📅 July 15

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What happened on July 15? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.

Events

• 2018 — Croatian Mario Mandžukić scored the first own goal in a FIFA World Cup final in their defeat to France.

  Mario MandžukićOwn goal2018 FIFA World Cup final

• 2016 — The Peace at Home Council, a faction of the Turkish Armed Forces, staged a coup d'état attempt against the government and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

  Peace at Home CouncilTurkish Armed Forces2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt

• 2012 — South Korean rapper Psy (pictured) released his hit single "Gangnam Style".

  PsyGangnam Style

• 2009 — Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 crashed in northwestern Iran, killing all 168 people aboard.

  Caspian Airlines Flight 7908

• 2009 — A .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Mw 7.8 earthquake struck a remote region of Fiordland, New Zealand, the country's largest earthquake magnitude since the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake.

  Seismic magnitude scales2009 Dusky Sound earthquakeFiordland

• 1983 — Sega's first home video game console, the SG-1000 (pictured), was released in Japan.

  SegaSG-1000

• 1943 — The all-female Emilia Plater Independent Women's Battalion was formed in the Soviet Union's First Polish Army.

  Emilia Plater Independent Women's BattalionFirst Polish Army (1944–1945)

• 1870 — Following the transfer of Rupert's Land from the Hudson's Bay Company, Manitoba was established as a province of Canada.

  Rupert's LandHudson's Bay CompanyManitoba

• 1815 — Aboard HMS Bellerophon, French emperor Napoleon surrendered to Royal Navy captain Frederick Lewis Maitland, concluding the Napoleonic Wars.

  HMS Bellerophon (1786)NapoleonRoyal Navy

• 1799 — French soldiers at Fort Julien, near the Egyptian port city of Rashid, uncovered the Rosetta Stone, which was essential in the decipherment of ancient Egyptian scripts.

  Fort JulienRosettaRosetta Stone

• 1410 — The Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeated the Teutonic Knights at the Battle of Grunwald, the decisive engagement of the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War.

  Crown of the Kingdom of PolandGrand Duchy of LithuaniaTeutonic Order

Births

• 2008 — Iain Armitage, American actor

  Iain Armitage

• 2005 — JuJu Watkins, American basketball player

  JuJu Watkins

• 1999 — Mohamed Sobhy, Egyptian footballer

  Mohamed Sobhy (footballer, born 1999)

• 1998 — Noah Gragson, American racing driver

  Noah Gragson

• 1997 — Jil Teichmann, Swiss tennis player

  Jil Teichmann

• 1997 — Anthony Cirelli, Canadian ice hockey player

  Anthony Cirelli

• 1996 — Vivianne Miedema, Dutch football player

  Vivianne Miedema

• 1994 — Mason Dye, American actor

  Mason Dye

• 1993 — Håvard Nielsen, Norwegian footballer

  Håvard Nielsen

• 1993 — Harrison Rhodes, American racing driver

  Harrison Rhodes

• 1993 — Masataka Yoshida, Japanese baseball player

  Masataka Yoshida

• 1992 — Tobias Harris, American basketball player

  Tobias Harris

Deaths

• 2021 — Peter R. de Vries, Dutch investigative journalist and crime reporter (born 1956)

  Peter R. de Vries

• 2017 — Martin Landau, American film and television actor (born 1928)

  Martin Landau

• 2015 — Masahiko Aoki, Japanese-American economist and academic (born 1938)

  Masahiko Aoki

• 2015 — Wan Li, Chinese politician, 4th Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (born 1916)

  Wan LiList of vice premiers of China

• 2015 — Aubrey Morris, British actor (born 1926)

  Aubrey Morris

• 2015 — Dave Somerville, Canadian singer (born 1933)

  Dave Somerville

• 2014 — Óscar Acosta, Honduran author, poet, and diplomat (born 1933)

  Óscar Acosta

• 2014 — James MacGregor Burns, American historian, political scientist, and author (born 1918)

  James MacGregor Burns

• 2014 — Edward Perl, American neuroscientist and academic (born 1926)

  Edward Perl

• 2014 — Robert A. Roe, American soldier and politician (born 1924)

  Robert A. Roe

• 2013 — Ninos Aho, Syrian-American poet and activist (born 1945)

  Ninos Aho

• 2013 — Henry Braden, American lawyer and politician (born 1944)

  Henry Braden

Observances & holidays

• Christian feast day: Abhai (Syriac Orthodox Church)

  Martyrology of Rabban SlibaSyriac Orthodox Church

• Christian feast day: Anne-Marie Javouhey

  Anne-Marie Javouhey

• Christian feast day: Bernhard II, Margrave of Baden-Baden

  Bernhard II of Baden-Baden

• Christian feast day: Bonaventure

  Bonaventure

• Christian feast day: Ceslaus

  Ceslaus

• Christian feast day: Dispersion of the Apostles (formerly by the Catholic Church)

  Dispersion of the ApostlesCatholic Church

• Christian feast day: Donald of Ogilvy

  Donald of Ogilvy

• Christian feast day: Edith of Polesworth

  Edith of Polesworth

• Christian feast day: Blessed Inácio de Azevedo

  Inácio de Azevedo

• Christian feast day: Plechelm

  Plechelm

• Christian feast day: Quriaqos and Julietta (Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox)

  Cyricus and JulittaEastern OrthodoxyOriental Orthodox Churches

• Christian feast day: Swithun

  Swithun

• Christian feast day: Vladimir the Great (Eastern Orthodox; Catholic Church)

  Vladimir the Great

• Christian feast day: July 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

  July 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• EU Day for the Victims of the Global Climate Crisis (European Union, worldwide)

  EU Day for the Victims of the Global Climate CrisisEuropean Union

• Feast of Saint Rosalia (Palermo, Sicily)

  Feast of Saint RosaliaPalermoSicily

• Meänmaa Flag Day (Meänmaa)

  Meänmaa Flag DayTorne Valley

• Statehood Day (Ukraine)

  Statehood Day (Ukraine)Ukraine

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