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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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
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July 11867Dominion of Canada established
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July 21964Civil Rights Act signed
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July 31863Battle of Gettysburg ended
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July 41776Declaration of Independence approved by Second Continental Congress
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July 51950Israel's Law of Return passed
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July 61942Anne Frank forced into hiding
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July 71898Hawaiian Islands annexed by the United States
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July 81497Vasco da Gama's first voyage to India
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July 91762Catherine the Great assumed power
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July 101962Telstar 1 launched
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July 111804Duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton
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July 121984Geraldine Ferraro designated running mate of Walter Mondale
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July 131793French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat assassinated
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July 141789Bastille stormed by Paris mob
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July 151965Close-up pictures of Mars provided by Mariner 4
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July 161945First atomic bomb exploded near Alamogordo, New Mexico
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July 171936Beginning of the Spanish Civil War
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July 181925Publication of Mein Kampf
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July 191848U.S. women's suffrage movement begun
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July 201969First Moon landing
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July 211798Egyptians defeated in the Battle of the Pyramids
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July 221977Deng Xiaoping reinstated
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July 231952Egyptian monarchy toppled by coup
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July 241917Beginning of Mata Hari's trial
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July 251814American advance into Canada halted by British troops
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July 261956Suez Canal seized
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July 271996Terrorist attack at Atlanta Olympics
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July 281914Beginning of World War I
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July 291958National Aeronautics and Space Administration established
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July 301898Death of Otto von Bismarck
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July 311971Lunar Roving Vehicle first used on the Moon