History for July 15 - On-This-Day.com
Rembrandt Van Rijn 1606, Dorothy Fields 1905, Richard W. Armour 1906
Clive Cussler 1931, Alex Karras 1935, Linda Ronstadt 1946
1099 - Jerusalem fell to the Crusaders.
1789 - The electors of Paris set up a "Commune" to live without the authority of the government.
1806 - Lieutenant Zebulon Pike began his western expedition from Fort Belle Fountaine, near St. Louis, MO.
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.
1971 - U.S. President Nixon announced he would visit the People's Republic of China to seek a "normalization of relations."
2006 - The social networking service Twitter was launched.
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