WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2009

Today is Wednesday, July 15, the 196th day of 2009. There are 169 days left in the year.

1815 _ Napoleon Bonaparte captured

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

1893 _ Commodore Perry arrives in Japan

1911 _ 46 inches of rain falls in Baguio, Philippines

1933 _ Wiley Post began first solo flight around the world

1937 _ Japanese attack Marco Polo Bridge, invade China

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

1971 _ President Nixon announces he would visit People's Republic of China

1987 _ John Poindexter testifies at Iran-Contra hearings

1991 _ U.S. troops leave northern Iraq