July 15th, 1968

Born on July 15th, 1968

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What happened on July 15th?

July 15th, 2012

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

July 15th, 2009

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

July 15th, 1983

Armenian extremist organization ASALA bombed the Turkish Airlines check-in counter at Orly Airport, killing 8 and injuring 55, as part of its campaign for the recognition of and reparations for the Armenian genocide.

July 15th, 1943

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

July 15th, 1870

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

July 15th, 1815

Aboard HMS Bellerophon, French emperor Napoleon (pictured) surrendered to Royal Navy captain Frederick Lewis Maitland, concluding the Napoleonic Wars.

July 15th, 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.

July 15th, 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.

July 15th, 1946

The State of North Borneo, now Sabah, Malaysia, is annexed by the United Kingdom.

July 15th, 1941

The Holocaust: Nazi Germany begins the deportation of 100,000 Jews from the occupied Netherlands to extermination camps.

July 15th, 1927

Massacre of July 15, 1927: Eighty-nine protesters are killed by Austrian police in Vienna.

July 15th, 1922

The Japanese Communist Party is established in Japan.

July 15th, 1920

Aftermath of World War I: The Parliament of Poland establishes Silesian Voivodeship before the Polish-German plebiscite.

July 15th, 1918

World War I: The Second Battle of the Marne begins near the River Marne with a German attack.

July 15th, 1916

In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing).

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on July 15th

Born on July 15th, 1968

56

Leticia Calderón

Mexican actress

*July 15th, 1968, Heroica Guaymas

56

Rosalinda Celentano

Italian actress (1968-)

*July 15th, 1968, Rome

56

Birgit Roth

German politician

*July 15th, 1968, Speyer

56

Eddie Griffin

American actor and comedian

*July 15th, 1968, Kansas City

51

Stan Kirsch

American actor (1968-2020)

*July 15th, 1968, New York City †January 11th, 2020, Los Angeles

56

Shirley Robertson

British sailor

*July 15th, 1968, Dundee

Same Day
Who's birthday is on July 15th?

73

Jesse Ventura

American professional wrestler and 38th governor of Minnesota (born 1951)

*July 15th, 1951, Minneapolis

25

Kenia Os

Mexican singer and social media personality

*July 15th, 1999, Mazatlán

65

Michael Boddenberg

German politician

*July 15th, 1959, Troisdorf

23

Ian Curtis

British musician (1956–1980)

*July 15th, 1956, Stretford †May 18th, 1980, Macclesfield

59

Gero Miesenböck

Austrian neuroscientist

*July 15th, 1965, Braunau am Inn

48

Diane Kruger

German actress

*July 15th, 1976, Algermissen

57

Adam Savage

American special effects specialist and television host

*July 15th, 1967, New York City

24

Josue

Brazilian football player

*July 15th, 2000, Rio de Janeiro

30

Gera MX

Mexican rapper

*July 15th, 1994, San Nicolás de los Garza

65

Vincent Lindon

French actor

*July 15th, 1959, Boulogne-Billancourt

63

Forest Whitaker

American actor

*July 15th, 1961, Longview

71

Jean-Bertrand Aristide

Haitian politician who became Haiti's first democratically elected president

*July 15th, 1953, Port-Salut

43

Alou Diarra

French association football player

*July 15th, 1981, Villepinte

78

Linda Ronstadt

American singer (born 1946)

*July 15th, 1946, Tucson

72

Daniel Mesguich

French actor

*July 15th, 1952, Algiers

69

Emmeline Pankhurst

English suffragist

*July 15th, 1858, Moss Side †June 14th, 1928, Hampstead

58

Irène Jacob

French-born Swiss actress

*July 15th, 1966, Suresnes

61

Brigitte Nielsen

Danish actress, model and singer

*July 15th, 1963, Rødovre

34

Olly Alexander

British singer and actor

*July 15th, 1990, Harrogate

63

Rembrandt

Dutch painter and printmaker (1606–1669)

*July 15th, 1606, Leiden †October 4th, 1669, Amsterdam

Same year
Born in 1968

55

Casper Van Dien

American actor

*December 18th, 1968, Milton

56

Alan Budikusuma

Badminton player

*March 29th, 1968, Surabaya

55

Sidse Babett Knudsen

Danish actress

*November 22nd, 1968, Copenhagen

55

Chris Hunt

English badminton player

*December 1st, 1968, Bolton

55

Peter Runggaldier

Italian alpine skier

*December 29th, 1968, Brixen

56

Monica Mæland

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*February 6th, 1968, Bergen

56

Massi Furlan

Italian-American actor and film producer

*September 29th, 1968, Treviso

56

Minarti Timur

Indonesian badminton player, coach

*March 24th, 1968, Surabaya

56

Céline Dion

Canadian singer (born 1968)

*March 30th, 1968, Charlemagne

56

Rexy Mainaky

Badminton player

*March 9th, 1968, Ternate Island

55

Hugh Jackman

Australian actor (born 1968)

*October 12th, 1968, Sydney

56

Petra Schubert

Badminton player

*January 31st, 1968, Finsterwalde

56

Darren Le Tissier

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1968, Bailiwick of Guernsey

56

Árni Þór Hallgrímsson

Badminton player

*March 10th, 1968, Akranes

56

Gillian Anderson

American-British actress (born 1968)

*August 9th, 1968, Chicago

56

Larry Sanger

American former professor, co-founder of Wikipedia, founder of Citizendium and other projects

*July 16th, 1968, Bellevue

56

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović

Croatian politician and diplomat

*April 29th, 1968, Rijeka

56

Marine Le Pen

French politician (born 1968)

*August 5th, 1968, Neuilly-sur-Seine

56

Ralph Brinkhaus

German politician

*June 15th, 1968, Wiedenbrück

56

Kylie Minogue

Australian singer and actress (born 1968)

*May 28th, 1968, Melbourne

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Born on July 15th, 1968
Future birthdays

Leap year

Yes: 1968 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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