Today is Monday, July 15, the 196th day of 2013. 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
1888 ― Bandai volcano (Japan) erupts for first time in 1,000 years
1893 ― Commodore Perry arrives in Japan
1937 ― Japanese attack Marco Polo Bridge, invade China
1965 ― U.S. scientists display close-up photos of Mars from Mariner IV
1971 ― 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