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June 15

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  1. 1520 CEChristian

    Pope Leo X promulgated the bull Exsurge Domine, which condemned forty-one propositions drawn from Martin Luther's writings.

  2. 1878 CEHindu · died

    Shiv Dayal Singh, founder of the Radha Soami tradition at Agra, died on this day in 1878.

  3. 1965 CEMesopotamian · died

    The Polish-American Assyriologist Ephraim Avigdor Speiser, discoverer and excavator of Tepe Gawra, died on this day in 1965.

  4. 2011 CEBuddhist · died

    American Zen teacher Charlotte Joko Beck, founder of the Ordinary Mind Zen School, died in Prescott, Arizona.

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