This Date in History, July 15, 2017

''Knowing the past, we can make wise

choices for a brighter, and more positive future.''

1099		Jerusalem falls to the Crusaders.
1410		Poles and Lithuanians defeat the Teutonic knights at Tannenberg, Prussia.
1685		The Duke of Monmouth is executed in Tower Hill in England.
1789		The electors of Paris set up a "Commune" to live without the authority of the government.
1806		Lieutenant Zebulon Pike begins his western expedition from Fort Belle Fontaine.
1813		Napoleon Bonaparte's representatives meet with the Allies in Prague to discuss peace terms.
1834		Lord Napier of England arrives at Macao, China, as the first chief superintendent of trade.
1863		Confederate raider Bill Anderson and his Bushwhackers attack Huntsville, Missouri, stealing $45,000 from the local bank.
1895		Ex-prime minister of Bulgaria, Stepfan Stambolov, is murdered by Macedonian rebels.
1901		Over 74,000 Pittsburgh steel workers go on strike.
1942		The first supply flight from India to China over the 'Hump' is flown.
1958		President Dwight Eisenhower sends 5,000 Marines to Lebanon to keep the peace.
1960		John F. Kennedy accepts the Democratic nomination for president.
Born on July 15
1606		Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch artist.
1779		Clement Moore, American scholar and educator.
1796		Thomas Bulfinch, historian and mythologist (The Age of Fable).
1836		William Winter, drama critic and essayist for The New York Times.
1850		Francis Xavier Cabrini, the first American canonized saint.
1904		Dorothy Fields, songwriter.
1906		Richard W. Armour, humorist and author (Twisted Tales from Shakespeare).
1913		Hammond Innes, English novelist.
1914		Gavin Maxwell, Scottish writer and naturalist (Ring of Bright Water).
1919		Iris Murdoch, British novelist (A Severed Head, The Black Prince).

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