Historical Events In July - 15

1975  Soyuz 19 & Apollo 18 launched; rendezvous 2 days later on this day in history.   

1975  On July - 15 the US and USSR launch the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project spacecraft   

1975  Charles Weidman, US dancer/choreographer (Fables for Our Time), dies on this day in history.   

1976  36-hr kidnap of 26 schoolchildren & their bus driver in Calif on this day in history.   

1976  On July - 15 paul William Gallico, writer, dies at 78   

1977  Konstantin Fedin, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1980  On July - 15 eddie Jackson comedian (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 84   

1980  On July - 15 eddie Jackson, comedian (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 84   

1982  On this day in history body of Wendy Caulfield, first Green River victim, found near Seattle   

1982  Columbia flies to Kennedy Space Center via Dyess AFB, Texas on July - 15.   

1982  Senate confirms George Shultz as 60th sec of state by vote of 97-0 on July - 15.   

1982  Wendy Caulfield first Green River victim, found near Seattle on this day in history.   

1982  On July - 15 donald Beard, cricketer (4 Tests for NZ 1952-56), dies   

1983  On July - 15 8 killed, 54 wounded, by Armenian extremists bomb at Orly, France   

1983  On this day in history eddie Foy Jr actor (Eddie-Fair Exchange), dies of cancer at 78   

1983  On this day in history eddie Foy Jr, actor (Eddie-Fair Exchange), dies of cancer at 78   

1986  On July - 15 benny Rubin actor/comedian (Benny Rubin Show), dies at 87   

1986  Florence Halop actress (Florence-Night Court), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1987  John Poindexter testifies at Iran-Contra hearings on this day in history.   

1988  Eleanor Estes author (Ginger Pye, Moffats), dies at 82 on July - 15.   

1990  On this day in history troy Dixon rapper (Trouble T-Roy of Heavy D), dies at 22 from a fall   

1991  On this day in history bert Convy actor (Snoop Sisters, Win Lose or Draw), dies at 57   

1991  On July - 15 uS troops leave northern Iraq   

2007  Brazil defeats Argentina 3-0 in the Copa América 2007 Final on this day in history.   

2007  In Tacoma, Washington, the second span of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge opens to traffic, making it the longest twin suspension bridge in the world on July - 15.   

2009  A 7.9 Magnitude earquake regiers 160km we of Invercargill, New Zealand, creating a small tsunami on July - 15.   

2012  39 pilgrims are killed in a bus crash in Parasi, Nepal on July - 15.   

2013  13 people are killed by a car bomb in Deir Atiyah, Syria on this day in history.   

2014  20 people are killed & 100 are injured after a train derails in Moscow on this day in history.   

2017  124th Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Garbine Muguruza beats Venus Williams (7-5, 6-0) on July - 15.   

2017  Australian Justine Damond killed by Minneapolis police officer after calling 911 for a disturbance on this day in history.   

2018  On this day in history filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao stops WBA welterweight champion Lucas Matthysse in 7 in Kuala Lumpur for his first knockout in 9 years and 60th career victory   

2018  On July - 15 fIFA World Cup Final: Former captain Didier Deschamps becomes only the third man to win the event as a player and coach as France beats Croatia 4-2 in Moscow   

2018  On this day in history wimbledon Men's Tennis: Novak Đoković wins his 4th Wimbledon title beating South African Kevin Anderson 6-2, 6-2, 7-6   

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1273  On this day in history birth of ewostatewos, Ethiopian monk and religious leader (d. 1352)   

1353  Vladimir the Bold, Russian prince (d. 1410) was born on July - 15.   

1458  On July - 15 birth of juan Ponce de Leon, Spanish Explorer (d. 1521)   

1471  On this day in history birth of eskender, Emperor of Ethiopia (d. 1494)   

1553  Archduke Ernest of Austria (d. 1595) was born on July - 15.   

1573  Inigo Jones, London, architect (restored St Paul's Cathedral) was born on July - 15.   

1606  On this day in history birth of rembrandt van Rijn, Leiden Netherlands, painter (Night Watch)   

1606  On this day in history birth of rembrandt, Dutch artist (d. 1669)   

0668  On July - 15 constantius II, emperor of Byzantium, dies at 37   

1085  On this day in history robert Guiscard, Duke of Apulia & Calabria, dies at 70   

1262  On this day in history death of richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (b. 1222)   

1274  John F Bonaventura, Ital/French theologist/dominican/saint, dies on this day in history.   

1291  Rudolf I, King of Germany & Holy Roman Empire, dies on July - 15.   

1381  On this day in history death of john Ball, English priest/ideologist of Boer uprising, hanged   

1406  On this day in history death of duke William of Austria (b. c.1370)   

1410  Death of Ulrich von Jungingen, German Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (killed in battle) (b. 1360) on July - 15.