Today is Wednesday, July 15, 2026
Everything happening on July 15, 2026 — our fun national days, public holidays, religious observances, sports, and notable events in history.
About July 15
July 15, 2026 falls on a Wednesday, week 29 of 2026. It is day 196 of the year, with 169 days remaining. Calendar.cx lists 7 national days and fun holidays on July 15, plus public holidays, religious observances, sports events, and notable historical moments. Scroll down to explore everything happening on this date.
National Days & Fun Holidays on July 15
August 13, 2024
Social Media Giving Day
August 08, 2024
National Pet Fire Safety Day
August 08, 2024
National Tapioca Pudding Day
August 08, 2024
National Gummi Worm Day
August 08, 2024
National Give Something Away Day
August 08, 2024
I Love Horses Day
August 08, 2024
World Youth Skills Day
Public Holidays on July 15
- 🌍 Democracy and National Unity Day (Turkey)
- 🌍 Demokrasi ve Millî Birlik Günü (Turkey)
- 🌍 Statehood Day (Ukraine)
Religious Observances on July 15
- Jewish: Rosh Chodesh Av ראש חודש אב
- Islamic: End of the holy months
On This Day in History — July 15
- 2016 — Factions of the Turkish Armed Forces attempt a coup.
- 2014 — A train derails on the Moscow Metro, killing at least 24 and injuring more than 160 others.
- 2006 — Twitter is launched, becoming one of the largest social media platforms in the world.
- 2003 — AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape. The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day.
- 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.
- 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.
Notable Births on July 15
Notable Deaths on July 15
- 2017 — Martin Landau, American film and television actor (b. 1928)
- 2015 — Masahiko Aoki, Japanese-American economist and academic (b. 1938)
- 2015 — Wan Li, Chinese politician, 4th Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1916)
- 2015 — Aubrey Morris, British actor (b. 1926)
- 2015 — Dave Somerville, Canadian singer (b. 1933)
- 2014 — Óscar Acosta, Honduran author, poet, and diplomat (b. 1933)