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Laverne Clarence "Verne" Gagne was an American amateur and professional wrestler, football player, wrestling trainer and wrestling promoter. He was the owner and promoter of the Mi…
Verne Gagne, American football player, wrestler, and trainer (born 1926)
Alexander Rich was an American biologist and biophysicist. He was the William Thompson Sedgwick Professor of Biophysics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard Med…
Alexander Rich, American biologist, biophysicist, and academic (born 1924)
Michael Joseph Ingelido was an American Air Force major general who was commander of the Fourteenth Aerospace Force,, Ent Air Force Base, Colorado.
Michael J
Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera, commonly known as "El Chapo", is a Mexican former drug lord and the former top leader of the Sinaloa Cartel. Guzmán is believed to be responsible f…
Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán escapes from the maximum security Altiplano prison in Mexico, his second escape.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the United States' civil space program and for research in…
NASA's New Horizons probe performs the first flyby of Pluto, and thus completes the initial survey of the Solar System.
The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines or simply the Marines, is the naval infantry service branch of the United States Armed Forces. …
Four U.S. Marines and a United States Navy Sailor are killed in the a shooting spree targeting military installations…
A suicide car bombing occurred on 17 July 2015 in the Iraqi city of Khan Bani Saad, targeting a local marketplace. As of 19 July 2015 approximately 130 people were killed in the bo…
At least 120 people are killed and 130 injured by a suicide bombing in Diyala Governorate, Iraq.
The Suruç bombing was a suicide attack by the Turkish sect of Islamic State named Dokumacılar against Turkish leftists that took place in the Suruç district of Şanlıurfa Province i…
A huge explosion in the mostly Kurdish border town of Suruç, Turkey, targeting the Socialist Youth Associations…
François Michelin was a French heir and businessman. He was the chief executive officer (CEO) of Michelin from 1955 to 1999. Under his leadership, a family business founded by his …
François Michelin, French businessman (born 1926)
Jean Evelyn Nidetch was an American businessperson and the founder of Weight Watchers.
Jean Nidetch, American businesswoman, co-founded Weight Watchers (born 1923)
Calvin Peete was an American professional golfer. He was the most successful African-American to have played on the PGA Tour, with 12 wins, prior to the emergence of Tiger Woods. P…
Calvin Peete, American golfer (born 1943)
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic consisting of 50 st…
The United States and Cuba resume full diplomatic relations after five decades.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the United States' civil space program, as well as researc…
NASA announces discovery of Kepler-452b by the Kepler space telescope.
On 27 July 2015, three Lashkar-e-Taiba militants dressed in army uniforms opened fire on a bus and then attacked the Dina Nagar police station in Gurdaspur district of Punjab, Indi…
Seven people are killed and many injured after gunmen attack an Indian police station in Punjab.
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was an international passenger flight operated by Malaysia Airlines that disappeared from radar on 8 March 2014, while flying from Kuala Lumpur Interna…
The first piece of suspected debris from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is discovered on Réunion Island.
The 2015 Gold King Mine waste water spill was an environmental disaster that began at the Gold King Mine near Silverton, Colorado, when Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) person…
The Environmental Protection Agency at Gold King Mine waste water spill releases three million gallons of heavy metal…
Daniel J. Walker was an American lawyer, businessman, and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 36th governor of Illinois, from 1973 until 1977.
Dan Walker, American lawyer and politician, 36th Governor of Illinois (born 1922)
Benjamin Earl King was an American soul and R&B singer and songwriter. He rose to prominence as one of the principal lead singers of the R&B vocal group the Drifters, singing the l…
Ben E
Geoffrey Ernest Duke, born in St. Helens, Lancashire, was a British multiple motorcycle Grand Prix road racing world champion. He raced several brands of motorcycle: Norton, Gilera…
Geoff Duke, English-Manx motorcycle racer (born 1923)
Vafa Guluzade was an Azerbaijani diplomat, political scientist and specialist in conflict resolution. He worked as Foreign Policy State Advisor for the President of Azerbaijan betw…
Vafa Guluzade, Azerbaijani political scientist, academic, and diplomat (born 1940)
On 12 August 2015, a series of explosions at the Port of Tianjin in Tianjin, Northern China, killed 173 people, according to official reports, and injured hundreds of others. The e…
At least two massive explosions kill 173 people and injure nearly 800 more in Tianjin, China.
The Embassy of the United States of America in Havana is the United States of America's diplomatic mission in Cuba. On January 3, 1961, U.S. president Dwight D. Eisenhower severed …
The U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba re-opens after 54 years of being closed when Cuba–United States relations were broken…
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and borders China and …
North Korea moves its clock back half an hour to introduce Pyongyang Time, 81⁄2 hours ahead of UTC.
On August 16, 2015, the Syrian Air Force launched strikes on the rebel-held city of Douma, northeast of Damascus, killing at least 96 people and injuring at least 200 others. It wa…
More than 96 people are killed and hundreds injured following a series of air-raids by the Syrian Arab Air Force on…