On This Day — July 15

Famous events, births, and deaths from July 15 in history, plus the public holidays, religious observances, sports, and national days happening on this date today.

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47 events · 212 births · 105 deaths recorded for July 15.

🕰️ Notable Events on July 15

2016 — Factions of the Turkish Armed Forces attempt a coup. Wikipedia ↗
2014 — A train derails on the Moscow Metro, killing at least 24 and injuring more than 160 others. Wikipedia ↗
2006 — Twitter is launched, becoming one of the largest social media platforms in the world. Wikipedia ↗
2003 — AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape. The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day. Wikipedia ↗
2002 — "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh pleads guilty to supplying aid to the enemy and to possession of explosives during the commission of a felony. Wikipedia ↗
2002 — Anti-Terrorism Court of Pakistan hands down the death sentence to British born Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and life terms to three others suspected of murdering The Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. Wikipedia ↗
1998 — Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil MP S. Shanmuganathan is killed by a claymore mine. Wikipedia ↗
1996 — A Belgian Air Force C-130 Hercules carrying the Royal Netherlands Army marching band crashes on landing at Eindhoven Airport. Wikipedia ↗
1983 — An attack at Orly Airport in Paris is launched by Armenian militant organisation ASALA; leaving eight people dead and 55 injured. Wikipedia ↗
1979 — U.S. President Jimmy Carter gives his "malaise speech". Wikipedia ↗
1975 — Space Race: Apollo-Soyuz Test Project features the dual launch of an Apollo spacecraft and a Soyuz spacecraft on the first joint Soviet-United States human-crewed flight. It was both the last launch of an Apollo spacecraft, and the Saturn family of rockets. Wikipedia ↗
1974 — In Nicosia, Cyprus, Greek junta-sponsored nationalists launch a coup d'état, deposing President Makarios and installing Nikos Sampson as Cypriot president. Wikipedia ↗
1971 — The United Red Army is founded in Japan. Wikipedia ↗
1966 — Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnam begin Operation Hastings to push the North Vietnamese out of the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone. Wikipedia ↗
1959 — The steel strike of 1959 begins, leading to significant importation of foreign steel for the first time in United States history. Wikipedia ↗
1955 — Eighteen Nobel laureates sign the Mainau Declaration against nuclear weapons, later co-signed by thirty-four others. Wikipedia ↗
1954 — First flight of the Boeing 367-80, prototype for both the Boeing 707 and C-135 series. Wikipedia ↗
1946 — State of North Borneo, today in Sabah, Malaysia, annexed by the United Kingdom. Wikipedia ↗
1927 — Massacre of July 15, 1927: Eighty-nine protesters are killed by the Austrian police in Vienna. Wikipedia ↗
1922 — Japanese Communist Party is established in Japan. Wikipedia ↗
1920 — The Polish Parliament establishes Silesian Voivodeship before the Polish-German plebiscite. Wikipedia ↗
1918 — World War I: The Second Battle of the Marne begins near the River Marne with a German attack. Wikipedia ↗
1916 — In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing). Wikipedia ↗
1910 — In his book Clinical Psychiatry, Emil Kraepelin gives a name to Alzheimer's disease, naming it after his colleague Alois Alzheimer. Wikipedia ↗
1888 — The stratovolcano Mount Bandai erupts killing approximately 500 people, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Wikipedia ↗
1870 — Reconstruction Era of the United States: Georgia becomes the last of the former Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union. Wikipedia ↗
1870 — Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory are transferred to Canada from the Hudson's Bay Company, and the province of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories are established from these vast territories. Wikipedia ↗
1862 — The CSS Arkansas, the most effective ironclad on the Mississippi River, battles with Union ships commanded by Admiral David Farragut, severely damaging three ships and sustaining heavy damage herself. The encounter changed the complexion of warfare on the Mississippi and helped to reverse Rebel fortunes on the river in the summer of 1862. Wikipedia ↗
1838 — Ralph Waldo Emerson delivers the Divinity School Address at Harvard Divinity School, discounting Biblical miracles and declaring Jesus a great man, but not God. The Protestant community reacts with outrage. Wikipedia ↗
1834 — The Spanish Inquisition is officially disbanded after nearly 356 years. Wikipedia ↗
1823 — A fire destroys the ancient Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome, Italy. Wikipedia ↗
1815 — Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon Bonaparte surrenders aboard HMS Bellerophon. Wikipedia ↗
1806 — Pike expedition: United States Army Lieutenant Zebulon Pike begins an expedition from Fort Bellefontaine near St. Louis, Missouri, to explore the west. Wikipedia ↗
1799 — The Rosetta Stone is found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard during Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign. Wikipedia ↗
1789 — Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, is named by acclamation Colonel General of the new National Guard of Paris. Wikipedia ↗
1741 — Aleksei Chirikov sights land in Southeast Alaska. He sends men ashore in a longboat, making them the first Europeans to visit Alaska. Wikipedia ↗
1685 — Monmouth Rebellion: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth is executed at Tower Hill, England after his defeat at the Battle of Sedgemoor on 6 July 1685. Wikipedia ↗
1482 — Muhammad XII is crowned the twenty-second and last Nasrid king of Granada. Wikipedia ↗
1410 — Polish-Lithuanian-Teutonic War: Battle of Grunwald: The allied forces of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeat the army of the Teutonic Order. Wikipedia ↗
1381 — John Ball, a leader in the Peasants' Revolt, is hanged, drawn and quartered in the presence of King Richard II of England. Wikipedia ↗
1240 — Swedish-Novgorodian Wars: A Novgorodian army led by Alexander Nevsky defeats the Swedes in the Battle of the Neva. Wikipedia ↗
1207 — King John of England expels Canterbury monks for supporting Archbishop Stephen Langton. Wikipedia ↗
1149 — The reconstructed Church of the Holy Sepulchre is consecrated in Jerusalem. Wikipedia ↗
1099 — First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final assault of a difficult siege. Wikipedia ↗
756 — An Lushan Rebellion: Emperor Xuanzong of Tang is ordered by his Imperial Guards to execute chancellor Yang Guozhong by forcing him to commit suicide or face a mutiny. General An Lushan has other members of the emperor's family killed. Wikipedia ↗
Dedication of the Temple of Castor and Pollux in ancient Rome Wikipedia ↗
Titus and his armies breach the walls of Jerusalem. (17th of Tammuz in the Hebrew calendar). Wikipedia ↗

🎂 Notable Births on July 15

1993 — Håvard Nielsen, Norwegian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1992 — Tobias Harris, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1992 — Hokutōfuji Daiki, Japanese sumo wrestler Wikipedia ↗
1992 — Wayde van Niekerk, South African sprinter Wikipedia ↗
1991 — Danilo, Brazilian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1991 — Derrick Favors, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1991 — Evgeny Tishchenko, Russian boxer Wikipedia ↗
1990 — Olly Alexander, English singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1990 — Zach Bogosian, American ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1990 — Damian Lillard, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1989 — Steven Jahn, German footballer Wikipedia ↗
1989 — Alisa Kleybanova, Russian tennis player Wikipedia ↗
1989 — Anthony Randolph, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1989 — Tristan Wilds, American actor, singer-songwriter and producer Wikipedia ↗
1988 — Riki Christodoulou, English racing driver Wikipedia ↗
1986 — Tyler Kennedy, Canadian ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1984 — Alex Boyd, German-Scottish photographer Wikipedia ↗
1984 — Angelo Siniscalchi, Italian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1984 — Veronika Velez-Zuzulová, Slovak skier Wikipedia ↗
1983 — Nelson Merlo, Brazilian race car driver Wikipedia ↗
1983 — Will Rudge, English cricketer Wikipedia ↗
1983 — Heath Slater, American wrestler Wikipedia ↗
1982 — Alan Pérez, Spanish cyclist Wikipedia ↗
1982 — Neemia Tialata, New Zealand rugby player Wikipedia ↗
1982 — Aída Yéspica, Venezuelan model and actress Wikipedia ↗
1981 — Alou Diarra, French footballer Wikipedia ↗
1981 — Petros Klampanis, Greek bassist and composer Wikipedia ↗
1981 — Marius Stankevičius, Lithuanian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1980 — Reggie Abercrombie, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1980 — Jonathan Cheechoo, Canadian ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1980 — Kelli Martin, American fashion designer Wikipedia ↗
1980 — Julia Perez, Indonesian singer and actress (d. 2017) Wikipedia ↗
1979 — Laura Benanti, American actress and singer Wikipedia ↗
1979 — Alexander Frei, Swiss footballer Wikipedia ↗
1979 — Edda Garðarsdóttir, Icelandic footballer Wikipedia ↗
1979 — Renata Kučerová, Czech tennis player Wikipedia ↗
1978 — Miguel Olivo, Dominican baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1977 — André Nel, South African cricketer Wikipedia ↗
1977 — Lana Parrilla, American actress Wikipedia ↗
1977 — John St. Clair, American football player Wikipedia ↗
1977 — Ray Toro, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
1976 — Steve Cunningham, American boxer Wikipedia ↗
1976 — Diane Kruger, German actress and model Wikipedia ↗
1976 — Gabriel Iglesias, Mexican-American comedian and voice actor Wikipedia ↗
1975 — Cherry, American wrestler and manager Wikipedia ↗
1975 — Danny Law, English cricketer Wikipedia ↗
1975 — Ben Pepper, Australian basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1973 — Brian Austin Green, American actor Wikipedia ↗
1972 — Scott Foley, American actor Wikipedia ↗
1970 — Tarkan Gözübüyük, Turkish bass player and producer Wikipedia ↗
1969 — Ain Tammus, Estonian footballer and coach Wikipedia ↗
1968 — Eddie Griffin, American comedian, actor, and producer Wikipedia ↗
1967 — Adam Savage, American actor and special effects designer Wikipedia ↗
1967 — Elbert West, American singer-songwriter (d. 2015) Wikipedia ↗
1966 — Jason Bonham, English singer-songwriter and drummer Wikipedia ↗
1966 — Irène Jacob, French-Swiss actress Wikipedia ↗
1965 — Alistair Carmichael, Scottish lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland Wikipedia ↗
1965 — Gero Miesenböck, Austrian neuroscientist and educator Wikipedia ↗
1965 — David Miliband, English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Wikipedia ↗
1963 — Steve Thomas, English-Canadian ice hockey player and coach Wikipedia ↗
1962 — Nikos Filippou, Greek basketball player and manager Wikipedia ↗
1962 — Michelle Ford, Australian swimmer Wikipedia ↗
1961 — Lolita Davidovich, Canadian actress Wikipedia ↗
1961 — Jean-Christophe Grangé, French journalist and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
1961 — Scott Ritter, American soldier and international weapons inspector Wikipedia ↗
1961 — Forest Whitaker, American actor Wikipedia ↗
1960 — Kim Alexis, American fashion model Wikipedia ↗
1959 — Vincent Lindon, French actor, director, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
1958 — Gary Heale, English footballer and coach Wikipedia ↗
1958 — Mac Thornberry, American lawyer and politician Wikipedia ↗
1956 — Ian Curtis, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Joy Division) Wikipedia ↗
1956 — Nicholas Harberd, British botanist, educator and academician Wikipedia ↗
1956 — Barry Melrose, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
1956 — Steve Mortimer, Australian rugby league player, coach, and administrator Wikipedia ↗
1956 — Joe Satriani, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
1956 — Wayne Taylor, South African race car driver Wikipedia ↗
1954 — John Ferguson, Australian rugby league player Wikipedia ↗
1954 — Jeff Jarvis, American journalist and blogger Wikipedia ↗
1954 — Giorgos Kaminis, American-Greek lawyer and politician, 78th Mayor of Athens Wikipedia ↗
1954 — Mario Kempes, Argentinian footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
1953 — Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haitian priest and politician, 49th President of Haiti Wikipedia ↗
1953 — Alicia Bridges, American singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1952 — David Pack, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer Wikipedia ↗
1952 — Celia Imrie, English actress Wikipedia ↗
1952 — Terry O'Quinn, American actor Wikipedia ↗
1952 — Marky Ramone, American drummer and songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1952 — Johnny Thunders, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1991) Wikipedia ↗
1951 — Gregory Isaacs, Jamaican-English singer-songwriter (d. 2010) Wikipedia ↗
1951 — Jesse Ventura, American wrestler, actor, and politician, 38th Governor of Minnesota Wikipedia ↗
1950 — Colin Barnett, Australian economist and politician, 29th Premier of Western Australia Wikipedia ↗
1950 — Arianna Huffington, Greek-American journalist and publisher (The Huffington Post) Wikipedia ↗
1949 — Carl Bildt, Swedish politician and diplomat, Prime Minister of Sweden Wikipedia ↗
1949 — Trevor Horn, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer Wikipedia ↗
1949 — Richard Russo, American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
1948 — Twinkle, English singer-songwriter (d. 2015) Wikipedia ↗
1948 — Dimosthenis Kourtovik, Greek anthropologist and critic Wikipedia ↗
1948 — Artimus Pyle, American rock drummer and songwriter (Lynyrd Skynyrd) Wikipedia ↗
1947 — Peter Banks, English guitarist and songwriter (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
1947 — Lydia Davis, American short story writer, novelist, and essayist Wikipedia ↗
1947 — Pridiyathorn Devakula, Thai economist and politician, Thai Minister of Finance Wikipedia ↗
1947 — Roky Erickson, American singer-songwriter and musician Wikipedia ↗
1946 — Linda Ronstadt, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress Wikipedia ↗
1945 — Peter Lewis (musician), American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
1945 — Jürgen Möllemann, German soldier and politician, Vice-Chancellor of Germany (d. 2003) Wikipedia ↗
1944 — Millie Jackson, American singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1944 — Jan-Michael Vincent, American actor Wikipedia ↗
1943 — Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Northern Irish astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic Wikipedia ↗
1942 — Vivian Malone Jones, American civil rights activist (d. 2005) Wikipedia ↗
1940 — Denis Héroux, Canadian director and producer (d. 2015) Wikipedia ↗
1940 — Ronald Gene Simmons, American sergeant and convicted murderer (d. 1990) Wikipedia ↗
1940 — Robert Winston, English surgeon, academic, and politician Wikipedia ↗
1939 — Aníbal Cavaco Silva, Portuguese economist and politician, 19th President of the Portuguese Republic Wikipedia ↗
1938 — Ernie Barnes, American football player, actor, and painter (d. 2009) Wikipedia ↗
1938 — Carmen Callil, Australian publisher, founded Virago Press Wikipedia ↗
1938 — Barry Goldwater, Jr., American lawyer and politician Wikipedia ↗
1937 — Prabhash Joshi, Indian journalist (d. 2009) Wikipedia ↗
1936 — George Voinovich, American lawyer and politician, 65th Governor of Ohio (d. 2016) Wikipedia ↗
1935 — Donn Clendenon, American baseball player and lawyer (d. 2005) Wikipedia ↗
1935 — Alex Karras, American football player, wrestler, and actor (d. 2012) Wikipedia ↗
1935 — Ken Kercheval, American actor and director Wikipedia ↗
1934 — Harrison Birtwistle, English composer and academic Wikipedia ↗
1934 — Risto Jarva, Finnish director and producer (d. 1977) Wikipedia ↗
1933 — Guido Crepax, Italian author and illustrator (d. 2003) Wikipedia ↗
1933 — M. T. Vasudevan Nair, Indian author and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
1932 — Ed Litzenberger, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2010) Wikipedia ↗
1931 — Clive Cussler, American archaeologist and author Wikipedia ↗
1931 — Joanna Merlin, American actress and casting director Wikipedia ↗
1931 — Jacques-Yvan Morin, Canadian lawyer and politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec Wikipedia ↗
1930 — Jacques Derrida, Algerian-French philosopher and academic (d. 2004) Wikipedia ↗
1930 — Richard Garneau, Canadian journalist and sportscaster (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
1930 — Stephen Smale, American mathematician and computer scientist Wikipedia ↗
1929 — Charles Anthony, American tenor and actor (d. 2012) Wikipedia ↗
1929 — Francis Bebey, Cameroonian-French guitarist (d. 2001) Wikipedia ↗
1929 — Ian Stewart, Scottish racing driver Wikipedia ↗
1928 — Carl Woese, American microbiologist and biophysicist (d. 2012) Wikipedia ↗
1927 — Nan Martin, American actress (d. 2010) Wikipedia ↗
1927 — Carmen Zapata, American actress (d. 2014) Wikipedia ↗
1926 — Driss Chraïbi, Moroccan-French journalist and author (d. 2007) Wikipedia ↗
1926 — Leopoldo Galtieri, Argentinian general and politician, 44th President of Argentina (d. 2003) Wikipedia ↗
1926 — Raymond Gosling, English physicist and academic (d. 2015) Wikipedia ↗
1925 — Philip Carey, American actor (d. 2009) Wikipedia ↗
1925 — Taylor Hardwick, American architect, designed Haydon Burns Library and Friendship Fountain Park (d. 2014) Wikipedia ↗
1924 — Jeremiah Denton, American admiral and politician (d. 2014) Wikipedia ↗
1922 — Leon M. Lederman, American physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate Wikipedia ↗
1921 — Jack Beeson, American pianist and composer (d. 2010) Wikipedia ↗
1921 — Henri Colpi, Swiss-French director and screenwriter (d. 2006) Wikipedia ↗
1921 — Robert Bruce Merrifield, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2006) Wikipedia ↗
1919 — Fritz Langanke, German lieutenant (d. 2012) Wikipedia ↗
1919 — Iris Murdoch, Irish-born British novelist and philosopher (d. 1999) Wikipedia ↗
1918 — Bertram Brockhouse, Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003) Wikipedia ↗
1918 — Brenda Milner, English-Canadian neuropsychologist and academic Wikipedia ↗
1917 — Robert Conquest, English-American historian, poet, and academic (d. 2015) Wikipedia ↗
1917 — Joan Roberts, American actress and singer (d. 2012) Wikipedia ↗