Bomb Thrown at THY Office at Paris' Orly Airport

July 15 is the 196nd (197rd in leap years) day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. There are 169 days left until the end of the year.

Events

1099 – The Crusader Army captured Jerusalem in the First Crusade.
1240 – Battle of the Neva between the Kingdom of Sweden and the Novgorod Republic.
1410 – Battle of Grunwald, one of the greatest battles of the Middle Ages.
1521 – Conquest of the island as a result of the Siege of Herke.
1799 – The Rosetta Stone, inscribed in three languages, which will provide the deciphering of the hieroglyphic script, was accidentally found during the construction of a castle by a French soldier during Napoleon's Egypt Campaign.
1840 – The Treaty of London is signed between the Ottoman Empire, the United Kingdom, Prussia, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and Tsarist Russia.
1870 - Georgia becomes the last Confederate state to be re-admitted to the United States after the American Civil War.
1886 – Women, Shukufezar He started a struggle against the phrase "long hair and short mind" in his magazine.
1926 – Police opened fire on demonstrators in Vienna, killing 89 people.
1933 – Art and literature magazine Presence started to be published.
1953 – Uşak became a province.
1954 - The Boeing 707 makes its first flight.
1955 - Eighteen Nobel Prize-winning scientists issue a declaration against nuclear weapons (Mainau Declaration). Thirty-four more scientists later joined them.
1974 – In Cyprus, the National Guard Regiment led by Greek officers overthrew President Makarios and proclaimed EOKA-B leader Nikos Sampson as President.
1981 – Right-wing militants Fikri Arkan and Kemal Özdemir, who were accused of the Sack Murder, who killed left-wing Veli Güneş and Halim Kaplan on the night of 14/15 October 1978 in Ankara, were sentenced to death.
1983 – Orly Airport attack: ASALA militants bombarded the Turkish Airlines Office in Paris' Orly Airport. 8 people died, 55 people were injured.
1997 - Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace was murdered outside his Miami, Florida home by a Filipino gay named Andrew Cunanan.
1997 - Slobodan Milosevic was elected President of Yugoslavia.
2008 – At least 60 people were killed when two suicide bombers staged an action against a military camp in the city of Baquba, 28 km northeast of Baghdad. ^{[1] Archived July 23, 2008 at the Wayback Machine.}
2014 – In Russia, 24 people were killed and about 160 injured in an accident in the Moscow metro.
2016 – In Turkey, a military coup attempt was made by a group of soldiers from the TAF.
2018 – France national football team won the FIFA World Cup for the second time.

Births

980 – Ichijō, 66th emperor of Japan in the traditional succession order (d. 1011)
1573 – Inigo Jones, English architect and (theatre) stage designer (d. 1652)
1606 – Rembrandt, Dutch painter and printmaker (d. 1669)
1738 – Jacques-André Naigeon, French artist and atheist philosopher (d. 1810)
1779 – Clement Clarke Moore, American poet (d. 1863)
1798 – Alexander Gorchakov, Russian diplomat and statesman (d. 1883)
1848 – Vilfredo Pareto, Italian economist and sociologist (d. 1923)
1892 – Walter Benjamin, German philosopher, literary critic, cultural historian, and aesthetic theorist (d. 1940)
1899 – Remzi Oğuz Arık, Turkish archaeologist, writer and politician (d. 1954)
1904 - Rudolf Arnheim, German-US writer, art and film theorist, and perceptual psychologist (d. 2007)
1914 – Howard Vernon, Swiss actor (d. 1996)
1915 – Albert Ghiorso, American nuclear physicist (d. 2010)
1917 – Nur Muhammed Tereki, Afghan politician of Pashtun descent (d. 1979)
1918 - Bertram Neville Brockhouse, Canadian physicist. 1994 Nobel Prize in Physics (d. 2003)
1919 – Iris Murdoch, Irish writer and philosopher (d. 1999)
1921 - Henri Colpi was a French screenwriter and filmmaker. director's movie Long Separation Won the Palme d'Or (d. 2006)
1921 – Robert Bruce Merrifield, American biochemist, academic, and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2006)
1922 – Leon Lederman, American physicist (d. 2018)
1923 – İsmet Güney, Turkish Cypriot painter and cartoonist (d. 2009)
1925 – DA” Pennebaker was an American documentary filmmaker, director, and writer (d. 2019)
1926 – Leopoldo Castelli, Argentine general and statesman (d. 2003)
1926 - Raymond Gosling, British scientist who discovered the structure of DNA with Maurice Wilkins and Rosalind Franklin (d. 2015)
1927 – Nan Martin, American television and film actor (d. 2010)
1927 – Carmen Zapata, American actress (d. 2014)
1928 – Carl Woese, American microbiologist (d. 2012)
1930 – Jacques Derrida, French philosopher (d. 2004)
1931 – Clive Cussler, American novelist (d. 2020)
1932 – Arjan Adarov, Altai writer (d. 2005)
1933 – Guido Crepax, Italian comics writer, graphic artist (d. 2003)
1934 – Harrison Birtwistle, British opera and western classical composer (d. 2022)
1934 – Eva Kríziková, Slovak actress (d. 2020)
1935 – Ken Kercheval, American actor (d. 2019)
1937 – Waylon Jennings, American singer-songwriter (d. 2002)
1939 – Yılmaz Köksal, Turkish cinema and TV series actor (d. 2015)
1939 – Aníbal Cavaco Silva, Portuguese politician
1940 – Robert Winston, British politician
1943 – Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Northern Irish astrophysicist
1944 – Jan-Michael Vincent, American actor (d. 2019)
1945 – David A. Granger, Guyanese retired soldier and politician
1946 – Achim Mentzel, German musician and actor (d. 2016)
1946 – Hassanal Bolkiah, 29th Sultan of Brunei
1946 – Linda Ronstadt, American female rock star
1947 – Roky Erickson, American rock singer, songwriter, harmonica artist, and guitarist (d. 2019)
1948 – Sümer Tilmaç, Turkish actress (d. 2015)
1949 - Carl Bildt, Swedish politician and diplomat
1949 – Hilmi Guler, Turkish politician
1949 – Trevor Charles Horn, English pop record producer, songwriter, musician, and singer
1949 – Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates
1949 – Richard Russo, American novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, and teacher
1951 – James George Janos, American actor, professional wrestler, politician, and author
1952 – Terry O'Quinn, American actor and Emmy Award winner
1953 – Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haitian politician
1953 Alicia Bridges, American singer
1954 – Georgios Kaminis, Greek-American parliamentarian and professor of constitutional law
1954 – Mario Kempes, Argentine football player
1955 – Cevdet Şekerbegovic, Bosnian football player
1955 – Harun Kolçak, Turkish pop singer (d. 2017)
1956 – Ian Curtis, English singer, songwriter and composer (d. 1980)
1956 – Joe Satriani, American guitarist
1958 – Bergen, Turkish singer (d. 1989)
1958 – Tyberii Korponai, Soviet-Ukrainian football player (d. 2021)
1959 - Vincent Lindon, French actor.
1961 – Jean-Christophe Grangé, French crime writer
1961 – Lolita Davidovich, Canadian actress
1961 – Forest Whitaker, American actor
1962 – Metin Özülkü, Turkish musician
1962 – Settar Tanrıöğen, Turkish cinema and TV series actor
1963 – Brigitte Nielsen, Danish actress, model and singer
1964 – Galyn Görg, American actress and dancer (d. 2020)
1968 – Deniz Arcak, Turkish singer
1970 – Tarkan Gözübüyük, Turkish bass guitarist
1972 – İnci Türkay, Turkish TV actress
1973 - Brian Austin Green, American actor
1976 – Marco Di Vaio, Italian former international football player
1976 – Juan Francisco Garcia, Spanish football player
1976 – Gabriel Jesus Iglesias, American comedian and actor
1976 – Jim Jones, American hip hop artist
1976 – Diane Kruger, German model and actress
1977 – Canan Ergüder, Turkish actress
1977 Lana Parrilla, American actress
1979 – Alexander Frei, Swiss former national football player
1980 – Bruno Mbanangoyé Zita, Gabonese football player
1981 – Alou Diarra, French football player
1982 – Melis Birkan, Turkish TV series and film actress
1982 – Sinan Sofuoğlu, Turkish motorcycle racer (d. 2008)
1985 – Burak Yilmaz, Turkish football player
1986 – David Abraham, Argentine football player
1988 – Shkëlzen Gashi, Swiss football player
1989 – Alisa Kleybanova, Russian tennis player
1990 – Damian Lillard, American professional basketball player
1991 – Danilo, Brazilian national football player
1991 – Derrick Favors, American professional basketball player
1992 – Wayde van Niekerk, South African athlete
1993 – Ömer Arslan, Turkish football player
1994 – Pelin Bilgiç, Turkish basketball player
1995 – Elyar Fox, English singer-songwriter
2002 – Samuel Asoma, Belgian football player

Deaths

1015 – Vladimir I, first major prince of Kyiv to convert to Christianity (b. 958)
1274 – Bonaventura – Franciscan Cardinal, philosopher and thinker (b. 1217)
1410 – Ulrich von Jungingen, 26th Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (b. 1360)
1485 – Sinan, II. Mehmed's son (b. 1455)
1542 - Lisa del Giocondo, member of the Florentine Gherardini family (by Leonardo da Vinci Mona Lisa (b. 1479) (b. XNUMX)
1609 – Annibale Carracci, Italian painter and educator (d. 1560)
1626 – Isabella Brant, first wife of the Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens, who made several portraits (b. 1591)
1695 – Eremya Çelebi Kömürciyan, Armenian poet, historian, translator and printer (b. 1637)
1750 – Vasily Tatishchev, Imperial Russian statesman, historian, philosopher, and ethnographer (b. 1686)
1861 – Adam Czartoryski, Polish statesman and politician (b. 1770)
1857 – Carl Czerny, Austrian pianist, composer, and music teacher (b. 1791)
1858 – Alexandr Ivanov, Russian painter (b. 1806)
1868 – William Thomas Green Morton, American physician (b. 1819)
1879 – Johann Friedrich von Brandt, German natural historian and zoologist (b. 1802)
1890 – Gottfried Keller, Swiss poet and politician (b. 1819)
1904 – Anton Chekhov, Russian short story and playwright (b. 1860)
1916 – Ilya Mechnikov, Ukrainian microbiologist (b. 1845)
1919 – Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist (b. 1852)
1927 – Constance Markievicz, Irish revolutionary and patriotic suffragette (former Irish Minister of Labor) (b. 1868)
1929 – Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian writer (b. 1874)
1939 – Paul Eugen Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist (b. 1857)
1940 – Robert Pershing Wadlow, tallest recognized person in medical history (b. 1918)
1941 – Walter Ruttmann, German director (b. 1887)
1942 – Roberto María Ortiz, Argentine lawyer and politician (b. 1886)
1948 – John J. Pershing, American soldier (b. 1860)
1956 – Cemil Cahit Toydemir, Turkish soldier and politician (b. 1883)
1969 – Peter van Eyck, German-American actor (b. 1911)
1975 – Fahri Belen, Turkish soldier and politician (b. 1893)
1976 – Joachim Peiper, Waffen-SS Colonel (b. 1915)
1977 – Konstantin Fedin, Russian novelist, literary scholar and poet (b. 1892)
1977 – Esat Mahmut Karakurt, Turkish writer (b. 1902)
1979 – Juana de Ibarbourou, Uruguayan poet (one of South America's most famous female poets) (b. 1895)
1979 – Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Mexican politician (b. 1911)
1980 – Abdurrahman Köksaloğlu, Turkish politician (b. 1930)
1988 – Tore Keller, Swedish football player (b. 1905)
1989 – Nesuhi Ertegün, Turkish-American music producer and founder of Atlantic Records (b. 1917)
1992 – Hammer DeRoburt, Nauruan politician (b. 1922)
1997 – Chingiz Mustafayev, Azerbaijani journalist (b. 1960)
1997 – Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer and businessman (b. 1946)
2010 – Osman Nami Osmanoğlu, Ottoman Prince and radiology graduate engineer (b. 1918)
2010 – Selmi Andak, Turkish composer and columnist (b. 1921)
2012 – Celeste Holm, American stage, film and television actress (b. 1917)
2014 – Faruk Ilgaz, Turkish sportsman (b. 1922)
2016 – Ömer Halisdemir, Turkish soldier (b. 1974)
2016 – Nevzat Yalçıntaş, Turkish bureaucrat and politician (b. 1933)
2017 – Anne Buttimer, Irish geographer (b. 1938)
2017 – Martin Landau, American actor (b. 1928)
2018 – Ronny Fredrik Ansnes, Norwegian cross country skier (b. 1989)
2019 – Rex Richards, British scientist and academic (b. 1922)
2019 – Olga Vyalikova, Soviet Russian theater and film actress (b. 1954)
2020 – Carlotta Barilli, Italian actress (b. 1935)
2020 – Severino Cavalcanti, Brazilian politician (b. 1930)
2020 – Igor Chernyh, Russian cinematographer (b. 1932)
2020 – Toke Tufukia Talagi, Niueli politician (b. 1951)
2021 – Rosario Casado, Spanish politician and pharmacist (b. 1961)
2021 – Andrew Fordham, English professional darts player (b. 1962)
2021 – Pyotr Mamonov, Soviet-Russian rock musician, songwriter, and actor (b. 1951)
2021 – Soegiharto, Indonesian politician (b. 1955)
2021 – Peter R. de Vries, Dutch investigative journalist, politician and program producer (b. 1956)

Holidays and special occasions

Democracy and National Unity Day