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