History for July 15 - On-This-Day.com:
Rembrandt Van Rijn 1606, Dorothy Fields 1905, Clive Cussler 1931
Linda Ronstadt 1946, Forest Whitaker 1961, Brigitte Nielsen 1963 - Actress
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.
1942 - The first supply flight from India to China over the 'Hump' was carried to help China's war effort.
1968 - ABC-TV premiered "One Life to Live".
1968 - Commercial air travel began between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R., when the first plane, a Soviet Aeroflot jet, landed at Kennedy International Airport in New York.
2006 - The social networking service Twitter was launched.
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