July 15th in History
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
