July 15, Dutch painter Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was born in Leiden

 

1099 – The fall of Jerusalem to the Crusaders in the framework of the first campaign of the Crusaders wars.

1948 – UN  Security Council issues resolution No. 54 on a cease-fire in Palestine.

1975 – Soviet and US Soyuz-Apollo spacecrafts launched  at the same time.

1994 – Jordan and Israel agree on holding peace talks in Washington.

1997 – Assassination of World Fashion designer Italian Gianni Versace in Florida.

1606 – Dutch painter Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was born in Leiden.

1904 – Russian author Anton Chekhov passes away.

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