This Day In History

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  Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date 
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Births:  
 
07/15/1573 Inigo Jones, London, architect (restored St Paul's Cathedral) 
07/15/1606 Rembrandt van R˜n, Leiden, Netherlands, painter (Night Watch) 
07/15/1638 Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani, composer 
07/15/1700 Johann Christoph Richter, composer 
07/15/1701 Pierre Joubert, became oldest known Canadian (113 y 124 d at death) 
07/15/1704 August Gottlieb Spangenberg, founder of Moravian Church in N America

07/15/1779 Clement Clarke Moore, US, author ('Twas the Night Before Xmas) 
07/15/1796 Thomas Bulfinch, mythologist (Bulfinch's Mythology) 
07/15/1798 Charles H Bell, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1875 
07/15/1802 John Barnett, composer 
07/15/1808 Henry Cole, promotor (Great Exhibition of 1851) 
07/15/1808 Henry Edward Manning, cardinal/archbishop (Westminster) 
07/15/1812 Benno Adam, animal painter 
07/15/1817 John Fowler, English engineer (London Metropolitan Railway) 
07/15/1818 Heinrich Esser, composer 
07/15/1848 Vilfredo F D Pareto, Italian economist/sociologist 
07/15/1849 Moritz Heuzenroeder, composer 
07/15/1850 Francesca Xavier Cabrini, [Mother Cabrini], 1st US saint 
07/15/1864 Marie Tempest, [Marie Susan Etherington], actress (Yellow Sands) 
07/15/1865 Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, 1st viscount Northcliffe 
07/15/1870 Ernest Walker, composer 
07/15/1872 Jos‚ Enrique Rod¢, Montevideo Uruguay, writer (Motivos the Proteo) 
07/15/1875 Frank 'Pop' Morgenweck, basketball hall of famer (elected 1962) 
07/15/1875 Jean Van de Eeckhoudt, Belgian painter 
07/15/1878 Willem Paerels, Neth/Belgian painter/graphic artist 
07/15/1884 Enrique Soro Barriga, composer 
07/15/1889 Marjorie Rambeau, SF Calif, actress (Primrose Path, Torch Song) 
07/15/1892 Walter Benjamin, German literature critic/writer 
07/15/1898 Noel Gay, [Richard Moxon Armitage], composer 
07/15/1898 Norman Demuth, composer 
07/15/1901 Pyke FC Koch, surrealistic painter 
07/15/1902 Jean Rey, Belgium, pres of European Commission (1967-70) 
07/15/1902 Raymond Hackett, US, husband of Blanche Sweet/actor (Faithless Lover

07/15/1905 Dorothy Fields, lyricist (I'm in the Mood for Love) 
07/15/1906 Edmund Davies, British lord of appeal 
07/15/1906 Lord Edmund-Davies, British lord of appeal 
07/15/1907 Paterson Fraser, British air marshal 
07/15/1910 Ronald Binge, composer 
07/15/1911 Juliet Pannett, portrait painter 
07/15/1911 Lord Shackelton, explorer/govt minister 
07/15/1913 Murvyn Vye, Quincy Mass, actor (Bob Cummings Show) 
07/15/1913 Ralph Hammond Innes, novelist 
07/15/1915 Alexander Durie, vice president (British AA) 
07/15/1915 Ron Smith, union leader (British Postal Workers) 
07/15/1916 George Maduro, Antillian resistance fighter (Willemsorde/Madurodam) 
07/15/1917 Robert Conquest, author (Back to Life) 
07/15/1918 Lord Buxton of Alsa, ITV pioneer 
07/15/1919 Iris Murdoch, Ireland, novelist (Severed Head, Unicorn) 
07/15/1920 Eldon Rudd, (Rep-R-AZ, 1977-  ) 
07/15/1920 Ruthven Wade, British Air Chief marshal 
07/15/1921 Jack Hamilton Beeson, composer 
07/15/1922 Jeffrey Benson, CEO (600 group) 
07/15/1922 Jiri Lederer, Czechoslovakia, journalist/dissident 
07/15/1924 David Cox, warden (Nuffield College, Oxford) 
07/15/1924 Jeremiah A Denton, (Sen-R-AL, 1981-86) 
07/15/1925 Phil Carey, Hackensack NJ, actor (Asa Buchanan-One Life to Live) 
07/15/1926 John Graham, British ambassador to NATO 
07/15/1926 John Lambert, composer 
07/15/1927 Ann Jellicoe, theater director/playwright 
07/15/1927 Carmen Zapata, NYC, actress (Hagen, Viva Valdez, Man & the City) 
07/15/1929 Larry Lamb, newspaper editor 
07/15/1930 Charles Kelly, chief constable (Staffordshire England) 
07/15/1931 Eugene Louw, South African minister of Internal affairs 
07/15/1932 Nina Van Pallandt, Coopenhagen Denmark, actress (American Gigolo) 
07/15/1933 James Ball, economist 
07/15/1933 Julian Bream, guitarist 
07/15/1934 Harrison Birtwistle, Accringto Lancashire, composer (Trombeau) 
07/15/1934 Simon Gournlay, president (British National Farmer's Union) 
07/15/1935 Alex Karras, Gary Ind, NFLer (Detroit Lions)/actor (George-Webster) 
07/15/1935 Ken Kercheval, Wolcottville Ind, actor (Cliff Barnes-Dallas) 
07/15/1936 Marion Roe, MP (C) 
07/15/1938 Carmen Callil, publisher 
07/15/1938 Enrique Figuerola Camue, Cuba, 100m runner (Olympic-silver-1964) 
07/15/1939 Patrick Wayne, LA Calif, actor (Rounder, Shirley, Beyond Atlantis) 
07/15/1939 Ronald Hadfield, chief constable (West Midlands England) 
07/15/1939 William David Hellerman, composer 
07/15/1941 Geoffrey Burgon, composer 
07/15/1942 Henry McCubbin, Labour MEP 
07/15/1942 Philip R Sharp, (Rep-D-Indiana, 1975-  ) 
07/15/1943 Diligenti quintuplets, Buenos Aires, Argentina 
07/15/1943 Jocelyn Burnell, astronomer 
07/15/1944 Jan-Michael Vincent, Denver, actor (Hooper, Tribes, Buster & Billie)

07/15/1944 Millie Jackson, US model/singer (Get it out 'cha system) 
07/15/1945 Gene Upshaw, NFL offensive tackle (Oakland Raider) 
07/15/1946 Hassabal Bolkiah Mu'izzadin Waddaulah, sultan of Brunei 
07/15/1946 Linda Ronstadt, Tucson Az, singer (Different Drum) 
07/15/1948 Enrique Basilio, hurler, 1st lady to light Olympic flame (Mexico-196

07/15/1949 John Arthur Casken, composer 
07/15/1949 Trevor Horn, rock producer (Buggles-Video Killed, Yes, Frankie) 
07/15/1951 Jesse 'The Body' Ventura, wrestler/actor (Predator, Running Man) 
07/15/1952 David Bell, horse trainer 
07/15/1952 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, (Rep-R-Florida) 
07/15/1952 Jill Long, (Rep-D-Indiana) 
07/15/1953 Cathy Larmouth, playmate (Jun, 1981) 
07/15/1953 Jean-Bertrand Aristide, president of Ha‹ti (1991-  ) 
07/15/1953 John Denham, Labour MP 
07/15/1956 Kathy Kreiner, Canada, giant slalom (Olympic-gold-1976) 
07/15/1957 Kate Kellaway, critic 
07/15/1960 Kim Alexis, Lockport NY, model (Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover) 
07/15/1960 Willie Aames, Newport Beach Ca, actor (8 is Enough, Paradise, Zapped

07/15/1961 Forest Whitaker, actor (Bloodsport, Platoon, Stakeout) 
07/15/1962 Brigitte Nielsen, Eisinore Denmark, actress (Red Sonja, Rocky IV) 
07/15/1963 Shari Headley, Brooklyn NY, actress (Mimi Reed-All My Children) 
07/15/1964 Leonard Stabb, actor (Hunter Guthrie-One Life to Live, Guiding Light

07/15/1966 Kristoff St John, NYC, actor (Adam-Generations, Young & Restless) 
07/15/1969 Peter Ciavaglia, Albany NY, US hockey forward (Olympics-1994) 
07/15/1973 Brian Austin Green, N Hollywood Cal, actor (David-Beverly Hills 9021

 
 
Deaths:  
 
07/15/1085 Robert Guiscard, Duke of Apulia & Calabria, dies at 70 
07/15/1274 John F Bonaventura, Ital/French theologist/dominican/saint, dies 
07/15/1291 Rudolf I, King of Germany & Holy Roman Empire, dies 
07/15/1381 John Ball, English priest/ideologist of Boer uprising, hanged 
07/15/1411 Johannes Parvus, [Jean Petit], French theologist, dies 
07/15/1416 John, Duke of Berry, captain of Paris, dies 
07/15/1417 Willem J Eggert, financier (W E Center, Purmerend), dies 
07/15/1609 Annibale Carracci, painter, dies 
07/15/1685 James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, illegitimate son of Charles 2, execut

07/15/1738 Antonio Maria Pacchioni, composer, dies at 84 
07/15/1751 John Wilson, botanist, dies 
07/15/1765 Charles Andrew Vanloo, painter, dies 
07/15/1782 Robert Wainwright, composer, dies at 33 
07/15/1784 Johan B Straub, South German sculptor, dies 
07/15/1789 Jacques Duphly, composer, dies at 74 
07/15/1798 Gaetano Pugnani, composer, dies at 66 
07/15/1810 Jean-Baptiste Rey, composer, dies at 75 
07/15/1839 Winthrop Mackworth Praed, politician/poet, dies 
07/15/1854 Wincenty Studzinski, composer, dies at 39 
07/15/1857 Carl Czerny, composer, dies at 66 
07/15/1865 Reinier C Bakhuizen van de Brink, Dutch historian, dies at 55 
07/15/1868 William Thomas Morton, dentist (1st to use ether), dies 
07/15/1869 A J Hayne, black captain of Arkansas militia, assassinated 
07/15/1876 Aleksander Fredro, Polish comedy writer (Zemstra), dies at 82 
07/15/1881 William 'Billy the Kid' Bonney, killed by Pat Garrett 
07/15/1883 Tom Thumb, [Charles Sherwood Stratton], 40' dwarf, dies 
07/15/1904 Anton Pavlovich Chechov, Russian writer (Uncle Vanya), dies 
07/15/1910 Dani‰l Kinet, auto racer/1st Belgian flyer, dies 
07/15/1912 Francisco Lazaro, Portuguese marathon runner (Olympics), dies at 21 
07/15/1915 Ludwik Grossman, composer, dies at 80 
07/15/1929 Hugo Von Hofmannsthal, playwright/poet, dies 
07/15/1930 Leopold von Auer, Hungarian/US violinist, dies 
07/15/1933 Irving Babbitt, US writer (Democracy & Leadership), dies at 67 
07/15/1934 Jules Renkin, Belgian PM (1931-32), dies 
07/15/1935 Pieter WA Cort van de Linden, Dutch premier (1913-18), dies at 89 
07/15/1937 Walter Gay, artist, dies 
07/15/1939 Johon Mellanby, physiologist, dies 
07/15/1939 Percy Scott Worthington, architect, dies 
07/15/1940 Robert Wadlow, world's tallest man (8'11.1'), dies at 32 
07/15/1948 John J Pershing, [Black Jack], US general (Mexico, WW I), dies at 87

07/15/1957 George Cleveland, actor (Grampa-Lassie), dies at 74 
07/15/1957 Marie C of Zeggelen, author (Dessajongen), dies at 87 
07/15/1958 Julia Lennon, mother of Beatle John, dies in an auto accident 
07/15/1958 Nuries-Said, Iraqi soldier/statesman, assassinated, dies 
07/15/1959 Ernest Bloch, Swiss/US composer (Macbeth), dies at 78 
07/15/1959 Peter A Egge, Norwegian writer (The Dream), dies 
07/15/1960 Lawrence Mervil Tibbett, baritone, dies 
07/15/1975 Charles Weidman, US dancer/choreographer (Fables for Our Time), dies

07/15/1976 Paul William Gallico, writer, dies at 78 
07/15/1980 Eddie Jackson, comedian (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 84 
07/15/1980 Henri Martelli, composer, dies at 85 
07/15/1982 Wendy Caulfield, 1st Green River victim, found near Seattle 
07/15/1983 Eddie Foy Jr, actor (Eddie-Fair Exchange), dies of cancer at 78 
07/15/1986 Benny Rubin, actor/comedian (Benny Rubin Show), dies at 87 
07/15/1986 Florence Halop, actress (Florence-Night Court), dies at 63 
07/15/1988 Eleanor Estes, author (Ginger Pye, Moffats), dies at 82 
07/15/1990 Margaret Mary Lockwood, actress (Man in Grey, Wicked Lady), dies 
07/15/1990 Troy Dixon, rapper (Trouble T-Roy of Heavy D), dies at 22 of a fall 
07/15/1991 Bert Convy, actor (Snoop Sisters, Win Lose or Draw), dies at 57 
07/15/1992 Henk van der Molen, guitarist/composer/writer (Martine B˜l), dies 
07/15/1993 David Brian, US actor (Damned Don't Cry, Fort Worth), dies at 78 
 
 
Significant Events:  
 
07/15/1099 1st Crusaders capture & plunder Jerusalem 
07/15/1307 Duke Henrik van Karinthi‰ chosen king of Bohemia 
07/15/1410 Battle of Tannenburg-Teutonic Knights vs King Ladislas II of Poland 
07/15/1500 Duke Albrecht of Saxon beats Friese rebellion 
07/15/1662 Charles II grants charter to establish Royal Society in London 
07/15/1779 US troops under Gen A Wayne conquer Ft Stony Point, NY 
07/15/1795 'Marseillaise' becomes French national anthem 
07/15/1815 Napoleon Bonaparte captured 
07/15/1856 Natal established as a British colony separate from Cape Colony 
07/15/1862 CSS Arkansas vs USS Cardondelet & Queen of the West engage at Yazoo 

07/15/1863 Pres Davis orders service duty for confederate army 
07/15/1867 SF Merchant's Exchange opens 
07/15/1869 Margarine is patented by Hippolye M‚ga-MouriŠs for use by French Nav

07/15/1870 Georgia becomes last confederate to be readmitted to US 
07/15/1870 Hudson's Bay & Northwest Territories transferred to Canada 
07/15/1870 Manitoba becomes 5th Canadian province & NW Territories created 
07/15/1876 Baseballs 1st no-hitter, St Louis' George W Bradley no-hits Hartford

07/15/1888 Bandai volcano (Japan) erupts for 1st time in 1,000 years 
07/15/1890 A Charlois discovers asteroid #294 Felicia 
07/15/1893 Commodore Perry arrives in Japan 
07/15/1900 President Steyn/General De Law escape Brandwater Basin 
07/15/1901 NY Giant Christy Mathewson no-hits St Louis, 5-0 
07/15/1904 1st Buddhist temple in US established, Los Angeles 
07/15/1906 Republic museum opens Rembrandt hall in Amsterdam 
07/15/1911 46' of rain (begining 7/14) falls in Baguio, Philippines 
07/15/1912 British National Health Insurance Act goes into effect 
07/15/1914 Mexican president Huerta flees with 2 million pesos to Europe 
07/15/1916 22.22' (56.4 cm) of rain falls in Altapass NC (state record) 
07/15/1918 2nd Battle of Marne began during WW I 
07/15/1920 Ruth ties his record of 29 HRs in a season 
07/15/1922 1st duck-billed platypus publicly exhibited in US, at NY zoo 
07/15/1922 Gene Sarazen wins US Open golf tournament 
07/15/1923 Italian parliament accepts new constitution 
07/15/1923 Robert T 'Bobby' Jones wins US Open golf tournament 
07/15/1926 VPRO (Free thinking Protestant Radio Broadcast) established 
07/15/1929 1st airport hotel opens-Oakland Ca 
07/15/1932 President Hoover cuts own salary 15% 
07/15/1933 Wiley Post began 1st solo flight around world 
07/15/1936 Dutch 2nd Chamber agree to temporarily increase defense budget 
07/15/1937 Buchenwald Concentration Camp opens 
07/15/1937 Japanese attack Marco Polo Bridge, invade China 
07/15/1939 Clara Adams (NYC) is 1st woman to complete round world flight 
07/15/1940 1st betatron placed in operation, Urbana, Il 
07/15/1941 Florey & Heatley present freeze dried mold cultures (Pencillin) 
07/15/1942 1st deportation camp at Westerbork, Jews sent to Auschwitz 
07/15/1944 Greenwich Observatory damaged by WW II flying bomb 
07/15/1945 Byron Nelson wins PGA golf tournament 
07/15/1946 British North Borneo Co transfers rights to British crown 
07/15/1948 Alcoholic Anonymous founded in Britain 
07/15/1948 Pres Truman nominated for another term (Phila) 
07/15/1949 Czech tennis stars Jaroslav Drobny & Vladimir Cernik, defect to US 
07/15/1949 WBTV TV channel 3 in Charlotte, NC (CBS) begins broadcasting 
07/15/1950 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1750 Eckert 
07/15/1952 1st transatlantic helicopter flight begins 
07/15/1952 Gerald D Lascelles (under English princess Mary) weds Angela Dowding

07/15/1954 110øF (43øC) at Balcony Falls, Virginia (state record) 
07/15/1954 1st coml jet transport plane built in US tested (Boeing 707) 
07/15/1954 KOCO TV channel 5 in Oklahoma City, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting 
07/15/1954 WBOC TV channel 16 in Salisbury, MD (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcastin

07/15/1955 WNDU TV channel 16 in South Bend, IN (NBC) begins broadcasting 
07/15/1957 Dutch Super Constellation crashes near New Guinea, 56 die 
07/15/1958 Pres Eisenhower sends US troops to Lebanon; they stay 3 months 
07/15/1960 Balt Orioles' Brooks Robinson goes 5 for 5 including the cycle 
07/15/1961 Spain accept equal rights for men & women 
07/15/1962 Algeria becomes member of Arab League 
07/15/1962 Neth & Indonesia accord over New-Guinea 
07/15/1963 KAIT TV channel 8 in Jonesboro, AR (ABC) begins broadcasting 
07/15/1963 Paul McCartney is fined œ17 for speeding 
07/15/1964 Barry M Goldwater (Sen-R-Az) nominated for president by Republicans 
07/15/1965 Athanassiades Novas succeeds Papandreo as premier of Greece 
07/15/1965 US scientists display close-up photos of Mars from Mariner IV 
07/15/1967 LA Wolves beat Wash Whips 6-5 in OT to be United Soccer Ass champs 
07/15/1967 Roberto DeVicenzo of Argentina wins golf's British Open 
07/15/1968 'One Life to Live' premieres on TV 
07/15/1968 NJ Americans moved to Comack & become NY Nets (ABA) 
07/15/1968 Soap opera 'One Life To Live' premieres 
07/15/1969 Cincinnati Red Lee May hits 4 HRs in a doubleheader 
07/15/1969 Rod Carew ties record with his 7th steal of home in a season 
07/15/1970 Denmark beats Italy 2-0 in 1st world female soccer championship 
07/15/1971 Pres Nixon announces he would visit People's Rep of China 
07/15/1972 Lee Trevino wins his 2nd consecutive golf's British Open 
07/15/1973 Calif Angel Nolan Ryan 2nd no-hitter beats Detroit Tigers, 6-0 
07/15/1973 Paul Getty III kidnapped 
07/15/1973 Ray Davies, announces retirement from Kinks then attempts suicide 
07/15/1973 Willie McCovey becomes 15th to hit 400 HRs 
07/15/1974 Archbishop Makarios is deposed as president of Cyprus 
07/15/1974 Military coup on Cyprus: president Makarios flees 
07/15/1975 NL beats AL 6-3 in 46th All Star Game (Milwaukee's County Stadium) 
07/15/1975 Soyuz 19 & Apollo 18 launched; rendezvous 2 days later 
07/15/1976 36-hr kidnap of 26 schoolchildren & their bus driver in Calif 
07/15/1979 Morarji Desai resigns as premier of India 
07/15/1980 Johnny Bench hits his 314th HR as a catcher breaks Yogi Berra's reco

07/15/1982 Body of Wendy Caulfield, 1st Green River victim, found near Seattle 
07/15/1982 Columbia flies to Kennedy Space Center via Dyess AFB, Texas 
07/15/1982 Senate confirms George Shultz as 60th sec of state by vote of 97-0 
07/15/1983 8 killed, 54 wounded, by Armenian extremists bomb at Orly, France 
07/15/1983 Orly Airport in Paris bombed, 5 killed/21 injured 
07/15/1984 Hollis Stacy wins her 3rd US women's open golf title 
07/15/1984 John Lennon releases 'I'm Stepping Out' 
07/15/1986 AL beats NL for 2nd time in 15 yrs, winning 57th All-Star Game 3-2 
07/15/1987 John Poindexter testifies at Iran-Contra hearings 
07/15/1987 State of siege ends in Taiwan 
07/15/1991 US troops leave northern Iraq 
07/15/1994 Israel & Jordan agree to talks in Wash DC on July 25th 
07/15/1994 NJ Nets Derrek Coleman accused of rape in Detroit 
  
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