June 15, 1900 (Friday)
- Chinese Empress (Tzu Hsi) Cixi, decreed that Boxer rebels could not enter Beijing, in response to fighting between the European legations and the rebels, who continued to pour into the capital.
- Born: Paul Mares, American jazz trumpeter and leader of New Orleans Rhythm Kings, in New Orleans (d. 1949)
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