TUESDAY, JULY 15, 2008

Today is Tuesday, July 15, the 197th day of 2008. There are 169 days left in the year.

1815 - Napoleon Bonaparte captured

1869 - Margarine is patented in Paris, for use by French Navy

1888 - Bandai volcano (Japan) erupts for first time in 1,000 years

1937 - Japanese attack Marco Polo Bridge, invade China

1952 - First transatlantic helicopter flight begins

1954 - First commercial jet transport plane built in U.S. tested (Boeing 707)

1970 - Denmark beats Italy 2-0 in first world female soccer championship

1971 - U.S. President Nixon announces he would visit People's Rep of China

1975 - Soyuz 19 and Apollo 18 launched; rendezvous two days later

1991 - U.S. troops leave northern Iraq