5 Interesting Items that Happened in History on June 15
by Michelle Carr Crowe
Are you curious about the world? Here are 5 interesting items that happened on this date in history, June 15th. These fun facts were found on www.wikipedia.org. 
- 1215 – King John of England puts his seal to the Magna Carta. It required King John to proclaim certain liberties to his feudal barons and accept that his will was not arbitrary—for example by explicitly accepting that no "freeman" (non-serf) could be punished except through the law of the land.
- 1648 – Margaret Jones is hanged in Boston for witchcraft in the first such execution for the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
- 1667 – The first human blood transfusion is administered by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys.
- 1752 – Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity (traditional date, the exact date is unknown).
- 1775 – American Revolutionary War: George Washington is appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.
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