July 15th in History

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July 15th in History

1795: The 'Marseillaise' is adopted as the French national anthem
1799: Discovery of the Rosetta Stone, which will yield better understanding of the ancient egyptian language.
1916: American airline manufacturer Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing), opens its doors.
1975: The US and USSR launch the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project spacecraft

July 15th birthdays

1606: Rembrandt, Dutch artist and etcher
1911: Edward Shackleton, English explorer
1913: Hammomd Innes, English novelist
1919: Iris Murdoch, English writer
1930: Jacques Derrida, French philosopher
1933: Guido Crepax, Italian graphic novelist