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Today is Monday, June 15, the 166th day of 2026. There are 199 days left in the year.<\/p>\n

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Today in history:<\/h4>\n

On June 15, 1904, more than 1,000 people died when fire erupted aboard the steamboat PS General Slocum in New York\u2019s East River; it remained the deadliest individual event in the New York area until 9\/11.<\/p>\n

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In 1215, England\u2019s King John placed his seal on the Magna Carta (\u201cthe Great Charter\u201d), which curtailed the absolute power of the monarchy.<\/p>\n

In 1775, the Second Continental Congress voted unanimously to appoint George Washington head of the Continental Army.<\/p>\n

In 1864, Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton signed an order establishing a military burial ground that became Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.<\/p>\n

In 1895, a tsunami triggered by a magnitude 8.5 earthquake struck the coast of northeastern Japan with waves reaching a height of 125 feet (38 meters), killing more than 22,000 people.<\/p>\n

In 1934, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an act making the National Guard part of the U.S. Army in the event of war or national emergency.<\/p>\n

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In 1934, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, now the most-visited national park in the United States, was established by Congress.<\/p>\n

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In 1938, Johnny Vander Meer of the Cincinnati Reds became the only baseball pitcher to toss two consecutive no-hitters, leading the Reds to a 6-0 victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers in the first night game ever held at Ebbets Field, four days after no-hitting the Boston Bees by a score of 3-0.<\/p>\n

In 1982, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in Plyler v. Doe that states cannot deny students a free K-12 public education because of their immigration status, citing the Constitution\u2019s Equal Protection Clause.<\/p>\n

In 1991, Mount Pinatubo in the northern Philippines exploded in one of the most powerful volcanic eruptions of the 20th century, killing more than 800 people.<\/p>\n

In 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court, with a 6-3 vote in its Bostock v. Clayton County decision, ruled that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects gay, lesbian and transgender people from discrimination in employment.<\/p>\n

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Today\u2019s Birthdays:<\/h4>\n
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  • Baseball Hall of Famer Billy Williams is 88.<\/li>\n
  • Former MLB player and manager Dusty Baker is 77.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Simon Callow is 77.<\/li>\n
  • Singer Russell Hitchcock (Air Supply) is 77.<\/li>\n
  • Chinese President Xi Jinping is 73.<\/li>\n
  • Actor-comedian Jim Belushi is 72.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Julie Hagerty is 71.<\/li>\n
  • Baseball Hall of Famer Wade Boggs is 68.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Helen Hunt is 63.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Courteney Cox is 62.<\/li>\n
  • Rapper-actor Ice Cube is 57.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Leah Remini is 56.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Neil Patrick Harris is 53.<\/li>\n
  • Olympic gymnastics gold medalist Madison Kocian is 29.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Sissy Sheridan is 22.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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