1901 –<\/strong> Over 74,000 Pittsburgh steelworkers went on strike.<\/p>\n 1904 –<\/strong> The first Buddhist temple in the\u00a0U.S.\u00a0was established in Los Angeles,\u00a0CA.<\/p>\n 1916 –<\/strong> In Seattle,\u00a0WA, Pacific Aero Products was incorporated by William Boeing. The company was later renamed Boeing Co.<\/p>\n 1918 –<\/strong> The Second Battle of the Marne began during World War I.<\/p>\n 1922 –<\/strong> The duck-billed platypus arrived in America, direct from Australia. It was exhibited at the Bronx Zoo in New York City.<\/p>\n 1942 –<\/strong> The first supply flight from India to China over the ‘Hump’ was carried to help China’s war effort.<\/p>\n 1958 –<\/strong> Five thousand U.S. Marines landed in Beirut, Lebanon, to protect the pro-Western government. The troops withdrew on October 25, 1958.<\/p>\n 1965 –<\/strong> The spacecraft\u00a0Mariner IV<\/i>\u00a0sent back the first close-up pictures of the planet Mars.<\/p>\n 1968 –<\/strong> ABC-TV premiered “One Life to Live”.<\/p>\n 1968 –<\/strong> Commercial air travel began between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R., when the first plane, a Soviet Aeroflot jet, landed at Kennedy International Airport in New York.<\/p>\n 1971 –<\/strong> U.S. President Nixon announced he would visit the People’s Republic of China to seek a “normalization of relations.”<\/p>\n 1972 –<\/strong> NASA’s Pioneer 10 spacecraft became the first to enter the asteroid belt.<\/p>\n 1973 –<\/strong> Nolan Ryan (California Angels) became the first pitcher in two decades to win two no-hitters in a season. (California)<\/p>\n 1981 –<\/strong> Steven Ford, son of former President Gerald R. Ford, appeared in a seduction scene of “The Young and the Restless” on CBS-TV. Ford played the part of Andy.<\/p>\n 1985 –<\/strong> Baseball players voted to strike on August 6th if no contract was reached with baseball owners. The strike turned out to be just a one-day interruption.<\/p>\n 1987 –<\/strong> Taiwan ended thirty-seven years of martial law.<\/p>\n 2006 –<\/strong> The social networking service Twitter was launched.<\/p>\n 2009 –<\/strong> “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” was released in theaters in the U.S. It was the sixth movie in the series.<\/p>\n 2011 –<\/strong> “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2” was released in theaters in the U.S. and U.K. It was the final film in the Harry Potter series.<\/p>\n 2014 \u2013<\/strong> A train derails on the Moscow Metro, killing at least 24 and injuring more than 160 others.<\/p>\n 2016 \u2013<\/strong> Factions of the Turkish Armed Forces attempted a coup.<\/p>\n 1981<\/strong> \u2013 Alou Diarra, French footballer History of 15 July 1901 – Over 74,000 Pittsburgh steelworkers went on strike. 1904 – The first Buddhist temple in the\u00a0U.S.\u00a0was established in Los Angeles,\u00a0CA. 1916 – In Seattle,\u00a0WA, Pacific Aero Products was incorporated by William Boeing. 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\n1981<\/strong> \u2013 Petros Klampanis, Greek bassist and composer
\n1981 \u2013<\/strong> Marius Stankevi\u010dius, Lithuanian footballer
\n1982 \u2013<\/strong> Alan P\u00e9rez, Spanish cyclist
\n1982<\/strong> \u2013 Neemia Tialata, New Zealand rugby player
\n1982<\/strong> \u2013 A\u00edda Y\u00e9spica, Venezuelan model and actress
\n1983 \u2013<\/strong> Nelson Merlo, Brazilian race car driver
\n1983 \u2013<\/strong> Will Rudge, English cricketer
\n1983 \u2013<\/strong> Heath Slater, American wrestler
\n1984<\/strong> \u2013 Angelo Siniscalchi, Italian footballer
\n198<\/strong>4 \u2013 Veronika Velez-Zuzulov\u00e1, Slovak skier
\n1985<\/strong> \u2013 Sanjeev, Tamil actor
\n1986<\/strong> \u2013 Tyler Kennedy, Canadian ice hockey player
\n1988<\/strong> \u2013 Riki Christodoulou, English race car driver
\n1989<\/strong> \u2013 Steven Jahn, German footballer
\n1989 \u2013<\/strong> Alisa Kleybanova, a Russian tennis player
\n1989 \u2013<\/strong> Anthony Randolph, American basketball player
\n1990<\/strong> \u2013 Zach Bogosian, American ice hockey player
\n1990 \u2013<\/strong> Damian Lillard, American basketball player
\n1991<\/strong> \u2013 Danilo, Brazilian footballer
\n1991 \u2013<\/strong> Derrick Favors, American basketball player
\n1991<\/strong> \u2013 Evgeny Tishchenko, Russian boxer
\n1992<\/strong> \u2013 Tobias Harris, American basketball player
\n1992<\/strong> \u2013 Hokut\u014dfuji Daiki, Japanese sumo wrestler
\n1992<\/strong> \u2013 Wayde van Niekerk, South African sprinter
\n1993<\/strong> \u2013 H\u00e5vard Nielsen, Norwegian footballer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"