It happenned on a… June, 15th

Physicist Stephen Hawking’s ashes are interred in Westminster Abbey, London, between the remains of Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin.

Nik Wallenda becomes the first person to successfully tightrope walk over Niagara Falls.

Fire kills 35 elderly persons at l’Hospice Ste-Cunégond.

Charles Goodyear receives a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber.

The first human blood transfusion is administered by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys.

Colonists in North America completed James Fort in Jamestown, VA.