July 15

July 15 is the 196th day (197th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 169 days remaining.

Events

• 1410 - Battle of Tannenberg (a.k.a. Grunwald or Zalgiris), power of the Teutonic Knights broken
• 1975 - Apollo and Soyuz spacecraft take off for U.S.-Soviet link-up in space.

Births

• 1573 - Inigo Jones, architect
• 1606 - Rembrandt, artist (+ 1669)
• 1848 - Vilfredo Pareto, economist and sociologist (+ 1923)
• 1865 - Alfred Charles William Northcliffe[?], newspaper publisher (+ 1922)
• 1892 - Walter Benjamin, literary critic and writer (+ 1940)
• 1902 - Jean Ray, politician, President of the European Commission 1967-1970 (+ 1983)
• 1919 - Iris Murdoch, writer (+ 1999)
• 1928 - Carl Woese, microbiologist
• 1931 - Clive Cussler[?], author
• 1934 - Harrison Birtwistle, composer
• 1945 - Jürgen Möllemann, German politician
• 1946 - Linda Ronstadt, singer
• 1949 - Carl Bildt, politician
• 1951 - Jesse Ventura, professional wrestler, governor of Minnesota
• 1961 - Forest Whitaker[?], actor
• 1966 - Irène Jacob, actress

Deaths

• 1828 - Jean Antoine Houdon, sculptor
• 1948 - John J. Pershing[?], American General
• 1959 - Billie Holiday, jazz and blues singer
• 1997 - Gianni Versace[?], fashion designer

Holidays and observances

• Botswana - President's Day
• Brunei - Birthday of the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam
• Palermo, Sicily - Festival of Santa Rosalia
• Saint Swithun's feast day (Anglican Church)

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