WHAT HAPPENED ON 15. JUNE
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A German expedition led by Karl Wien loses sixteen members in an avalanche on Nanga Parbat. It is the worst single disaster to occur on an 8000m peak. (15. June 1937)

World War II: Operation Ariel begins – Allied troops start to evacuate France, following Germany's takeover of Paris and most of the nation. (15. June 1940)

World War II: Battle of Saipan: The United States invade Japanese-occupied Saipan. (15. June 1944)

In the Saskatchewan general election, the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, is elected and forms the first socialist government in North America. (15. June 1944)

The General Dutch Youth League (ANJV) is founded in Amsterdam, Netherlands. (15. June 1945)

UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) is formed in Basel, Switzerland. (15. June 1954)

Charles Manson Infamous trial for the Sharon Tate murders begin. (15. June 1970)

Red Army Faction co-founder Ulrike Meinhof is captured by police in Langenhagen. (15. June 1972)

King Hussein of Jordan marries American Lisa Halaby, who takes the name Queen Noor. (15. June 1978)

Rembrandt's painting Danaë is attacked by a man (later judged insane) who throws sulfuric acid on the canvas and cuts it twice with a knife. (15. June 1985)

In the Philippines, Mount Pinatubo erupts in the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th Century. In the end, over 800 people die. (15. June 1991)

The United States Supreme Court rules in United States v. Álvarez-Machaín that it is permissible for the United States to forcibly extradite suspects in foreign countries and bring them to the USA for trial, without approval from those other countries. (15. June 1992)

Israel and Vatican City establish full diplomatic relations. (15. June 1994)

The Provisional Irish Republican Army explodes a large bomb in the middle of Manchester, England, United Kingdom. (15. June 1996)

Nik Wallenda becomes the first person to successfully tightrope walk over Niagara Falls. (15. June 2012)

A bomb explodes on a bus in the Pakistani city of Quetta, killing at least 25 people and wounding 22 others. (15. June 2013)