This Day in History

June 15th in History

First nonstop transatlantic flight (no, it isn't Lindbergh)! In other news, the Magna Carta is signed, Benjamin Franklin proves lightning is electricity, and Dan Quayle spells potatoe. Edward the Black Prince, Sam Giancana, Waylon Jennings, and Xaviera Hollander are born; Wat Tyler and Ella Fitzgerald die. Happy Valdermarsdag!

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Quote of the Day

"You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose."

Mario Cuomo, politician born June 15, 1932