Sunday, June 15, 2025

History for June 15

History for June 15 - On-This-Day.com 
Mario Cuomo 1932
  • 1844 - Charles Goodyear was granted a patent for the process that strengthens rubber.
  • 1898 - The U.S. House of representatives approved the annexation of Hawaii.
  • 1947 - The All-Indian Congress accepted a British plan for the partition of India.
  • 1986 - Pravda, the Communist Party newspaper, reported that the chief engineer of the Chernobyl nuclear plant was dismissed for mishandling the incident at the plant.
  • 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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