July 15th in History

Events in History Today

1795 - The 'Marseillaise' is adopted as the French national anthem

1799 - The discovery of the Rosetta Stone, which yielded a better understanding of the ancient egyptian language

1815 - Napoleon Bonaparte surrenders from aboard HMS Bellerophon.

1869 - Frenchman Hippolyte Mege-Mouriez patented a butter-like substance for use by the French navy. He named the substance "margarine" since he had used margaric acid, a fatty acid component. Margaric acid looked like pearly drops so its discoverer named it after the Greek word "margarite," meaning "pearl."

Learn how to make margarine:http://www.margarine.org/howmade.html

1870 - Georgia becomes the last confederate to be readmitted to the U.S.

1888 - Bandai volcano in Japan erupted for the first time in 1,000 years. Bandai is today a ski resort and vacation area:http://www.he.net/~flsoft/gallery/bandai.htm

1916 - In Seattle, WA, Pacific Aero Products was incorporated by William Boeing. The company was later renamed Boeing Co.

1922 - The duck-billed platypus was first exhibited in the US, at the Bronx Zoo in New York City. The Australian platypus is unusual because it is a warm blooded mammal that lays eggs. Other unique features are its gull-like webbed feet, beaver-like fur, and duck-like bill. The animal is named after the Greek word "platypous" meaning "flat foot."

1940 - Robert Wadlow died at the age of 22. At that time he was 8 feet, 11 -1/10 inches tall and weighed 439 pounds.

1941 - Florey & Heatley present freeze dried mold cultures . . . Penicillin.

1952 - First transatlantic helicopter flight begins.

1954 - First flight of the Boeing 707 the first American jet passenger airliner.

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 NY.

1975 - The U.S. and U.S.S.R. launch the Apollo-Soyuz Test project spacecraft.

1995 - First item sold on Amazon.com


2005 - Jack Nicklaus plays his last hole of competitive golf during The Open Championship at Hole 18 at St Andrews finishing with a birdie.


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

1951 - Jesse Ventura (is he still the Governor of Minnesota?)


1956 - Joe Satriani, hard rock guitarist


1968 - Eddie Griffin, actor commedian

1974 - Jeny Mester Martin, American wife and mother of 3 adorable children. amatuer musician, artist and writer.


1997 - Prince Lukas of Bulgaria