THIS DAY IN HISTORY
JULY 15FEATURED EVENT
Featured Biography
Dutch artist
- born
- July 15, 1606
Leiden, Netherlands
(Born on this day)
- died
- October 4, 1669 (aged 63)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Born on This Day
1951
Jesse Ventura
American professional wrestler, actor, and politician
1946
Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu?izzaddin Waddaulah
sultan of Brunei
1946
Linda Ronstadt
American singer
1939
Ali Khamenei
rahbar of Iran
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2006
Cofounders Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, and Biz Stone publicly launched their online microblogging service Twitter, and within the following decade it had more than 300 million users. Test your knowledge of tech companies
1988
The thriller Die Hard was first released in U.S. theatres, launching a hugely popular series and helping establish Bruce Willis as an action star. Take our quiz about movies
1978
American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan performed in England before 200,000 people. Test your knowledge of songwriters
1922
Leon Max Lederman, who was a corecipient of the 1988 Nobel Prize for Physics for research on neutrinos, was born in New York City. Take our quiz about the Nobel Prize
1912
American Jim Thorpe won a gold medal for the decathlon at the Olympics in Stockholm; he also captured a gold medal for the pentathlon. Test your knowledge of the Olympics
History at your fingertips
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July 1
1867Dominion of Canada established -
July 2
1964Civil Rights Act signed -
July 3
1863Battle of Gettysburg ended -
July 4
1776Declaration of Independence approved by Second Continental Congress -
July 5
1950Israel's Law of Return passed -
July 6
1942Anne Frank forced into hiding -
July 7
1898Hawaiian Islands annexed by the United States -
July 8
1497Vasco da Gama's first voyage to India -
July 9
1762Catherine the Great assumed power -
July 10
1962Telstar 1 launched -
July 11
1804Duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton -
July 12
1984Geraldine Ferraro designated running mate of Walter Mondale -
July 13
1793French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat assassinated -
July 14
1789Bastille stormed by Paris mob -
July 15
1965Close-up pictures of Mars provided by Mariner 4 -
July 16
1945First atomic bomb exploded near Alamogordo, New Mexico -
July 17
1936Beginning of the Spanish Civil War -
July 18
1925Publication of Mein Kampf -
July 19
1848U.S. women's suffrage movement begun -
July 20
1969First Moon landing -
July 21
1798Egyptians defeated in the Battle of the Pyramids -
July 22
1977Deng Xiaoping reinstated -
July 23
1952Egyptian monarchy toppled by coup -
July 24
1917Beginning of Mata Hari's trial -
July 25
1814American advance into Canada halted by British troops -
July 26
1956Suez Canal seized -
July 27
1996Terrorist attack at Atlanta Olympics -
July 28
1914Beginning of World War I -
July 29
1958National Aeronautics and Space Administration established -
July 30
1898Death of Otto von Bismarck -
July 31
1971Lunar Roving Vehicle first used on the Moon
