July 15 in history
Events on July 15
Notable events that happened on July 15 in past years.
- 2018
France win their second World Cup title, defeating Croatia 4–2.
Wikipedia article: France national football team - 2009
Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 crashes near Jannatabad, Qazvin, Iran, killing 168.
Wikipedia article: Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 - 2002
"American Taliban" John Walker Lindh pleads guilty to supplying aid to the enemy and possession of explosives during the commission of a felony.
Wikipedia article: Taliban - 1983
An attack at Orly Airport in Paris is launched by Armenian militant organisation ASALA, leaving eight people dead and 55 injured.
Wikipedia article: 1983 Orly Airport attack - 1975
Space Race: Apollo–Soyuz Test Project features the dual launch of an Apollo spacecraft and a Soyuz spacecraft on the first Soviet-United States human-crewed flight. It was the last launch of both an Apollo spacecraft, and the Saturn family of rockets.
Wikipedia article: Space Race - 1955
Eighteen Nobel laureates sign the Mainau Declaration against nuclear weapons, later co-signed by thirty-four others.
Wikipedia article: Nobel Prize - 1927
Massacre of July 15, 1927: Eighty-nine protesters are killed by Austrian police in Vienna.
Wikipedia article: July Revolt of 1927 - 1916
In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing).
Wikipedia article: Seattle - 1870
Canadian Confederation: 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.
Wikipedia article: Canadian Confederation - 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.
Wikipedia article: Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1806
Pike Expedition: United States Army Lieutenant Zebulon Pike begins an expedition from Fort Bellefontaine near St. Louis, Missouri, to explore the west.
Wikipedia article: Pike Expedition - 1741
Aleksei Chirikov sights land in Southeast Alaska. He sends men ashore in a longboat, making them the first Europeans to visit Alaska.
Wikipedia article: Aleksei Chirikov - 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.
Wikipedia article: Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War - 1149
The reconstructed Church of the Holy Sepulchre is consecrated in Jerusalem.
- 484 BC
Dedication of the Temple of Castor and Pollux in ancient Rome.
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0