By The Associated Press
- Today is Thursday, July 15, the 196th day of 1999. There are 169
days left in the year.
- On July 15, 1971, President Nixon announced he would visit the
People's Republic of China to seek a normalization of relations.
- In 1606 the Dutch painter Rembrandt was born in Leiden, Netherlands.
- In 1870 Georgia became the last of the Confederate states to be
readmitted to the Union.
- In 1916 the Boeing Co., originally known as Pacific Aero Products,
was founded in Seattle.
- In 1918 the Second Battle of the Marne began during World War I.
- In 1948 President Truman was nominated for another term of office at
the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
- In 1964 Sen. Barry M. Goldwater of Arizona was nominated for
president at the Republican National Convention in San Francisco.
- In 1979 President Carter delivered his "malaise" speech in which he
lamented what he called a "crisis of confidence" in America.
- In 1985 a gaunt-looking Rock Hudson appeared at a news conference
with actress Doris Day to promote her cable TV program. It was later
revealed Hudson was suffering from AIDS.
- In 1992 Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton claimed the Democratic
presidential nomination at the party's convention in New York.
- In 1997 fashion designer Gianni Versace was shot dead outside his
Miami home; the suspected gunman, alleged serial killer Andrew
Phillip Cunanan was found dead eight days later.
- Ten years ago leaders of the seven major industrial democracies,
meeting in Paris, voiced support for democracy behind the Iron
Curtain and condemned repression in China.
- Five years ago Microsoft Corp. reached a settlement with the Justice
Department, promising to end practices it used to corner the market
for personal computer software programs.
- One year ago three days of ceremonies to bury Russia's last czar and
his family, who were killed by the Bolsheviks, began in the city of
Yekaterinburg. The Congressional Budget Office estimated federal
surpluses of $1.55 trillion over the next decade.
*Happy Birthday*
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- Actor Philip Carey is 74.
- Actor Alex Karras is 64.
- Actor Ken Kercheval is 64.
- Sen. George V. Voinovich, R-Ohio, is 63.
- Actor Patrick Wayne is 60.
- Actor Jan-Michael Vincent is 55.
- Rhythm-and-blues singer Millie Jackson is 55.
- Rock singer-musician Peter Lewis (Moby Grape) is 54.
- Singer Linda Ronstadt is 53.
- Actor Terry O'Quinn is 47.
- Rock musician Joe Satriani is 43.
- Model Kim Alexis is 39.
- Actor Willie Aames is 39.
- Actor-director Forest Whitaker is 38.
- Actress Lolita Davidovich is 38.
- Actress Brigitte Nielsen is 36.
- Rock musician Phillip Fisher (Fishbone) is 32.
- Actor-comedian Eddie Griffin is 31.
- Actor Stan Kirsch ("Highlander") is 31.
- Actor Scott Foley ("Felicity") is 27.
- Actor Brian Austin Green is 26.
- Rhythm-and-blues singer Kia Thornton (Divine) is 18.