July 15
July 15 is the 196th day (197th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 169 days remaining.
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Events
- 1099 - First Crusade: Christian soldiers take Jerusalem after a difficult siege.
- 1410 - Battle of Grunwald (a.k.a. Tannenberg or Zalgiris), power of the Teutonic Knights broken by a defeat from Poles and Lithuanians.
- 1685 - In England, the Duke of Monmouth is executed at Tower Hill, after he was defeated at the Battle of Sedgemore.
- 1799 - In the Egyptian village of Rosette, French Captain Pierre Bouchard finds the Rosetta Stone.
- 1806 - Pike expedition: Near St. Louis, Missouri, United States Army Lieutenant Zebulon Pike leads an expedition from Fort Belle Fountaine to explore the west.
- 1870 - Reconstruction: Georgia becomes the last former Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union.
- 1916 - In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing incorporates Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing).
- 1918 - World War I: Second Battle of the Marne - The battle begins near the River Marne with a German attack.
- 1958 - In Lebanon, 5,000 United States Marines land in the capital Beirut in order to protect the pro-Western government there.
- 1975 - Apollo Soyuz Test Project: Apollo and Soyuz spacecraft take off for U.S.-Soviet link-up in space.
- 1997 - In Miami, Florida, serial killer Andrew Phillip Cunanan guns down Gianni Versace outside his home.
- 2002 - So-called "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh pleads guilty to supplying aid to the enemy and for the possession of explosives during the commission of a felony. Lindh agrees to serve 10 years in prison for each of the charges.
Births
- 1573 - Inigo Jones, architect
- 1606 - Rembrandt, artist (+ 1669)
- 1779 - Clement Moore, author, poet
- 1796 - Thomas Bulfinch, mythologist, author Bulfinch's Mythology (+ 1867)
- 1848 - Vilfredo Pareto, economist and sociologist (+ 1923)
- 1865 - Alfred Charles William Northcliffe, newspaper publisher (+ 1922)
- 1892 - Walter Benjamin, literary critic and writer (+ 1940)
- 1902 - Jean Ray, politician, President of the European Commission 1967-1970 (+ 1983)
- 1918 - Bertram N. Brockhouse, Nobel Prize-winning physicist
- 1919 - Iris Murdoch, writer (+ 1999)
- 1927 - Nan Clow Martin, actress
- 1928 - Carl Woese, microbiologist
- 1930 - Stephen Smale, mathematician who broke the dimension barrier
- 1931 - Clive Cussler, author
- 1934 - Harrison Birtwistle, composer
- 1942 - Mil Mascaras, former professional wrestler
- 1945 - Jürgen Möllemann, German politician
- 1946 - Linda Ronstadt, singer
- 1949 - Carl Bildt, politician
- 1951 - Jesse Ventura, former professional wrestler, former governor of Minnesota
- 1961 - Forest Whitaker, actor
- 1966 - Irène Jacob, actress
- 1978 - Olivier Mercanti, Scientist
Deaths
- 518 - Anastasius I, Byzantine Emperor
- 1828 - Jean Antoine Houdon, sculptor
- 1881 - William Bonney, American West outlaw ("Billy the Kid")
- 1940 - Robert Pershing Wadlow, giant: 8 feet, 11-1/10 inches tall 439 pounds.
- 1948 - John J. Pershing, American General
- 1959 - Billie Holiday, jazz and blues singer
- 1992 - Hammer DeRoburt, first President of Nauru (*1922)
- 1997 - Gianni Versace, fashion designer
- 2003 - Adi Preißler, German soccer player
- 2003 - Roberto Bolaño, Chilenian poet
Holidays and observances
- Botswana - President's Day
- Brunei - Birthday of the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam
- Palermo, Sicily - Festival of Santa Rosalia
- Saint Swithun's feast day (Anglican Church)
See Also:
July 14 - July 16 - June 15 - August 15 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
