What are the important events that happened on July 15? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
July 15: Facts & Myths About This Day
July 15 is the 197th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 169 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 2, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,683,360 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaenneacontaheptagon’ day.
Cancer is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 198 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,224 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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July 15 Historical Events
- 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.
- 1741 –Alexei Chirikov sights land in Southeast Alaska. He sends men ashore in a longboat, making them the first Europeans to visit Alaska.
- 1789 –Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette, is named by acclamation colonel-general of the new National Guard of Paris.
- 1799 –The Rosetta Stone is found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard during Napoleon’s Egyptian Campaign.
- 1823 –A fire destroys the ancient Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome.
- 1955 –Eighteen Nobel laureates sign the Mainau Declaration against nuclear weapons, later co-signed by thirty-four others.
- 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” but in which he never uses the word malaise
- 1996 –A Belgian Air Force C-130 Hercules carrying the Royal Netherlands Army marching band crashes on landing at Eindhoven Airport.
- 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.
- 2003 –AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape Communications Corporation. The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day.
Who were born on July 15?
- 1471 –Eskender, Emperor of Ethiopia (d. 1494)
- 1865 –Wilhelm Wirtinger, Austrian mathematician (d. 1945)
- 1934 –Harrison Birtwistle, English composer
- 1938 –Barry Goldwater Jr., American politician
- 1945 –Jürgen Möllemann, German politician (d. 2003)
- 1971 –Danijela, Croatian singer
- 1973 –John Dolmayan, Lebanese-born American drummer (System of a Down)
- 1974 –Marilita Lambropoulou, Greek actress
- 1976 –Jim Jones, American rapper
- 1984 –Vice Cooler, American singer-songwriter (Hawnay Troof, Xbxrx)
Who died on July 15?
- 1521 –Juan Ponce de León, Spanish explorer (b. 1458)
- 1750 –Vasily Tatishchev, Russian statesman (b. 1686)
- 1767 –Michael Bruce, Scottish poet (b. 1746)
- 1839 –Winthrop Mackworth Praed, English poet (b. 1802)
- 1857 –Carl Czerny, Austrian composer (b. 1791)
- 1871 –Tad Lincoln, son of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln (b. 1858)
- 1930 –Leopold Auer, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1845)
- 1947 –Walter Donaldson, American songwriter (b. 1893)
- 1989 –Laurie Cunningham, English footballer (b. 1956)
- 1992 –Hammer DeRoburt, first President of Nauru (b. 1922)
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