US president George W. Bush designated 140,000 square miles (360,000 km2) around the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands as the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, now one of the world's largest protected areas.
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A bomb explodes on a bus in the Pakistani city of Quetta, killing at least 25 people and wounding 22 others.
The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) detonates a powerful truck bomb in the middle of Manchester, England, devastating the city centre and injuring 200 people.
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 United States for trial, without approval from those other countries.
In the Philippines, Mount Pinatubo erupts in the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century, killing over 800 people.
The Ariane 4 rocket is launched on its maiden flight.
“Knowledge itself is power.”
One highlighted entry is from 2006: US president George W. Bush designated 140,000 square miles (360,000 km2) around the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands as the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, now one of the world's largest protected areas.
People listed for June 15 include Madison Kocian (1997), Aurora (singer) (1996), and Hoshi (South Korean singer) (1996).
Observances listed for June 15 include Day of Valdemar and Reunion Day (Flag Day) (Denmark), Christian feast day: Abraham of Clermont (or of St Cyriacus), and Christian feast day: Alice (or Adelaide) of Schaerbeek.
