Today is Friday, July 15, the 196th day of 2011. There are 169 days left in the year.
1662 _ Charles II grants charter to establish Royal Society in London
1815 _ Napoleon Bonaparte captured
1869 _ Margarine is patented in Paris, for use by French Navy
1876 _ Baseballs first no-hitter, St. Louis' George W. Bradley no-hits Hartford
1937 _ Japanese attack Marco Polo Bridge, invade China
1954 _ First commercial jet transport plane built in U.S. tested (Boeing 707)
1965 _ U.S. scientists display close-up photos of Mars from Mariner IV
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