1662: At the second meeting, Sir Robert Moray announced that the King approved of the gatherings, and a royal charter was signed on 15 July 1662 which created the “RoyalSociety of London”, with Lord Brouncker serving as the first president.
1910: Emil Kraepelin gave a name to Alzheimer’s disease, naming it after his colleague Alois Alzheimer.
1916: Boeing, the world’s largest aerospace company, started today.
1926: The first motor bus route started and ran between Afghan Church and Crawford Market, Mumbai.
1962: Algeria became part of the Arab League.
1979: Morarji Desai resigned as Prime Minister of India.
1984: Punjab was declared a terrorism-affected area after the Sikh community was disturbed in Punjab.
2000: All Indian soldiers hostage freed by military operations in Sierra Leone.
2011: Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully launched GSAT-12A from Sriharikota through PSLV C-17.
2020: Twitter accounts of prominent politicians, CEOs, and celebrities were hacked to promote the Bitcoin scandal.
Famous Birthdays – July 15
1611: Mirza Raje Jai Singh, a senior general of the Mughal Empire and a ruler of the kingdom of Amer.
1903: K. Kamaraj, the founder and the president of the Indian National Congress and former chief minister of Tamil Nadu.
1909: Durgabai Deshmukh, an Indian freedom fighter, lawyer, social worker, and politician.
1912: Mohammad Usman, the highest-ranking officer of the Indian Army.
1925: Badal Sarkar, an influential Indian dramatist and theatre director.
1936: Prabhash Joshi, an Indian Journalist.
Death Anniversaries - July 15
1542: Lisa del Giocondo, an Italian noblewoman.
1904: Anton Chekhov, a Russian playwright, and short-story writer.
1967: Bal Gandharva, was a Marathi singer and stage actor.
1991: Jagannathrao Joshi, an Indian politician.
2004: Banoo Jehangir Coyaji, an Indian physician and activist in family planning and population control.
1789 : In Paris, citizens attacked the Bastille, a symbol of French state repression, and released seven prisoners. This event was the culmination of the French Revolution.
1867: Alfred Nobel successfully tested dynamite.
1933 : All except the Nazi Party were outlawed in Germany.
1933 : Forced sterilization program of German citizens by the Nazi Party.
1958 : Uprising against the monarchy in Iraq. Abd al-Karim Qasim in power.
1976 : Abolition of capital punishment in Canada.
Famous birthdays July 14
1794: Maharaja Krishnaraja Wadiyar III, the twenty-second maharaja of the Kingdom of Mysore.
1856: Gopal Ganesh Agarkar, an Indian social reformer, educationist, and thinker.
1893: Garimella Satyanarayana, an Indian poet, and freedom fighter.
1920: Shankarrao Chavan, an Indian politician.
1927: N. N. Kakkad, an Indian poet of the Malayalam language.
1954: R. Sarathkumar, an Indian film actor, politician, and journalist.
1954: Tanikella Bharani, an Indian actor, screenwriter, poet, playwright, and director.
Death anniversaries July 14
1660: Baji Prabhu Deshpande, a commander of Maratha king Shivaji Maharaj.
1904: Paul Kruger, a South African politician.
1934: Dhan Gopal Mukerji, the first successful Indian man of letters in the United States and won a Newbery Medal.
1963: Sivananda Saraswati, a Hindu spiritual teacher and a proponent of Yoga and Vedanta.
1975: Madan Mohan, an Indian music director.
1998: Richard James and Maurice James McDonald, American brothers and entrepreneurs who founded the McDonald’s restaurant
2003: Rajju Bhaiya, the fourth Sarsanghchalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
