This Day In History

June 15th

1215  King John signed the Magna Carta, which is considered considered as one of the most important historical documents defining political and human freedoms.
1520  Pope Leo X threatened to excommunicate Martin Luther if he did not recant his religious beliefs.
1775  The 2nd Continental Congress appointed George Washington head of the Continental Army.
1836  Arkansas became the 25th state.
1844  Vulcanized rubber was patented by Charles Goodyear of New York City.
1864  Secretary of War Edwin Stanton signed an order designating a site in Arlington Virginia as a military cemetery.
1956  John Lennon, 16, of The Quarrymen, met Paul McCartney, 14, and invited him to join the group, they later became The Beatles.

1937  Country Musician Waylon Jennings
1949  Actor Jim Varney
1954  Comedian & Saturday Night Live Alumni Jim Belushi, brother of SNL Alumni John Belushi
1964  Actress Courteney Cox
1973  Actor Neil Patrick Harris
1963  Actress Helen Hunt

Top of the Chart Hits Courtesy of...

1961

• Travelin' Man - Ricky Nelson

• Moody River - Pat Boone

• Running Scared - Roy Orbison

• Hello Walls - Faron Young

1969

• Get Back - The Beatles

• Love Theme from "Romeo and Juliet" - Henry Mancini

• Too Busy Thinking About My Baby - Marvin Gaye

• Running Bear - Sonny James

1977

• I'm Your Boogie Man - KC & The Sunshine Band

• Undercover Angel - Alan O'Day

• Couldn't Get It Right - Climax Blues Band

• Luckenbach, Texas (Back To the Basics of Love) - Waylon Jennings

1985

• Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Tears for Fears

• Heaven - Bryan Adams

• In My House - Mary Jane Girls

• Country Boy - Ricky Skaggs

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