CoM Moderators Posted July 15 Posted July 15 Historical Events 1815 - Napoleon surrenders to Captain Frederick Maitland of HMS Bellerophon at Rochefort after his earlier defeat at the Battle of Waterloo 1946 - British North Borneo Company transfers its rights to modern day Sabah to the British Crown 1954 - 110°F (43°C) at Balcony Falls, Virginia (state record) 1968 - NJ Americans moved to Comack and become NY Nets (ABA) 1982 - Senate confirms George P. Shultz as US 60th Secretary of State by vote of 97-0 More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1914 - Akhtar Hameed Khan, Pakistani pioneer of Microcredit in developing countries, born in Agra, British India (d. 1999) 1924 - Jeremiah Denton, American politician (Senator-R-Alabama, 1981-86), born in Mobile, Alabama (d. 2014) 1949 - WiIlliam Faure, South African film producer (Shaka Zulu), born in South Africa (d. 1994) 1956 - Kathy Kreiner, Canadian alpine skier (Olympic gold giant slalom 1976), born in Timmins, Ontario 1961 - Forest Whitaker, American actor and director ("The Last King of Scotland"; "Platoon"), born in Longview, Texas More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1871 - Tad Lincoln, youngest son of US President Abraham Lincoln, dies at 18 1919 - [Hermann] Emil Fischer, German chemist, discovered Fischer esterification (Nobel Prize 1902), commits suicide at 66 1931 - Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian mathematician (Poisson distribution) and economist, dies at 62 1939 - Percy Scott Worthington, architect, dies 1961 - John E. Brownlee, Canadian politician (b. 1884) More Famous Deaths »
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