A bit of June 15th history…
763 BC - Assyrians record a solar eclipse that will be used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history
1215 - King John signs the Magna Carta (pictured)
1851 - Jacob Fussel, a dairyman, sets up 1st ice-cream factory
1878 - World’s 1st moving pictures caught on camera(used 12 cameras, each taking 1 picture) done to see if all 4 of a horse’s hooves leave the ground
1907 - Researcher George Soper publishes results of investigation into recent typhoid outbreaks in NY, announces that Mary Mallon (Typhoid Mary) is likely source of outbreak
1911 - IBM is incorporated
1982 - US Supreme Court rules all children, regardless of citizenship are entitled to a public education
2002 - Near Earth asteroid, 2002MN, missed earth by 70,000 miles, about 1/3 of the distance between the Earth and the Moon
Today In History: June 15