Diogenes 2020

Here are some interesting facts ih history happened on 15 July.

1. Charles II grants a charter to establish Royal Society in London.
2. Napoleon Bonaparte captured.
3. SF Merchant's Exchange opens
4. Georgia readmitted to US after Civil War.
5. NW Territories created & Manitoba becomes 5th Canadian province.
6. St. Vladimir's Day
7. Ruth ties his record of 29 homers in a season
8. 1st airport hotel opens - Oakland Ca
9. 1st betatron placed in operation Urbana Il
10. Diligenti quintuplets born in Buenos Aires Argentina
11. Greenwich Observatory is damaged by World War II flying bomb.
12. 1st helicopter transatlantic flight began
13. 1st coml jet transport airplane built in US tested (Boeing 707)
14. US troops occupy Lebanon stay 3 months.
15. Orioles' Brooks Robinson goes 5 for 5 including the cycle
16. Soyuz 19 and Apollo 18 launched; rendezvous 2 days later.

These famous people were born on 15 July.

1. 1573 - Inigo Jones, English architect.
2. 1606 - Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch painter.
3. 1779 - Clement Clarke Moore, American author ('Twas the Night Before Xmas).
4. 1850 - St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, (Mother Cabrini), 1st US saint.
5. 1902 - Jean Rey, of Belgium - president of European Commission (1967-70).
6. 1919 - Iris Murdoch, Irish novelist.
7. 1932 - Nina Van Pallandt, in Coopenhagen Denmark
8. 1935 - Ken Kercheval
9. 1935 - Alex Karras
10. 1936 - Joan Rivers, in Bkln - Can we talk
11. 1944 - Jan-Michael Vincent, Actor.
12. 1946 - Linda Ronstadt, in Tucson Arizona - A different beat
13. 1960 - Kim Alexis, in Lockport NY - Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover