Thursday, June 15, 2023

History for June 15

History for June 15 - On-This-Day.com 
Erik H. Erickson 1902 - Psychologist and psychoanalyst
  • 1215 - King John of England put his seal on the Magna Carta.
  • 1381 - The English peasant revolt was crushed in London.
  • 1752 - Benjamin Franklin experimented by flying a kite during a thunderstorm. The result was a little spark that showed the relationship between lightning and electricity.
  • 1911 - The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co. was incorporated in the state of New York. The company was later renamed International Business Machines (IBM) Corp.
  • 1947 - The All-Indian Congress accepted a British plan for the partition of India.
  • 1992 - U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle instructed a student to spell "potato" with an "e" on the end during a spelling bee. He had relied on a faulty flash card that had been written by the student's teacher.

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