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| Birthday July 15, 1573 Inigo Jones, English architect. |
| Birthday July 15, 1606 Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch painter. |
| Birthday July 15, 1606 Rembrandt born |
| Birthday July 15, 1779 Clement Clarke Moore, American author ('Twas the Night Before Xmas). |
| Birthday July 15, 1850 St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, (Mother Cabrini), 1st US saint. |
| Birthday July 15, 1902 Jean Rey, of Belgium - president of European Commission (1967-70). |
| Birthday July 15, 1919 Iris Murdoch is born |
| Birthday July 15, 1919 Iris Murdoch, Irish novelist. |
| Birthday July 15, 1932 Nina Van Pallandt, in Coopenhagen Denmark |
| Birthday July 15, 1935 Alex Karras |
| Birthday July 15, 1935 Ken Kercheval |
| Birthday July 15, 1936 Joan Rivers, in Bkln - Can we talk |
| Birthday July 15, 1943 Diligenti quintuplets born in Buenos Aires Argentina |
| Birthday July 15, 1944 Jan-Michael Vincent, Actor. |
| Birthday July 15, 1946 Linda Ronstadt, in Tucson Arizona - A different beat |
| Birthday July 15, 1960 Kim Alexis, in Lockport NY - Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover |
| History July 15, 1662 Charles II grants a charter to establish Royal Society in London. |
| History July 15, 1789 Lafayette selected colonel-general of the National Guard of Paris |
| History July 15, 1806 Pike expedition sets out |
| History July 15, 1815 Napoleon Bonaparte captured. |
| History July 15, 1862 CSS Arkansas attacks Union ships |
| History July 15, 1867 SF Merchant's Exchange opens |
| History July 15, 1870 NW Territories created & Manitoba becomes 5th Canadian province. |
| History July 15, 1870 Georgia readmitted to US after Civil War. |
| History July 15, 1888 Volcano buries victims in fiery mud |
| History July 15, 1903 Ford Motor Company takes its first order |
| History July 15, 1904 The Mad Trapper of Rat River heads for U.S. |
| History July 15, 1918 Second Battle of the Marne begins with final German offensive |
| History July 15, 1918 St. Vladimir's Day |
| History July 15, 1920 Ruth ties his record of 29 homers in a season |
| History July 15, 1929 1st airport hotel opens - Oakland Ca |
| History July 15, 1940 1st betatron placed in operation Urbana Il |
| History July 15, 1941 Garbo makes an appearance |
| History July 15, 1944 Greenwich Observatory is damaged by World War II flying bomb. |
| History July 15, 1952 1st helicopter transatlantic flight began |
| History July 15, 1953 A notorious English killer is executed |
| History July 15, 1954 1st coml jet transport airplane built in US tested (Boeing 707) |
| History July 15, 1958 US troops occupy Lebanon stay 3 months. |
| History July 15, 1960 Orioles' Brooks Robinson goes 5 for 5 including the cycle |
| History July 15, 1964 Goldwater nominated for president |
| History July 15, 1965 Mariner 4 studies Martian surface |
| History July 15, 1971 Nixon announces trip to China |
| History July 15, 1971 Nixon announces a visit to China |
| History July 15, 1975 Soyuz 19 and Apollo 18 launched; rendezvous 2 days later. |
| History July 15, 1979 Jimmy Carter speaks about a national crisis in confidence |
| History July 15, 1986 Columbia Records drops country legend Johnny Cash after 26 years |
| History July 15, 1988 Die Hard debuts, makes Bruce Willis a movie star |
| History July 15, 1997 Versace murdered in Cunanan killing spree |
| History July 15, 2002 John Walker Lindh accepts plea bargain |
| History July 15, 2003 Tex Schramm dies |