What are the important events that happened on July 15? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

July 15: Facts & Myths About This Day

July 15 is the 197^th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 169 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 2, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 28,683,360 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaenneacontaheptagon’ day.

Cancer is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 198 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,224 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

July 15 Historical Events

• 1806 –
  Pike expedition: United States Army Lieutenant Zebulon Pike begins an expedition from Fort Bellefontaine near St. Louis, Missouri, to explore the west.
• 1823 –
  A fire destroys the ancient Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome.
• 1838 –
  Ralph Waldo Emerson delivers the Divinity School Address at Harvard Divinity School, discounting Biblical miracles and declaring Jesus a great man, but not God. The Protestant community reacts with outrage.
• 1888 –
  The stratovolcano Mount Bandai erupts killing approximately 500 people, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
• 1920 –
  The Polish Parliament establishes Silesian Voivodeship before the Polish-German plebiscite.
• 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.
• 1974 –
  In Nicosia, Cyprus, Greek Junta-sponsored nationalists launch a coup d'état, deposing President Makarios and installing Nikos Sampson as Cypriot president.
• 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 Phillip Cunanan guns down Gianni Versace outside his home.

Who were born on July 15?

• 1899 –
  Seán Lemass, Irish politician, 3rd Taoiseach (d. 1971)
• 1904 –
  Rudolf Arnheim, German-born American author and psychologist (d. 2007)
• 1914 –
  Akhtar Hameed Khan, Pakistani social scientist, pioneer of microcredit in developing countries (d. 1999)
• 1935 –
  Ken Kercheval, American actor
• 1945 –
  Jürgen Möllemann, German politician (d. 2003)
• 1948 –
  Alicia Bridges, American singer
• 1958 –
  Gary Heale, English footballer
• 1963 –
  Steve Thomas, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1975 –
  Kara Drew (Cherry), American pro wrestler
• 1977 –
  Lana Parrilla, American actress

Who died on July 15?

• 1857 –
  Carl Czerny, Austrian composer (b. 1791)
• 1871 –
  Tad Lincoln, son of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln (b. 1858)
• 1932 –
  Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven, South African politician and writer (b. 1873)
• 1958 –
  Julia Lennon, English mother of John Lennon (b. 1914)
• 1977 –
  Donald Mackay, Australian anti-drugs campaigner (b. 1933)
• 1991 –
  Bert Convy, American actor (b. 1933)
• 1992 –
  Hammer DeRoburt, first President of Nauru (b. 1922)
• 1993 –
  David Brian, American actor (b. 1914)
• 2006 –
  Robert H. Brooks, American founder of Hooters of America (b. 1937)
• 2010 –
  James E. Akins, American diplomat and advisor to Richard Nixon (b. 1926)