United States. 1991 – An eruption of Mount Pinatubo (pictured) in the Philippines deposited large amounts of particulate matter into the atmosphere, enough to briefly lower global temperatures by about 0.5 °C (0.9 °F). 2006 – US president George W. Bush designated 140,000 square miles (360,000 km2) around the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands as the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, now one of the world's largest protected areas. Eadburh of Winchester (d. 960) Mehmed Rashid Pasha (d. 1876) John B. Fenn (b. 1917) Mohamed Muizzu (b. 1978) More anniversaries: June 14 June 15 June 16

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• 1094 - Valencia falls to El Cid.
• 1616 - Pacifique Duplessis opens first school for Indian children in Canada, at Tadoussac, Quebec.
• 1590 - Pope Leo X threatens to excommunicate Martin Luther.
• 1776 - American Revolutionary War: American Army of the Continental Congress retreats south, setting fire to Montreal, Quebec.
• 1814 - War of 1812: 500 Americans cross Lake Erie to burn and loot Port Dover and Long Point, Ontario.
• 1869 - John Wesley Hyatt patents celluloid.
• 1965 - Bernard Hopkins (born January 15, )

Could not be confirmed at this date outside of 'this day in history'-type websites and Wikipedia mirrors. --mav 02:26, 15 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Could you then please verify your resources to back up this date of birth.Thank you.

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• 1956 - John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for the first time.

Not particularly significant unless they formed the Beatles on that day. I couldn't confirm it either. --mav 02:26, 15 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Any reason that Magna Carta was not sufficiently significant to warrant a call-out on the main page? After all, it was only the first fundamental document of English (and American) constitutional law. Capnned (talk) 01:03, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Suggested

I know you serious editors have your ways, so I'm leaving this suggestion. I feel it has international implications as a surprisingly American corollary to current events such as the Arab Spring.

• 1932 Prompted by the Bonus Army, U.S. House of Representitives passed Wright Patman's Bonus Bill, which would have moved forward the date for World War I veterans to receive their cash bonus.

Teststudent (talk) 23:49, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

Magna Carta

What is the policy for celebrations of events that occur on their old-style dates? The Magna Carta's signing was June 15th of the Old Style, but it is still celebrated on June 15th to this day. The project page says new-style dates should be used. 73.49.233.247 (talk) 21:02, 22 April 2016 (UTC)

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Old Style (Julian) / New Style (Gregorian) Calendar Confusion - First Battle of Kosova

I cannot understand this eternal confusion in Wikipedia. Some dates you give in the Julian calendar "because it was valid THEN". True enough, it was. But we live in the present times, and Wikipedia is written in the present times too. So it would be appropriate to use the calendar which is valid and generaly accepted worldwide IN THE PRESENT TIMES - and that is the Gregorian calendar. The conversion is easy - just add 13 days to the Julian date and you have the gregorian date. So, the First Battle of Kosova, as it should be properly named, because there was yet another in 1448, took place on June 28 1389.

Not even the Julian calendar was once valid. How do you give the dates from those times then? In some parts of the world, neither Julian nor Gregorian calendar was valid, but, for example the Hijri calendar - yet you give Hijri dates rarely. So really, I do not understand this confusion. Stick to Gregorian calendar, it is valid and accepted in the present times. Conversion is maximally easy. 2A02:AB04:2B7:BB00:C4AA:D0E5:5ADD:AD61 (talk) 09:28, 15 June 2024 (UTC)

Use of a primary source for an addition

I tried to reason this in an edit summary of a reverted edit but got told to move it here. I should mention that I'm not too familiar with Selected anniversary articles. I'd like to add Lewis Hancox to the list of births on this article however date of birth isn't repeated by secondary sources, so the article about him (which for transparency, I created) instead uses a primary source directly from him, which verifies the date of birth that is then written in the article. This is accepted in the NOR policy and repeated in the PRIMARYUSE essay.

I used the primary source to cite his addition to the list, and I marked the citation with a double dagger and separated it from the rest of the sources in the reflist so readers can tell. This got reverted, which I thought may happen however I don't see how this violates DOYCITE, primary sources in cases like these are not unreliable. This information is factual, not a bold or contentious claim that would change an NPOV. It's the date of birth of a notable subject, as confirmed by the subject himself. I don't see why using a reliable primary source that verifies this kind of information on one article, would not be applicable to cite the exact same information on lists like these.

Pinging revert: User:Kiwipete. Thanks for making me aware of BRD by the way. Respair (talk) 18:05, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

Hi @Respair - thanks very much for the discussion here. It's much more readable than the edit summary which seemed to be a difficult place to outline your rationale. I've had a closer look at WP:PRIMARYUSE and I agree, the citation you provided seems sufficient for including Hancox's birth here. I've restored your edit, but without the extra "Primary sources" section. There's no problem with the Facebook citation appearing in the general References section.

FYI - The Selected anniversary articles that you refer to are managed by WP:OTD, which is different from WP:DOY, the project that manages these DOY articles. Kiwipete (talk) 20:34, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

Thank you also for the discussion and change. ^^ Respair (talk) 08:12, 26 February 2026 (UTC)