Today is July 15
Be a Dork Day
I Love Horses Day
Woodie Wagon Day
Shark Awareness Day
Winnie-the-Pooh Day
Respect Canada Day
Cow Appreciation Day
National Personal Chef’s Day
Toss Away the “Could Haves” and “Should Haves” Day
Food Holidays – July 15
National Tapioca Pudding Day
Vanilla Bean Tapioca Pudding
http://arcticgardenstudio.blogspot.kr/2011/12/vanilla-bean-tapioca-pudding.html
Vanilla Tapioca Pudding
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/131308145358898411/
Gummi Worm Day
Dirty Worms Pudding
http://we-made-that.com/dirty-worms/
Today in History – Interesting Highlights
Holidays and Observances
Christian Feast Day:
Abhai (Syriac Orthodox Church)
Bonaventure
Dispersion of the apostles
Donald of Ogilvy
Editha
Plechelm
Quiricus and Julietta
Swithun
Vladimir the Great (Eastern Orthodox; Catholic Church)
July 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Earliest day on which Birthday of Don Luis Muñoz Rivera can fall, while July 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Monday of July. (Puerto Rico)
Earliest day on which Marine Day can fall, while July 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Monday of July. (Japan)
Earliest day on which President’s Day can fall, while July 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Monday of July. (Botswana)
Elderly Men Day (Kiribati)
Festival of Santa Rosalia (Palermo, Sicily)
Sultan’s Birthday (Brunei Darussalam)
In the News
1910 – In his book Clinical Psychiatry, Emil Kraepelin gives a name to Alzheimer’s disease, naming it after his colleague Alois Alzheimer.
1916 – In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing).
1918 – World War I: the Second Battle of the Marne begins near the River Marne with a German attack.
1920 – The Polish Parliament establishes Silesian Voivodeship before the Polish-German plebiscite.
1922 – Japanese Communist Party is established in Japan.
1927 – Massacre of July 15, 1927: 89 protesters are killed by the Austrian police in Vienna.
1954 – First flight of the Boeing 367-80, prototype for both the Boeing 707 and C-135 series.
1955 – Eighteen Nobel laureates sign the Mainau Declaration against nuclear weapons, later co-signed by thirty-four others.
1959 – The steel strike of 1959 begins, leading to significant importation of foreign steel for the first time in United States history.
1966 – Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnam begin Operation Hastings to push the North Vietnamese out of the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone.
1974 – In Nicosia, Cyprus, Greek Junta-sponsored nationalists launch a coup d’état, deposing President Makarios and installing Nikos Sampsonas Cypriot president.
1975 – Space Race: Apollo–Soyuz Test Project features the dual launch of an Apollo spacecraft and a Soyuz spacecraft on the first joint Soviet-United States human-crewed flight. It was both the last launch of an Apollo spacecraft, and the Saturn family of rockets.
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 wordmalaise.
1980 – A massive storm tears through western Wisconsin, causing US$160 million in damage.
1983 – Orly Airport attack is launched by Armenian militant organisation ASALA at the Paris-Orly Airport in Paris; it leaves 8 people dead and 55 injured.
1996 – A Belgian Air Force C-130 Hercules carrying the Royal Netherlands Army marching band crashes on landing at Eindhoven Airport.
1997 – In Miami, Florida, serial killer Andrew Cunanan guns down Gianni Versace outside his home.
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.
2002 – Anti-Terrorism Court of Pakistan hands down the death sentence to British born Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and life terms to three others suspected of murdering The Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.
2003 – AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape. The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day
2006 – Twitter is launched, becoming one of the largest social media platforms in the world.
Movies
Movies Released on July 15
The Black Room 1935
It Conquered the World/She Creature 1956
Kwaidan 1965 filmed in 1964 as Kaidan
Shock Waves 1977
Orca 1977
Fear 1990
Star Knight 1992 filmed in 1985 as El Caballero Del Dragón
The Bloody Ape 1997
The Hitcher II: I’ve Been Waiting 2003
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory 2005
Snakes On A Train 2006
Television
1949 - WBTV TV channel 3 in Charlotte, NC (CBS) begins broadcasting
1954 - KOCO TV channel 5 in Oklahoma City, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting
1954 - WBOC TV channel 16 in Salisbury, MD (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1955 - WNDU TV channel 16 in South Bend, IN (NBC) begins broadcasting
1963 - KAIT TV channel 8 in Jonesboro, AR (ABC) begins broadcasting
1968 - “One Life to Live” premieres on TV1996 - MSNBC begins Microsoft internet-NBC TV
Sports
1920 - Ruth ties his record of 29 HRs in a season
1960 - Balt Orioles’ Brooks Robinson goes 5 for 5 including the cycle
1973 - California Angel Nolan Ryan 2nd no-hitter beats Detroit Tigers, 6-0
1975 - All star MVP: Bill Madlock (Pittsburgh Pirates) & John Matlock (NY Mets)
1996 - After 2,216 consecutive games at shortstop, Cal Ripkin goes to 3rd
Music
1942 - Glen Miller and his band recorded “Jukebox Saturday Night.”
1952 – Patti Page made her TV debut in a summer replacement series for Perry Como.
1973 – Ray Davies announced that he was leaving The Kinks. He returned to the group within the week.
1978 - Bob Dylan performed before the largest open-air concert audience (for a single artist). About 200,000 fans turned out at Blackbushe Airport in England.
1980 - Linda Ronstadt made her dramatic debut in “The Pirates Of Penzance” at the New York Shakespeare Festival in Central Park.
1986 – Columbia Records dropped Johnny Cash after 28 years. Johnny signed with Polygram the next year.
1992 - Aretha Franklin sang the U.S. national anthem at the Democratic National Convention in New York City.
1994 - Phil Collins announced that he was seeking a divorce from his wife Jill.
1995 - Sinead O’Connor dropped out of Lollapalooza because she was pregnant. She was replaced with Elastica.
1999 – The original Drifters performed on Today on NBC-TV.
2002 – A boat captained by Bob Seger won its division in the 78th annual Port Huron-to-Mackinac Island Sailboat Race.
2002 – VH1 confirmed that it was working on a reality TV show that would follow Liza Minnelli.
2010 – In Massachusettes, Joe Perry (Aerosmith) was rear-ended by a car while riding his motorcyle. He was treated for minor injuries.
2010 - Pink suffered minor injuries during a concert when she was dragged into barricades on the stage.
2010 – The group Take That announced that Robbie Williams had rejoined the band to record their first ablum since Williams left the band 15 years before.
Famous Birthdays
1902 – Jean Rey, Belgian politician, 2nd President of the European Commission (d. 1983)
1903 – Walter D. Edmonds, American author (d. 1998)
1903 – K. Kamaraj, Indian politician (d. 1975)
1904 – Rudolf Arnheim, German-American psychologist and author (d. 2007)
1905 – Dorothy Fields, American songwriter (d. 1974)
1906 – Rudolf Uhlenhaut, English-German engineer (d. 1989)
1909 – Jean Hamburger, French physician and surgeon (d. 1992)
1910 – Ken Lynch, American actor (d. 1990)
1911 – Edward Shackleton, Baron Shackleton, English geographer and politician (d. 1994)
1913 – Cowboy Copas, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1963)
1913 – Hammond Innes, English author (d. 1998)
1913 – Abraham Sutzkever, Russian poet (d. 2010)
1914 – Akhtar Hameed Khan, Pakistani activist (d. 1999)
1914 – Howard Vernon, Swiss actor (d. 1996)
1915 – Albert Ghiorso, American scientist (d. 2010)
1918 – Bertram Brockhouse, Canadian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003)
1918 – Doris Lussier, Canadian actor (d. 1993)
1918 – Brenda Milner, English-Canadian neuropsychologist
1918 – Joan Roberts, American actress and singer (d. 2012)
1918 – Nur Muhammad Taraki, Afghan journalist and politician (d. 1979)
1919 – Fritz Langanke, German lieutenant (d. 2012)
1919 – Iris Murdoch, Irish-English philosopher and author (d. 1999)
1921 – Jack Beeson, American composer (d. 2010)
1921 – Henri Colpi, Swiss-French director and screenwriter (d. 2006)
1921 – Robert Bruce Merrifield, American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2006)
1922 – Leon M. Lederman, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1924 – Jeremiah Denton, American admiral and politician (d. 2014)
1925 – Philip Carey, American actor (d. 2009)
1926 – Driss Chraïbi, Moroccan author (d. 2007)
1926 – Leopoldo Galtieri, Argentinian general and politician, 44th President of Argentina (d. 2003)
1927 – Nan Martin, American actress (d. 2010)
1927 – Gloria Pall, American actress (d. 2012)
1927 – Joe Turkel, American actor
1927 – Carmen Zapata, American actress (d. 2014)
1928 – Carl Woese, American microbiologist (d. 2012)
1929 – Charles Anthony, American tenor (d. 2012)
1929 – Francis Bebey, Cameroonian-French guitarist (d. 2001)
1930 – Jacques Derrida, French philosopher (d. 2004)
1930 – Richard Garneau, Canadian journalist (d. 2013)
1930 – Stephen Smale, American mathematician
1931 – Clive Cussler, American author
1931 – Joanna Merlin, American actress
1931 – Jacques-Yvan Morin, Canadian politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec
1932 – Ed Litzenberger, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2010)
1932 – Paulo Moura, Brazilian clarinet player and saxophonist (d. 2010)
1933 – Julian Bream, English guitarist
1933 – Guido Crepax, Italian author and illustrator (d. 2003)
1933 – M. T. Vasudevan Nair, Indian author
1934 – Harrison Birtwistle, English composer
1934 – Risto Jarva, Finnish director and producer (d. 1977)
1935 – Thilakan, Indian actor (d. 2012)
1935 – Donn Clendenon, American baseball player (d. 2005)
1935 – Alex Karras, American football player, wrestler, and actor (d. 2012)
1935 – Ken Kercheval, American actor
1935 – Campbell Lane, Canadian actor (d. 2014)
1936 – George Voinovich, American politician
1938 – Ernie Barnes, American football player, actor, and painter (d. 2009)
1938 – Barry Goldwater, Jr., American lawyer and politician, 65th Governor of Ohio
1939 – Calixte Duguay, Canadian singer-songwriter
1939 – Aníbal Cavaco Silva, Portuguese politician, 19th President of the Portuguese Republic
1939 – Patrick Wayne, American actor
1940 – Ronald Gene Simmons, American sergeant and murderer (d. 1990)
1941 – Denis Héroux, Canadian director and producer
1942 – Vivian Malone Jones, American activist (d. 2005)
1942 – Mil Máscaras, Mexican wrestler and actor
1943 – Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Irish astrophysicist
1944 – Millie Jackson, American singer-songwriter
1944 – Jan-Michael Vincent, American actor
1945 – Jürgen Möllemann, German politician, Vice-Chancellor of Germany (d. 2003)
1946 – Hassanal Bolkiah, Bruneian sultan
1946 – Linda Ronstadt, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (Stone Poneys and Free Creek)
1947 – Peter Banks, English guitarist and songwriter (Yes, The Syn, and Flash) (d. 2013)
1947 – Lydia Davis, American author
1947 – Roky Erickson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The 13th Floor Elevators)
1948 – Dimosthenis Kourtovik, Greek anthropologist and critic
1948 – Artimus Pyle, American drummer and songwriter (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
1949 – Carl Bildt, Swedish politician, Prime Minister of Sweden
1949 – Trevor Horn, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (The Buggles, Art of Noise, and Producers)
1949 – Richard Russo, American author
1950 – Colin Barnett, Australian politician, 29th Premier of Western Australia
1950 – Arianna Huffington, Greek-American author and journalist, founded The Huffington Post
1951 – Gregory Isaacs, Jamaican singer-songwriter (d. 2010)
1951 – Jesse Ventura, American wrestler, actor, and politician, 38th Governor of Minnesota
1952 – Celia Imrie, English actress
1952 – Terry O’Quinn, American actor
1952 – Johnny Thunders, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (New York Dolls and The Heartbreakers) (d. 1991)
1953 – Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haitian priest and politician and 49th President of Haiti
1953 – Alicia Bridges, American singer-songwriter
1953 – John Denham, English politician
1954 – Tarak Dhiab, Tunisian footballer
1954 – Jeff Jarvis, American journalist and blogger
1954 – Giorgos Kaminis, American-Greek lawyer and politician, 78th Mayor of Athens
1954 – Mario Kempes, Argentinian footballer and manager
1956 – Ian Curtis, English singer-songwriter (Joy Division) (d. 1980)
1956 – Barry Melrose, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster
1956 – Marky Ramone, American drummer and songwriter (Ramones, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, and Misfits)
1956 – Joe Satriani, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Chickenfoot and The Greg Kihn Band)
1956 – Wayne Taylor, South African race car driver
1958 – Ardo Hansson, Estonian economist
1958 – Gary Heale, English footballer
1958 – Mac Thornberry, American lawyer and politician
1959 – Vincent Lindon, French actor
1960 – Willie Aames, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1960 – Kim Alexis, American model and actress
1961 – Lolita Davidovich, Canadian actress
1961 – Jean-Christophe Grangé, French journalist and screenwriter
1961 – Scott Ritter, American weapons inspector
1961 – Forest Whitaker, American actor, director, and producer
1962 – Steve Brown, American darts player
1962 – Nikos Filippou, Greek basketball player and manager
1963 – Brigitte Nielsen, Danish-American model, actress, and singer
1963 – Steve Thomas, English-Canadian ice hockey player
1965 – Eleftherios Fotiadis, Greek footballer
1965 – David Miliband, English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
1966 – Jason Bonham, English singer-songwriter and drummer (Bonham, Damnocracy, and Black Country Communion)
1966 – Irène Jacob, French-Swiss actress
1967 – Adam Savage, American actor and special effects designer
1968 – Eddie Griffin, American comedian and actor
1968 – Stan Kirsch, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1970 – Chi Cheng, American bass player (Deftones) (d. 2013)
1970 – Jim Rash, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1971 – Danijela Martinović, Croatian singer
1972 – Yao Defen, Chinese giant (d. 2012)
1972 – Scott Foley, American actor
1972 – Beth Ostrosky Stern, American model and actress
1973 – Buju Banton, Jamaican singer
1973 – John Dolmayan, Lebanese-American drummer and songwriter (System of a Down and Scars on Broadway)
1973 – Brian Austin Green, American actor and producer
1974 – Marilita Lambropoulou, Greek actress
1974 – Chris Taylor, Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1975 – Cherry, American wrestler and manager
1975 – Heather Nedohin, Canadian curler
1975 – Ben Pepper, Australian basketball player
1976 – Steve Cunningham, American boxer
1976 – Gabriel Iglesias, American comedian and actor
1976 – Jim Jones, American rapper and actor (The Diplomats)
1976 – Diane Kruger, German-American actress and model
1977 – Faraz Anwar, Pakistani guitarist (Mizraab)
1977 – Kitana Baker, American model and actress
1977 – André Nel, South African cricketer
1977 – Lana Parrilla, American actress
1977 – John St. Clair, American football player
1977 – Ray Toro, American guitarist (My Chemical Romance)
1978 – Miguel Olivo, Dominican baseball player
1979 – Laura Benanti, American actress and singer
1979 – Alexander Frei, Swiss footballer
1979 – Renata Kučerová, Czech tennis player
1980 – Reggie Abercrombie, American baseball player
1980 – Jonathan Cheechoo, Canadian ice hockey player
1980 – Kelli Martin, American fashion designer
1980 – Jasper Pääkkönen, Finnish actor and producer
1980 – Rivo Vesik, Estonian beach volleyball player
1980 – Mike Zambidis, Greek kick-boxer
1981 – Alou Diarra, French footballer
1981 – Petros Klampanis, Greek musician and composer
1981 – Marius Stankevičius, Lithuanian footballer
1982 – Alan Pérez, Spanish cyclist
1982 – Neemia Tialata, New Zealand rugby player
1983 – Nelson Merlo, Brazilian race car driver
1983 – Heath Slater, American wrestler
1984 – Alex Boyd, German-Scottish photographer
1984 – Vice Cooler, American singer-songwriter (Hawnay Troof and XBXRX)
1984 – Angelo Siniscalchi, Italian footballer
1984 – Veronika Velez-Zuzulová, Slovak skier
1985 – Chris Tiu, Filipino basketball player and television host
1985 – Burak Yılmaz, Turkish footballer
1986 – Tyler Kennedy, Canadian ice hockey player
1989 – Steven Jahn, German footballer
1989 – Alisa Kleybanova, Russian tennis player
1989 – Tristan Wilds, American actor
1989 – Anthony Randolph, American basketball player
1990 – Zach Bogosian, American ice hockey player
1990 – J. B. Gaynor, American actor
1991 – Derrick Favors, American basketball player
1992 – Tobias Harris American basketball player
1991 – Yuki Kashiwagi, Japanese singer and actress (AKB48 and French Kiss)
1992 – Porter Robinson, American DJ and producer
1993 – Håvard Nielsen, Norwegian footballer
Deaths
1904 – Anton Chekhov, Russian physician and author (b. 1860)
1919 – Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
1929 – Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1874)
1930 – Leopold Auer, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1845)
1930 – Rudolph Schildkraut, Turkish-American actor (b. 1862)
1931 – Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian-German economist (b. 1868)
1931 – Eduardo Camet, Argentinian fencer (b. 1876)
1932 – Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven, South African politician (b. 1873)
1933 – Irving Babbitt, American academic and critic (b. 1865)
1933 – Freddie Keppard, American cornet player (b. 1890)
1940 – Eugen Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist (b. 1857)
1940 – Donald Calthrop, English actor (b. 1888)
1940 – Robert Wadlow, American giant (b. 1918)
1942 – Wenceslao Vinzons, Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1910)
1944 – Marie-Victorin Kirouac, Canadian botanist (b. 1885)
1946 – Razor Smith, English cricketer (b. 1877)
1947 – Walter Donaldson, American songwriter (b. 1893)
1948 – John J. Pershing, American general (b. 1860)
1953 – Geevarghese Mar Ivanios, Indian archbishop, founded the Order of the Imitation of Christ (b. 1882)
1957 – James M. Cox, American politician, 46th Governor of Ohio (b. 1870)
1957 – Vasily Maklakov, Russian lawyer and politician (b. 1869)
1958 – Julia Lennon, English mother of John Lennon (b. 1914)
1959 – Ernest Bloch, Swiss-American composer (b. 1880)
1959 – Vance Palmer, Australian author and critic (b. 1885)
1960 – Set Persson, Swedish politician (b. 1897)
1960 – Lawrence Tibbett, American singer and actor (b. 1896)
1961 – John Edward Brownlee, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Premier of Alberta (b. 1884)
1964 – Thomas Cooke, American soccer player (b. 1885)
1965 – Francis Cherry, American lawyer and politician, 35th Governor of Arkansas (b. 1908)
1974 – Christine Chubbuck, American journalist (b. 1944)
1976 – Paul Gallico, American journalist and author (b. 1897)
1977 – Donald Mackay, Australian activist (b. 1933)
1979 – Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Mexican politician, 29th President of Mexico (b. 1911)
1981 – Frédéric Dorion, Canadian politician (b. 1898)
1982 – Bill Justis, American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1926)
1986 – Billy Haughton, American harness racer and trainer (b. 1923)
1988 – Eleanor Estes, American author (b. 1906)
1989 – Laurie Cunningham, English footballer (b. 1956)
1990 – Margaret Lockwood, English actress (b. 1916)
1991 – Bert Convy, American actor, singer, and game show host (b. 1933)
1992 – Hammer DeRoburt, Nauruan politician, 1st President of Nauru (b. 1922)
1992 – Chingiz Mustafayev, Azerbaijani journalist and author (b. 1960)
1993 – David Brian, American actor and dancer (b. 1914)
1993 – Bobby Kent, American murder victim (b. 1973)
1996 – Dana Hill, American actress and singer (b. 1964)
1997 – Justinas Lagunavičius, Lithuanian basketball player (b. 1924)
1997 – Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer, founded Versace (b. 1946)
1998 – S. Shanmuganathan, Sri Lankan politician (b. 1960)
2000 – Louis Quilico, Canadian opera singer (b. 1925)
2001 – C. Balasingham, Ceylon civil servant (b. 1917)
2003 – Roberto Bolaño, Chilean author and poet (b. 1953)
2003 – Tex Schramm, American businessman (b. 1920)
2003 – Elisabeth Welch, American actress and singer (b. 1904)
2006 – Robert H. Brooks, American businessman, founded of Hooters and Naturally Fresh, Inc. (b. 1937)
2006 – Alireza Shapour Shahbazi, Iranian archaeologist (b. 1942)
2008 – György Kolonics, Hungarian canoe racer (b. 1972)
2008 – Karl Unterkircher, Italian mountaineer (b. 1970)
2009 – Natalya Estemirova, Russian journalist and activist (b. 1958)
2010 – James E. Akins, American politician (b. 1926)
2011 – Googie Withers, Indian-English actress (b. 1917)
2012 – Boris Cebotari, Moldovan footballer (b. 1975)
2012 – Tsilla Chelton, French actress (b. 1919)
2012 – Grant Feasel, American football player (b. 1960)
2012 – Manuel Eguiguren Galarraga, Spanish bishop (b. 1930)
2012 – David Fraser, English general (b. 1920)
2012 – Celeste Holm, American actress and singer (b. 1917)
2012 – Yoichi Takabayashi, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1931)
2013 – Ninos Aho, Syrian poet (b. 1945)
2013 – Henry Braden, American lawyer and politician (b. 1944)
2013 – Aldo Calderón van Dyke, Honduran journalist (b. 1968)
2013 – Tom Greenwell, American judge (b. 1956)
2013 – Earl Gros, American football player (b. 1940)
2013 – Noël Lee, American pianist and composer (b. 1924)
2013 – Meskerem Legesse, Ethiopian runner (b. 1986)
2013 – John T. Riedl, American computer scientist (b. 1962)
// ]]>
Related posts:
Celebrate July 6 Today is July 6 Food Holidays -National Fried Chicken Day...
Celebrate July 7 Today is July 7 Father-Daughter Take a Walk Together Day...
Celebrate July 8 Today is July 8 Video Games Day Be a Kid...
YARPP powered by AdBistro
Powered by