06-15-2009, 05:33 AM
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Location: Maryland
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June 15th
1215 ~ King John put his seal to the Magna Carta at Runnymede, England.
1836 ~ Arkansas became the 25th state.
1844 ~ Charles Goodyear received a patent for a process to strengthen rubber.
1843 ~ Birthday of Edvard Grieg, Norwegian Composer.
1904 ~ More than 1,000 people died in a fire aboard the steamboat General Slocum.
1916 ~ President Wilson signed a bill granting a federal charter to the Boy Scouts of America, stating that their purpose is to:
" ... promote, through organization, and cooperation with other agencies, the ability of boys to do things for themselves and others, to train them in scoutcraft, and to teach them patriotism, courage, self-reliance, and kindred virtues ..."
1978 ~ King Hussein of Jordan married Lisa Halaby, who became Queen Noor.
1995 ~ Death of John Vincent Atanasoff, computer pioneer.
1980 ~ Birthday Mary Carey, Candidate for Governor of California in 2003 & Porn Actress.
1996 ~ In Manchester, U.K., a terrorist bomb injured over 200 people.
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