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What happend on 15. July in History
In our data base we found 337 events happened on 15. July:
• 1085: Robert Guiscard, Norman adventurer (b. 1015) [category: Deaths]
• 1099: First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final assault of a difficult siege. [category: Events]
• 1149: The reconstructed Church of the Holy Sepulchre is consecrated in Jerusalem. [category: Events]
• 1207: King John of England expels Canterbury monks for supporting Archbishop Stephen Langton. [category: Events]
• 1240: Swedish–Novgorodian Wars: a Novgorodian army led by Alexander Nevsky defeats the Swedes in the Battle of the Neva. [category: Events]
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• 1262: Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester, English soldier (b. 1222) [category: Deaths]
• 1273: Ewostatewos, Ethiopian monk and religious leader (d. 1352) [category: Births]
• 1274: Bonaventure, Italian theologian and saint (b. 1221) [category: Deaths]
• 1291: Rudolph I of Germany (b. 1218) [category: Deaths]
• 1353: Vladimir the Bold, Russian prince (d. 1410) [category: Births]
• 1381: John Ball, English priest (b. 1338) [category: Deaths]
• 1381: John Ball, a leader in the Peasants' Revolt, is hanged, drawn and quartered in the presence of King Richard II of England. [category: Events]
• 1406: William, Duke of Austria (b. 1370) [category: Deaths]
• 1410: Ulrich von Jungingen, German knight (b. 1360) [category: Deaths]
• 1410: Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War: Battle of Grunwald – the allied forces of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeat the army of the Teutonic Order. [category: Events]
• 1471: Eskender, Ethiopian emperor (d. 1494) [category: Births]
• 1521: Juan Ponce de León, Spanish explorer, 1st Governor of Puerto Rico (b. 1458) [category: Deaths]
• 1544: René of Châlon (b. 1519) [category: Deaths]
• 1553: Archduke Ernest of Austria (d. 1595) [category: Births]
• 1571: Shimazu Takahisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1514) [category: Deaths]
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• 1573: Inigo Jones, English architect, designed the Queen's House (d. 1652) [category: Births]
• 1606: Rembrandt, Dutch painter (d. 1669) [category: Births]
• 1609: Annibale Carracci, Italian painter (b. 1560) [category: Deaths]
• 1614: Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme, French historian and biographer (b. 1540) [category: Deaths]
• 1631: Jens Juel, Danish diplomat (d. 1700) [category: Births]
• 1638: Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani, Italian composer and violinist (d. 1693) [category: Births]
• 1653: Agostino Steffani, Italian ecclesiastic, diplomat, and composer (d. 1728) [category: Births]
• 1655: Girolamo Rainaldi, Italian architect (b. 1570) [category: Deaths]
• 1685: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth (b. 1649) [category: Deaths]
• 1685: Monmouth Rebellion: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth is executed at Tower Hill, England after his defeat at the Battle of Sedgemoor on 6 July 1685. [category: Events]
• 1704: August Gottlieb Spangenberg, German religious leader (d. 1792) [category: Births]
• 1737: Princess Louise Marie of France (d. 1787) [category: Births]
• 1741: Aleksei Chirikov sights land in Southeast Alaska. He sends men ashore in a longboat, making them the first Europeans to visit Alaska. [category: Events]
• 1750: Vasily Tatishchev, Russian statesman (b. 1686) [category: Deaths]
• 1765: Charles-André van Loo, French painter (b. 1705) [category: Deaths]
• 1767: Michael Bruce, Scottish poet (b. 1746) [category: Deaths]
• 1779: Clement Clarke Moore, American educator, author, and poet (d. 1863) [category: Births]
• 1789: Jacques Duphly, French composer (b. 1715) [category: Deaths]
• 1789: Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, is named by acclamation Colonel General of the new National Guard of Paris. [category: Events]
• 1796: Thomas Bulfinch, American writer (d. 1867) [category: Births]
• 1799: Reuben Chapman, American lawyer and politician (d. 1882) [category: Births]
• 1799: The Rosetta Stone is found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard during Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign. [category: Events]
• 1806: Pike expedition: United States Army Lieutenant Zebulon Pike begins an expedition from Fort Bellefontaine near St. Louis, Missouri, to explore the west. [category: Events]
• 1808: Henry Edward Manning, English archbishop and cardinal (d. 1892) [category: Births]
• 1812: James Hope-Scott, English lawyer (d. 1873) [category: Births]
• 1815: Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon Bonaparte surrenders aboard HMS Bellerophon. [category: Events]
• 1817: Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet, British railway engineer (d. 1898) [category: Births]
• 1823: A fire destroys the ancient Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome, Italy. [category: Events]
• 1828: Jean-Antoine Houdon, French sculptor (b. 1741) [category: Deaths]
• 1837: Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (d. 1859) [category: Births]
• 1838: Ralph Waldo Emerson delivers the Divinity School Address at Harvard Divinity School, discounting Biblical miracles and declaring Jesus a great man, but not God. The Protestant community reacts with outrage. [category: Events]
• 1839: Winthrop Mackworth Praed, English poet (b. 1802) [category: Deaths]
• 1844: Claude Charles Fauriel, French historian (b. 1772) [category: Deaths]
• 1848: Vilfredo Pareto, Italian economist and sociologist (d. 1923) [category: Births]
• 1850: Francesca S. Cabrini, Italian-American nun and saint (d. 1917) [category: Births]
• 1851: Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian writer (d. 1889) [category: Births]
• 1857: Carl Czerny, Austrian composer (b. 1791) [category: Deaths]
• 1858: Emmeline Pankhurst, English activist (d. 1928) [category: Births]
• 1864: Marie Tempest, English actress and singer (d. 1942) [category: Births]
• 1865: Wilhelm Wirtinger, Austrian mathematician (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1867: Jean-Baptiste Charcot, French scientist and medical doctor (d. 1936) [category: Births]
• 1870: Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov, Russian journalist and politician (d. 1922) [category: Births]
• 1870: Reconstruction Era of the United States: Georgia becomes the last of the former Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union. [category: Events]
• 1870: Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory are transferred to Canada from the Hudson's Bay Company, and the province of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories are established from these vast territories. [category: Events]
• 1871: Kunikida Doppo, Japanese writer (d. 1908) [category: Births]
• 1871: Tad Lincoln, American son of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1858) [category: Deaths]
• 1885: Rosalía de Castro, Spanish writer and poet (b. 1837) [category: Deaths]
• 1888: The stratovolcano Mount Bandai erupts killing approximately 500 people, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. [category: Events]
• 1890: Gottfried Keller, Swiss writer (b. 1819) [category: Deaths]
• 1892: Walter Benjamin, German critic and writer (d. 1940) [category: Births]
• 1893: Dick Rauch, American football player and coach (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1893: Enid Bennett, Australian actress (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1894: Tadeusz Sendzimir, Polish-American engineer and inventor (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1898: Jean-Baptiste Salpointe, French-American Archbishop (d. 1825) [category: Deaths]
• 1899: Seán Lemass, Irish politician (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1902: Jean Rey, Belgian politician, 2nd President of the European Commission (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1903: Kumaraswami Kamaraj, Indian politician (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1904: Rudolf Arnheim, German-born American author and psychologist (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1904: Anton Chekhov, Russian writer (b. 1860) [category: Deaths]
• 1905: Dorothy Fields, American composer (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1906: Rudolf Uhlenhaut, England-German engineer (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1910: Ken Lynch, American actor (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1910: In his book Clinical Psychiatry, Emil Kraepelin gives a name to Alzheimer's disease, naming it after his colleague Alois Alzheimer. [category: Events]
• 1911: Edward Shackleton, Baron Shackleton, English geographer and politician (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1913: Abraham Sutzkever, Russian poet (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1913: Cowboy Copas, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1914: Akhtar Hameed Khan, Pakistani activist and scientist (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1914: Hammond Innes, English writer (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1914: Howard Vernon, Swiss actor (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1915: Albert Ghiorso, American scientist (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1916: In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing). [category: Events]
• 1918: Bertram Brockhouse, Canadian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1918: Joan Roberts, American actress (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1918: Nur Muhammad Taraki, Afghan journalist and politician (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1918: World War I: the Second Battle of the Marne begins near the River Marne with a German attack. [category: Events]
• 1919: Fritz Langanke, German SS lieutenant (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1919: Iris Murdoch, Irish philosopher (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1919: Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852) [category: Deaths]
• 1920: The Polish Parliament establishes Silesian Voivodeship before the Polish-German plebiscite. [category: Events]
• 1921: Henri Colpi, French director (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1921: Jack Beeson, American composer (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1921: Robert Bruce Merrifield, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1922: Leon M. Lederman, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1925: Philip Carey, American actor (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1926: Driss Chraïbi, Moroccan novelist (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1926: Leopoldo Galtieri, Argentine dictator (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1927: Gloria Pall, American actress (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1927: Joe Turkel, American actor [category: Births]
• 1927: Nan Martin, American actress (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1927: Massacre of July 15, 1927: 89 protesters are killed by the Austrian police in Vienna. [category: Events]
• 1928: Carl Woese, American microbiologist [category: Births]
• 1929: Charles Anthony, American tenor (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1929: Francis Bebey, Cameroonian-French guitarist and author (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1929: Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian writer (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
• 1930: Jacques Derrida, French philosopher (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1930: Richard Garneau, French-Canadian journalist [category: Births]
• 1930: Stephen Smale, American mathematician [category: Births]
• 1930: Leopold Auer, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1845) [category: Deaths]
• 1930: Rudolph Schildkraut, Istanbul-American actor (b. 1862) [category: Deaths]
• 1931: Clive Cussler, American novelist [category: Births]
• 1931: Eduardo Camet, Argentine fencer (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1931: Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian economist (b. 1868) [category: Deaths]
• 1932: Ed Litzenberger, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1932: Paulo Moura, Brazilian clarinetist and saxophonist (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1932: Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven, South African politician and writer (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
• 1933: Guido Crepax, Italian writer and illustrator (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1933: Julian Bream, English guitarist and lutenist [category: Births]
• 1933: Freddie Keppard, American cornetist (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1933: Irving Babbitt, American critic (b. 1865) [category: Deaths]
• 1934: Harrison Birtwistle, English composer [category: Births]
• 1934: Risto Jarva, Finnish director and producer (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1935: Alex Karras, American football player, wrestler, and actor (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1935: Donn Clendenon, American baseball player (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1935: Ken Kercheval, American actor [category: Births]
• 1935: Thilakan, Indian actor (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1936: George Voinovich, American politician [category: Births]
• 1938: Barry Goldwater, Jr., American politician [category: Births]
• 1938: Ernie Barnes, American painter and football player (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1939: Aníbal Cavaco Silva, Portuguese politician [category: Births]
• 1939: Patrick Wayne, American actor [category: Births]
• 1940: Ronald Gene Simmons, American murderer (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1940: Donald Calthrop, English actor (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1940: Eugen Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist (b. 1857) [category: Deaths]
• 1940: Robert Wadlow, American tallest person in the world (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: Denis Héroux, Canadian director and producer [category: Births]
• 1942: Mil Máscaras, Mexican wrestler and actor [category: Births]
• 1942: Wenceslao Vinzons, Filipino politician and resistance leader (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1943: Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Irish astrophysicist [category: Births]
• 1944: Jan-Michael Vincent, American actor [category: Births]
• 1944: Millie Jackson, American singer-songwriter and comedian [category: Births]
• 1944: Marie-Victorin, Canadian botanist (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: Jürgen Möllemann, German politician (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1946: Hassanal Bolkiah, Bruneian sultan [category: Births]
• 1946: Linda Ronstadt, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (Stone Poneys and Free Creek) [category: Births]
• 1946: Razor Smith, English cricketer (b. 1877) [category: Deaths]
• 1947: Peter Banks, English guitarist and songwriter (Yes, The Syn, and Flash) [category: Births]
• 1947: Walter Donaldson, American songwriter (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Alicia Bridges, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1948: Artimus Pyle, American drummer and songwriter (Lynyrd Skynyrd) [category: Births]
• 1948: Dimosthenis Kourtovik, Greek writer, critic, and anthropologist [category: Births]
• 1948: John J. Pershing, American general (b. 1860) [category: Deaths]
• 1949: Carl Bildt, Swedish politician [category: Births]
• 1949: Richard Russo, American novelist [category: Births]
• 1949: Trevor Horn, English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (The Buggles, Art of Noise, and Producers) [category: Births]
• 1950: Arianna Huffington, Greek-American author and columnist, founded The Huffington Post [category: Births]
• 1950: Colin Barnett, Australian politician [category: Births]
• 1951: Gregory Isaacs, Jamaican singer-songwriter (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1951: Jesse Ventura, American wrestler, actor, and politician, 38th Governor of Minnesota [category: Births]
• 1952: Celia Imrie, English actress [category: Births]
• 1952: Johnny Thunders, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (New York Dolls and The Heartbreakers) (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1952: Judy McGrath, American television executive [category: Births]
• 1952: Terry O'Quinn, American actor [category: Births]
• 1953: Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haitian priest and politician and 49th and 53rd President of Haiti [category: Births]
• 1953: John Denham, English politician [category: Births]
• 1953: Geevarghese Mar Ivanios, Indian bishop, founder of the Order of the Imitation of Christ (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 1954: Giorgos Kaminis, Greek politician [category: Births]
• 1954: Jeff Jarvis, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1954: Mario Kempes, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1954: Tarak Dhiab, Tunisian footballer [category: Births]
• 1954: First flight of the Boeing 367-80, prototype for both the Boeing 707 and C-135 series. [category: Events]
• 1955: Eighteen Nobel laureates sign the Mainau Declaration against nuclear weapons, later co-signed by thirty-four others. [category: Events]
• 1956: Barry Melrose, Canadian ice hockey coach and commentator [category: Births]
• 1956: Ian Curtis, English singer-songwriter (Joy Division) (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1956: Joe Satriani, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Chickenfoot and The Greg Kihn Band) [category: Births]
• 1956: Marky Ramone, American drummer and songwriter (Ramones, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, and Misfits) [category: Births]
• 1956: Wayne Taylor, South African race car driver [category: Births]
• 1957: James M. Cox, American politician (b. 1870) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: Vasily Maklakov, Russian politician (b. 1869) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: Gary Heale, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1958: Mac Thornberry, American politician [category: Births]
• 1958: Julia Lennon, English mother of John Lennon (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1959: Shep Pettibone, American DJ, producer, and songwriter [category: Births]
• 1959: Vincent Lindon, French actor [category: Births]
• 1959: Ernest Bloch, Swiss composer (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 1959: Vance Palmer, Australian novelist and critic (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
• 1959: The steel strike of 1959 begins, leading to significant importation of foreign steel for the first time in United States history. [category: Events]
• 1960: Kim Alexis, American model and actress [category: Births]
• 1960: Willie Aames, American actor [category: Births]
• 1960: Lawrence Tibbett, American singer and actor (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: Set Persson, Swedish politician (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1961: Forest Whitaker, American actor [category: Births]
• 1961: Jean-Christophe Grangé, French journalist and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1961: Lolita Davidovich, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1961: Scott Ritter, American weapons inspector [category: Births]
• 1961: John Edward Brownlee, Canadian politician (b. 1884) [category: Deaths]
• 1962: Nikos Filippou, Greek basketball player [category: Births]
• 1962: Steve Brown, American darts player [category: Births]
• 1963: Brigitte Nielsen, Danish model, actress, and singer [category: Births]
• 1963: Steve Thomas, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1964: Thomas Cooke, American soccer player (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
• 1965: David Miliband, English politician [category: Births]
• 1965: Eleftherios Fotiadis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1965: Francis Cherry, American politician (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Dimitris P. Kraniotis, Greek poet [category: Births]
• 1966: Irène Jacob, French-Swiss actress [category: Births]
• 1966: Jason Bonham, English singer-songwriter and drummer (Bonham, Damnocracy, and Black Country Communion) [category: Births]
• 1966: Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnam begin Operation Hastings to push the North Vietnamese out of the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone. [category: Events]
• 1967: Adam Savage, American actor and designer [category: Births]
• 1968: Eddie Griffin, American comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1968: Stan Kirsch, American actor [category: Births]
• 1970: Jim Rash, American actor and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1971: Danijela Martinović, Croatian singer [category: Births]
• 1972: Beth Ostrosky Stern, American model and actress [category: Births]
• 1972: Scott Foley, American actor [category: Births]
• 1972: Yao Defen, Chinese giant (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1973: Brian Austin Green, American actor [category: Births]
• 1973: Buju Banton, Jamaican singer [category: Births]
• 1973: John Dolmayan, Lebanese-American drummer and songwriter (System of a Down and Scars on Broadway) [category: Births]
• 1973: Kris Holm, Canadian unicyclist [category: Births]
• 1974: Chot Ulep, Filipino bassist and songwriter [category: Births]
• 1974: Chris Taylor, Australian comedian, writer, and radio host [category: Births]
• 1974: Marilita Lambropoulou, Greek actress [category: Births]
• 1974: Christine Chubbuck, American journalist (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: In Nicosia, Cyprus, Greek Junta-sponsored nationalists launch a coup d'état, deposing President Makarios and installing Nikos Sampson as Cypriot president. [category: Events]
• 1975: Ben Pepper, Australian basketball player [category: Births]
• 1975: Heather Nedohin, Canadian curler [category: Births]
• 1975: Kara Drew, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1975: Space Race: Apollo–Soyuz Test Project features the dual launch of an Apollo spacecraft and a Soyuz spacecraft on the first joint Soviet-United States human-crewed flight. It was both the last launch of an Apollo spacecraft, and the Saturn family of rockets. [category: Events]
• 1976: Diane Kruger, German actress and model [category: Births]
• 1976: Gabriel Iglesias, American stand-up comedian [category: Births]
• 1976: Jim Jones, American rapper and actor (The Diplomats) [category: Births]
• 1976: Steve Cunningham, American boxer [category: Births]
• 1977: André Nel, South African cricketer [category: Births]
• 1977: Faraz Anwar, Pakistani guitarist (Mizraab) [category: Births]
• 1977: John St. Clair, American football player [category: Births]
• 1977: Kitana Baker, American model and actress [category: Births]
• 1977: Lana Parrilla, American actress [category: Births]
• 1977: Ray Toro, American guitarist (My Chemical Romance) [category: Births]
• 1977: Donald Mackay, Australian activist (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Miguel Olivo, Dominican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Alexander Frei, Swiss footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Laura Benanti, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1979: Renata Kučerová, Czech tennis player [category: Births]
• 1979: Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Mexican politician, 29th President of Mexico (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: U.S. President Jimmy Carter gives his so-called "malaise" speech, where he characterizes the greatest threat to the country as "this crisis in the growing doubt about the meaning of our own lives and in the loss of a unity of purpose for our nation". [category: Events]
• 1980: Jasper Pääkkönen, Finnish actor and producer [category: Births]
• 1980: Jonathan Cheechoo, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1980: Kelli Martin, American fashion designer [category: Births]
• 1980: Mike Zambidis, Greek kick-boxer [category: Births]
• 1980: Reggie Abercrombie, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1980: A massive storm tears through western Wisconsin, causing US$160 million in damage. [category: Events]
• 1981: Alou Diarra, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Marius Stankevičius, Lithuanian footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Alan Pérez, Spanish cyclist [category: Births]
• 1982: Neemia Tialata, New Zealand rugby player [category: Births]
• 1982: Bill Justis, American musician, songwriter, and producer (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Heath Slater, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1983: Nelson Merlo, Brazilian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1983: A terrorist attack is launched by Armenian militant organisation ASALA at the Paris-Orly Airport in Paris; it leaves 8 people dead and 55 injured. [category: Events]
• 1983: The Nintendo Entertainment System, the best-selling game console of its time, is released in Japan. [category: Events]
• 1984: Alex Boyd, Scottish photographer [category: Births]
• 1984: Angelo Siniscalchi, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Vice Cooler, American singer-songwriter and musician (Hawnay Troof and XBXRX) [category: Births]
• 1985: Burak Yılmaz, Turkish footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Chris Tiu, Filipino basketball player and politician [category: Births]
• 1986: Tyler Kennedy, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1986: Billy Haughton, American driver and trainer (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Alisa Kleybanova, Russian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1989: Anthony Randolph, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1989: Steven Jahn, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Tristan Wilds, American actor [category: Births]
• 1989: Laurie Cunningham, English footballer (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: J.B. Gaynor, American actor [category: Births]
• 1990: Zach Bogosian, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1990: Margaret Lockwood, English actress (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Derrick Favors, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1991: Bert Convy, American actor (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Koharu Kusumi, Japanese singer and actress (Morning Musume and Dream Morning Musume) [category: Births]
• 1992: Porter Robinson, American DJ and producer [category: Births]
• 1992: Chingiz Mustafayev, Azerbaijani journalist and author (b. 1960) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Hammer DeRoburt, Nauruan politician, 1st President of Nauru (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Bobby Kent, American murder victim (b. 1973) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: David Brian, American actor (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Mason Bennett, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1996: Dana Hill, American actress (b. 1964) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: A Belgian Air Force C-130 Hercules carrying the Royal Netherlands Army marching band crashes on landing at Eindhoven Airport. [category: Events]
• 1997: Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer, founded Versace (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: In Miami, Florida, serial killer Andrew Cunanan guns down Gianni Versace outside his home. [category: Events]
• 2000: Louis Quilico, Canadian opera singer (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 2003: Roberto Bolaño, Chilean writer (b. 1953) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Tex Schramm, American businessman and manager (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape. The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day. [category: Events]
• 2006: Robert H. Brooks, American businessman, founder of Hooters and Naturally Fresh, Inc. (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: György Kolonics, Hungarian canoer (b. 1972) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Karl Unterkircher, Italian mountaineer (b. 1970) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Natalya Estemirova, Russian journalist and activist (b. 1958) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 crashes in northwestern Iran, killing all 153 aboard. [category: Events]
• 2010: James E. Akins, American politician (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Googie Withers, English actress (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Boris Cebotari, Moldovan footballer (b. 1975) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Celeste Holm, American actress (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: David Fraser, English army officer (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Grant Feasel, American football player (b. 1960) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Manuel Eguiguren Galarraga, Spanish bishop (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Tsilla Chelton, French actress (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Yoichi Takabayashi, Japanese director (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• _: Abhai (Syriac Orthodox Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Bonaventure [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Dispersion of the apostles [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Donald of Ogilvy [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which Birthday of Don Luis Muñoz Rivera can fall, while July 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Monday of July. (Puerto Rico) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which Galla Bayramy can fall, while July 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Sunday of July. (Turkmenistan) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which Marine Day can fall, while July 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Monday of July. (Japan) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which President's Day can fall, while July 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Monday of July. (Botswana) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Editha [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Elderly Men Day (Kiribati) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Festival of Castor and Pollux (Roman Empire) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Festival of Santa Rosalia (Palermo, Sicily) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: July 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Plechelm [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Quiricus and Julietta [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Sultan's Birthday (Brunei Darussalam) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Swithun [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Vladimir the Great (Eastern Orthodox; Catholic Church) [category: Holidays and observances]