Here is a list of things which happened on the 15th of July over the years:
Reconstruction era of the United States: Georgia becomes the last of the former Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union. (1870)
In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing). (1916)
Continental Airlines commences operations. (1934)
President Harry S. Truman was nominated for another term by the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. (1948)
First flight of the Boeing 367-80, prototype for both the Boeing 707 and C-135 series. (1954)
Eighteen Nobel laureates sign the Mainau Declaration against nuclear weapons, later co-signed by thirty-four others. (1955)
The steel strike of 1959 begins, leading to significant importation of foreign steel for the first time in United States history. (1959)
Sen. Barry Goldwater of Arizona was nominated for president at the Republican National Convention in San Francisco. (1964)
President Richard Nixon announced he would visit the People’s Republic of China to seek a “normalization of relations.” (1971)
A 36-hour kidnap ordeal began for 26 schoolchildren and their bus driver as they were abducted near Chowchilla, Calif., by three gunmen and imprisoned in an underground cell. (The captives escaped unharmed.) (1976)
President Jimmy Carter delivered a speech in which he lamented what he called a “crisis of confidence” in America. Though he didn’t use the word, it became known as the “malaise” speech. (1979)
The Orly airport attack in Paris leaves 8 people dead and 55 injured. (1983)
Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton claimed the Democratic presidential nomination at the party’s convention in New York City. (1992)
The government acknowledged for the first time that thousands of workers were made sick while making nuclear weapons and announced a compensation plan. (1999)
AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape Communications Corporation. The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day. (2003)