Wednesday, July 15, 2015

History for July 15

History for July 15 - On-This-Day.com
Rembrandt Van Rijn 1606, Clive Cussler 1931, Alex Karras 1935 


Jan-Michael Vincent 1944, Linda Ronstadt 1946, Forest Whitaker 1961 


1916 - In Seattle, WA, Pacific Aero Products was incorporated by William Boeing. The company was later renamed Boeing Co. 


1918 - The Second Battle of the Marne began during World War I. 


1942 - The first supply flight from India to China over the 'Hump' was carried to help China's war effort. 


1958 - Five thousand U.S. Marines landed in Beirut, Lebanon, to protect the pro-Western government. The troops withdrew October 25, 1958. 


1968 - ABC-TV premiered "One Life to Live". 


1987 - Taiwan ended thirty-seven years of martial law. 


2006 - The social networking service Twitter was launched. 


2009 - "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" was released in theaters in the U.S. It was the sixth movie in the series. 

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