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 +[[Image:Pruitt-Igoe-overview.jpg|thumb|200px|“[[Modern architecture]] died in [[St. Louis, Missouri]] on [[July 15]], [[1972]] at 3:32 pm when the [[infamous]] [[Pruitt-Igoe]] scheme, or rather several of its slab blocks, were given the final [[coup de grace]] by dynamite.” -- [[Charles Jencks]]]]
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*[[1099]] - [[First Crusade]]: [[Christian]] soldiers take [[Church of the Holy Sepulchre]] in [[Jerusalem]] after a difficult siege. *[[1099]] - [[First Crusade]]: [[Christian]] soldiers take [[Church of the Holy Sepulchre]] in [[Jerusalem]] after a difficult siege.
-*[[1799]] - [[Rosetta Stone]] is found in the [[Egypt]]ian village of [[Rosetta]], by [[France|French]] [[Captain]] [[Pierre-François Bouchard]].+*[[1799]] - [[Rosetta Stone]] is found in [[Egypt]].
*[[1927]] - [[Massacre of July 15, 1927]]: 89 protesters are killed by the [[Austria]]n police in [[Vienna]]. *[[1927]] - [[Massacre of July 15, 1927]]: 89 protesters are killed by the [[Austria]]n police in [[Vienna]].
-*[[1972]] - “[[Modern architecture]] died in [[St. Louis, Missouri]] on [[July 15]], [[1972]] at 3:32 pm when the [[infamous]] [[Pruitt-Igoe]] scheme, or rather several of its slab blocks, were given the final [[coup de grace]] by dynamite.” -- [[Charles Jencks]]+*[[1944]] - [[Irene Morgan]] arrested for not giving up Greyhound seat to white passenger on a ride from Virginia to Maryland
 +*[[1972]] - “[[Modern architecture]] died in [[St. Louis, Missouri]] at 3:32 pm when the [[Pruitt-Igoe]] buildings were dynamited
*[[1995]] - First item sold on [[Amazon.com]] *[[1995]] - First item sold on [[Amazon.com]]
-*[[1997]] - In [[Miami, Florida]], [[serial killer]] [[Andrew Phillip Cunanan]] guns down [[Gianni Versace]] outside his home. 
== Births == == Births ==
*[[1606]] - [[Rembrandt]], Dutch artist (d. [[1669]]) *[[1606]] - [[Rembrandt]], Dutch artist (d. [[1669]])
-*[[1892]] - [[Walter Benjamin]], German literary critic and writer (d. [[1940]])+*[[1892]] - [[Walter Benjamin]], German literary critic and writer (d. 1940)
-*[[1904]] - [[Rudolf Arnheim]], German-born author+*[[1904]] - [[Rudolf Arnheim]], German-born author (d. [[2007]])
*[[1914]] - [[Howard Vernon]], Swiss actor (d. [[1996]]) *[[1914]] - [[Howard Vernon]], Swiss actor (d. [[1996]])
*[[1919]] - [[Iris Murdoch]], Irish writer (d. [[1999]]) *[[1919]] - [[Iris Murdoch]], Irish writer (d. [[1999]])
*[[1930]] - [[Jacques Derrida]], French philosopher (d. [[2004]]) *[[1930]] - [[Jacques Derrida]], French philosopher (d. [[2004]])
-*[[1933]] - [[Guido Crepax]], Italian comics artist (d. [[2003]])+*[[1933]] - [[Guido Crepax]], Italian comics artist (d. 2003)
 +*[[1941]] - [[Larry Cohen]], American film director (d. 2019)
 +*[[1947]] - [[Roky Erickson]], American singer
*[[1949]] - [[Trevor Horn]], British music producer, bassist and vocalist *[[1949]] - [[Trevor Horn]], British music producer, bassist and vocalist
*[[1956]] - [[Ian Curtis]], British musician, singer, and lyricist ([[Joy Division]]) (d. [[1980]]) *[[1956]] - [[Ian Curtis]], British musician, singer, and lyricist ([[Joy Division]]) (d. [[1980]])
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*[[1609]] - [[Annibale Carracci]], Italian painter (b. [[1560]]) *[[1609]] - [[Annibale Carracci]], Italian painter (b. [[1560]])
*[[1614]] - [[Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme]], French historian and biographer *[[1614]] - [[Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme]], French historian and biographer
-*[[1890]] - [[Gottfried Keller]], Swiss writer (b. [[1819]]) 
*[[1904]] - [[Anton Chekhov]], Russian writer (b. [[1860]]) *[[1904]] - [[Anton Chekhov]], Russian writer (b. [[1860]])
*[[1933]] - [[Irving Babbitt]], American literary critic (b. [[1865]]) *[[1933]] - [[Irving Babbitt]], American literary critic (b. [[1865]])
 +*[[1941]] - [[Walther Ruttmann]] German film director (b. [[1887]])
*[[1959]] - [[Ernest Bloch]], Swiss composer (b. [[1880]]) *[[1959]] - [[Ernest Bloch]], Swiss composer (b. [[1880]])
*[[1997]] - [[Gianni Versace]], Italian fashion designer (b. [[1946]]) *[[1997]] - [[Gianni Versace]], Italian fashion designer (b. [[1946]])
*[[2003]] - [[Roberto Bolaño]], Chilean writer (b. [[1953]]) *[[2003]] - [[Roberto Bolaño]], Chilean writer (b. [[1953]])
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-== Notes == 
-# [[Anton Chekhov]] 
-# [[Larry Cohen]] 
-# [[Rudolf Arnheim]] 
-# [[Walther Ruttmann]] 
-# [[Ian Curtis]] 
-# [[Guido Crepax]] 
-# [[Rembrandt]] 
-# [[Roky Erickson]] 
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-1865, July 15: Death of [[James Miranda Barry]] (1795-1865) a Major General and Surgeon in the British Army with a highly distinguished career and a reputation as a rake who was known to flirt openly with the best looking women in the room. When a charwoman was preparing the body for burial it was discovered that the Major General was female. [Greif 82] 
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-1944 July 15 Mrs. [[Irene Morgan]] arrested for not giving up Greyhound seat to white passenger on a ride from Virginia to Maryland (leads to 1946 Supreme Court ... 
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-Howard Vernon (15 July 1914 - 25 July 1996), real name Mario Lippert, was a Swiss actor. He was born to a swiss father and an American mother and could ... 
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-[[Walter Benjamin]] (July 15, 1892 – September 27, 1940) was a German Jewish Marxist literary critic and philosopher. He was at times associated with the ... 
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-[[Jacques Derrida]] (July 15, 1930 - October 8, 2004) was an Algerian-born French philosopher of Jewish descent, considered the first to develop ... 
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-[[Rudolf Arnheim]] (born July 15, 1904) is a German author and theorist of Gestalt perception. His major work is Art and Visual Perception, published in 1954. ... 
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-[[Trevor Horn]], born July 15, 1949 in Durham, England, is a pop music producer and musician. After playing double bass in big bands and producing little-known ... 
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-[[Pierre_de_Bourdeille]] 
-1540 - July 15, 1614) was a French historian and biographer. --http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_de_Bourdeille,_seigneur_de_Brant%C3%B4me [Dec 2005] ... 
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