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15 July 2024
Holidays, observances, history and sky information for this date.
Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
No UN observance in the current list for this date.
Selected anniversaries
Anniversary
2018 - Croatian Mario Mandžukić scored the first own goal in a FIFA World Cup final in their defeat to France.Croatian footballer (born 1986)
Anniversary
2016 - The Peace at Home Council, a faction of the Turkish Armed Forces, staged a coup d'état attempt against the government and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.Executive body that led the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt
Anniversary
2012 - South Korean rapper Psy (pictured) released his hit single "Gangnam Style".South Korean rapper and singer (born 1977)
Anniversary
2009 - Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 crashed in northwestern Iran, killing all 168 people aboard.2009 aviation accident in Iran
Anniversary
2009 - A .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Mw 7.8 earthquake struck a remote region of Fiordland, New Zealand, the country's largest earthquake magnitude since the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake.Scales to describe earthquake strength
Historical events
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Notable births
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Notable deaths
Died
2021 - Peter R. de Vries, Dutch investigative journalist and crime reporter (born 1956)Dutch investigative journalist and reporter (1956–2021)
Died
2017 - Martin Landau, American film and television actor (born 1928)American actor (1928–2017)
Died
2015 - Masahiko Aoki, Japanese-American economist and academic (born 1938)Japanese economist (1938–2015)
Died
2015 - Wan Li, Chinese politician, 4th Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (born 1916)Chinese Communist Party leader (1916–2015)
Died
2015 - Dave Somerville, Canadian singer (born 1933)Canadian singer (1933–2015)
Died
2014 - Óscar Acosta, Honduran author, poet, and diplomat (born 1933)Honduran writer, poet, critic, politician and diplomat
Died
2014 - James MacGregor Burns, American historian, political scientist, and author (born 1918)American historian and political scientist (1918–2014)
Sky
Moon phase
First Quarter
66.6% illuminated
Lunar age: 9.0 days
Sun zodiac
Cancer
23.49 degrees
Constellation: Gemini
Moon zodiac
Scorpio
10.63 degrees
Constellation: Libra
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.