Historical Events In July - 15

1975  On July - 15 soyuz 19 & Apollo 18 launched; rendezvous 2 days later  

1975  The US and USSR launch the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project spacecraft on this day in history.  

1975  On July - 15 charles Weidman, US dancer/choreographer (Fables for Our Time), dies  

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

1976  Paul William Gallico, writer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

1977  On July - 15 konstantin Fedin, writer, dies  

1980  Eddie Jackson comedian (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 84 on July - 15.  

1980  Eddie Jackson, comedian (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 84 on this day in history.  

1982  On July - 15 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  On this day in history senate confirms George Shultz as 60th sec of state by vote of 97-0  

1982  Wendy Caulfield first Green River victim, found near Seattle on July - 15.  

1982  On this day in history donald Beard, cricketer (4 Tests for NZ 1952-56), dies  

1983  8 killed, 54 wounded, by Armenian extremists bomb at Orly, France on this day in history.  

1983  Eddie Foy Jr actor (Eddie-Fair Exchange), dies of cancer at 78 on July - 15.  

1983  Eddie Foy Jr, actor (Eddie-Fair Exchange), dies of cancer at 78 on July - 15.  

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

1986  Florence Halop actress (Florence-Night Court), dies at 63 on July - 15.  

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  Troy Dixon rapper (Trouble T-Roy of Heavy D), dies at 22 from a fall on this day in history.  

1991  On July - 15 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 July - 15.  

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 this day in history.  

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 July - 15.  

2014  On July - 15 20 people are killed & 100 are injured after a train derails in Moscow  

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

2017  On July - 15 australian Justine Damond killed by Minneapolis police officer after calling 911 for a disturbance  

2018  On July - 15 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  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 on this day in history.  

2018  Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Novak Đoković wins his 4th Wimbledon title beating South African Kevin Anderson 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 on July - 15.  

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1273  Ewostatewos, Ethiopian monk and religious leader (d. 1352) was born on July - 15.  

1353  On this day in history birth of vladimir the Bold, Russian prince (d. 1410)  

1458  On this day in history birth of juan Ponce de Leon, Spanish Explorer (d. 1521)  

1471  Eskender, Emperor of Ethiopia (d. 1494) was born on July - 15.  

1553  On July - 15 birth of archduke Ernest of Austria (d. 1595)  

1573  On July - 15 birth of inigo Jones, London, architect (restored St Paul's Cathedral)  

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  Constantius II, emperor of Byzantium, dies at 37 on this day in history.  

1085  On July - 15 robert Guiscard, Duke of Apulia & Calabria, dies at 70  

1262  On July - 15 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  On July - 15 rudolf I, King of Germany & Holy Roman Empire, dies  

1381  Death of John Ball, English priest/ideologist of Boer uprising, hanged on this day in history.  

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

1410  On this day in history death of ulrich von Jungingen, German Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (killed in battle) (b. 1360)